Submissions must be made through the JEMS 3 system [link forthcoming]. Each submission must mandatorily include the following documents (1, 2, and 3), in PDF format:

1. Article: The text must follow the writing instructions and use the same template adopted for the full paper tracks. The text focuses on presenting the entire research conducted during the Master’s, Doctoral, or undergraduate project. Therefore, the document should not contain only partial results, but rather a summarized and critical overview of the entire project. The text must be original, i.e., prepared specifically for the competition, explicitly presenting the following elements and sections:
   • Title and identification: Title of the defended research and authorship (student and advisor(s)) indicating the institution where the work was defended; the title may differ from the defended research if an article has already been published with the same title.
   • Research problem: Contextualization and description of the problem investigated in the thesis, dissertation, or scientific initiation/capstone project.
   • Produced solution: Solution (conceptual, methodological, technical, etc.) for the stated research problem.
   • Method: Explanation and justification of the method(s) adopted for conducting the research.
   • Results and discussion: Synthesis of the obtained results, their implications (for theory and practice), relationships with existing literature, etc.
   • Contributions to the HCI field: Defense of the originality, impact, contributions (methodological, state of the art, theoretical, technical) of the research to the knowledge in HCI, including research products and byproducts (e.g., articles, patents, software registrations, artifacts, technical reports, etc.).
   • Ethical considerations: Explanation and justification of how the ethical aspects of the research were considered. It is not limited to mentioning approval by a Research Ethics Committee (where applicable), and covers data collection, treatment, and availability, care regarding possible impacts arising from the research and its conduct, concern for transparency and auditability of results, dissemination and use of research products, etc.
   • Conclusion: Outline of the main conclusions arising from the research, its limitations, threats to validity, further developments of the research, enabling future work, etc.
2. Full text of the defended thesis, dissertation, or undergraduate project. The full text will essentially serve as a reference source for the research results and details reported in the article.
3. Proof of approval: Scanned copy of the diploma or document (e.g., defense certificate/record) proving the defense and approval of the work by the evaluation committee.

The article (Item 1) must defend the topic’s relevance, results, and the main research challenges, independently of the full text. The originality and robustness of the method must be evidenced in the article text, as well as the ethical aspects of the research.

Where applicable, also indicate the research byproducts (e.g., patents, registered software, public domain/free software), published or accepted articles, outreach videos, as well as any other elements that help justify the research being considered one of the best in the country in the HCI field.

The SBC Code of Conduct for Authors in Publications must be followed in submissions.

Questions can be sent directly to the Junia Coutinho Anacleto Award coordination.