ACM BuildSys 2025 welcomes exciting demonstrations of novel technologies, applications, and hardware for the built environment as well as posters showing promising early work. We seek participation from both industry and academia for demonstrations and posters. Selection of demonstration and posters will be based on a short abstract, evaluated based on technical merit and innovation as well as the potential to stimulate interesting discussions and exchange of ideas at the conference.

The demo and poster session is a great forum to share your early-stage work with a broader audience. Accepted abstracts can appear in the regular conference proceedings (see below for the opt-out option). At least one author, of every accepted demonstration or poster abstract, is required to register at full rate and attend the conference.

Poster Abstract

We welcome all topics that align with the BuildSys main conference topics of interest. Poster abstracts should report on research work where at least some preliminary results are available, but they need not necessarily describe completed work. Details regarding the in-person poster session will be communicated at a later stage. All poster abstract submissions must strictly adhere to the formatting guidelines specified below. The authors of the accepted posters will be invited to submit an optional short video together with the camera-ready version of the abstract.

Demo Abstract

Demo abstracts should describe both the technology being showcased as well as the user experience of the demo. All demo abstract submissions must strictly adhere to the formatting guidelines specified below. The authors of the accepted demos will be invited to submit a short video together with the camera-ready version of the abstract.

Demo abstracts should describe both the technology being showcased as well as the user experience of the demo. Tables, power, and wireless connectivity will be provided. If a demo requires additional special arrangements, please describe them clearly in your submission using a separate third page (not part of the technical content of the abstract). All demo abstract submissions must strictly adhere to the formatting guidelines specified below. The authors of the accepted demos will be invited to submit an optional short video together with the camera-ready version of the abstract.

Submission and Formatting Instructions

Abstract submissions should be no more than 2 pages and must follow a double-column format. All figures, appendices, and references must fit within this limit. Your submission must be in PDF format with all fonts embedded, and be formatted according to the official ACM Proceedings format. Submissions that do not meet the page limit, size, and formatting requirements will not be reviewed. Word and LaTeX templates are available here. Please note that you must use the “Strict Adherence to SIGS style” template option. Note that ACM uses 9-pt fonts in all conference proceedings, and the style (both LaTeX and Word) implicitly defines the font size to be 9-pt. Please refer to the publication chair's Note as well as the User Guide of the new class. Paper reviewing is single-blind and submissions should list author names on the front page.

Due to the short interval between the notification of acceptance and the camera-ready deadline, we strongly encourage authors to follow the camera-ready formatting guidelines as closely as possible even for the initial abstract submission.

In addition to the traditional normal submission, three new submission classes available in the submission platform are explained below.

Accepted Conference/Workshop Paper

To increase the opportunities for the research to be discussed, authors with accepted papers (full or notes) to the main conference are invited to submit a poster about their work. Authors of accepted papers would only need to submit their title, list of authors, and paper ID. These posters/demos will not be indexed.

Opt-out from the Proceedings

Authors who want to avoid their submission (demonstration or poster) being indexed in the conference proceedings can opt out. These submissions will still be reviewed and treated as all new submissions. This benefits authors who want to participate in the conference but want to avoid the “previously published” scenario for their work.

In-person Presentation

The demo/poster session is in-person only this year. No registration option for virtual participation will be provided.

Each accepted poster/demo to BuildSys requires a unique registration (including student).

Important Dates and Submission Link

  • Submission Deadline: September 26, 2025, 23:59 AOE.
  • Notification of Acceptance: October 10, 2025, 23:59 AOE.
  • Camera Ready Submission: October 17, 2025, 23:59 AOE.
  • Submission link

If you have any questions, please contact the posters and demo chairs: Javad Mohammadi (University of Texas at Austin, USA) and June Young Park University of Texas at Arlington, USA.