In the world of journalism, a late-breaking story is a piece of news that comes in at the last minute. A late-breaking story may be a sports event, stock market closing, or the latest on an ongoing disaster. For example, a story on the recent tornado outbreak in North America was broadcast just after 5pm local time as the weather cut-ins were being prepared for the evening newscast.
In a similar vein, the term “late-breaking” also refers to an abstract that reports data that became available for public dissemination only after the submission deadline for regular abstracts. The research should be novel (not a simple extension of previously published work), and the results must be critically important for the field. Typical examples of research that would not be considered for the Late-Breaking Science program include case studies, qualitative surveys, reviews of existing treatments, practice reviews, rating scale validation, small confirmatory studies, and research proposals.
Authors of accepted Late-Breaking Science submissions must present their work in poster form at the conference. The Academy will not publish or distribute information regarding these presentations prior to the meeting, and authors must abide by the embargo policy.
Accepted Late-Breaking Works will be published as CHI extended abstracts in the ACM Digital Library. These papers are peer-reviewed using the same process as main conference submissions, and they should be formatted according to the CHI proceedings templates available at this link. In addition, an optional appendix can be included to provide additional materials that are not suitable for inclusion in the CHI paper itself (e.g., study protocol).