[fg-arc] HCSE at INTERACT 2025 Workshop on Human-Centered Software Engineering - Call for Papers (Submissions due: May 26 AoE)

[Stefan Sauer]

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https://sites.google.com/view/hcse-interact2025 
<https://sites.google.com/view/hcse-interact2025>


  *Call for Papers*


  International Workshop on Human-Centered Software Engineering


    Balancing Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, and Human Value

*organized by IFIP Working Group 13.2 on Methodologies for User-Centered Systems 
Design
*

*at INTERACT 2025 <https://interact2025.org/> The 20th IFIP TC.13 International 
Conference on Human–Computer Interaction **
*

*September 8/9, 2025  Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil*


      Theme

The rapid advancement of digital technologies continues to reshape the way 
humans interact with software systems, raising critical questions about the 
balance between human values and the interplay of usability, user experience and 
automation. In this landscape, Human-Centered Software Engineering (HCSE) plays 
a pivotal role in ensuring that software development remains aligned with user 
needs, ethical principles, and broader societal impacts.

This edition of the HCSE workshop focuses on the intersection of Interaction, 
Artificial Intelligence, and Human Value, emphasizing the need for new 
approaches in designing socio-technical systems that integrate intelligent 
automation while preserving human agency and well-being. With AI-driven 
decision-making, adaptive interfaces, and autonomous systems becoming 
ubiquitous, it is crucial to explore how software engineering can accommodate 
these innovations while maintaining transparency, fairness, and user trust.

Beyond the traditional themes of IFIP 13.2 workshops, this edition invites 
contributions fostering discussion among researchers and practitioners, to 
advance the dialogue on how HCSE can evolve to meet the demands of modern 
digital ecosystems while staying true to its human-centric principles.

Contributions are invited that explore innovative methodologies, design 
principles, and case studies that highlight how intelligent software systems can 
be designed to enhance, rather than diminish, human experience. The ultimate 
goal is to develop approaches that harmonize interaction, artificial 
intelligence, and human value, fostering the creation of software that is not 
only powerful and efficient, but also trustworthy, inclusive, and ethically 
responsible.

This workshop is a follow-up of the successful workshops organized at INTERACT 
2015 in Bamberg, Germany 
<https://www.irit.fr/recherches/ICS/events/conferences/workshop-IFIPWG13.2-Bamberg/>, 
INTERACT 2017 in Mumbai, India 
<http://ifip-tc13.org/wg-13-213-5-workshop-interact17-mumbai/>, INTERACT 2019 in 
Paphos, Cyprus 
<https://sites.google.com/view/ifip-wg-13-2-workshop-interact/home>, INTERACT 
2021 in Bari, Italy <https://sites.google.com/view/hcse-workshop-interact2021/>, 
and INTERACT 2023 in York, UK.


      Target Audience and Expected Outcomes

This workshop is open to everyone who is interested in aspects of human–computer 
interaction from a user-centered perspective. Typical contributions to this 
workshop focus on methods, processes and approaches for designing, building and 
testing inter-active systems. We expect a high participation of IFIP Working 
Group 13.2 members. We particularly invite participants to present position 
papers describing real-life case studies that illustrate how they rethought 
HCI’s and SE’s interplay in order to address aspects such as agile development, 
sustainability, artificial intelligence, ethical considerations, and 
cybersecurity. Any perspective and related aspects of user interface design are 
welcome.

We are especially interested in work that deals with current trends that change 
the way humans develop, use, interact and collaborate with technical components 
in socio-technical systems. We are also interested in methods, theories and 
tools for managing context of use and autonomous adaptation at design and 
run-time. Position papers will be made available through the workshop website. 
Furthermore, an extended version of selected papers will be considered for 
inclusion in a Springer LNCS post-proceedings volume published in conjunction 
with the other INTERACT workshops organized by the IFIP TC13 Working Groups.


      Workshop Format

This full-day workshop is in person only. It is organized around presentation of 
position papers and working activities in small groups. From the set of 
contributions, a subset of selected case studies will be invited to be presented 
at the beginning of the workshop and will be used to support the discussion that 
follows.

The morning session will be dedicated to welcoming participants and presenting 
case studies. Participants will be invited to comment on the case studies and to 
report similar experiences. The afternoon sessions will be devoted to 
interactive sessions, where participants will be engaged to work in small groups 
and propose solutions to the problems of the case studies seen in the morning. 
Solutions proposed by the participants will be compiled and compared. Based on 
the lessons learned, participants will be incited to draft an agenda of future 
work that can be accomplished.

We plan to run the workshop onsite in person only. If circumstances require it, 
we intend to switch to a completely digital format that will be run online. We 
will continuously adapt to any decision regarding the conference format by the 
INTERACT 2025 organizers.


      Submission Instructions

In order to attend the workshop, participants are invited to submit position 
papers reporting original academic or industrial research relevant to the 
workshop's theme. These position papers (PDF files, 6-10 pages in Springer LNCS 
format, including abstract) shall report (practical) experiences related to 
research challenges and results on human-centered software engineering or 
user-centered development processes for interactive systems with a particular 
focus on digital-transformation aspects and technologies (such as mobile and 
wearable devices, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Blockchain, 
Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Machine 
Learning, Digital Twin, Cybersecurity) and their impact on software properties 
or software development practices. Submissions are not anonymous and should 
include all author names, affiliations, and contact information. Authors should 
also provide in their submission a short summary of their experience in the 
field and their motivation to participate in this workshop.

Submissions will be processed via the workshop web pages that will be managed by 
the workshop organizers at IFIP WG 13.2. Papers are submitted through the 
EasyChair website <https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=hcse-interact2025>.

Submitted position papers will be reviewed by an international program committee 
comprising the organizers and selected members of IFIP Working Group 13.2 who 
are experts in the field. Participants will be invited to attend the workshop 
based on the result of the reviewing process. Accepted position papers will be 
made available through the workshop website. Upon acceptance, at least one 
author of each accepted position paper must register and attend the workshop. 
Furthermore, an extended version of selected papers will be considered for 
inclusion in a Springer LNCS post-proceedings volume published in conjunction 
with the other INTERACT 2025 workshops organized by the IFIP TC13 Working Groups.


      Important Dates

Deadline for submission: May 26, 2025 (extended!)

Acceptance notification: June 13, 2025

Final version of position paper: July 26th, 2025

Workshop date: September 8 or 9, 2025


      Venue

The workshop will be hosted in the frame of the 20th IFIP TC13 International 
Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, August 28  September 8 – 12, 2025, in 
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Look at the main conference web site for 
further information (https://www.interact2025.org/).


      Organizers

Stefan Sauer, Paderborn University, Germany

Carmelo Ardito, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

Regina Bernhaupt, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands


      Contact

Please write toorganizers at hcse-conference.org 
<mailto:organizers at hcse-conference.org>if you have any question.

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