[fg-arc] Call for Papers - HCSE 2026 - Paderborn, Germany (Sep 29 - Oct 2)
Stefan Sauer
sauer at uni-paderborn.de
Thu Apr 2 17:55:54 CEST 2026
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*HCSE 2026*
*11th International Working Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering*
*Call for Papers*
*September 29th to October 2nd, 2026 – Paderborn, Germany*
*http://www.hcse-conference.org <http://www.hcse-conference.org>**
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*HCSE 2026 will be co-located with the 2026 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages
and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) <https://conf.researchr.org/home/vlhcc-2026>.*
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Submission Dates:
Technical Full Papers and Late Breaking Results: Friday, May 8th, 2026
Demos, Posters, and Discussion Forum: Friday, July 3rd, 2026
*About HCSE:*
HCSEis a bi-annual, single-track, working conference organized by the IFIP
Working Group 13.2 on Methodology for User-Centred System Design
<http://ifip-tc13.org/working-groups/working-group-13-2/>. We aim at bringing
together researchers and practitionersinterested in strengthening the scientific
foundations of interactive system and user interface design, examining the
relationship between software engineering, artificial intelligence, and
human–computer interaction and on how to strengthen human-centered design as an
essential part of software engineering processes.
Topics of interest include:
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contributions to the theory and best practices of user-centered design
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involvement of end-users, clients and stakeholders in the design and
development process of interactive systems
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socio-technical aspects of interactive software development
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innovative methods for identifying end-user requirements for interactive systems
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rational design, design patterns, and traceability of design choices
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models and model-based approaches for building interactive systems
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methods and tools for low-code and no-code development paradigms
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end-user development, end-user programming, and end-user software engineering
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integration of multiple properties (e.g. usability, (cyber)security,
reliability, user experience, privacy, accessibility, etc.) in software
development and making them more accessible to developers and users
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design and integration of novel interaction techniques such as augmented,
virtual, and mixed reality
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context-aware and adaptive interactive systems (e.g. in areas such as
digital collaboration, digital and worker assistance)
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software architectures and architectural patterns for interactive systems
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support for new kinds of human–machine interaction (HMI) for increasingly
autonomous systems and systems that use or provide artificial intelligence
(e.g. autonomous driving or human–robot collaboration)
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artificial intelligence and machine learning to support the development of
interactive systems
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human-centered artificial intelligence
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human–AI collaboration and development of hybrid intelligence systems
Traditionally, HCSE as a working conference invites research papers,
late-breaking results, tool demos, and posters. In addition, the Discussion
Forum for PhD Students, introduced at HCSE 2024, is an interactive format that
allows PhD studentsto present and intensively discuss with established
researchers their research ideas and get feedback and/or guidance for the
continuation of their work in a friendly and constructive atmosphere.
Altogether, HCSE 2026 welcomes the following types of contributions:
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Technical Full Papers(up to 20 pages + references) should describe
substantial research contributions of novel work that has produced advanced
and mature results including proper validation. Submitted contributions have
to be anonymized and will be reviewed double-blind.
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Late-Breaking Results Papers(up to 12 pages + references) should present
work in progress, new practice and experience reports containing good (and
bad) practices and/or recent practical evaluations of methods, techniques
and tools. Submitted contributions have to be anonymized and will be
reviewed double-blind.
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Demonstration Papers (5–8 pages + references) should present descriptions of
tools including user tasks and evidence of usefulness to end users. Demo
submissions should summarize the system’s significance and its performance
and should either include screenshots or link to an online-accessible
resource. Industry contributions to demos are particularly welcome and
highly encouraged. Posters can be displayed with demos at the conference,
but are not requested for the submission process. Submitted contributions
are not anonymous and will be reviewed single-blind.
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Poster Papers(5–8 pages + references, and poster design draft) should
present concepts and initial ideas, ongoing work and/or early results. The
poster design draft should show the planned design and content of the poster
that will be presented at the conference. Industry contributions to posters
are particularly welcome and highly encouraged. Submitted contributions are
not anonymous and will be reviewed single-blind.
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Discussion Forum Papers(5–8 pages + references, and poster design draft) are
single-author short papers submitted by PhD students who want to attend the
Discussion Forum, describing the suggested topic, accompanied by a poster
design draft. The paper will be discussed at the conference, with the aim
of providing helpful and constructive guidance to the PhD students on how to
move forward with their research. Submitted contributions are not anonymous
and will be reviewed single-blind. Further information on this format can be
obtained from the conference website
<https://conf.researchr.org/home/hcse-2026>.
All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by
Springer in the LNCSseries.
Discussion Forum for PhD Students
Different from a usual Doctoral Consortium format, the Discussion Forum (DF) is
intended to give the possibility to students to receive advice on how to address
critical points in their research work, and not on their overall PhD program.
The DF will be an open forum during the conference where PhD students, supported
by a poster, present shortly their research work and the topic of discussion.
The presentation will be followed by timeboxed discussions with a group of
attendees. Each poster will be discussed with different discussion groups for up
to 90 minutes.
PhD students who want to attend have to submit a short paper, describing the
suggested topic (5–8 pages + references, and poster design draft). The short
paper must include:
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The title of the work
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The student’s name, university, address, and e-mail address
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Name and e-mail address of the dissertation advisor/supervisor
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The research area or sub-area of the work
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A brief description of their overall PhD research program
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A longer description of the specific discussion topic and its relation to
HCSE, its criticalities, why it is important, and what the PhD student wants
to discuss with the attendees at the DF.
Submissions and Reviewing Process
All contributions should be submitted via the EasyChairsystem
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hcse2026
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hcse2026>). All submissions will be
peer-reviewed for their relevance, originality, technical contribution, and
presentation quality by the members of the international program committee.
Technical Full Papers and Late Breaking Results Papers will be reviewed
double-blind. Demonstrations, Posters, and PhD Student Discussion Forum
submissions will be reviewed single-blind. Authors must prepare their submission
files accordingly.
For Poster and PhD Student Discussion Forum submissions, both paper and poster
design draft will be reviewed.
It will be possible for the program committee to suggest accepting submissions
in other than their original submission categories.
Proceedings
All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by
Springer. They must be formatted according to the guidelines of the Lecture
Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
<https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines>series
of Springer. Authors are requested to prepare submissions as close as possible
to final camera-ready versions.
Presentations
All accepted submissions will be presented at the conference in technical
sessions. It will be possible for authors of accepted Technical Full Papers and
Late-Breaking Results Papers to give tool demos as well, without submitting
additional Demonstration Papers.
Important Dates
Technical Full and Late-Breaking Results Papers
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Submission: Friday, May 8th, 2026
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Notification to authors: Friday, June 26th, 2026
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Camera-ready due: Friday, July 17th, 2026
Demos, Posters and Discussion Forum Papers
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Submission: Friday, July 3rd, 2026
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Notification to authors: Friday, July 17th, 2026
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Camera-ready due: Friday, July 24th, 2026
Conference Dates: September 29th – October 2nd, 2026
Organizers
General Conference Chair:
Stefan Sauer, Paderborn University, Germany
Technical Paper Chairs:
Carmelo Ardito, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy
Regina Bernhaupt, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Thiago Rocha Silva, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Local Organizers:
Stefan Sauer, Paderborn University, Germany
Enes Yigitbas, Paderborn University, Germany
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