Full papers

Full paper submissions to INTERACT may address any area of human-computer interaction. Each paper will be handled by one of the INTERACT SubCommittees listed below.

On submission you will be asked to nominate the most appropriate SubCommittee, so please consider the list carefully.

Key Dates

Full Paper Submission:
- Paper metadata registration on PCS (title, authors, abstract and Subcommittee): 17 February 2025, 23:59 (anywhere on earth)
- Paper submission: 24 February 2025, 23:59 (anywhere on earth)
Reviews to authors: 26 March 2025
Rebuttals due (requested only for borderline papers): 4 April 2025, 23:59 (anywhere on earth)
Notification of acceptance: 26 April 2025
Camera-Ready: 23 June 2025, 23:59 (anywhere on earth)

Submission and Publication Summary

Reviewing process: Peer-reviewed
Anonymous submission: Yes. Read about the INTERACT anonymity policy
Length: Springer format, 18 pages + 4 pages for references
Video: Optional, 30MB max
Online Submission: PCS Submissions System
Proceedings: Springer LNCS Series
Full papers are considered for the IFIP TC13 Awards. Read about Awards.

At least one author for each accepted submission must register for the conference to be included in the proceedings.

Following the recommendations made during the PC meetings, authors are allowed to extend their submission to accommodate the modification requested by the reviewers and the shepherd to up 20 pages + 4 pages for the references. We can exceptionally allow 22 pages + 4 for references if it is duly justified in the recommendation sent by the shepherd.

Author Guidelines

Papers should be formatted using the Springer LNCS format. Authors should consult the Springer Authors’ guidelines and use their proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or for Word, to prepare their papers. Springer proceedings LaTeX templates are also available in Overleaf.

Accepted full papers must be presented at the conference and will be published in Springer LNCS Series.

Authors should guarantee the anonymity of their submissions. Read about Anonymity. Full papers may optionally be accompanied by a video not exceeding 30 MB in size. Video stills will be published online and may be used for publicity.

Further Information

If you require any further information please contact the Full Paper CoChairs: Philippe Palanque and Simone Barbosa

Email: [email protected]

INTERACT Program Committee Sub-Committees

Subcommittee: Accessibility, assistive technologies and aging

Topics:

Accessible design
Accessibility of mainstream technologies
HCI and older people
Accessibility for people with cognitive disabilities;
Accessibility of virtual and augmented reality systems
Digital companions for older people
Supporting the silver economy

Subcommitee: Design for Safe, Secure and Resilient Interactive Systems and Human Work Interaction Design

Topics:

Automation
Critical interactive systems
Human error
Human work interaction design
Safety
Training
Usable security
Trust and acceptance
Sustainable workplaces
Human-automation cooperation
Human-work interaction design
Decent work
Well-being at work
Responsible work
HCI at Work
Work analysis
Work domain analyis
HCI knowledge applied in product design
Design for work in specific application domains (e.g., healthcare, wellness, transport, telecommunication, financial, etc.)

Subcommittee: HCI for Education and Education of HCI

Topics:

Teaching, learning or developing capacity in HCI/Interaction Design
HCI education for non-HCI/UXD professionals
Continuous development for HCI practitioners and researchers
HCI education in different disciplines
HCI education in developing worlds
Pedagogical approaches to HCI
Learning analytics
Inclusive Design Education
Generative AI in HCI Education
Gender gap in HCI
HCI curriculum and qualifications
Educational technologies
Impact of new technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, on HCI Education

Subcommittee: Human-Centred Intelligent Interactive Systems

Topics:

Human-centered interactive AI
Interactive recommender systems
Interacting with autonomous systems
Interactive machine learning
Generative AI and human-work design
Predictive Interaction
UI/UX Design of AI tools
User studies in different AI domains and applications
Children and AI interaction
Human-centred design of intelligent systems
Human control of intelligent systems
User trust in intelligent systems
Ethical aspects of intelligent systems
User-centric explainable AI
Human-robot interaction
Interactive machine learning

Subcommittee: Visualization and visual analytics

Topics:

Data representations and interaction techniques
Evaluation methods for information visualization techniques
Methods for elicitation of user constraints
Priorities & processes for visualizing data
Methods for describing user interaction with visualization tools
Visual analytics including human discourse and knowledge
Visualization techniques and tools
Visualization for specific application domains (e.g., healthcare, wellness, transport, telecommunication, education and training, financial, entertainment, green economy, bioinformatics, etc.)

Subcommittee: Interaction design for culture, diversity, sustainability and international development

Topics:

Cultural aspects in interaction design
Cultural aspects in HCI methods
Interaction design for developing countries
Cross-cultural interactive systems
Equity and justice
HCI to support freedom of expression
Consideration of gender, sexuality and ethnic diversity in HCI
HCI and the digital divide
HCI countering adversity
HCI in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Ethical aspects of HCI research and design practice
Indigenous HCI concepts and methods
Literacy and languages

Subcommittee: HCI methods, processes and methodologies

Topics:

Methods and tools for researching, designing, co-designing, evaluating, deploying or using human-centered interactive systems
Methods and tools for identifying end-user needs and requirements for interactive systems
Methods and tools for studying or designing for UX and usability
Methods and tools for evaluating interactive systems
Design rationale and traceability of design choices
Task analysis and task modeling
Integrating HCI methodologies with other design/development methodologies
Research methods for HCI
Design Methods – User-centred design, Participatory Design etc.

Subcommittee: Interaction Design and Children

Topics:

Child-computer interaction
HCI design and evaluation for children and teenagers
HCI in support of children’s and teenagers’ well-being and development
Children and AI interaction
Educational technologies for children
Methods and techniques for co-designing with children
Ethics in children-computer interaction design and research

Subcommittee: HCI and Emergent Technologies and Needs

Topics:

HCI and the metaverse
Fusion of virtual/cyberspace and physical space
Brain-Computer Interaction
Augmenting humans
Humanations
Human-centered society
HCI in support of Society 5.0 and Industry 5.0
Provocations and New Perspectives on HCI

Subcommitee: Understanding users and human behaviour

Topics:

Affective HCI and emotion
Ethnographic studies
Field reports and user studies
Human perception
Cognition and behaviour
Interaction design and children
Ethical and legal considerations in working with users
Usable security and privacy: User studies on security or privacy technologies (e.g., blockchain) and features, cybersecurity, etc.
Big data driven user research.

Subcommittee: Collaborative, Social and Ubiquitous Interaction

Topics:

Social media
Social aspects of HCI
Interpersonal communication and HCI
HCI for mobile interactions
Mobility
Interaction on the move
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work

Subcommittee: Interactive Systems Technologies and Engineering

Topics:

3D interaction and human architecture for interactive systems
Interactive technologies
Model-based approaches for engineering interactive systems
Multimodality
Immersive Technologies and Wearables
Fabrication, Hardware and Materials
Context-Aware Computing
Computational-Interaction Systems and Techniques
Toolkits, APIs and Frameworks for Interactive Systems

Subcommittee: Design of interactive entertainment systems

Topics:

Educational games
Edutainment applications
Games and gameful design
Playful interactions
Design for play and Fun
Serious games and toys