HCI Workshops & Tutorial
Day: Sunday, 30.08.2026 & Tuesday, 01.09.2026
Time & Room: see individual workshops and tutorial in table or description below
The Workshops all take place on Sunday, 30.08.2026 and morning of Tuesday, 01.09.2026. The Tutorial will take place on Sunday, 30.08.2026. The rooms are split in three buildings: LB, LC, and LK, which are next to the main buildings (LA / LX).
An overview of our buildings and rooms are provided here: Participation –> Location Maps.
| Workshop Title | Time | Building | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCI-W100: 13. Workshop Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion in sicherheitskritischen Systemen: Wer entscheidet im Ernstfall? | TUESDAY 9 am – 12:30 pm | LK | LK0063 |
| MCI-W101: Wearable Teleoperation for Urban Search and Rescue: Enhancing First Responder Capabilities through Natural Human-Robot Interaction | SUNDAY 9 am – 5:30 pm | LK | LK0063 |
| MCI-W102: Human-Centered Moderation: Expertise, Context, and Evaluation | SUNDAY 9 am – 5:30 pm | LC | LC0137 |
| MCI-W103: Aligning AI with Human Needs: Approaches to User-Centered AI | SUNDAY 9 am – 12:30 pm | LK | LK0061 |
| MCI-W104: Third International Workshop on Empowering Energy Literacy – HCI Strategies for Accessible Data Engagement (EEL-HCI2026) | SUNDAY 2 pm – 5:30 pm | LK | LK0053 |
| MCI-W105: 12th Workshop on Usable Security and Privacy | 12. Usable Security and Privacy Workshop” | TUESDAY 9 am – 12:30 pm | LK | LK0052 |
| MCI-W106: Partizipative & sozialverantwortliche Technikentwicklung – Co-creating transformation and transforming co-creation | TUESDAY 9 am – 12:30 pm | LK | LK0061 |
| MCI-W107: Towards Pro-Adaptivity in Human-Machine-Interaction. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Development & Evaluation | SUNDAY 9 am – 5:30 pm | LK | LK0051 |
| MCI-W108: Agency and Digital Participation in Urban Space: Technologies, Perspectives, and Practices for Inclusive City Planning | SUNDAY 9 am – 5:30 pm | LC | LC0140 |
| MCI-W109: The Whispering Interface: Intuition as a Resonance Space between Human and World | SUNDAY 9 am – 5:30 pm | LK | LK0053 |
| MCI-W110: Beyond the Prompt: Generative KI und HCI in der Medieninformatik-Lehre | TUESDAY 9 am – 12:30 pm | LK | LK0051 |
| MCI-W111: 19th Workshop “Be-greifbare Interaktion” | SUNDAY 9 am – 5:30 pm | LC | LC0026 |
| MCI-W112: Rapid Research in Healthcare – Feasible or Fantasy? | SUNDAY 2 pm – 5:30 pm | LC | LC0133 |
| MCI-W113: Neurodiversity: Socio-Technical Life Transitions as Decisive Momentum for Inclusion and Exclusion Processes. | TUESDAY 9 am – 12:30 pm | LK | LK0053 |
| MCI-W114: Between Empowerment and Exclusion: Socio-technical Approaches to Modeling, Designing and Evaluating Inclusive Interactive Systems | SUNDAY 2 pm – 5:30 pm | LK | LK0061 |
| MCI-W115: Human-Centered AI in Applications – Challenges and Promises (UCAI ‘26: Sixth Workshop on User-Centered Artificial Intelligence) | SUNDAY 9 am – 5:30 pm | LK | LK0052 |
| MCI-TUT01: New Statistics for Design Researchers: A workshop in tidy R | SUNDAY 9 am – 5:30 pm | LB | LB0134 |
List of Workshops
W100: 13. Workshop Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion in sicherheitskritischen
Kaufhold, Marc-André; Mentler, Tilo; Nestler, Simon; Hartwig, Katrin; Reuter, Christian
Im Zentrum dieser Workshopreihe steht bereits seit über einer Dekade die Interaktion von Mensch und Technik in sicherheitskritischen Kontexten. Hierzu zählen Bereiche, die bereits seit Jahrzehnten Gegenstand der Forschung sind (z.B. Gesundheitswesen, Prozessführung in Leitwarten, Verkehrsführung), aber auch aktuelle Herausforderungen (z.B. Ausfallsichere Netzwerke, Cyberphysische Systeme, Social Media im Katastrophenschutz) und neuartige Technologien (z.B. Digital Twins, Extended Reality, Künstliche Intelligenz) unter Berücksichtigung ethischer, legaler und sozialer Implikationen. In diesen und vielen weiteren Bereichen gilt, dass sichere Systemzustände nur durch die ganzheitliche Betrachtung von Mensch, Technik und Organisation gewährleistet oder im Falle einer Disruption schnellstmöglich wieder erreicht werden können. In diesem Zusammenhang ist der Workshop auch der Nutzbarkeit und Akzeptanz von Sicherheitskonzepten sowie einer bewussteren Auseinandersetzung der Nutzenden mit diesen Themen gewidmet.Systemen: Wer entscheidet im Ernstfall?
Tuesday, 01.09.2026, 9:00 – 12:30
Room: LK0063
http://peasec.de/2026/muc-ws-26/
W101: Wearable Teleoperation for Urban Search and Rescue: Enhancing First Responder Capabilities through Natural Human-Robot Interaction
Pascher, Max; Sanseverino, Giuseppe; Fabritius, Philipp S.; Surmann, Hartmut; Chuang, Lewis; Gerken, Jens
Urban search and rescue (USAR) operations present demanding conditions in which first responders must navigate dangerous, debris-filled environments while making rapid decisions under severe time constraints. Recent developments in wearable technologies and human-robot interaction (HRI) open up new possibilities for natural and intuitive teleoperation interfaces tailored to the needs of emergency response. In this workshop, experts in wearable computing, robotics, human-computer interaction (HCI), and disaster response explore how such interfaces can support more effective HCI in USAR scenarios. Through presentations, hands-on prototyping sessions, and subsequent discussions, we aim to derive actionable design principles, identify technical challenges, and develop accessible prototyping strategies for wearable emergency response teleoperation systems. The workshop also addresses current limitations in standardization, validation, and field deployment of wearable technologies in these high-stakes operational contexts, where robust and intuitive collaboration is paramount.
Sunday, 30.08.2026, 9:00 – 17:30
Room: LK0063
https://www.wearableteleoperation.net
W102: Human-Centered Moderation: Expertise, Context, and Evaluation
Hartmann, David; Luther, Anna Ricarda; Heuer, Hendrik; Zou, Yixin
Content moderation is supposed to protect users globally from being subjected to harmful content online. However, current practices suffer from inadequate protection of users while devaluing human expertise. Automated moderation systems struggle with bias, evolving speech, and cultural specificity, while human moderators face precarious working conditions and psychological harm. This workshop convenes researchers, moderators, and policy experts to move beyond purely technical fixes. The workshop focuses on three priorities: (1) centering workers’ situated expertise and labor conditions, (2) addressing evolving and culturally situated harmful speech, and (3) building inclusive, reliable datasets and benchmarks for AI development and evaluation. By soliciting position papers, a panel with content moderators, breakout groups, and plenary exchange, this workshop aims to create concrete policy recommendations on the topics discussed.
Sunday, 30.08.2026, 9:00 – 17:30
Room: LC0137
htttps://workshop26.content-moderation.org
W103: Aligning AI with Human Needs: Approaches to User-Centered AI
Tuncer, Zeynep; Schrepp, Martin
This workshop focuses on Human-Centered AI and addresses the question of how AI-supported applications can be designed to consistently align with human needs, capabilities, limitations, and values. Rather than emphasizing the technological performance of AI itself, the workshop places its focus on the meaningful, responsible, and user-centered integration of AI into interactive systems, products, and services. The workshop is deliberately designed to be methodologically open and outcome oriented. Contributions are invited that engage with the design, evaluation, or critical reflection of AI-supported applications regardless of whether they are conceptual, empirical, experimental, or practice-oriented in nature. The aim is to bring together diverse perspectives and jointly discuss which design approaches, methods, and conceptual frameworks have proven effective or are currently emerging in the context of Human-Centered AI.
Sunday, 30.08.2026, 9:00 – 12:30
Room: LK0061
https://www.ztuncer.com/muc26.html
W104: Third International Workshop on Empowering Energy Literacy – HCI Strategies for Accessible Data Engagement (EEL-HCI2026)
Kurz, Marc; Hödl, Oliver; Michahelles, Florian; Barreto, Mary
In today’s dynamic energy transition, effective management and comprehension of energy-related information transcend conventional data analysis, which concerns all stakeholders involved from network operators to citizens. This workshop explores multifaceted energy transparency, integrating best practices, legal considerations, and HCI principles: Transparent energy data catalyze informed decision-making for driving sustainability; understanding energy management complexities enhances resource optimization; interdisciplinary collaboration from engineering to regulation fosters holistic energy transparency; and incorporating HCI principles promotes user engagement with energy data for empowering informed action. Through presentations of position papers, we aim to collect multidisciplinary needs, challenges, requirements, and best practices which will be discussed to conclude on HCI strategies to navigate energy dynamics effectively, unlocking transformative potential for sustainability.
Sunday, 30.08.2026, 14:00 – 17:30
Room: LK0053
https://www.eel-hci2026.com
W105: 12th Workshop on Usable Security and Privacy | 12. Usable Security and Privacy Workshop”
Lo Iacono, Luigi; Schmitt, Hartmut; Feth, Denis; Heinemann, Andreas
Ziel der zwölften Ausgabe des wissenschaftlichen Workshops “Usable Security und Privacy” auf der Mensch und Computer 2026 ist es, aktuelle Forschungs- und Praxisbeiträge auf diesem Gebiet zu präsentieren und mit den Teilnehmenden zu diskutieren. Mit dem Workshop wird ein etabliertes Forum fortgesetzt und weiterentwickelt, in dem sich Expert:innen, Forschende und Praktiker:innen aus unterschiedlichen Domänen transdisziplinär zum Thema Usable Security und Privacy austauschen. Der Workshop richtet sich an interessierte Wissenschaftler:innen aus den Bereichen Usability- und Security-Engineering, Informatik, Ingenieurwissenschaften, Mediengestaltung und Psychologie, ausdrücklich aber auch an Vertreter:innen aus Wirtschaft, Industrie und öffentlicher Verwaltung. Im Sinne des Konferenzmottos “Transforming Interactions” begrüßt der Workshop insbesondere Beitragsvorschläge, die aufzeigen, wie durch innovative Interaktionsmodalitäten die Produkteigenschaft Usable Security und Privacy gezielt gefördert werden kann.
Tuesday, 01.09.2026, 9:00 – 12:30
Room: LK0052
https://das.uni-giessen.de/workshops/usp-muc-2026
W106: Partizipative & sozialverantwortliche Technikentwicklung – Co-creating transformation and transforming co-creation
Gaertner, Wanda; Maas, Franzisca; Volkmann, Torben; Jarke, Juliane; Berger, Arne; Bischof, Andreas; Draude, Claude; Hamm, Andrea; Horn, Viktoria; Marsden, Nicola; Mucha, Henrik; Struzek, David; Wolf, Sara
Im Workshop treffen sich Forscherinnen und Praktikerinnen zu Austausch und Diskussion über die Beteiligung von Nutzer*innen an Technikentwicklungsprozessen. Sie gehen dabei der Frage nach, wie Partizipation dem Anspruch auf Demokratisierung und Empowerment in Forschung und Praxis gerecht werden kann. Der Workshop dient auch als jährliches Treffen der Fachgruppe „Partizipation“ im Fachbereich Mensch-Computer-Interaktion (MCI) der Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI).
Tuesday, 01.09.2026, 9:00 – 12:30
Room: LK0061
https://fg-partizipation.gi.de/workshop-muc
W107: Towards Pro-Adaptivity in Human-Machine-Interaction. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Development & Evaluation
Krause, André Frank; Bergmann, Felix; Kannen, Kyra; Grashof, Robin; Ressel, Christian; Nitsche, Thomas; Pitsch, Karola
The ability to adapt to users’ behavior and environment is an important feature of assistive systems. While most technologies remain primarily reactive, adapting only to current contexts or explicitly configured parameters, pro-adaptive technology represents an emerging research direction that extends this paradigm. Developed in the context of assistive technology (AT), it considers longitudinal trends, anticipating future changes in user abilities to maintain system effectiveness, usability, and user acceptance over time. We therefore propose different levels of adaptability, ranging from static (L1) to pro-adaptive AT (L5). Pro-adaptive AT adapts to meet the user’s (future) needs based on anticipated conditions that are derived from past and current sensor data (e.g., changes in ageing or disease). In this workshop, we invite demonstrations, talks, and work-in-progress contributions across disciplines to discuss the future of (pro-)adaptive technology and potential approaches to its implementation, both in AT and beyond. To this end, the workshop adresses interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners to advance user-centered, adaptive technology.
Sunday, 30.08.2026, 09:00 – 17:30
Room: LK0051
https://uni-due.de/kowi/mukom/workshops_muc2026
W108: Agency and Digital Participation in Urban Space: Technologies, Perspectives, and Practices for Inclusive City Planning
Osipova, Margarita; Holtmann, Christoph; Khieu, Tietje; Brehm, Karoline; Hornecker, Eva; Israel, Johann Habakuk
How do citizens, city planners, municipalities, and civic-tech organisations experience and exercise agency when digital technologies mediate participation in urban planning? Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR), interactive tabletop displays, and mobile applications open up new possibilities for involving diverse publics in shaping their built environment—yet each technology configures agency differently, foregrounding certain perspectives while potentially marginalising others. This full-day workshop brings together researchers and practitioners to critically examine agency and digital participation in urban space: Who gets to act, decide, and shape outcomes through which tools? We address this question from multiple angles by creating space for diverse modes of experience exchange and collaborative discussions. Building on the Urban Future is Now workshop series at MuC 2024 and 2025, we broaden the scope of the workshop toward showcasing prototypes and cross-sector exchange aiming to develop a shared research and practice agenda for inclusive, technology-mediated urban digital participation.
Sunday, 30.08.2026, 09:00 – 17:30
Room: LC0140
https://urban-future-now.pubpub.org/muc-26
W109: The Whispering Interface: Intuition as a Resonance Space between Human and World
Narewski, Lisa; Becker, Katja
The MuC 2026 theme Transforming Interactions invites us to critically examine how digital technologies shape individual and social change. This workshop takes up that invitation by questioning a dominant mode of interaction: datafication and self-optimization. Self-tracking devices systematically redirect attention from inner sensations to measurable parameters, eroding intuitive capacities. We propose a speculative counterposition: The Whispering Interface, a concept that envisions technology not as an optimization tool but as a resonance space for self-encounter. In a hands-on, half-day session grounded in speculative design and participatory methods, participants intuitively select and design a stone as a symbolic resonance artifact, engage in guided reflection on moments where external logics overrode inner knowing, and collectively discuss what transforming the relationship between humans and technology might mean in practice. The workshop brings researchers and practitioners together to explore alternative interaction paradigms that take embodied intuitive knowledge seriously as a design resource.
Sunday, 30.08.2026, 09:00 – 17:30; Room: LK0053
https://whispering-interface.ik.w-hs.de
W110: Beyond the Prompt: Generative KI und HCI in der Medieninformatik-Lehre
Rumpler, Martin; Wolff, Christian; Kindsmüller, Martin Christof; Jent, Sophie; Harder, Thorleif; Ostrau, Sofie
Der Workshop befasst sich mit der Transformation und Neukonzeption der Medieninformatik-Lehre, insbesondere im Bereich Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion vor dem Hintergrund der wachsenden Bedeutung KI-gestützter Methoden in allen Bereichen des Entwicklungszyklus interaktiver Systeme, die weit über die einfache Nutzung dialogorientierter Chatinterfaces hinausgehen. Im Sinne eines integrativen Ansatzes laden wir sowohl Studierende als auch Lehrende ein, mit Fallstudien, Erfahrungsberichten oder konzeptuellen Positionspapieren zu diesem Thema beizutragen. Auch Überlegungen zur Weiterentwicklung der HCI-Curricula in diesem Kontext sind willkommen. Der Workshop wird neben einem Vortragsteil auch eine Arbeitsphase umfassen, aus der eine Synthese der vorgestellten Ideen und Konzepte entstehen soll. Eröffnet wird der Workshop durch eine Mini-Keynote von Thorleif Harder zum Thema kritisches Denken und Verantwortungsbewusstsein im Umgang von UX-Designer:innen mit generativer KI. Dabei werden zentrale Fragen zum Einsatz von KI-Tools im Designprozess aufgegriffen und zur gemeinsamen Diskussion gestellt.
Tuesday, 01.09.2026, 9:00 – 12:30
Room: LK0051
https://fg-mi.gi.de/veranstaltung/muc-workshop-2026
W111: 19th Workshop “Be-greifbare Interaktion”
Maierhöfer, Vitus; Nischwitz, Lena M.; Emmert, Martina; Kilger, Maximilian; Eder, Maximilian; Hesselbarth, Lisa
Tangible interaction centers around the manipulation of physical objects and the usage of our bodies, thus involving the environment and physical context stronger than visual or speech-based interfaces. The wide range of possibilities for integrating sensors and computing systems into the physical environment provides ample design space. The research field of Tangible Interaction investigates this scope to enable meaningful and human-oriented applications. In this workshop, the German Informatics Society (GI) specialist group “Be-greifbare Interaktion” of the Department of Human-Computer Interaction offers a forum for scientific discourse and interdisciplinary discussion. Contributions range from theoretical, critical, and forward-looking reflections to design work and practical implementations.This year’s theme is “Rethinking Tangibles”. We will revisit existing definitions of tangibles and examine their roles and relevance in today’s world. The workshop opens the discussion to a broader audience of experts and students, to disclose current developments and generate new impulses for the research field.
Sunday, 30.08.2026, 09:00 – 17:30
Room: LC0026
https://fg-bgi.gi.de
W112: Rapid Research in Healthcare – Feasible or Fantasy?
Moorthy, Preetha; Reisemann, Matthias; Cobus, Vanessa; Müller-Birn, Claudia
Qualitative research is essential for understanding user needs in time-critical industrial and healthcare settings. Researchers often struggle to apply rigorous qualitative methods to time-constrained processes, workflows that demand rapid, low-cost, lightweight approaches that yield valid insights without disrupting or delaying task execution or patient care. Traditional qualitative techniques often prove too slow or disruptive, yielding superficial “quick and dirty” results that compromise the integrity of outcomes. This workshop invites researchers, practitioners, and healthcare professionals to share experiences and critically examine “rapid qualitative methods” tailored to the demands of busy industrial or healthcare environments. Through role-playing and collaborative mapping, we will explore how to design, validate, and justify rapid techniques under real temporal, ethical, and organizational constraints while preserving rigor and reliability. The workshop aims to build a shared repertoire of practical, rapid research approaches and foster a collaborative community at the intersection of HCI, UX, and time-critical industrial or clinical practice.
Sunday, 30.08.2026, 14:00 – 17:30
Room: LC0133
https://www.umm.uni-heidelberg.de/miism/biomedizinische-informatik/m2axi-usability-labor/projects/muc-2026-rapid-research-in-healthcare
W113: Neurodiversity: Socio-Technical Life Transitions as Decisive Momentum for Inclusion and Exclusion Processes
Effert, Jana-Sophie; Rauen, Daniela; Hermann, Julia; Alshaigy, Bedour; Breisacher, Samuel; Tan, Valerie; Mörike, Frauke
Neurodiversity has gained momentum within the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community, emphasizing the need for both societal awareness and technological alignment that goes beyond neurotypical assumptions. Current research and design efforts often focus on tailoring socio-technical environments to meet neurodivergent needs, covering e.g. inclusive educational technologies or structured workplace adaptations, leading to solutions for stable life phases. However, transitions between life stages, such as moving from school to work, changing jobs, or relocating, often represent critical moments of exclusion. For many neurodivergent people, non-linear life paths are common, making these transitions key moments of both vulnerability and opportunity. This workshop aims to bring together neurotypical and neurodivergent practitioners and researchers to discuss HCI approaches to life transitions by exploring (I) significant transition processes within neurodivergent life courses, (II) shared mechanisms of exclusion, and (III) design implications. With flexible submissions, diverse participation opportunities, and no expectation of self-disclosure, we seek to create an inclusive space for collaborative discussion and knowledge exchange.”
Tuesday, 01.09.2026, 9:00 – 12:30
Room: LK0053
https://ait.reha.tu-dortmund.de/forschung/muc-workshop-neurodiversity
W114: Between Empowerment and Exclusion: Socio-technical Approaches to Modeling, Designing and Evaluating Inclusive Interactive Systems
Dirks, Susanne; Mörike, Frauke; Gerling, Kathrin; Pelka, Bastian; Gerken, Jens; Bächler, Liane; Heinz-Jakobs, Mario
Digital participation is a fundamental challenge in human-computer interaction. While intelligent interactive systems open up new opportunities for social participation, they also reproduce or reinforce existing barriers, especially for people with disabilities. We define digital participation as a socio-technical design and system task that transcends isolated accessibility solutions by focusing on the interactions between technology, context of use, environmental conditions, and inclusion. In this workshop we focus on inclusive interactive systems, user and context modeling, adaptive and AI-supported architectures, and evaluation approaches that balance the needs of people with disabilities, technical system properties, and socio-technical impacts. We will critically explore established design frameworks, like universal design and ability-based design, and theoretical models, as well as current developments in generative AI, immersive technologies, and multimodal interaction. Our workshop aims to gather technical, methodological, and theoretical perspectives, identify open research questions, and establish lasting connections within the HCI and accessibility community.
Sunday, 30.08.2026, 14:00 – 17:30
Room: LK0061
https://rt.reha.tu-dortmund.de/forschung/muc-2026-workshop
W115: Human-Centered AI in Applications – Challenges and Promises (UCAI ‘26: Sixth Workshop on User-Centered Artificial Intelligence)
Loepp, Benedikt; Detjen, Henrik; Donkers, Tim; Müller-Birn, Claudia; Ziegler, Jürgen
UCAI ‘26 will address topics at the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI) and artificial intelligence (AI) to strengthen human-centered design in AI-based applications. A major goal is to explore and discuss how to empower users by making intelligent systems more transparent, interpretable, and controllable. A central question will be the integration of AI functions into domain-specific applications, e.g., how to integrate AI with existing practices and workflows. Beyond interaction, counteracting potential biases in data and algorithms is another important goal to address trustworthiness, fairness, and regulatory requirements. Finally, there are methodological gaps in evaluating AI-based systems with respect to technical metrics, as well as UX, acceptability, business impact, and ethical considerations. The workshop invites contributions from researchers and practitioners in a range of formats, including research studies, case studies, experience reports, and opinion articles.
Sunday, 30.08.2026, 09:00 – 17:30
Room: LK0052
https://ucai-sig.org/events/ucai26/
List of Tutorials
TUT01: New Statistics for Design Researchers: A workshop in tidy R
Schmettow, Martin
The proposed tutorial aims at liberating design researchers from constraints and concerns associated with crude legacy statistics by introducing them to the modern framework of linear models and its two extensions, multi-level models and generalized linear models.
Sunday, 30.08.2026, 09:00 – 17:30
Room: LB0134