The ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is the leading international conference on Human-Computer Interaction. CHI 2026 marks a landmark moment for the College of Arts, Media and Design.

CAMD faculty and students contributed 28 full papers, 7 posters, 2 workshops, 1 journal article, and 1 panel to the world’s premier human-computer interaction conference — with 5 full papers and 3 posters led by CAMD PhD students as first authors and 5 other full papers and 3 posters involving CAMD PhD students as co-authors.   

Across these contributions, CAMD researchers are asking the questions that matter most: How do we design AI systems that genuinely support human creativity, health, and agency? How do we build technology that is accessible, equitable, and just? And how can games, immersive media, and participatory design reshape how people learn, connect, and engage with their communities?

From wearable AR for physical therapy to civic AI tools, from inclusive ideation platforms to critical scholarship on identity and data rights, CAMD’s presence at CHI 2026 reflects a college at the forefront of human-centered technology — and a PhD program producing researchers who are already shaping the field.   

And in a fitting coda: CAMD PhD student Paula Martín Rivero won the CHI 2026 T-shirt design competition, meaning her work will be worn by every staff member and volunteer at the conference.  

Many  CAMD faculty are jointly appointed with the Northeastern University Khoury College of Computer Sciences. Khoury’s story of Northeastern’s success at CHI is reported here.

You can discover Northeastern University’s contributions — including 43 full papers and 11 posters — at the link below.

  Northeastern contributions at CHI

 

CAMD Contributions

**CAMD student/postdoc  

* CAMD Faculty  

 

Full papers 

Civic Data at the Seams  

Ashley Boone, Na’Taki Jelks, Quanda Spencer, Destinee Whitaker, Carl DiSalvo, Christopher Le Dantec*  

  

Whose Time Counts? Temporal Arrangements in Sociotechnical Infrastructures  

Catherine Wieczorek, Anh-Ton Tran, Cindy Kaiying Lin, Laura Forlano*, Carl DiSalvo and Shaowen Bardzell  

  

“Do I Really Need This?”: Illuminating Challenges in Integrating Computational Training Tools in Esports Coaching  

Erica Kleinman*, Seonho Kim, Soomin Kim, Hanbyeol Lee, Jonghyun Kim, Donghyeon Kang, Sangbeom Park, Casper Harteveld*, Byungjoo Lee  

  

“Control Is a Trajectory, Not a Point”: Conceptualizing Control in Human-AI Co-Creativity  

Alayt Issak**, Jeba Rezwana & Casper Harteveld*  

  

Touch, Gesture, and Conversation: A Case Study in the Choreography of Interaction with a Data Physicalization  

Laura Perovich*, Christina Wu**, Bernice Rogowitz & Dietmar Offenhuber*  

  

Human-AI Narrative Synthesis to Foster Shared Understanding in Civic Decision-Making  

Cassandra Overney, Hang Jiang, Urooj Haider**, Cassandra Moe, Jasmine Mangat, Frank Pantano, Effie G. McMillian, Paul Riggins**, Nabeel Gillani*  

  

Idea11y: Enhancing Accessibility in Collaborative Ideation for Blind or Low Vision Screen Reader Users  

Mingyi Li, Huiru Yang, Nihar Sanda, and Maitraye Das*.  
  

VizCrit: Exploring Strategies for Displaying Computational Feedback in a Visual Design Tool Mingyi Li, Mengyi Chen, Sarah Luo, Yining Cao, Haijun Xia, Maitraye Das*, Steven P. Dow, and Jane L. E.  
  

“It Depends”: Re-Authoring Play Through Clinical Reasoning in Wearable AR Rehab Games  

Binyan Xu**, Wei Wu**, Soonhyeon Kweon, Casper Harteveld*, Leanne Chukoskie*  

  

Reimagining Wearable AR Gesture Design: Physical Therapy Reasoning in Everyday Contexts  

Wei Wu **, Binyan Xu **, Soonhyeon Kweon,  Leanne Chukoskie *, Casper Harteveld *  

  

“Words are not enough”: Examining Emotional Support by Conversational AI for Caregivers  

Meliak Vafafar, Sian Joel-Edgar, Casper Harteveld*, Hossein Dabbagh, Andrew Martin, & Jim Ang  

  

My Body, Their Business: User Perspectives on Commercial Data Practices in FemTech mHealth Apps  

Ghada Alsebayel, Ximena Lainfiesta**, Ayesha Fatima, Giovanni M. Troiano*, Chenyan Jia*, and Casper Harteveld*  

  

“Not Human, Funnier”: How Machine Identity Shapes Humor Perception in Online AI Stand-up Comedy  

Xuehan Huang, Canwen Wang, Yifei Hao, Daijin Yang**, Ray LC  

  

Vibe Check: Understanding the Effects of LLM-Based Conversational Agents’ Personality and Alignment on User Perceptions in Goal-Oriented Tasks  

Hasibur Rahman**, Smit Desai*  

  

Balancing Efficiency and Empathy: Healthcare Providers’ Perspectives on AI-Supported Workflows for Serious Illness Conversations in the Emergency Department  

Menglin Zhao**, Zhuorui Yong, Ruijia Guan, Kai-Wei Chang, Adrian Haimovich, Kei Ouchi, Timothy Bickmore, Zhan Zhang, Bingsheng Yao**, Dakuo Wang*, Smit Desai*  

  

Exploring Collaboration Breakdowns Between Provider Teams and Patients in Post-Surgery Care  

Bingsheng Yao**, Menglin Zhao **, Zhan Zhang, Pengqi Wang, Emma G Chester, Changchang Yin, Tianshi Li, Varun Mishra, Lace Padilla, Odysseas Chatzipanagiotou, Timothy Pawlik, Ping Zhang, Weidan Cao *, Dakuo Wang *  

  

Learning Ecological Justice and Game Design by Creating Transformational Games  

Jailyn Zabala**, Dexter Delandro**, Cliff Lee*, Alexandra To*  

 
“I can take what I want and adapt as needed”: BIPOC Identity Making and Resistance Through Internet Aesthetics on TikTok  

Natalie Chen, Gianna Williams, Alexandra To*, Michael Ann DeVito*  

  

“How would I know what I would want from or with them?”: Supporting A-Spec Approaches to Developing Relationships Through Online Platforms  

Kelly Wang, Ashlee Milton, Leah Namisa Rosenbloom, Erika Melder, Ada Lerner, Michael Ann DeVito*  

  

The Pit Beneath the Town Square: How Digital Solastalgia Affects Platform Migration and Community Structures of Transfeminine Users  

Erika Melder, Veronica Rubinsztain**, Jiaqi Li, Emma Vonbuelow, Michael Ann DeVito*  

  

“BearBubbles: Interactive Olfactory Enrichment to Encourage Foraging in Zoo Animals”  

Arushi Aggarwal, Sarah Woodruff,  Jas Brooks, Rebecca Kleinberger*  

  

“Outfoxed: Design and Evaluation of a Modular Interactive Puzzle for Cognitive Enrichment of Zoo Animals”  

Vatsal Mehta, Somil Urmil Shah, Lubaina Malvi, Willem Shak,  Felix Sims,  Sarah Woodruff, Rebecca Kleinberger*  

  

Beyond Accuracy: Experts See AI Fact-Checks as Accurate but Less Useful 
Chenyan Jia*, Apoorva Gondimalla, Angie Zhang, David Mullings, Alexander Boltz, Min Kyung Lee  

 
Dark Patterns Meet GUI Agents: LLM Agent Susceptibility to Manipulative Interfaces and the Role of Human Oversight  

Jingyu Tang , Chaoran Chen, Jiawen Li , Zhiping Zhang, Bingcan Guo, Ibrahim Khalilov, Simret Araya Gebreegziabher, Bingsheng Yao**, Dakuo Wang*, Yanfang Ye, Tianshi Li, Ziang Xiao, Yaxing Yao, Toby Jia-Jun Li     

LLM-based Embodied Conversational Agent for Reducing Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety in Social VR  
Mengxu Pan, Panxin Liu, Jinda Zhang, Raina Cao, Viduni Ariyawansa, Yaning Li, Bingsheng Yao, Dakuo Wang*, Philippe Pasquier, Alexandra Kitson, Mirjana Prpa  

  
MIND: Empowering Mental Health Clinicians with Multimodal Data Insights through a Narrative Dashboard  

Ruishi Zou, Shiyu Xu, Margaret E Morris, Jihan Ryu, Timothy D. Becker, Nicholas Allen, Anne Marie Albano, Randy Auerbach , Daniel A. Adler, Varun Mishra, Lace M. Padilla, Dakuo Wang*, Ryan Sultan, Xuhai “Orson” Xu  

  
Through the Lens of Human-Human Collaboration: An Configurable Research Platform for Exploring Human-Agent Collaboration  

Bingsheng Yao**, Jiaju Chen , Chaoran Chen , April Yi Wang , Toby Jia-Jun Li , Dakuo Wang*  

 
XSynth: GenAI-Empowered Shared Mental Model Building for Conceptual Design Collaboration in Extended Reality  

Yaning Li , Shumin Li , Ziyao He , Dakuo Wang* 
  

Journals

Transphobia Is in the Eye of the Prompter: Trans-Centered Perspectives on Large Language Models  

Morgan Klaus Scheuerman, Katy Weathington, Adrian Petterson, Dylan Thomas Doyle, Dipto Das, Michael Ann DeVito*, Jed R. Brubaker  

  

Posters

Finding MeBo: Delivering Reminiscence Therapy for Older Adults Using LLM-Based Voice User Interfaces.  

Manasi Atul Vaidya, Ryan Bruggeman**, Jessie Chin, Maitraye Das*, and Smit Desai*.  

 
Conversational Successes and Breakdowns in Everyday Non-Display Smart Glasses Use  

Xiuqi Tommy Zhu**, Xiaoan Liu, Casper Harteveld*, Smit Desai*, Eileen McGivney*  

  

“I Want My Data To Be Used Purposely”: Women’s Data Relationships with FemTech Apps  

Ximena Lainfiesta**, Ghada Alsebayel, Chenyan Jia*, and Casper Harteveld*  

  

Bridging Pedagogy and Play: Introducing a Language Mapping Interface for Human-AI Co-Creation in Educational Game Design  

Daijin Yang **, Erica Kleinman*, Casper Harteveld*  

  

Beyond Accuracy: Experts See AI Fact-Checks as Accurate but Less Useful  

Chenyan Jia*, Apoorva Gondimalla, Angie Zhang, David Mullings, Alexander Boltz, Min Kyung Lee  

  

“Who wants to be nagged by AI?“: Investigating the Effects of Agreeableness on Older Adults’ Perception of LLM-Based Voice Assistants’ Explanations  

Niharika Mathur, Hasibur Rahman**, Smit Desai*  

  

“Non-Linear Journeys with Voice Assistants: A Multi-Trajectory Analysis of Older Adults’ Long-Term Home Use  

Wen-Ning Chen, Smit Desai*, Carrie O’Connell, Sarah Leiser, Kelly Quinn, Naoko Muramatsu, David Marquez, Catherine O’Brien, Jessie Chin  

  

Prism: Co-Designing a Multimodal AR Assistant for Interventional Radiology Workflows   

Binyan Xu**, Wei Wu**  

  

Workshops  

Laura Forlano* is co-organizer of an accepted workshop, “Crip HCI: Cyborg Perspectives on Disability Justice”, with Christoph Becker, Beatrice Vincenzi, Franzisca Maas, Alesandra Baca-Vázquez, Casey Fiesler and Rua Mae Williams   

 
Dakuo Wang* and Bingsheng Yao** are co-organizers of an accepted workshop, “From Human-Human Collaboration to Human-Agent Collaboration: A Vision, Design Philosophy, and an Empirical Framework for Achieving Successful Partnerships Between Humans and LLM Agents”, with Chaoran Chen, April Yi Wang, Tongshuang Wu, and Toby Jia-Jun Li  

  

Carmen Hull* has a contribution called Data Tectonics Workshop, in Craft-Based Data Physicalization: Opportunities and Challenges  

  

Extended abstract accepted in Craft-Based Data Physicalization: Opportunities and Challenges, “Community Craft and Embodied Input Physicalization at the Playground” by Narges Mahyar, Foroozan Danehszand, Negar Ghorashi, Sydney K. Purdue**, Matthew Brehmer  

  

Panels  

Laura Forlano* is co-organizer of an accepted panel on “Participatory AI & Social Justice” with Maria Luce Lupetti, Christina Harrington, Massimo Menichinelli, Cristina Zaga, Alessandro Bozzon and Q. Vera Liao.