HumanSys'26

HumanSys 2026

The 4th International Workshop on Human-Centered Sensing, Modeling, and Intelligent Systems

October 30, 2026 | Austin, Texas, USA

Co-located with ACM MobiCom 2026

Overview

HumanSys 2026 brings together researchers and practitioners working on sensing, models, and interactive systems that are designed around real human needs.

  • Human-centered sensing for health, behavior, activity, and context understanding
  • AI and statistical models that support human-in-the-loop decision making and adaptation
  • Systems, interfaces, and deployments evaluated in real-world environments with people

The workshop aims to create a focused venue for discussing methods, systems, and lessons learned across sensing, modeling, interaction design, and deployment.

Call for Papers

This workshop aims to foster collaboration among researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and service sectors, providing a platform to share ideas and experiences in developing human-centered systems.

We welcome contributions that emphasize human-centric sensing technologies, novel models for human-centered systems, and applications in areas including, but not limited to:

Human-Centered Sensing and Data Acquisition

  • Novel sensing approaches for health, activity, gesture, and behavior monitoring of individuals or groups
  • Camera, VR/AR, wearables, mobile platforms, vibration, acoustics, IMU, mmWave, and WiFi sensing
  • Data management and transmission methodologies, including communication and networking

Human-Centered Static and AI Driven Models

  • Statistical models for representing and analyzing human behavior, preferences, and environmental interactions
  • Advanced AI models and techniques, including LLMs, convolutional neural networks, transformers, graph neural networks, time-series models, and statistical learning models
  • System models or frameworks for human-in-the-loop applications and data interpretation in cyber-physical systems

Human-Centered System Design and Implementation

  • Integration of human needs and preferences in the design of cyber-physical systems
  • Privacy considerations, UI/UX design, and the integration of LLM agents or related intelligent systems
  • Prototyping and iterative system design to refine and validate human-centered solutions

Applications and Real-World Studies

  • Real-world deployment experience with human participants
  • Evaluation methodologies and insights of cyber-physical systems with humans in the loop
  • Applications across healthcare, smart living, accessibility, and everyday environments

Submission

Submitted papers must be unpublished and must not be currently under review for any other publication.

We will solicit papers in three categories:

  1. Full Papers (up to 6 pages including references) should report reasonably mature work in human-centered sensing, modeling, or intelligent systems.
  2. Experience Papers (up to 4 pages including references) should present experiences with the implementation, deployment, and operation of novel sensing or modeling technologies for human-centered applications.
  3. Extended Abstracts (up to 2 pages including references) are encouraged to report novel and creative ideas that may benefit from early community feedback.

All papers will be at most 6 single-spaced 8.5" x 11" pages with 10-pt font size in two-column format, including figures, tables, and references. All submissions must use the LaTeX (preferred) or Word styles found here. LaTeX submissions should use the acmart.cls template (sigconf option), with the 10-pt font. All of the accepted papers (regardless of category) will be included in the ACM Digital Library.

HumanSys'26 follows a double-blind review process.

Please submit your papers via this link: https://humansys26.hotcrp.com/.

A Best Paper Award, sponsored by Nokia, will be presented at the workshop.

Important Dates

Paper submission June 5, 2026
Acceptance notification July 31, 2026
Camera-ready deadline August 21, 2026
Workshop date October 30, 2026

Submission Notes

  • Submission link HotCRP
  • Review processdouble-blind review process
  • Page limitsFull Papers: up to 6 pages; Experience Papers: up to 4 pages; Extended Abstracts: up to 2 pages

Policies

Human Participants Policy

All submissions are subject to ACM Publications Policies, including ACM's policy on research involving human participants and subjects. Authors should review the policy carefully before submission.

Learn more about the ACM policy

ORCID Requirement

Authors of accepted papers should ensure that they have an ORCID ID available for the ACM publishing workflow. ORCID helps improve author discoverability, attribution, and name normalization across publications.

Organization

General Chairs

  • Yiwen Dong (yiwen@illinois.edu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA)
  • Jingping Nie (jingping@unc.edu, UNC Chapel Hill, USA)
  • Yang Liu (yang.16.liu@nokia.com, Nokia, UK)

Program Chairs

  • Sijie Ji (sijieji@caltech.edu, California Institute of Technology, USA)
  • Huining Li (hli83@ncsu.edu, North Carolina State University, USA)

Publicity Chairs

  • Yuyan Wu (wuyuyan@stanford.edu, Stanford University, USA)
  • Ruiqing Wang (ruiqing@illinois.edu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA)

Social Media Chairs

  • Jiale Zhang (jiale@umich.edu, University of Michigan, USA)
  • Mingrui Ma (mma36@illinois.edu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA)

Web Chairs

  • Julia Gersey (gersey@umich.edu, University of Michigan, USA)
  • Jinsi Guo (jinsig2@illinois.edu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA)
  • Jingxia Jiang (jjingxia@unc.edu, UNC Chapel Hill, USA)

Steering Committee Members

  • Fred Xiaofan Jiang (Columbia University, USA)
  • Pei Zhang (University of Michigan, USA)

Technical Program Committee

  • Ananta Narayanan Balaji (ananta.balaji@nokia.com, Nokia, UK)
  • Andrea Ferlini (andrea.ferlini@ouraring.com, ŌURA, UK)
  • Dong Ma (dm878@cam.ac.uk, University of Cambridge, UK)
  • Longfei Shangguan (longfei@pitt.edu, University of Pittsburgh, USA)
  • Minghui Zhao (mz2866@columbia.edu, Columbia University, USA)
  • Qiang Yang (qy258@cam.ac.uk, University of Cambridge, UK)
  • Qijia Huang (qijia.huang@duke.edu, Duke University, USA)
  • Qijia Shao (qijiashao@ust.hk, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China)
  • Sheng Lyu (shenglyu@connect.hku.hk, The University of Hong Kong, China)
  • Sheng Sheng (slyu@cs.hku.hk, The University of Hong Kong, China)
  • Shubham Rohal (srohal@ucmerced.edu, UC Merced, USA)
  • Tao Chen (tachen.cs@gmail.com, Samsung Research America, USA)
  • Ting Dang (ting.dang@unimelb.edu.au, The University of Melbourne, Australia)
  • Wei Bo (weibo@buffalo.edu, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York (SUNY), USA)
  • Xinzhe Zheng (zxz.krypton@outlook.com, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
  • Yang Liu (yl25r@fsu.edu, Florida State University, USA)
  • Ziyan An (ziyan.an@vanderbilt.edu, Vanderbilt University, USA)

Venue

HumanSys 2026 will be held in Austin, Texas, USA. Additional venue details and local information will be posted here once they are confirmed.

Registration

Registration and attendance information will be added here once ACM MobiCom 2026 registration details are available.