HumanSys'26

HumanSys 2026

October 30, 2026 | Austin, Texas, USA

Co-located with ACM MobiCom 2026

Overview

With the rapid progression of urbanization and the increasing emphasis on enhancing human well-being, there is a growing demand for intelligent systems that prioritize human-centered design and functionality. Meeting this demand involves addressing key challenges, such as developing advanced sensing technologies to monitor various aspects of human life, including health indicators, behavioral patterns, and people's interactions with the built environment.

Moreover, it requires developing advanced AI models for human-in-the-loop applications, such as predictive tools for personalized healthcare, adaptive systems for long-term monitoring, and optimization algorithms to enhance daily activities and decision-making processes. Additionally, integrating user requirements into system architectures, such as intuitive interfaces, non-intrusive wearables and ambient devices, personalization, and context awareness, remains a central focus.

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. Short Papers (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: Coming soon.

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 linkComing soon
  • Review processdouble-blind review process
  • Page limitsFull Papers: up to 6 pages; Experience Papers: up to 4 pages; Short Papers: up to 2 pages

Policies

By submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you are hereby acknowledging that you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies, including ACM's new Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects. Alleged violations of this policy or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated by ACM and may result in a full retraction of your paper, in addition to other potential penalties, as per ACM Publications Policy. https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/research-involving-human-participants-and-subjects

Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID ID, so you can complete the publishing process for your accepted paper. ACM has been involved in ORCID from the start and we have recently made a commitment to collect ORCID IDs from all of our published authors. We are committed to improve author discoverability, ensure proper attribution and contribute to ongoing community efforts around name normalization; your ORCID ID will help in these efforts.

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

Coming soon.

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 details for HumanSys 2026 are forthcoming. Please check back for updates on registration and attendance information.