3rd International Workshop on Mobile Cognitive Augmenting and Cognition-Altering Technologies using Human-Centered AI
MobileHCI 2026 Workshop
Aug 30 – Sept 3 Swansea, UK
Shifting from general exploration of CAT toward more evidence-oriented, publication-driven, and application-grounded research – highlighting healthcare and medicine as high-impact domains in which mobile HCI, cognitive science, and AI can contribute to safer, more effective support systems
image: Gemini’s interpretation of the workshop topic
Topic
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Scope
We welcome contributions investigating how mobile, wearable, ubiquitous, and AI-enabled systems can sense, model, influence, support, or evaluate cognition in human-centered ways. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following
Sensing and assessing cognition in the wild: *Mobile and wearable sensing of stress, fatigue, workload, attention, and emotional states, *Multimodal sensing and context modeling in naturalistic settings, *Non-intrusive physiological and behavioral sensing for cognitive state estimation, *Longitudinal assessment of cognition, effort, well-being, and performance
Modeling and simulating cognition with AI: *Human-centered modeling of cognitive processes, *Generative and multimodal AI for cognitive state inference, *Simulation of users, workflows, and decision contexts for system design, *Modeling uncertainty, individual differences, and neurodiversity, *Cognitive augmentation in healthcare and medicine
AI support for surgical preparation and perioperative workflows: *Mobile cognitive assistants for clinicians, caregivers, and care teams, *Stress- and workload-aware systems in emergency and hospital contexts, *Decision support, memory aids, communication support, and training tools in health settings
Interactive methods for augmentation: *Wearable, mobile, AR/VR, or ambient interfaces for cognitive support, *Just-in-time support for attention, memory, reasoning, and decision-making, *Cognitive scaffolding and adaptive assistance, *Explainable interaction techniques for AI-assisted cognition
Trust, ethics, and society: *Trust calibration and reliance in AI-supported decision-making, *Autonomy, privacy, consent, and accountability; *Fairness and Bias in Cognition-Altering Systems, *Responsible Evaluation and Deployment of CAT in Real-World Contexts
- Short papers (up to 2-4 pages excluding references) novel systems, methods, position papers, pilot studies, early results, or provocations
- Extended Abstracts (up to 1-2 pages) ongoing work, demos, visions, and discussion-oriented contributions.
Submission
Deadline for submissions: August 10, 2025
Notifications of acceptance: August 20, 2025
Rolling submission for Abstracts
Submission Link: tba easychair
Submissions should follow the ACM Master Article Templates documentclass[sigconf]{acmart}.ass[sigconf]{acmart}.
After submission, the papers will be divided for review between the workshop organizers and the invited reviewers (at least 2 reviews per paper). Reviewing will be based on quality and relevance to the workshop topics. After discussion of all submissions, accepted papers will be invited to the workshop. All papers will be digitally available through the workshop website. At least one author of an accepted submission must attend the workshop.
Submission
Submission
Organizer

Jan Spilski
RPTU

Agnes Grünerbl
DFKI + RPTU

Prof. Paul Lukowicz
DFKI + RPTU

Prof. Thomas Lachmann
RPTU + CINC