LASIGE researchers showed a strong presence at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025), the flagship venue in HCI (CORE A*), held in Barcelona from 13 to 17 April 2026. The team presented six full papers and two posters, as well as organized two meetups, one workshop, and an interactive demo, which received the Best Interactivity Award (people’s choice).
These research efforts span the areas of Human-Computer Interaction, Accessible Computing, Digital Gaming, Virtual Reality, Digital Health, and Human-Centered AI.
Daniel Reis and Guilherme Gouveia also contributed to the conference organization as student volunteers.
Please find the full papers, posters and workshop below:
- Full papers:
- Values Across Contexts: Understanding How Older Adults Enact What Matters Through Technology, Hugo Simao, D. Gonçalves, Neeta Khanuja, Valentina Nisi, Alexandre Bernardino, Tiago Guerreiro, Jodi Forlizzi. https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3772318.3791780
- Exploring the Role of Interaction Data to Empower End-User Decision-Making in UI Personalization, Sérgio Alves, Carlos Duarte, Kyle Montague, Tiago Guerreiro. https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3772318.3791022
- Between Control and Uncertainty: Understanding Self-Tracking Practices in Enigmatic Disease Management, Maria Jerónimo, Tiago Guerreiro, Rúben Gouveia. https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3772318.3791251
- Characterising Gaming Group Experiences. Daniel Reis, Kathrin Gerling, André Rodrigues. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3772318.3791223
- Breaking it Down: Micro Goals in Physical Activity Tracking, Rúben Gouveia, Evangelos Karapanos, Christos Themistocleous. https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3772318.3791066
- Social Play Between Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Hearing Peers: Learning from Children and School Ecosystems, Jing Zhao, Isabel Neto, Michaela Okosi, Paulo Vaz de Carvalho, and Hugo Nicolau.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3772318.3791520
- Meet-ups and Workshops
- AI and the Self: Exploring Identity, Agency, and Relational Personhood, Amy McCerery, Jayne Wallace, William Gaver, Kyle Montague, William Odom, Samuel Barnett, Austin L. Toombs, Anja Thieme, Claire Craig, Tiago Guerreiro. https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3772363.3778792
- Engagement in Digital Health Interventions: Open Questions for Research and Design, Saskia M Kelders, Iris Ten Klooster, Sofia Bastoni, Isabella Cadoni, Kerem Doğan, Hanneke Kip, Nienke Beerlage-de Jong, Ruben Gouveia, Stephen M Schueller, Bruna Oewel, Kevin Doherty, Guendalina Graffigna, Silvia Gabrielli, Tom Van Daele, Tobias Kowatsch, Gavin Doherty, Qinggang Yu, David Coyle, Olga Perski, Maria Karekla, Adriana Rios Rincon, Sean A Munson. https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3772363.3778762
- Knots & Flows: An Engagement Design Meet-Up, Isabella Cadoni, Rúben Gouveia, Bruna Oewel, Kevin Doherty, Gianluca Schiavo, Eftychia Roumelioti, Roxanne Ziman, Laura Garrison, Saskia M Kelders. https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3772363.3778783
- Posters and Demos:
- Slide.Bingo: From Passive Attendance to Active Listening Through AI-Generated Bingo, Kyle Montague, Dan Jackson, Pamela Briggs, Reem Talhouk, Luís P. Carvalho, Lauren Scott, Shaun Lawson, Austin L. Toombs, Colin M. Gray, Paul C Parsons, Hugo Nicolau, Ana Cristina Pires, Tiago Guerreiro, John Vines. https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3772363.3799376
- Real-Time Accessibility Dashboards for Higher Education, Beatriz Patatas, Carlos Duarte, Letícia Seixas Pereira. https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799363