Human-Centered AI

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Human-Centered AI studies how AI systems can support people without undermining their agency, well-being, or relationships. Researchers use participatory design, interviews and field studies, accessibility and value-sensitive methods, and explainable AI to shape systems for settings such as healthcare, education, work, and assistive technology. As generative and agentic systems become more capable, evaluation is extending beyond benchmark accuracy to examine real-world outcomes, user experience, safety, and effects across different communities. A central tension is how to gain the benefits of automation and personalization while keeping systems accountable, inclusive, and under meaningful human control.

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  1. Explainable AI for Blind and Low-Vision Users: Navigating Trust, Modality, and Interpretability in the Agentic Era

    Mar 31, 2026Abu Noman Md Sakib, Protik Dey, Zijie Zhang +1Explainable Artificial IntelligenceHuman-Centered AI

    University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA

  2. Computational Hermeneutics: Evaluating generative AI as a cultural technology

    Mar 31, 2026Cody Kommers, Ruth Ahnert, Maria Antoniak +35Generative AI EvaluationCultural Knowledge in Language Models

    The Alan Turing Institute · Queen Mary University of London · University of Colorado +27

  3. CounselReflect: Opportunities and Challenges for Designing Tools to Support Self-Reflection on Mental Health and Well-Being Conversations with AI

    Mar 31, 2026Yahan Li, Chaohao Du, Christopher Chun Kuizon +7Mental Health CounselingEmotional Support Conversation

    University of Southern California, United States · The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States · Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States

  4. Self++: Co-Determined Agency for Human--AI Symbiosis in Extended Reality

    Mar 30, 2026Thammathip PiumsomboonHuman-AI CollaborationHuman-AI Complementarity

    School of Product Design, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

  5. Designing AI for Real Users -- Accessibility Gaps in Retail AI Front-End

    Mar 30, 2026Neha Puri, Tim DixonHuman-AI InteractionHuman-Centered AI

    Intertek Group Plc

  6. Mimetic Alignment with ASPECT: Evaluation of AI-inferred Personal Profiles

    Mar 27, 2026Ruoxi Shang, Dan Marshall, Edward Cutrell +1Personal AI AgentsPersonalized Language Model Alignment

    University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA · Microsoft Research, Redmond, Washington, USA

  7. Channelling, Coordinating, Collaborating: A Three-Layer Framework for Disability-Centered Human-Agent Collaboration

    Mar 27, 2026Lan Xiao, Catherine HollowayHuman-AI CollaborationHuman-AI Co-Creation

    Global Disability Innovation Hub UCL Interaction Centre University College London London, United Kingdom

  8. Rethinking Health Agents: From Siloed AI to Collaborative Decision Mediators

    Mar 26, 2026Ray-Yuan Chung, Xuhai Xu, Ari PollackHuman-AI CollaborationHealthcare

    University of Washington Seattle, WA, USA · Columbia University New York, NY, USA · Seattle Children’s Hospital Seattle, WA, USA

  9. Resisting Humanization: Ethical Front-End Design Choices in AI for Sensitive Contexts

    Mar 25, 2026Silvia Rossi, Diletta Huyskes, Mackenzie JorgensenHuman-AI InteractionAnthropomorphism in AI

    Immanence Trento, Italy · University of Milan Immanence Milan, Italy · Northumbria University Immanence Newcastle, UK

  10. The Imbalanced User-AI Relationships as an Ethical Failure of Front-End Design in Healthcare AI

    Mar 24, 2026Maureen Mghambi MwadimeHuman-AI InteractionResponsible AI

    School of Computer Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle - United Kingdom

  11. The EU AI Act and the Rights-based Approach to Technological Governance

    Mar 24, 2026Georgios PavlidisAI GovernanceResponsible AI

    Associate Professor of International and EU Law, Director of the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence AI-2-TRACE-CRIME, Neapolis University Pafos (NUP), School of Law

  12. From experimentation to engagement: on the paradox of participatory AI and power in contexts of forced displacement and humanitarian crises

    Mar 23, 2026Stella Suge, Sarah W. Spencer, Nyalleng Moorosi +3Participatory AIAI Governance

    Executive Director, FilmAid Kenya · Senior Researcher, The Distributed AI Research Institute · Senior Researcher, The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) +3

  13. Implicit Humanization in Everyday LLM Moral Judgments

    Mar 23, 2026Hoda Ayad, Tanu MitraAnthropomorphism in AIHuman-Centered AI

    University of Washington Seattle, WA, USA

  14. Promoting Critical Thinking With Domain-Specific Generative AI Provocations

    Mar 20, 2026Thomas Şerban von Davier, Hao-Ping Lee, Jodi Forlizzi +1Generative AI in EducationHuman-Centered AI

    Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, United States

  15. Beyond the Desk: Barriers and Future Opportunities for AI to Assist Scientists in Embodied Physical Tasks

    Mar 19, 2026Irene Hou, Alexander Qin, Lauren Cheng +1AI-Assisted Scientific ResearchHuman-AI Collaboration

    UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

  16. Intellectual Stewardship: Re-adapting Human Minds for Creative Knowledge Work in the Age of AI

    Mar 18, 2026Jianwei ZhangHuman-AI CollaborationGenerative AI in Education

    Department of Educational Theory and Practices, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY

  17. A Human-Centred Architecture for Large Language Models-Cognitive Assistants in Manufacturing within Quality Management Systems

    Mar 17, 2026Marcos Galdino, Johanna Grahl, Tobias Hamann +2Human-Centered AIManufacturing

    IQS Intelligence in Quality Sensing, Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) of RWTH Aachen University, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

  18. Human/AI Collective Intelligence for Deliberative Democracy: A Human-Centred Design Approach

    Mar 17, 2026Anna De Liddo, Lucas Anastasiou, Simon Buckingham ShumDeliberative DemocracyHuman-AI Co-Creation

    Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK · Connected Intelligence Centre, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

  19. VIGIL: Towards Edge-Extended Agentic AI for Enterprise IT Support

    Mar 17, 2026Sarthak Ahuja, Neda Kordjazi, Evren Yortucboylu +7Agentic AIHuman-Centered AI

    Amazon Engine, AI Center of Excellence

  20. Inclusive AI for Group Interactions: Predicting Gaze-Direction Behaviors in People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

    Mar 15, 2026Giulia Huang, Maristella Matera, Micol SpitaleGaze EstimationHuman-Centered AI

    Politecnico di Milano, Italy

  21. Memory as Asset: From Agent-centric to Human-centric Memory Management

    Mar 15, 2026Yanqi Pan, Qinghao Huang, Weihao YangAgent Memory ManagementPersistent Memory for Language Models

    Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen · Brachisto Ltd., Hong Kong

  22. Towards Equitable Robotic Furnishing Agents for Aging-in-Place: ADL-Grounded Design Exploration

    Mar 15, 2026Hansoo Lee, Changhee Seo, Subin Park +1Assistive RoboticsHuman-Robot Interaction

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom · KIST, Republic of Korea

  23. Front-End Ethics for Sensor-Fused Health Conversational Agents: An Ethical Design Space for Biometrics

    Mar 14, 2026Hansoo Lee, Rafael A. CalvoConversational AgentsHuman-Centered AI

    Imperial College London London, UK · Korea Institute of Science and Technology Republic of Korea

  24. ELLA: Generative AI-Powered Social Robots for Early Language Development at Home

    Mar 12, 2026Victor Nikhil Antony, Shiye Cao, Shuning Wang +1Human-Robot InteractionSocial Robotics

    Johns Hopkins University, USA

  25. Directing the Robot: Scaffolding Creative Human-AI-Robot Interaction

    Mar 8, 2026Jordan Aiko Deja, Isidro Butaslac, Nicko Reginio Caluya +1Human-Robot InteractionHuman-Robot Collaboration

    De La Salle University Manila, Philippines · Nara Institute of Science and Technology Ikoma, Japan · Ritsumeikan University Osaka, Japan +1

  26. Evaluating Human-AI Safety: A Framework for Measuring Harmful Capability Uplift

    Mar 6, 2026Michelle Vaccaro, Jaeyoon Song, Abdullah Almaatouq +1AI Safety EvaluationLLM Safety Evaluation

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

  27. Clinically Meaningful Explainability for NeuroAI: An ethical, technical, and clinical perspective

    Mar 6, 2026Laura Schopp, Ambra DImperio, Jalal Etesami +1Explainable Artificial IntelligenceHuman-Centered AI

    Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Germany · Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Universitätsklinik für Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychologie (FPP), Universitäre Psychiatrische Dienste (UPD) Bern, Switzerland

  28. Designing Explainable Conversational Agentic Systems for Guaraní Speakers

    Mar 5, 2026Samantha Adorno, Akshata Kishore Moharir, Ratna KandalaSpoken Dialogue SystemsHuman-Centered AI

    University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA · Independent Researcher, Sherwood, Oregon, USA

  29. Cultural Perspectives and Expectations for Generative AI: A Global Survey Approach

    Mar 5, 2026Erin van Liemt, Renee Shelby, Andrew Smart +5Cultural AlignmentHuman-Centered AI

    Google Research, USA · Google, India · Google DeepMind, USA

  30. How Professional Visual Artists are Negotiating Generative AI in the Workplace

    Mar 4, 2026Harry H. Jiang, Jordan Taylor, William AgnewAI and LaborHuman-Centered AI

    Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, USA