University of Colorado

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CHI '26Human-Nature Relationships (More-than-Human Design) +1

The Toronto Water Atlas: Staging Encounters With Nature Through Design

Recent work in Human-Computer-Interaction (HCI) and Science and Technology Studies (STS) argues that improving our relationship with nature demands designing for nature as plural and multiple. This means moving beyond approaches that impose one version of what nature is, toward sustaining its different enactments and…

CHI '26Honorable MentionInteractive Data Visualization +1

Redundant is Not Redundant: Automating Efficient Categorical Palettes Design Unifying Color & Shape Encodings with CatPAW

Colors and shapes are commonly used to encode categories in multi-class scatterplots. Designers often combine the two channels to create redundant encodings, aiming to enhance class distinctions. However, evidence for the effectiveness of redundancy remains conflicted, and guidelines for constructing effective combina…

CHI '26Honorable MentionDesign Fiction +2

Reflections Towards an Ecology of Internet Connectivity: Three Speculative Scenarios Involving Foot Pedals

HCI's dominant assumptions of always-on and relatively ubiquitous internet connectivity often overlook other potential configurations of connectivity, which may embody alternative social values and politics, or promote alternative types of technology practices. Building on research exploring alternate configurations…

CHI '26Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) +2

TingleTouch: Touch Guidance through Electrical Stimulation in Resistance Training

In resistance training, trainers employ touch guidance to help trainees control posture and activate muscles. Haptic feedback can extend this support to solitary workouts, but translating the nuances of touch into effective haptic patterns remains challenging. In this paper, we categorize the instructional messages c…

CHI '26Desktop 3D Printing & Personal Fabrication +2

Uniquely Shaped Spaces: Object-Driven Algorithmic Shelf Design and Fabrication

Most shelving relies on rectangular compartments that ignore the contours of the objects they hold. We present Uniquely Shaped Spaces, an object-driven algorithmic tool for custom shelving generation. The workflow arranges users' object silhouettes with simulated annealing, grows walls via cellular automata to carve f…

CHI '26Field Studies +2

Following Primates: Approaching Conflict in Contested Regions

When conducting research in community-based settings, it is natural for conflict to arise as the practices, motivations, and imaginaries of researchers and local stakeholders converge. As designers, the question, then, is: ``In what ways can we engage with conflict to arrive at constructive outcomes?" In this paper, w…

CHI '26Social Media Information Dissemination in Disasters +1

Context, Uncertainty, and Interdependence: Crisis Informatics and Severe Weather Risk Communication for People with Visual Impairments

The challenges faced by individuals with visual impairments during severe weather events are poorly understood by the fields of risk communication and crisis informatics. To develop a stronger foundation for HCI research and design in this area, we conducted interviews with adults with varying forms of visual impairme…

CHI '26Honorable MentionDeveloping Countries & HCI for Development (HCI4D) +3

How do the Global South Diasporas Mobilize for Transnational Political Change?

This paper examines how non-resident Bangladeshis mobilized during the 2024 quota-reform turned pro-democracy movement, leveraging social platforms and remittance flows to challenge state authority. Drawing on semi-structured interviews, we identify four phases of their collective action: technology-mediated shifts to…

CHI '26Interactive Data Visualization +3

Challenges in Synchronous & Remote Collaboration Around Visualization

We characterize 16 challenges faced by those investigating and developing remote and synchronous collaborative experiences around visualization. Our work reflects the perspectives and prior research efforts of an international group of 29 experts from across human-computer interaction and visualization sub-communities…

CHI '26Explainable AI (XAI) +2

Rethinking User Empowerment in AI Recommender System: Innovating Transparent and Controllable Interfaces

AI-driven recommender systems are often perceived as personalization black boxes, limiting users’ ability to understand how their data shapes content (information asymmetry) or to influence system behavior meaningfully (power asymmetry). This study explores how design can strengthen user agency by integrating transpar…

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