Vienna University of Technology

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CHI '26Fitness Tracking & Physical Activity Monitoring +1

Nudging vs. Reflection in Fitness Wearables: Evaluating the Benefits and Drawbacks of Design Strategies for Wellbeing Technologies

While technology is widely recognised as a tool to enhance wellbeing, there is no clear consensus on the best practices for design. Persuasive strategies, such as nudging, are often seen as effective but raise ethical concerns. Reflection-based approaches offer a potential alternative. However, a clear understanding o…

CHI '26Generative AI (Text, Image, Music, Video) +3

"Hey Dashboard!": Supporting Voice, Text, and Pointing Modalities in Dashboard Onboarding using Large Language Models

Visualization dashboards are regularly used for data exploration and analysis, but their complex interactions and interlinked views often require time-consuming onboarding sessions from dashboard authors. Preparing these onboarding materials is labor-intensive and requires manual updates when dashboards change. Recent…

CHI '26Elderly Care & Dementia Support +3

Calls of Care: Materializing Posthuman Personhood with Conversational Agents in Dementia Care

In designing for dementia, the concept of person-centered care (PCC) effectively shifts attention away from deficit orientations. However, it predominantly focuses on the roles of humans in sustaining personhood, leaving the roles of nonhuman actors in care assemblages under-explored. To address this, we propose a the…

CHI '26Honorable MentionExplainable AI (XAI) +2

Decomposing Autonomy: Explaining AI Technology Acceptance Through a Liberty-Based Framework

Human autonomy is a core concept that helps explain the acceptance of and interaction with computer systems and AI technology. However, autonomy is often vaguely defined and conflated with related constructs. This paper disentangles autonomy by integrating the dualistic nature of positive and negative liberty from the…

CHI '26Drone Interaction & Control +1

Roger That: Firefighters’ Perspectives on Integrating Drones in Radio Communication

Drones are increasingly used in firefighting to support situational awareness. Yet, current designs and existing practices hinder information flow between humans and machines. Through interviews ($N=12$), we explore firefighters' perspectives on integrating drones into their main remote communication channel, namely,…

CHI '26Honorable MentionDigitalization of Board & Tabletop Games +2

InkStack: A Programmable E-Paper Card System for Board Games

Playing cards have long been a central feature in board games, despite their physical limitations, such as fragility, and repetitive content. Yet, while HCI research increasingly explores augmented board games, interactive playing cards remain underexplored. In this work, we investigate the use of e-paper displays as…

CHI '26Technology Ethics & Critical HCI +2

The Nuances of Creepiness: A Systematic Literature Review of Creepy Technology

The ambiguity surrounding `creepy technology' in HCI poses significant challenges, as its interpretation varies considerably based on research focus. While it is often linked to the aesthetics of robots and concerns about personal data privacy and security, it is increasingly associated with functionality, unpredictab…

CHI '26Honorable MentionHuman-Robot Collaboration (HRC) +2

ENtry, Occupancy, EXit (NOX): A Model of Human-Robot Territorial Dynamics

Spatial tensions in real-world deployments of autonomous robots (e.g., sidewalk conflicts, boundary violations) expose a critical oversight: the neglect of space as a social construct through which people form expectations and regulate access and behavior, that is, Territoriality. Beyond proxemics, Human–Robot Interac…

CSCW '25Caregiving & Caregivers

Supporting Communication and Well-being with a Multi-Stakeholder Mobile App: Lessons Learned from A Field Study with ADHD Children and their Caregivers

Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and their caregivers face daily challenges which can adversely affect their well-being, especially regarding communication within their care ecosystems, comprising family, friends, educators, and therapists. To foster communication among children and their…

MOBILEHCI '25Honorable MentionConversational Chatbots +1

Give and Take: Perceptions of a Conversational Coach Agent in Fitness Trackers

While Personal Informatics (PI) tools utilise data visualisations to communicate behaviour, users often struggle to make sense of their data and translate it to actionable insights. Conversational Agents (CAs) offer potential for improved access to PI data, yet their role in PI tools remains under-explored. We conduct…

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Research Methods & Design Practice

Participatory Design

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Empowerment of Marginalized Groups

Health, Healthcare & Wellbeing

Fitness Tracking & Physical Activity Monitoring

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Social Robot Interaction

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