University of Edinburgh researchers head to ACM CHI 2025 in Yokohama, Japan!
The ACM CHI conference – the largest conference in the field of human-computer interaction, and generally regarded as the most prestigious publication venue in this field – is heading to Yokohama in Japan this month. At CHI 2025, University of Edinburgh and Institute for Design Informatics researchers will have a great presence through 27 different contributions to the main conference programme. 14 of these are full papers, of which five have received honourable mention awards. Congratulations to all of those involved in these contributions!
Like last year, once CHI is over we will look to share reflections from some of our PhD students who are attending or presenting at CHI for the first time. However, in the meantime, we’ve compiled a list of our contributions to the conference, with links to ACM Digital Library to access papers (please note that the links will only activate once the conference starts on the 26th April – if you’d like to access a paper which is not fully open access, email the authors directly or contact us at: designinformatics@ed.ac.uk).
[note: University of Edinburgh authors underlined, Design Informatics affiliated members underlined and bolded]
Papers:
Fairness by Design: Cross-Cultural Perspectives from Children on AI and Fair Data Processing in their Education Futures
Ayça Atabey, Cara Wilson, Lachlan Urquhart, Burkhard Schafer
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3714402
* Honourable Mention Award Winner *
Human-Precision Medicine Interaction: Public Perceptions of Polygenic Risk Score for Genetic Health Prediction
Yuhao Sun, Albert Tenesa, John Vines
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3713567
“I am not the primary focus” – Understanding the Perspectives of Bystanders in Photos Shared Online
Yuqi Niu, Nicole Meng-Schneider, Weidong Qiu, Nadin Kokciyan
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3713826
“Impressively Scary:” Exploring User Perceptions and Reactions to Unraveling Machine Learning Models in Social Media Applications
Jack West, Bengisu Cagiltay, Shirley Zhang, Jingjie Li, Kassem Fawaz, Suman Banerjee
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3713256
* Honourable Mention Award Winner *
Investigating the Capabilities and Limitations of Machine Learning for Identifying Bias in English Language Data with Information and Heritage Professionals
Lucy Havens, Benjamin Bach, Melissa Terras, Beatrice Alex
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3713217
* Honourable Mention Award Winner *
Judging Phishing Under Uncertainty: How Do Users Handle Inaccurate Automated Advice?
Tarini Saka, Kalliopi Vakali, Adam D G Jenkins, Nadin Kokciyan, Kami Vaniea
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3714267
* Honourable Mention Award Winner *
Labour Provenance as a Lens to Reveal More-Than-Human Ecologies in Biological Design and HCI
Yuning Chen, Elise Cachat, Larissa Pschetz
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3713272
* Honourable Mention Award Winner *
Perceptions of Sentient AI and Other Digital Minds: Evidence from the AI, Morality, and Sentience (AIMS) Survey
Jacy Reese Anthis, Janet V.T. Pauketat, Ali Ladak, Aikaterina Manoli
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3713329
People Attribute Purpose to Autonomous Vehicles When Explaining Their Behavior: Insights from Cognitive Science for Explainable AI
Balint Gyevnar, Stephanie Droop, Tadeg Quillien, Shay Cohen, Neil R. Bramley, Christopher Guy Lucas, Stefano V. Albrecht
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3713509
Robots, Chatbots, Self-Driving Cars: Perceptions of Mind and Morality Across Artificial Intelligences
Ali Ladak, Matti Wilks, Steve Loughnan, Jacy Reese Anthis
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3713130
Seeking Inspiration through Human-LLM Interaction
Xinrui Lin, Heyan Huang, Kaihuang Huang, Xin Shu, John Vines
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3713259
The Role of Expertise in Effectively Moderating Harmful Social Media Content
Nuredin Ali Abdelkadir, Tianling Yang, Shivani Kapania, Meron Estefanos, Fasica Berhane Gebrekidan, Zecharias Zelalem, Messai Ali, Rishan Berhe, Dylan Baker, Zeerak Talat, Milagros Miceli, Alex Hanna, Timnit Gebru
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3714010
The World is Not Enough: Growing Waste in HPC-enabled Academic Practice
Carolynne Lord, Adrian Friday, Adrian Jackson, Caroline Bird, Chris Preist, Simon Lambert, Gabin Kayumbi, Kelly Widdicks
https://doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3713919
Who should set the Standards? Analysing Censored Arabic Content on Facebook during the Palestine-Israel Conflict
Walid Magdy, Hamdy Mubarak, Joni Salminen
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3713150
Case Studies:
Unsettling ‘More Tech’ Rhetorics in Educational Technology Research: A Case Study on Participatory Speculative Design in Rural Colombian Schools
Nicolas Ruiz, Cara Wilson, Michael S Gallagher, Jen Ross
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706599.3706699
Late Breaking Works:
From the Master’s Tool to an Instrument of Change: HCI Design Method Subversion
Larisa Blazic, Sara Heitlinger, Alex Taylor
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706599.3720035
Maintaining Long-Distance Relationships with (Mediocre) LLM-based Chatbots: A Collaborative Ethnographic Study
Bernd Ploderer, Tara Capel, Nomin-Erdene Davaakhuu, Nok Hei Tung, Dili Mariya Maichal, Aditya Krishna Kuzhiparambil, Quang Hung Mai, Wolfgang Reitberger
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706599.3720221
Nurturing Self-aware Learning through Facial Expression Interpretation
Xingran Ruan, Aurora Constantin, Charaka Palansuriya, Kangcheng Wang, Malcolm Atkinson
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706599.3720258
Resonix: Prototyping VR for Fostering Remote Collaboration in Sound Art Curation
Zijun Wan, Yuxuan Guo, Kexin Nie, Haowei Xiong, Xudong Cai, Fanjing Meng, Xin Tong
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706599.3720247
TacDes: Design Interface toward Ubiquitous Tactile Sensing
Xinning He, Shiman Zhang, Luyao Ma, Jingyi Li, Yiyue Luo
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706599.3719721
“Till I can get my satisfaction”: Open Questions in the Public Desire to Punish AI
Eddie L. Ungless, Björn Ross, Zachary Horne
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706599.3719980
Doctoral Consortium (Remote):
Diffraction, Creativity and AI: Towards New Methods for Design Research
Charlotte Bird
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706599.3721091
Student Research Competition:
What Brings You Here Today?: Challenges for Clinicians Communicating Data to Patients
Sarah Dunn
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706599.3719283
Workshops:
Future of Money and HCI
Johnna Blair, Jeff Brozena, John Vines, Jofish Kaye, Mark J. A. Matthews, Saeed Abdullah
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706599.3706711
Grasping Data: Mapping Out HCI Methods for Children and Young People’s Interactions with their Personal Data
Cara Wilson, Andrew Manches, Ayça Atabey, Uta Hinrichs, Stephen Anthony Brewster, Bernd Ploderer, Ge Wang
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706599.3706726
News Futures: (Re-)Designing Socio-technical Systems for News Production and Consumption
Sachita Nishal, Marianne Aubin Le Quéré, Brian James McInnis, Bronwyn Jones, Kristen Vaccaro, Tanja Aitamurto, Mor Naaman, Nicholas Diakopoulos
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706599.3706733
https://sites.google.com/view/newsfutures/home?pli=1
Technology Mediated Caregiving For Older Adults Aging in Place
Elizabeth D Mynatt, Masatomo Kobayashi, Alisha Pradhan, Niharika Mathur, John Vines, Katie Seaborn, Erin Buehler, Jenny Waycott, John Rudnik, Tamara Zubatiy, Agata Rozga
