HCI SI 2025 – CALL FOR PAPERS

10th Human-Computer Interaction Slovenia (HCI SI) conference
University of Primorska,
Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies,
Koper, Slovenia
13 October 2025
https://hci.si/hci-si-2025/

REGISTRATION

Registration is free of charge.
The attendees need to register to attend the conference here: https://forms.office.com/e/81Tt0u540r.
The attendees cover their own travel and accommodation expenses.

BACKGROUND AND SCOPE

The Human-Computer Interaction Slovenia (HCI SI) is the tenth conference in a series organised by the Slovene HCI community (ACM Chapter Bled). The primary target audience are HCI researchers and practitioners from academia and industry from the Alps-Danube-Adriatic basin. However, we welcome contributions from beyond this region.

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper submission deadline: 25 September 2025 1. 10. 2025
Work in Progress submission deadline: 25 September 2025 1. 10. 2025
Decision notification to authors: 2 October 2025 3. 10. 2025
Final versions deadline: 10 October 2025
Conference: 13 October 2025

TOPICS

Submissions should be related to any aspect of HCI technology, systems, devices, techniques, experience, application, methods, tools, theories, and new perspectives.

Submission Platform

All submissions should be uploaded electronically through the easychair platform.

Submission Format

The conference uses the single-column CEUR-ART template available on Overleaf template. After clicking the link choose “Copy project” in the Overleaf menu.

You need to be registered and logged into Overleaf in order to be able to do that.

Make sure to follow the conventions present in the template closely. For example, the title of the paper should be written in Title Case as defined by the Modern Language Association Handbook (https://midland.libguides.com/c.php?g=1280402&p=9399181).

Contribution types

  • Regular Research papers: 10 to 15 pages long including references using CEUR-ART template (see above). The length should be proportional to its contribution.
  • Short papers: 5 to 9 pages long including references using CEUR-ART template (see above).
    The length should be proportional to its contribution.
  • Poster papers: less than 5 pages long including references (EDIT: according to the new CEUR-WS criteria, papers shorter than 5 pages might not be included in the CEUR-WS proceedings).

Anonymity

We will use a relaxed approach to anonymity where the authors choose what to disclose. The submission system EasyChair will be configured as double-blind so that the reviewers will not see the authors’ names unless the authors disclose them in the paper. Hence, it is up to the authors’ decision whether they wish to disclose their identity in the submitted PDF (thus being subject to a single-blind process) or not (double blind).

Language

The preferred language is English, although submission in Slovenian will also be considered (in this case, please provide an English language translation of the title and the abstract, following the instructions).

Publication and Copyright

The papers will be published in CEUR-WS.org (EDIT: if all the criteria for the publication will be met; otherwise a different solution will be found) as open access under Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) license. The copyright remains with the papers’ authors.

GenAI Policy

All submitted contributions must adhere to the CEUR-WS Policy for the use of Generative AI (https://ceur-ws.org/GenAI/Policy.html).

Presentation Format

Accepted papers will be presented at the conference. At least one author of each paper must register and present their work (registration is free). The expected presentation time for full paper is 10 min + 3 min for Q&A.

ORGANISERS

Conference chair: Klen Čopič Pucihar
Program chair: Marko Tkalčič
Web chair: Nilukshan Krishnaram
Local organizers: Karolina Trajkovska, Michelle Fernando
Proceedings chairs: Arsen Matej Golubvijk, Kosar Seyyedhosseinzadeh, Nadun Liyanage
Promotion Chair: Jordan Aiko Deja, Nilukshan Krishnaram

KEYNOTE

Keynote speaker will be Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jürgen Ziegler. Jürgen is a senior full professor in the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Duisburg-Essen where he is conducting research in the field of Intelligent Interactive Systems. His main research interests lie in the areas of human-computer interaction, human-AI cooperation, recommender systems, social media, and information visualization.

Title: Bridging the Gulf of Uncertainty in Intelligent Interactive Systems

Abstract:
The surge in AI technologies introduces new, useful functionality to interactive systems but may also increase uncertainty for their users. While traditional interactive systems cause uncertainty for users mainly through inadequately engineered functionality and user interfaces, intelligent systems inherently introduce uncertainty by applying probabilistic methods that mostly operate within opaque black box models. Uncertainty can significantly impair the user experience and trust in the system and have harmful effects on an individual or societal level. In this talk, Jürgen will discuss technical and cognitive sources of uncertainty and how to cope with them from a user-centric perspective. Using recommender systems as an example, he will propose principles for bridging the ‘gulf of uncertainty’ in user–system interaction. Specifically, the talk will address approaches to promoting user understanding of the decision space, enabling user control and exploration, and progressing from explaining AI functions towards co-operative human-agent systems.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

  • Nuwan Attygalle: Univeristy cathlique de Louvain, Belgium
  • Bojan Blažica: Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
  • Ciril Bohak: University of Ljubljana, FRI, Slovenia
  • Niko, Caluya: Ritsumeikan University, College of Information Science and Engineering, Japan
  • Cuauhtli Campos: Cosy Lab, Slovenia
  • Luka Čehovin: University of Ljubljana, FRI, Slovenia
  • Klen Čopič Pucihar: University of Primorska, FAMNIT, Slovenia;
    Stellenbosch University, South Africa
  • Jordan Aiko Deja: De La Salle University, Philippines
  • Dario Di Dario: University of Salerno, Italy
  • Arsen Matej Golubovikj: University of Primorska, FAMNIT, Slovenia
  • Jože Guna: University of Ljubljana, NTF, Slovenia
  • Andor Gužvanj: Zagreb University of Applied Sciences, Croatia
  • Grega Jakus: University of Ljubljana, FE, Slovenia
  • Matjaž Kljun: University of Primorska, FAMNIT, Slovenia;
    Stellenbosch University, South Africa
  • Ines Kozuh: University of Maribor, FERI, Slovenia
  • Kayhan Latifzadeh: University of Luxemburg, Luxemburg
  • Irena Lovrenčič Držanič: University of Maribor, FERI, Slovenia
  • Sergej Lugović: Zagreb University of Applied Sciences, Croatia
  • Geert Lugtenberg: NAIST, Multimedia Lab, Japan;
    Utrecht University, The Netherlands
  • Matevž Pesek: University of Ljubljana, FRI, Slovenia
  • Briane Paul Samson: De La Salle University, Philippines
  • Kosar Seyyedhosseinzadeh: University of Primorska, FAMNIT, Slovenia
  • Yuki Shimizu: Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Multimedia Lab, Japan
  • Kristina Stojmenova Pečečnik: University of Ljubljana, FE, Slovenia
  • Marko Tkalcic: University of Primorska, FAMNIT, Slovenia
  • Maheshya Weerasinghe: University of Primorska, FAMNIT, Slovenia
  • Juri Yoneyama: INRIA, France