Human–Computer Interaction and Collaboration: Advances, Challenges and Prospects
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer Science & Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2026 | Viewed by 13
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Interests: uman–computer interaction; assistive technology; affective computing; wearable/mobile/ubiquitous sensing and computing
Interests: machine learning; artificial intelligence; internet of things; ambient assisted living
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Interests: human-centered sensing; AIoT; biometrics; user authentication; healthcare monitoring; HCI
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Human–computer interaction (HCI) and collaboration have witnessed significant advancements, driven by the integration of artificial intelligence, IoT, multimodal sensing and computing, and multimodal interfaces. These developments have enabled more personalized and context-aware interactions between humans and computational systems and devices for various applications in healthcare, well-being, assistive technology, education, etc. In particular, the recent rapid progress in large language models (LLMs) has further enhanced the flexibility and naturalness of HCI applications, thus facilitating collaborations across diverse contexts and user populations.
Nevertheless, on the one hand, the availability of various technologies and diverse user expectations set higher standards of HCI research for computer scientists and engineers; on the other hand, the complexity of these systems has introduced more issues regarding user trust, usability, transparency, cognitive load, and equitable accessibility. Moreover, as the boundaries between humans’ and machines’ roles continue to blur, there is a pressing need for a comprehensive examination of the current state of the art, alongside a critical analysis of the barriers that hinder effective HCI.
In this Special Issue, topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Novel AI algorithms supporting more accurate HCI applications;
- Novel AI algorithms supporting personalized HCI applications;
- Novel AI algorithms supporting intuitive, context-aware HCI applications;
- Augmented intelligence with AI;
- Human-centered AI and HCI applications;
- Multimodal data-driven HCI applications;
- New HCI applications, techniques, and systems in various domains;
- User studies on HCI applications;
- Synthesis research on recent innovations, identifying unresolved challenges, and future directions of HCI applications.
Dr. Linghan Zhang
Dr. Fei Dou
Dr. Zi Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- AI
- HCI
- multimodal data
- IoT
- mobile/wearable/ambient/ubiquitous sensing and computing
- smart environments
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