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CHI Best Paper Award 2026

Announced Apr 2026

62 of 62 papers

WinnerSource
"An Experience That Could Not be Found Anywhere Else": Resonance as an Explanatory Concept for Player Experience Research and Game DesignJaakko Väkevä, Jan B. Vornhagen, Heidi Rautalahti et al.
"Families are messy": From Parent-Child Tensions to Family-Centered Design of Smart Home TechnologiesKaiwen Sun, Jade Xiaoyi Li, Irene Chung et al.
"I Don't Think RAI Applies to My Model" – Engaging Non-champions with Sticky Stories for Responsible AI WorkNadia Nahar, Chenyang Yang, Yanxin Chen et al.
"Social Media Killed Our Generation": Teenagers' Felt Experiences of Harm on Social MediaRitika Gairola, Colin M. Gray, Jingxin Dong et al.
A Cantilevered DeltaXY Positioning Mechanism Enabling Rackable Digital Fabrication Form FactorsIlan E Moyer, Leo McElroy, Quentin Bolsée et al.
A decision-theoretic representation of assistive interfacesJulien Gori, Aurelien Nioche, Christoph A. Johns et al.
AI Sensing and Intervention in Higher Education: Student Perceptions of Learning Impacts, Affective Responses, and Ethical PrioritiesBingyi Han, Ying Ma, Simon Coghlan et al.
AI That Moves With You: A Review of Interactive Technologies Powered by Large Foundation Models for Mobility ImpairmentDuosi Dai, Yuchong Zhang, Yong Ma et al.
Are Semantic Networks Associated with Idea Originality in Artificial Creativity? A Comparison with Human AgentsUmberto Domanti, Lorenzo Campidelli, Sergio Agnoli et al.
BRIDGE: Borderless Reconfiguration for Inclusive and Diverse Gameplay Experience via Embodiment TransformationHayato Saiki, Chunggi Lee, Hikari Takahashi et al.
Becoming Watchful on the Trail and at Home: Understanding Experiential Outcomes of Capra in Long-Term UseWilliam Odom, Samuel Barnett, Jordan White et al.
Bloom: Designing for LLM-Augmented Behavior Change InteractionsMatthew Jörke, Defne Genç, Valentin Teutschbein et al.
Characterizing Scam-Driven Human Trafficking Across Chinese Borders and Online Community Responses on RedNoteJiamin Zheng, Yue Deng, Jessica Chen et al.
Chasing Meaning and/or Insight? A Survey on Evaluation Practices at the Intersection of Visualization and the HumanitiesAlejandro Benito-Santos, Florian Windhager, Aida Horaniet Ibañez et al.
Civil Data Disobedience: Navigating Data Interaction Challenges in Human Rights Defense OrganizationsMaria Normark, Karin Hansson, Mattias Jacobsson
CoBRA: Programming Cognitive Bias in Social Agents Using Classic Social Science ExperimentsXuan Liu, HaoYang Shang, Haojian Jin
Cocoa: Co-Planning and Co-Execution with AI AgentsK. J. Kevin Feng, Kevin Pu, Matt Latzke et al.
Crafting Remembrance Beyond the Self: Older Adults' Digital and Material LegaciesRamprabu Thangaraj, Jed R. Brubaker, Emma Dixon et al.
Designing for Long-Term Emotion Regulation: A Breathing Biofeedback Game for Women in Compulsory Isolation Drug Rehabilitation CentersQi Chen, Jiachen Du, Zhihao Yao et al.
Do Children Trust AI, and Should They? Designing and Validating a Child-Centred K-AI Trust Scale for Intelligent SystemsGrazia Ragone, Paolo Buono, Judith Good et al.
Friend, Foe, or Bot? Exploring Intergroup Dynamics in Hybrid Human-Bot TeamsAssem Zhunis, Ziqi Pan, Yuanhao Zhang et al.
From Overload to Convergence: Supporting Multi-Issue Human–AI Negotiation with Bayesian VisualizationMehul Parmar, Chaklam Silpasuwanchai
From Preference to Performance: Patient-Centered Design of Multimodal Cueing in Parkinson's Disease Gait TrainingXinjin Li, Wenjie Wang, Kai Wang et al.
From Using to Infrastructuring: Grassroots VPN-Building in Iran's Women–Life–Freedom MovementSarvin Qalandar, Philip Engelbutzeder, Dave Randall et al.
Generative Muscle Stimulation: Providing Users with Physical Assistance by Constraining Multimodal-AI with Embodied KnowledgeYun Ho, Romain Nith, Peili Jiang et al.
GeoVisA11y: An AI-based Geovisualization Question-Answering System for Screen-Reader UsersChu Li, Rock Yuren Pang, Arnavi Chheda-Kothary et al.
How They Type: Eye and Finger Movement Strategies in Typing of Individuals with Cerebral PalsyTingting Song, Liangyue Han, Yunfei Bi et al.
How are Vibrotactile Experiences Visually Represented? A Taxonomy of Illustration CharacteristicsBruno Fruchard, Dennis Wittchen, Nihar Sabnis et al.
Interactive Explainable RankingChao Zhang, Abe Davis
Let's Make a Community [of Practice]: Using Community-Based Participatory Design to Support InterdependenceElaine Czech, Dan Bennett, Grace Jane Stangroome et al.
Localized Imaginaries, Global Assets: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and the Assetization of Data Centers in SingaporeTanmaie Kailash, Cindy Kaiying Lin
Managing Medication Plans When Information Is Scattered: Clinicians' Strategies and ToolsAnastasiya Zakreuskaya, Ignacio Avellino, Wendy E. Mackay
Mining Player Experience Trends From Game Reviews Using Large Language ModelsSupriya Dutta, Joel Oksanen, Jaakko Väkevä et al.
MlondaCam: Designing Context-Aware Smart Cameras for Supporting Domestic Security and Privacy in Malawian HomesGeorge Chidziwisano, Yewande Ojo, Thandiwe Jere
Narratives and Perspectives: How AI Summaries Steer Users' Opinions and Engagement on Social MediaJarod Govers, Cherie Sew, Eduardo Velloso et al.
Novobo: Supporting Teachers' Peer Learning of Instructional Gestures by Teaching a Mentee AI-Agent TogetherJiaqi Jiang, Kexin Huang, Huan Zeng et al.
PerEye: Co-Designing Extended Reality Rendering Attributes for Vision Health Diagnosis and EducationHowe Yuan Zhu, Jacinta Anne Walz, Nguyen Thanh Trung Le et al.
PleaSQLarify: Visual Pragmatic Repair for Natural Language Database QueryingRobin Shing Moon Chan, Rita Sevastjanova, Mennatallah El-Assady
Promise or Peril? Exploring Black Adults' Perspectives on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health ContextsAndrea G Parker, Laura M Vardoulakis, Christina Harrington
RAG Without the Lag: Enabling "What-If" Analysis for Retrieval-Augmented Generation PipelinesQuentin Romero Lauro, Shreya Shankar, Sepanta Zeighami et al.
Reacquainting with Everyday Urban Nature: Exploring Natural Soundscape Restoration with Personal Audio ARYu Chen, Yu-Cheng Chang, Yu Lun Hsu et al.
Scene2Hap: Generating Scene-Wide Haptics for VR from Scene Context with Multimodal LLMsArata Jingu, Easa AliAbbasi, Sara Safaee et al.
Sensemaking in User-Driven Algorithm Auditing: A Case Study on Gender Bias in an Image Captioning ModelBehnoosh Mohammadzadeh, Jules Françoise, michele gouiffes et al.
Sex after Cancer: Co-Designing Bespoke Care Technologies for Post-Cancer BodiesCéline Offerman, Francesca Maria Mauri, Alessandro Bozzon et al.
Small Talk, Big Impact? LLM-based Conversational Agents to Mitigate Passive Fatigue in Conditional Automated DrivingLewis Cockram, Yueteng Yu, Jorge Pardo et al.
Sound2Hap: Learning Audio-to-Vibrotactile Haptic Generation from Human RatingsYinan Li, Hasti Seifi
Starting From Scratch Again and Again: Tracing the Origins of High Schoolers' Negative Perceptions of Block-Based ProgrammingCaryn Tran, Kristin Fasiang, Max Kanwal et al.
Stress Mindset Matters: Rethinking Mental Stress Detection with Multimodal Wearable SensorsLakmal Meegahapola, Marios Constantinides, Zoran Radivojevic et al.
The Words That Can't Be Shared: Exploring the Design of Unsent MessagesMichael Yin, Robert Xiao
ThreeTopo: Focused Interactive Navigation for Multi-Pitch Rock ClimbingBen Pearman, Kurtis Danyluk, Wesley Willett
Touching Emotions, Smelling Shapes: Exploring Tactile, Olfactory and Emotional Cross-sensory Correspondences in Preschool-aged ChildrenTegan Joy Roberts-Morgan, Min Susan Li, Priscilla Y. Lo et al.
Towards Fluent Interaction with Cyber-Physical ArchitectureJesse T Gonzalez, Neeta M Khanuja, Michael Mingxuan Li et al.
Trauma-Informed Digital Evidence Collection: A Design Inquiry into Evidence Practices for Technology-Facilitated Abuse in Intimate Partner ViolenceSophie Stephenson, Naman Gupta, Kyle Huang et al.
Unit-Less Measurements with StoryStick++: Rethinking Measurement as Interactive ProcessesStig Konings, Maties Claesen, Danny Leen et al.
When Plants Play: Rethinking Plant Materiality in Digital GamesYoonji Lee, Chang Hee Lee
When Scaffolding Breaks: Investigating Student Interaction with LLM-Based Writing Support in Real-Time K-12 EFL ClassroomsJunho Myung, Hyunseung Lim, Hana Oh et al.
When Workout Buddies Are Virtual: AI Agents and Human Peers in a Longitudinal Physical Activity StudyAlessandro Silacci, Mauro Cherubini, Arianna Boldi et al.
Who Controls the Conversation? User Perspectives On Generative AI (LLM) System PromptsAnna Neumann, Yulu Pi, Jatinder Singh
With Visual Integrity and Care: A Framework for Mixed Methods Research on Visual Social DataNina Lutz, Joseph S. Schafer, Priya Dhawka et al.
Writing with AI Can Reduce Gender Bias in Hiring EvaluationsAlicia T.H. Liu, Mina Lee, Xuechunzi Bai
iTagPDF: Towards Finally Automating PDF AccessibilityPeya Mowar, Aaron Steinfeld, Jeffrey P Bigham
µCap: Instrumental Music Captions for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing IndividualsSooYeon Ahn, In-Chang Baek, KyungJoong Kim et al.

Source: programs.sigchi.org/chi/2026/awards/best-papers

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