CFP: Workshop on the Future of Research as Human–AI Collaboration at HCOMP/CI 2026
Senjuti Dutta
Dear all,
We are excited to share the call for participation for our upcoming half-day hybrid workshop, “The Future of Research as Human–AI Collaboration,” hosted in conjunction with the joint AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing (HCOMP 2026) and the ACM Collective Intelligence Conference (CI 2026).
Workshop website: https://sduyr.github.io/hai-ci-workshop-2026/
Scientific communities have long functioned as collective intelligence systems that aggregate expertise, evaluate evidence, and generate new knowledge. As humans and AI increasingly participate in shared systems of knowledge production, fundamental questions emerge about how science will evolve.
This workshop examines these changes at multiple scales: from daily knowledge work and research practice, to scientific communication, to broader questions about the future evolution of collective intelligence in human–AI knowledge systems.
We welcome contributions on topics including, but not limited to:
Human–AI collaboration in research, including hypothesis generation, data analysis, coding, and the changing division of labor between human and machine contributors.
Scientific communication and knowledge production, including how AI is reshaping the creation, dissemination, evaluation, and interpretation of scientific knowledge.
Collective cognition and distributed problem solving, including how hybrid human–AI communities aggregate information, coordinate expertise, build consensus, and solve complex problems.
The long-term evolution of knowledge systems, including how AI may transform the future of science, collective intelligence, and human knowledge systems.
We welcome Short Papers, 4–6 pages, and Extended Abstracts, 2 pages using this form :
Accepted authors will present posters and participate in a Research Strategy Lab, contributing to a public-facing roadmap report and potential follow-on publications in an upcoming ACM TMIS special issue on related topics.
The workshop will also include invited talks and discussions with speakers including Sergi Valverde, Giordano De Marzo, Ryan Boyd, and Frederico Rossano, along with organizer-led sessions on research labor, knowledge work, scientific communication, and knowledge production.
Important dates:
Submission Deadline: July 31, 2026 (11:59 PM Anywhere on Earth)
Please feel free to share this call with colleagues, students, and research communities who may be interested in human–AI collaboration, HCI, computational social science, collective intelligence, cognitive science, business analytics, AI, and the future of scientific knowledge production.
Best regards,
Senjuti Dutta on behalf of the workshop organizing committee