CFP: ACM HCOMP 2026 (Jun 1 abstract deadline / Jun 8 paper deadline)
Gaole
Dear all,
We are excited to announce the Call for Papers for HCOMP 2026 — now the ACM Conference on Human-AI Complementarity and Alignment.
Building on HCOMP’s first decade as an AAAI conference series on human computation and crowdsourcing, HCOMP is now an ACM conference focused on research at the intersection of human-AI complementarity and alignment.
HCOMP 2026 will take place September 27–30, 2026, at the Virginia Tech Institute for Advanced Computing, near Washington, DC, USA. This year, HCOMP will be co-located with the 2026 ACM Collective Intelligence (CI) Conference, with a joint CFP.
Important dates
- Abstract deadline: June 1, 2026 (AoE)
- Full paper deadline: June 8, 2026 (AoE)
- Notification: July 31, 2026
We welcome submissions on topics including, but not limited to:
Research on human-AI complementarity
- Human-AI collaboration, coordination, and co-adaptation
- Division of labor, delegation, and supervisory control
- Complementarity versus redundancy in human-AI systems
- Hybrid workflows that combine human and AI strengths
- Human-AI decision-making and problem solving
- Human-AI interaction in organizational and societal settings
Research on human-centered alignment
- Alignment in training and in use
- Trust, reliance, and calibration
- Scalable human oversight
- Steering, monitoring, and control of AI systems
- Detecting, communicating, and repairing misalignment
- Governance, accountability, and safety in human-AI systems
Research on human contributions to AI systems
- Crowdsourcing and human computation
- Human feedback, preference learning, and evaluation
- Data collection, annotation, and quality assurance
- Bias, fairness, and responsible data practices
- Human roles in the development, assessment, and governance of AI systems
For submission details and the full call, please visit:
https://www.humancomputation.com/2026/submit.html
Please feel free to share this CFP with colleagues, students, and communities who may be interested.
Gaole He
Publicity Co-Chair, ACM HCOMP 2026