ICHEC 2025

The International Chinese Association of Computer Human Interaction (ICACHI) is delighted to announce that the 2025 International Conference on Human-Engaged Computing（ICHEC 2025) will take place in Singapore Management University, Singapore, from November 21st to 23th, 2025. The conference theme for this year is "Inclusion.Intelligence.Connection".

ICHEC (formerly known as “Chinese CHI”) is the premier venue for connecting HCI researchers, practitioners, and industry leaders worldwide. Since its inception in 2012, Chinese CHI has been successfully held in Paris, Toronto, Seoul, Silicon Valley, Guangzhou, Montreal, Xiamen, Bali and Shenzhen. The papers accepted at the conference will be published in the ACM Digital Library and indexed by EI Compendex. Renaming the conference is part of an ongoing effort to reflect the conference’s broadening scope, and to encourage international participation from the field of human-computer interaction. We cordially invite leading scholars, researchers and industry leaders from around the world to share their latest research progress and practical experiences, to foster intellectual exchange and research collaboration, and to explore the boundless possibilities that lie ahead in the future development of HCI.

We invite contributions to ICHEC 2025 across a variety of research domains, including but not limited to:

• Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction
• Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
• Accessibility and Aging
• Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and Social Computing
• Design
• Digital Heritage
• Engineering Interactive Systems and Tools
• Games and Play
• Generative AI and HCI
• Health
• Human-AI Collaboration
• Human Robot Interaction
• Interaction Techniques, Devices and Modalities
• Interactive Narrative and Visual Storytelling
• Learning, Education, and Families
• Privacy, Security, Ethics and Critical Computing
• User Experience and Usability
• Understanding People: Theory, Concepts, Methods
• Visualization

We accept submissions of both full papers and late-breaking work (short papers).

Important Dates

The key deadlines for Full Paper submissions are:

• Abstract Submission: September 14, 2025, 23:59 (AOE)
• Full Paper Submission: September 18, 2025, 23:59 (AOE)
• Decision Notification: October 18, 2025, 23:59 (AOE)

Late-Breaking Work deadlines:

• Submission: September 25, 2025, 23:59 (AOE)
• Decision Notification: October 27, 2025, 23:59 (AOE)

Submission Guidelines

All submissions for ICHEC 2025 are to be:

• Written in English.
• Original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
• Anonymized and without any information identifying the authors in the paper draft and supplementary materials (e.g., videos).
• The original work of the author(s) and an honest representation of the underlying work.

Formatting

All submissions for ICHEC 2025 are to be written in English. The paper templates of Word, LaTex, and Overleaf are given below:

• Word Format
• LaTeX Format
• Overleaf Format

Paper Length

Concise and succinct writing is strongly encouraged, and the paper length should be proportional to its contribution. The following paper length requirements exclude references, figure/table captions, and appendices.

• Full Paper: Submissions should be between 5,000 and 12,000 words (about 7,000-8,000 words on average).
• Late-breaking Work: Submissions should be up to 5000 words (single column, excluding references).
• Submissions with Excessive Length: Full paper submissions of more than 12,000 words and late-breaking work submissions of more than 5000 words will be desk-rejected, unless a clear and strong justification is provided.
• A single-column format must be used for the reviewing phase and the authors are requested to use the correct template. Use of different templates or formats may result in desk rejection. Note that the LaTeX and Overleaf templates are double-column by default; you can change it to a single-column format by using “\documentclass[manuscript, screen, review]{acmart}”.

Registration and Publication

Each accepted paper must have a unique full standard registration (not a student registration). If the same author appears on multiple accepted papers, each paper must be covered by a separate full standard registration, regardless of whether the presenting author is a student. The authors are expected to present their work at the conference in person. Following the practice of previous Chinese CHI conferences, we are applying for the approval of ACM to publish the accepted papers of ICHEC 2025 in the ACM Digital Library.

Optional ACM DL Publication

While all accepted papers must be presented at the conference, authors may opt out of having their work published in the ACM Digital Library. Authors wishing to exercise this option should notify the Paper Chairs within one week of receiving their acceptance notification. Papers opting out will still appear in the conference program and be presented as part of ICHEC 2025.

Use of Generative AI Tools

Following the policy of ACM, the use of generative AI tools to create content is permitted, but it must be fully disclosed in the acknowledgements section of the paper when such tools are used for purposes beyond editing the author’s own text. Note that the LaTeX template defaults to hiding the acknowledgements section while in review mode – please make sure that any LLM disclosure is available in your submitted draft. Generative AI software tools should not be listed as authors even if they are used in the preparation of a paper. Authors will take all responsibility for all content in their paper, including any content that may have been generated with AI. For more details of the ACM policy, please refer to the official integrity check criteria and frequently asked questions:

• https://www.acm.org/publications/icps/integrity-check-criteria
• https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/frequently-asked-questions

To ensure the publication quality and integrity, ACM has requested that all the accepted papers will undergo LLM-generated text detection by the designated AI-check platform Morressier (www.morressier.com) before they can be officially published. The authors can decide whether they want to do an AI check first by themselves before the submission.

Open Access

All the ICHEC 2025 papers will be published as open access by following the latest ACM open access policy. The authors of accepted papers may need to pay an applicable article processing charge (APC), depending on whether the institution of a paper’s corresponding author is a member of the ACM Open program. For more details, please refer to the following ACM open access guideline and frequently asked questions:

• ACM Open Access Guidance for ICPS Authors: https://www.acm.org/publications/icps/author-guidance
• FAQ: https://www.acm.org/publications/icps/faq

We look forward to meeting you at ICHEC 2025 in Singapore!

Call for Interactivity & Artwork 2025

The ICHEC 2025 Interactivity track invites interface or system demonstrations, novel approaches or artifacts, artistic visions, and other interactive experiences that critically or creatively explore the conference theme of “Human-Engaged Computing”. We encourage submissions that actively involve conference participants in the experience.

Important Dates

All times are in Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone. When the deadline is day D, the last time to submit is when D ends AoE. Check your local time in AoE.

• Interactivity submission deadline: Oct 20, 2025
• Notifications: Nov 1, 2025
• Camera-ready deadline*: Nov 15, 2025
• ICHEC 2025 conference: Nov 21–23, 2025
• Interactivity: Nov 21, 2025

* Applies only to accepted submissions that would like to be published as an extended abstract in the adjunct proceedings

Preparing Your Submission

Submissions will be made through this form https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ichec2025. Only completed submissions will be assessed for this track. We request the following items for each submission:

• Required: An extended abstract document (PDF)
• Required: A technical specifications and requirements document (PDF)
• Required: One still image of the interactive demo or artwork of at least 800x600 pixels that describes your work.
• Required: A video under 2 minutes that gives us a visual sense of the proposed interactive piece.

Submissions should not be anonymized and will be reviewed by a jury formed by the track chairs. We will assess submissions based on the quality of the proposal and also its technical feasibility. At least one author of accepted submissions should register and attend the conference, and demonstrate the accepted work during the interactivity sessions at the conference.

Extended Abstract Document

The extended abstract document should describe the research demonstrated, including an introduction and motivation for the research, contributions to human-engaged computing / human-computer interaction, related work, and the interactive piece itself. If you submit artworks, the documents are expected to provide a description of the artwork with motivating intention, concept, and philosophy, including artist’s statement giving background to the ideas, creation process, and any research related to the artwork. Submissions should follow the ACM Primary Article Templates and Publication Workflow to produce a single-column, up to six pages PDF document (including references). Accepted submissions will be given the option to be included in the adjunct proceedings alongside full papers and LBW contributions.

Technical Specifications and Requirements

The technical specifications and requirements of your interactive experience should be included in an additional PDF document. This can include diagrams and photos, what is needed at the venue, and it should detail any potential risks for attendees (including privacy concerns) and how they will be managed. This document should also detail the space, lighting, and furniture needs of the proposed experience. This document does not have a specific template, and does not have a page limit.

• Photo of artwork or interactive demo
• Technical requirements
• Equipment requirements
• Space and floor plan diagram
• Safety and risk management
• Any other information

Juried Process

Submissions will be assessed by the jury committee. Each submission will be assessed based on the following criteria:

• Quality of the proposal with respect to the conference theme of Human-Engaged Computing.
• Interactivity of the proposal. We would like to see work that actively engages with conference participants creatively and/or critically. For artworks, we also pay extra attention to its conceptual strengths, including depth, coherence, and originality.
• Feasibility of the proposal. We will prioritize submissions that can be safely and easily deployed at the conference venue. Accepted work will be showcased at a regular classroom-like environment, with carpeted floors, tables, chairs, and TV screens.

Jury committee

• Yuan Yao
• Jeannie Lee
• Clement Zheng