UofG researchers set to make their mark at international conference
Published: 13 April 2026
Researchers from the University of Glasgow’s School of Computing Science will present their work and play key roles at a major international conference this week.
Researchers from the University of Glasgow’s School of Computing Science will present their work and play key roles at a major international conference this week.
Representatives from the Glasgow Interactive Systems Group (GIST) will attend ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Barcelona, Spain, between April 13th and 17th.
GIST researchers are lead authors or co-authors of 13 research papers and three posters set to be presented at the conference.
The research covers a wide range of topics including human centred and responsible AI, extended and mixed reality, multisensory and embodied interaction, accessibility, social VR, automotive HCI, and emerging interaction techniques.
They will also host three workshops and a meet-up session, present an interactive demo of new technology, and deliver a journal presentation.
In addition to presenting their work at the conference, the GIST team have been working to support CHI by taking leadership and support roles. Dr Julie Williamson took on dual roles as Site Selection Director on the CHI Steering Committee and Full Paper Associate Chair.
Dr Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas, Dr Mark McGill, Dr Euan Freeman, Joseph O’Hagan, and Dr Shaun Macdonald also served as Full Paper Associate Chairs. Jiaqi Wang was Emerging Work Associate Chair.
Professor Simone Stumpf from the University of Glasgow’s School of Computing Science said: “We’re delighted to be presenting such a substantial body of work at the world’s leading conference for human-computer interaction. Attending CHI has become a key part of the group’s year, where we are able to show what we’ve been working on to our peers”
“We’re also pleased that GIST researchers are continuing to support CHI by contributing their time and expertise to help keep the conference running smoothly. We’re looking forward to attending this year’s conference and already planning to expand our contributions for CHI 2027.”
The full list of the GIST group’s contributions to the conference proceedings, along with the names of the group’s contributors, is below.
Full papers – GIST-led
CreatureConnect: Exploring Shared Control of Multimodal Interaction by Humans and Lemurs Jiaqi Wang, Stephen Brewster, Ilyena Hirskyj‑Douglas
Digital Proxemics as Measures of Social Interaction in Hybrid XR Iain McLean, Andrea Caragea, Ross Johnstone, Despoina Sampatakou, Kieran Waugh, Julie Williamson
EmotiV: Exploring Automatic Emotion Sharing Through Facial Expression Recognition for Online Co‑Watching Yusen Zhang, Edmond S. L. Ho, Xianghua (Sharon) Ding
Empowering Stakeholders with Participatory Auditing of Predictive AI: Perspectives from End‑Users and Decision Subjects Without AI Expertise Patrizia Di Campli San Vito, Eva Fringi, Lin Luo, Laura Fiona Whyte, Simone Stumpf
From Squishing to Meaning: Exploring Data Physicalization Through Children’s Embodied Experiences Andres Ramirez, Stephen Brewster
I Think This Is Fair: Uncovering the Complexities of Stakeholder Decision‑Making in AI Fairness Assessment Lin Luo, Mathieu Chollet, Simone Stumpf
Running into Traffic: Investigating External Human–Machine Interfaces for Automated Vehicle–Runner Interaction Ammar Al‑Taie, Thomas Goodge, Shaun Macdonald, Ian Oakley, Stephen Brewster
The (Anti‑)Affordance Problem: Effects of Physical Context on Collaborator Placement in AR Meetings Diego Drago, Jacob Bhattacharyya, Fahim Kawsar, Stephen Brewster
Wearing Many Avatars: How Users Express, Shift and Perceive Identity Across Contexts in Social VR Hongxiang Yang, Shaun Macdonald, Mohamed Khamis, Ilyena Hirskyj‑Douglas
Full papers – GIST co-authored
Interaction of Cursor Warping and View Manipulation in Multi-Display Extended Reality Florian Weidner
Gaze and Speech in Multimodal Human-Computer Interaction: A Scoping Review Florian Weidner
The People's Gaze: Co-Designing and Refining Gaze Gestures with Users and Experts Mohamed Khamis
When the World Opens up: Journeys of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Social Virtual Reality Mohamed Khamis
Posters
Could the Stylus Be Mightier Than the Controller? An Investigation Into the Heisenberg Effect of Spatial Interaction for 3D Tracked Styluses Kieran Waugh
Designing eHMIs Across Vehicle Sizes for Cyclists in an AR Workshop Shuhao Zhang, Shaun Macdonald, Frank Pollick, Stephen Brewster
WebPerceptor: An Open‑Source Chromium Plugin for Real‑Time LLM‑Based In‑Line, In‑Browser Re‑Writing of Website Content Joseph O’Hagan, Graham Wilson, Mark McGill
Interactive demos, workshops and journal presentations
WallBo: A Social Robot for Fostering Hand Hygiene for Children Mary Ellen Foster, Amol Deshmukh
Interactive Demo
RAI@CHI: Responsible and Human‑Centred AI Across Borders Simone Stumpf
Meet‑up
The AI Accomplice: Exploring Generative Artificial Intelligence in Facilitating and Amplifying Deceptive Designs Mark McGill
Workshop
Next Steps for Augmented Reality On‑the‑Move: Challenges and Opportunities Helen Stefanidi, Julie Williamson, Ian Oakley and collaborators
Workshop
The Perception of a Tap: Using Auditory Augmented Reality to Alter the Contact Properties of a Physical Object Isna Bustoni, Mark McGill, Stephen Brewster
Journal Presentation
First published: 13 April 2026