It's been a while since I posted my personal collection of weird #HCI papers: https://floe.butterbrot.org/matrix/rants/weird/

Any good stuff from the last 1-2 years I missed? Bring on the crazy 😁

#postdoc #hiring - I have a 1-year opening, to be started early next year, for a postdoc in #hci and #edtech in the E+ project L2BGreen. The ideal candidate will be interested in investigating interaction design patterns for #conversationalAgents, especially mixing textual/visual/voice-based communication. Contact me for questions, applications must be via the job portal: https://lnkd.in/dmAa_nAa

✨We invite you to join us at AlpCHI 2026 by submitting to two focused tracks:

🔹 Revisiting HCI Research
We welcome critical reflections on influential HCI work published in or before 2014 (of yourself or by somebody in the HCI community). This track encourages revisiting established ideas, examining their evolution, and discussing their relevance for current research.
➡️https://alpchi.org/call-for-revisiting-hci-research/

#AlpCHI2026 #HCI #CfP #RevisitingHCI
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🔹 Demo Track
We invite researchers and practitioners to present interactive systems, prototypes, or design explorations that illustrate novel ideas or emerging directions in HCI. The track is open to all areas of HCI research.
➡️https://alpchi.org/call-for-demos/

#HCI #Demos
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✨We invite you to join us at AlpCHI 2026 by submitting to two focused tracks:

🔹 Revisiting HCI Research
We welcome critical reflections on influential HCI work published in or before 2014 (of yourself or by somebody in the HCI community). This track encourages revisiting established ideas, examining their evolution, and discussing their relevance for current research.
➡️https://alpchi.org/call-for-revisiting-hci-research/

#AlpCHI2026 #HCI #CfP #RevisitingHCI
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First was an interesting talk by Joseph Jay Williams on adaptive experimentation systems at UCLIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC9I84X7Nw0 (2/8) #HCI

Trust in tech is more than just code. New #CSCW2025 research uncovers how trust is built in Chinese NFT communities. The study finds that traditional Confucian values like "guanxi" (social connections) and "mianzi" (face) are crucial, shaping technological, institutional, and social trust.

This qualitative analysis of WeChat groups and interviews offers vital insights for designing trustworthy decentalized communities.

#HCI #SocialComputing #NFTs

https://tinyurl.com/jade-gateway-cscw2025

“Reality Promises: Virtual-Physical Decoupling Illusions in Mixed Reality via Invisible Mobile Robots”

Paper: https://hci.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/459/2025/08/kari2025-reality-promises.pdf
Full Video: https://youtu.be/SdDXvIB79j0
Project Page: https://mkari.de/reality-promises/

See you in Busan! 🇰🇷

#HCI#HRI

So last year I organized a small fediverse meetup during break time at @mucConf and we ended up with a handful of people exchanging tips, hopes, ideas, and contact details.

Should we try that again this year in #Chemnitz? Who here is going to @mucConf? 🙂

#MuC2025#MCI #HCI

So last year I organized a small fediverse meetup during break time at @mucConf and we ended up with a handful of people exchanging tips, hopes, ideas, and contact details.

Should we try that again this year in #Chemnitz? Who here is going to @mucConf? 🙂

#MuC2025#MCI #HCI

Best description of our lab:
"feels like a fast-fowarding in time, a super high tech wood-shop mixed with an Apple store".
Beautiful piece by the
@npr Points North podcast (https://www.npr.org/podcasts/993547741/points-north)
on
@xjasminelu 's work on a living smartwatch that you need to care for! #science#hci

Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1TNcwnV2r02CE5nn7lIYaE?si=Q0M9dyR3Qe-kPfs1H8YXEg&nd=1&dlsi=38497ea6041348df

Want to work with one of the best thinkers out there, with endless creativity and super supportive environment in futuristic Taipei? 😎
My former PhD student, (now Prof.) Shan-Yuan Teng just started the Dexterous Interaction Lab @ NTU https://lab.tengshanyuan.info/#hci#VR #AR#haptics #phd#AcademicChatter 😍

First was a thought-provoking talk by @dom on the importance for HCI researchers to build more interoperable, focused systems at Stanford University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DIIkX19ihs (2/5) #HCI

First was an intriguing talk by @eglassman on using human cognition theories to design helpful AI-augmented interfaces at the MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyK2pwukNwg (2/5) #HCI#AI

Prospective matches are alerted individually with an anonymous profile and support options. If matched parties agree, an email meeting is arranged.

We’re searching for both people in need and supporters 🤝

#science #research#hci #igniteus #theideanetwork