Short Papers
Extended abstract, preliminary results, proof of concept, demo application, study findings, etc. (max 4 pages)
HCI/CORE Unranked
UbiComp 2026
Assistive Agents for All Workshop at ACM UbiComp/ISWC 2026
The Assistive Agents for All (AAA) workshop at UbiComp/ISWC 2026 invites researchers and practitioners to submit work on AI agents that assist people in everyday life, emphasizing human-centered design, safety, privacy, accessibility, and accountability. It welcomes technical, empirical, design, and position papers that explore the development and inclusive deployment of assistive agents across real-world scenarios such as healthcare, education, mobility, and support for vulnerable populations.
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Full Papers
Mature research with complete evaluations. Evaluation criteria include novelty, technical quality, clarity, relevance to assistive agents, user impact, and ethical considerations. (max 6 pages)
Research areas in scope
01
Agent Design and Core Capabilities
Architectures, planning, tool use and controllable autonomy for robust, flexible agent systems in diverse human life scenarios.
02
Multimodal Perception and Sensing Technologies
Vision, audio, language, wearables and multi-sensing technologies for environmental awareness and human need understanding.
03
Inclusive Assistance and Vulnerable Community Support
Assistive agents tailored to people with disabilities, aging populations and vulnerable communities.
04
Application Scenarios of Assistive Agents
Mobility, navigation, driving assistance, home service, rehabilitation, industrial and social robotics, healthcare and education.
05
Human-Agent Interaction and Ethical Governance
Shared autonomy, trust calibration, failure recovery, privacy, security, data governance and accountability.
06
Evaluation, Resources and Future Visions
Safety, robustness, fairness, explainability, datasets, benchmarks, field studies and inclusive coexistence.
Policies worth checking twice
- All submissions are anonymous and will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers.
- Acknowledgments, References, and Appendix are excluded from the page limit.
- Papers must follow the ACM format using the official UbiComp/ISWC 2026 template.
- Authors may submit supplementary files as a single zip file via OpenReview.
- All accepted papers will be presented in a poster session; top three papers will be invited for oral presentation.
- Exceptional papers may be nominated for the Best Paper Award.
- Every accepted work requires at least one author to complete full registration and deliver an in-person presentation.
- Researchers may adapt and extend accepted workshop work for other venues, provided the new manuscript includes at least 25% meaningful conceptual additions beyond the original.
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026