Workshop

Schedule of Workshop on 4th Dec 2026

 

Time: 01:00 PM-04:00 PM (GMT + 8)

  

Information about Workshop

Topic: Usability of AI-Powered ICT Applications

 

This workshop proposal aims to discuss various concepts, evaluation methodologies and the effect of the usability of AI-powered ICT applications, which are supported by AI technologies like LLMs, Gen AI, Agentic AI and others. This hybrid workshop at CHIuXiD 2026, hosted in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, is set to feature an expert talk alongside a panel session focusing on contemporary research and industrial insights related with AI-powered ICT applications. We anticipate that this event will foster international dialogue between scholars, academic faculty, and industry experts, allowing them to evaluate the transition of software usability from conventional app designs to AI-powered app designs. Furthermore, it will enable the identification of commonalities, distinctions, and prospects in understanding concepts, evaluation methodologies and the effect of the usability of AI-powered ICT applications, while investigating novel HCI frameworks, ethical impacts, and future-oriented research trajectories for advancing intelligent user experiences.

 

Introduction

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most interesting and leading fields of technological research, where scientific explorations are strongly connected to real-life applications. More and more software developers, UI/UX researchers, faculty, students and industry professionals are integrating AI capabilities into ICT applications. Thus, AI research is closely intertwined with Research and Development (R&D) activities, happening in universities and industries worldwide. There are diverse AI-powered ICT applications and there is a need to look at how usable these applications are across different domains. Their usability is focused on effectiveness, efficiency, and user satisfaction, along with recent concerns specific to AI such as transparency, trust, and user control. There are varied approaches such as prioritizing model accuracy versus interpretability, and automation versus human oversight, in the design of usable AI-powered ICT applications. This workshop proposes to take an introspective look at how AI research advances are reflected in the understanding, evaluation and effect of usability of everyday and modern AI-powered ICT applications, and how they connect with real user needs. In particular, we aim to investigate how usability challenges are similar as well as different, among various categories of AI-powered ICT applications in several countries participating in the workshop. This workshop also plans to discuss how software developers and organizations can effectively incorporate usability principles into the designs and evaluations of AI-powered ICT applications and how to better define usability guidelines for their developers and related researchers. With the view of redefining the scope and future enhancements in AI usability research, the organizers belonging to Asian countries – India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Jordan, Bangladesh, Iran, Sri Lanka, and China, plan to conduct a workshop titled ‘Usability of AI-Powered ICT Applications’ at CHIuXiD 2026.

 

Following are the major objectives of this workshop: 

● To discuss AI-assisted usability evaluation methodologies for AI-powered ICT applications. 

● To explore AI-powered usability concerns such as transparency, trust, user control and others. 

● To examine how usability shifts when ICT applications integrate AI technologies (LLMs, Generative AI, Agentic AI and others) compared to conventional designs. 

● To foster international collaboration among researchers and practitioners on usability guidelines for AI-powered ICT applications.

 

Target Audience

 

Following are the target audience / participants for the ‘Usability of AI-Powered ICT Applications’ workshop: 

● Academic Professors 

● University Lecturers 

● HCI Researchers 

● Research Scholars 

● Engineering / Design / Science Students 

● Industry Professionals

 

Workshop Schedule 

Paper Presentation: 

Papers are invited for the workshop based on the theme: Usability of AI-Powered ICT Applications (WUAPIA26)

·       Call for papers Starts : 1st Oct 2026

·       Submission Deadline: 10^th November 2026

·       Notification of Acceptance: 20^th November 2026

·       Submission Guidelines: Single Column, 6 Pages.

·       Submission Email ID:  wuapia26@gmail.com

·       These papers can be forwarded for Scopus Indexed Book publication

 

 

Workshop Outline 

Following is the program outline for workshop:

Introduction: Dr. Ganesh Bhutkar 

Invited Talk: To be invited

Short Break: 

Panel Discussion / Keynote Address:  Usability of AI-Powered ICT Applications.

INDIA – Dr. Shrikant Salve

INDONESIA – Dr. Yohannes Kurniawan

MALAYSIA – Dr. Azrina Kamaruddin

AFGHANISTAN – Mr. Sayyed Moh Nasim Ibrahim

JORDAN – Dr. Fuad Ali El-Qirem

BANGLADESH – Mr. Rahat Jahangir Rony

IRAN – Dr. Kaveh Bazargan

SRI LANKA – Dr. Thilina Halloluwa

CHINA – Dr. Qin Xiangang

Concluding Remarks: Dr. Yohannes Kurniawan

 

Workshop Organizers:

 

Following are the workshop organizers for the workshop:

Chair: Dr. Ganesh Bhutkar, VIT Pune, INDIA

Co-Chair: Dr. Yohannes Kurniawan, Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta, INDONESIA

 

MEMBERS:

Dr. Azrina Kamaruddin, UPM, Selangor, MALAYSIA

Dr. Chhaya Gosavi, CCOEW, Pune, INDIA

Dr. Shrikant Salve, IIIT, Pune, INDIA

Mr. Sayyed Moh Nasim Ibrahim, BUK, Kabul, AFGHANISTAN

Dr. Fuad Ali El-Qirem, ZUJ, Amman, JORDAN

Mr. Rahat Jahangir Rony, NSU, Dhaka, BANGLADESH       

Dr. Thilina Halloluwa, UCSC, Colombo, SRI LANKA        

Dr. Kaveh Bazargan, ATU Tehran, IRAN

Dr. Qin Xiangang, BUPT, Beijing, CHINA

Dr. Geetanjali Kale, PICT, Pune, INDIA

Dr. Nuzhat Shaikh, MES Wadia, Pune, INDIA

Dr. Sunita Dhotre, BV, Pune, INDIA

Dr. Abhijit Banubakode, PCU, Pune, INDIA

 

STUDENT VOLUNTEERS

Following are the student volunteers for the workshop:

Rujul Talekar, VIT Pune, INDIA

Sudhakar Shinde, VIT Pune, INDIA

Suraj Mundhada, VIT Pune, INDIA

Soham Pardeshi, VIT Pune, INDIA

 

The abstract: https://bit.ly/AbstractWorkshopCHIUXID26