Workshop Layout

This full-day workshop is designed to be held onsite only. It is organized around presentation of position papers and working activities in small groups. After welcoming the participants and setting the frame for the workshop, we start the workshop with the presentation of selected position papers. Each of the three sessions will combine short presentations of accepted contributions, followed by an extensive overall discussion with all authors and attendees. Further position statements can be contributed by the workshop participants. Participants are also invited to comment and to report their experiences. 

Position papers and statements together are used to support the discussion. The remaining afternoon session is devoted to interactive discussion and work, where participants will be engaged to work in small groups, discuss and propose solutions to the identified challenges seen during the presentations. Solutions proposed by the participants are compiled and compared. Based on the lessons learned, participants are encouraged to draft an agenda of future work that can be accomplished. 

The workshop is planned to be run onsite. If circumstances require it, we intend to switch to a completely digital format that will be run online. 

Preliminary Agenda

Monday, September 8, 2025

8:30 Opening

8:30 - 10:00 - Session A: Methods and Frameworks for Usability
(Session Chair: Regina Bernhaupt)

• Explorative User Research Methods in Medical Applications

  • Erika Vaczlavova, Miroslav Laco and Wanda Benesova

• From Data to Dialogue: Rethinking Feedback Delivery Styles of Digital Twin in Healthcare Contexts

  • Yinchu Li and Regina Bernhaupt

• Usability Testing Framework for Distraction Evaluation of In-Vehicle Digital Interfaces

  • Róbert Junas and Miroslav Laco

• Discussion

10:00 - 10:30 - Refreshment Break

10:30 - 11:45 - Session B: Smart and Secure Digital Futures
(Session Chair: Carmelo Ardito)

• Enabling Cyber Security Education through Digital Twins and Generative AI

  • Vita Santa Barletta, Vito Bavaro, Danilo Calvano, Antonio Piccinno and Davide Pio Posa

• GroupSense: Capturing Group Mood Dynamics through Behavioral Analysis and Interaction Patterns in Physical Spaces

  • Tzu-Hui Wu, Sebastian Cmentowski, Jun Hu and Regina Bernhaupt

• Perspectives on Privacy and Security in Collaborative AR - Insights From an Expert Interview Study

  • Sarah Claudia Krings, Enes Yigitbas and Stefan Sauer

• Discussion

11:45 - 13:45 - Lunch Break

13:45 - 15:30 - Session C: Human-AI Interaction and Cognitive Models for Future Systems
(Session Chair: Stefan Sauer)

• Conceptualize Digital Twins as "Time Machine" Analogy

  • Yaxin Zheng, Harm van Essen, Scott Mitchell, Liam Fennessy, Laurene Vaughan and Regina Bernhaupt

• Conversational Agent Integration in Medical Applications: A Case Study

  • Adriana Pikartová, Martin Dubovský, Miroslav Laco and Vanda Benešová

• Enhancing LLM-Based Information Seeking: Guiding and Retracing Search Trails with ChatInVis

  • Xabier Garmendia, Oscar Diaz and Marco Winckler

• User Mental Models as a Lens for Evaluating Explainable-AI System Outputs

  • Carmelo Ardito, Maria Luigia Natalia De Bonis, Tommaso Di Noia, Eugenio Di Sciascio, Giuseppe Fasano and Angela Lombardi

• Discussion

15:30 - 16:00 - Refreshment Break

16:00 - 17:15 - Interactive Session (Discussion, Group Work, Wrap-up)

(Session Moderators: Carmelo Ardito, Regina Bernhaupt, Stefan Sauer)

17:15 - 18:00 - IFIP Working Group 13.2 Business Meeting (hybrid)