Past Meets Future 2026
Call for Participation
- Papers due
- July 30, 2026 · 11:59 pm Anywhere on Earth
- How to submit
- Please complete this Google form.
- Notifications
- August 7, 2026
From Challenges to Solutions
the 2026 themeAt the 2025 workshop, participants from the GLAM sector (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums), the humanities, HCI, and AI mapped the field's hardest problems together. In 2026 we explore solutions: prototypes, systems, studies, write-ups, and decks that address any of these challenges. Nothing here gets solved in one afternoon, and we know it. The goal of this workshop is to bring humanities scholars and HCI/AI researchers together to move each problem forward.
AI-GLAM alignment
What system features do we actually need to meet GLAM's needs?
accuracy & AI slop · deepfakes · datasets & benchmarks · uncertainty & ambiguity · context beyond accuracy
Cognitive, educational & social impact
How do GLAM systems influence users and society, and how should they?
critical thinking & literacy · cognitive enhancement vs. diminishment · creativity · trust · damage control
Ethics
What guardrails do these systems need, and who decides?
privacy · fairness · accessibility · IP & authorship protection · regulation
The map is not a checklist. Work that connects human-AI interaction with the humanities or cultural heritage in ways not listed above is equally welcome.
How can human-AI interaction enrich, and be enriched by, the domains of digital humanities and cultural heritage?
How can the challenges and datasets inherent in these domains stimulate innovation in human-AI interaction methodologies and frameworks?
Call for Participation
Papers due July 30 · AoEShow us the work that brings you here. We welcome a wide range of expertise who work in the intersection of digital humanities and HAI to discuss shared challenges together. Submit new or previously published work that demonstrates your interest in the related topics. Researchers, students, and practitioners from HCI, AI, the humanities, and GLAM institutions are all welcome, at any career stage, whether or not your topic appears on the challenge map. All accepted submissions will be presented as a short lightning talk (2-3 minutes) during the morning session.
Position paper
A new 2-4 page paper on current or future work, including ideas that address the 2025 challenge map.
Published paper
A previously published paper relevant to the workshop’s themes. Bring work the community should see.
Systems & prototypes
Working systems, early prototypes, open-source contributions, datasets, and tools at any stage of polish.
Topics of interest include, and are not limited to:
- The role of human-AI interaction in creating new crowdsourcing opportunities
- The opportunities and challenges posed by foundation models and LLMs in relation to "collections as data"
- Immersive technologies such as AR, VR, and XR that connect people with GLAM collections, education, and cultural preservation
- The potential for human-AI interaction to increase the accessibility of GLAM collections for people with disabilities
- Ethical considerations, including sustainability and the potential harms of perpetuating biases in existing data
Review: single-blind · organizers serve as the program committee
Attend: at least one author registers and presents in person · one registration covers HCOMP + CI
Access: we follow SIGACCESS guidance · accessibility requests welcome at any time
Questions: unsure whether your work fits? email us and ask
Key Dates
all deadlines 11:59 pm Anywhere on Earth| Date | Milestone | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-29 | Call for Participation announced | ✓ done |
| 2026-07-30 | Workshop papers due · email submission, 11:59 pm AoE | · open |
| 2026-08-07 | Acceptance notifications | · pending |
| 2026 | Early-bird registration · deadline announced on the ACM HCOMP & CI websites | · pending |
| 2026-09-27 | Workshop day · full day, Alexandria, VA | · pending |