The rapid advancement in artificial intelligence, especially in machine learning and deep learning, has accelerated the introduction of AI agents into humans' daily lives. This has increased interactions between humans and agents, such as home assistants, customer service chatbots, and robots in education and healthcare. These human-agent interactions (HAI) are becoming integral to various aspects of life, such as performing tasks that support, entertain, and participate in educational activities. As HAI becomes more pervasive, understanding and optimising it and studying how it affects human behaviour are crucial to ensure its effective and safe integration across multiple domains.

The extensive interactions between humans and agents highlighted several problems in HAI. (1) Most of these interactions are command-based or question-answering systems, lacking the ability to interact intuitively with humans. (2) Non-use and rejection of agents when applied in real-world scenarios. (3) Increased concern over their ethical and social impact on human behaviour and society. (4) Not designed to manage breakdown situations.  These problems emerged due to the machine-centric perspective on developing human-agent interactions. Coping with these problems, an alternative perspective to study, understand, and develop HAI that has emerged recently is Human-centered AI (HCAI). HCAI focuses on developing agents capable of collaborating with people to help them achieve their goals effectively, by putting focus on the human. 

**Workshop Focus**

The TheoriseHAI workshop will explore psychological and cognitive aspects of HAI, exploring how human behaviour and mental models influence and are influenced by interactions with agents. The workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from various fields to explore both established and new theories, design principles, and behavioural insights that underpin effective human-agent interactions.

Mainly we will explore:

• Old theories in present research: how classic theories find realisation in modern research and development practices
• New theories and modern approaches: how new theories provide new horizons of research and potentially new applications of agents
• Facilitate Interdisciplinary exchange: how researchers with different backgrounds can develop productive intersections 

Submission Guidelines

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit extended abstracts related to the relevant workshop topics. Submissions would be typically work-in-progress research, position papers, and summaries of already published research on application of interdisciplinary theories, theoretical developments, practical applications, or design innovations in HAI. Submissions will be peer-reviewed, and accepted papers will be presented at the workshop.

Submissions can be up to 2-page long (excluding references). Papers must be in PDF format, including abstract, figures and references, and according to the ACM SIGCHI format (Latex template, Word template). The reviewing will be single-blind. All submissions will be made electronically through the EasyChair conference system (link). All accepted extended abstracts will be published on the workshop website. 

At least one of the authors will be required to attend the workshop to present the paper.

Organising Committee

• Maitreyee Tewari
• Michele Persiani
• Roland Chen
• Linda Li

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to maittewa@cs.umu.se or maitreyee.maitreyee@uni-corvinus.hu