A variety of Media Lab community members will participate in the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, the premier international conference of human-computer interaction.

This year's conference features a hybrid structure with both virtual participation and on-site attendance in Barcelona, Spain at the  Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona event venue.

Media Lab work accepted to CHI 2026:

Awards

• Honorable Mention: "Texterial: A Text-as-Material Interaction Paradigm for LLM-Mediated Writing" by Personal Robots researcherJocelyn Shen and collaborators from Microsoft. 
• Honorable Mention: "Dialogues with AI Reduce Beliefs in Misinformation but Build No Lasting Discernment Skills"  by Multisensory Intelligence researcher Anku Rani, Fluid Interfaces researcher Valdemar Danry, head of Viral Communications Andrew Lippman, and Professors Paul Pu Liang and Pattie Maes.

Papers

• "Supporting Learners' Use of Imperfect Generative Pedagogical Chatbots: The Role of Chatbot Response Uncertainty and Reduced Verbosity" by Professor Karrie Karahalios and other collaborators from University of Illinois.
• "Control in Context: How Smart Home Users Navigate Proxy-based Schemes" by Professor Karrie Karahalios and other collaborators from University of Illinois.
• InSituWear: On-body Fabrication of Custom-fit Wearable Structures using Melt-drawn PCL Filaments by Critical Matter researchers Sergio Mutis, Professor Behnaz Farahi, and other MIT collaborators. 
• "Designing an Affective Mobile Probe to Measure Smile Dynamics in Depression" by Affective Computing researchers Nelson Hidalgo Julia, Craig Ferguson, and Robert Lewis, Professor Rosalind Picard, other  MIT researchers and collaborators from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 
• "Feeling the Facts: Real-time Wearable Fact-checkers Can Use Nudges to Reduce User Belief in False Information"  by Fluid Interfaces researcher Valdemar Danry, Professor Pattie Maes, and other collaborators from the National University of Singapore.

Posters

• "Seeing Is Not Believing: Realistic AI Videos Disrupt Confidence in Authentic Videos and Perceived Reality"  by Opera of the Future researcher Eitan Wolf, Fluid Interfaces researchers Yasith Samaradivakara and Sally Ahmed, MIT Center for Constructive Communication researcher Om Gokhale, Professors Pattie Maes and Pat Pataranutaporn, and collaborator from Harvard University.

Workshops, Panels, Courses, and Special Interest Groups

• "Portable Somatic Wearable: AI-Assisted Reflection Through Gaze-Derived Somatic Markers,"  an interactive demo by Critical Matter researchers Saetbyeol LeeYouk and Sergio Mutis,  Professor Behnaz Farahi, and collaborator from Harvard University. 
• "Are We Doing Enough? Sharing Design and Manufacturing Expertise Across Open Source Hardware Communities," a workshop by Responsive Environments researcher Cedric Honnet,  Professor Joseph Paradiso, and other collaborators from the University of Bristol, the University of Birmingham, the Lancaster University, and the University of Copenhagen. 
• "The Global Impact of Generative AI on the HCI Landscape: International Perspectives on HCI Education, Industry Dynamics, and Funding Considerations," a panel discussion including Professor Karrie Karahalios on generative AI’s multidimensional impact on the global HCI landscape beyond specific research agendas or directions.
• "Cry for AI: A Moss-Controlled AI Wearable for Resource-Aware Interaction," an interactive demo by Critical Matter researchers Saetbyeol LeeYouk, Professor Behnaz Farahi, and collaborators from the Harvard University. 
• "From Remote Space to Remote Time" a panel discussion including Tangible  Media researcher Hye Jun Youn, Professor Hiroshi Ishii, and Professor Pat Pataranutaporn on broader philosophical questions about how emerging technologies shape relationships across past, present, and future.