For Authors
Welcome to AutomotiveUI 2026
AutoUI is the premier forum for research in the automotive and mobility domain, bringing together researchers and practitioners to explore technical and human-centred aspects of interfaces, vehicles, and emerging mobility systems.
In 2026, our theme will be “Future-Proof Mobility: Designing Safe & Sustainable Mobility Systems”. We welcome research that tackles a wide range of challenges, addressing diverse road users. This includes research on pedestrians, micromobility, and drivers of varying abilities as well as automated mobility solutions across all levels, including control transitions and remote operations..
AutoUI 2026 invites you to submit original work in one or more of the following formats: Full papers, Work in Progress, Workshops, Tutorials, Videos, Demos, Student Research, and Doctoral colloquium. Submissions for all tracks will be available through the PCS conference management system.
Important Dates
- Full Papers Abstract: Thu, April 2, 2026
- Full Papers: Thu, April 9, 2026
- Work in Progress: Thu, June 18, 2026
- Workshops: Thu, June 18, 2026
- Video: Thu, June 18, 2026
- Interactive Demos: Thu, June 18, 2026
- Student Research Track: Thu, July 2, 2026
- Doctoral Colloquium: Thu, July 2, 2026
Submissions are accepted until 11:59 pm AoE (Anywhere on Earth) on the dates shown above. These dates are fixed; there will be no extensions.
Submission Types
Paper
AutomotiveUI Papers are archival publications of original research. Authors are invited to submit papers formatted in accordance with the new single-column ACM SIGCHI format. All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings which will be archived in the ACM digital library. Authors of accepted papers will present their contribution at the virtual event.
WORKSHOPS
A workshop is a meeting to address a topic or method of common interest to a selective group of AutomotiveUI attendees. Typically, there is a focus on contemporary challenges. For example, previous workshops have addressed natural user interfaces, situational awareness, trust in automated driving, and the use of virtual and augmented reality in vehicle studies.
DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM
The DC brings together PhD students working on topics related to automotive user interfaces and interactive vehicular applications, providing them with an opportunity to present and discuss their research with their peers and senior faculty. It will further provide opportunities for PhD students to network and facilitate professional development by sharing research interests.
Student Research Track
The Student Research Track together students working on topics related to automotive user interfaces and interactive vehicular applications, providing them with an opportunity to present and discuss their research with their peers and senior faculty. It will further provide opportunities for students to network and facilitate professional development by sharing research interests.
WORK IN PROGRESS
A Work in Progress (WiP) is a concise report of late-breaking findings or other types of innovative or thought-provoking work relevant for the AutomotiveUI community. It represents work that either has not reached a level of completion expected of a conference paper or for which a conference paper is not the most effective communication method. That said, appropriate submissions should make a contribution to the body of AutomotiveUI knowledge, whether realized or promised.
VIDEOS
Video Demo submissions are short motion presentations that showcase examples best communicated in this format or provide supplementary content to another submission (e.g. a paper). Video demos can, but are not restricted to present your study design, data collection design, progress over time, study results, research projects, design concepts and visions of the future.
INTERACTIVE DEMOS
Interactive Demo submissions are interactive presentations that showcase examples best communicated in this format or provide supplementary content to another submission (e.g. a paper). Interactive demos can, but are not restricted to present your study design, data collection design, progress over time, study results, research projects, design concepts and visions of the future.
Conference Topics
Suggested topics, but not limited to:
- Interfaces supporting sustainable mobility and behaviour change
- Environmental impact and lifecycle of mobility technologies
- Shared mobility and cooperative traffic behaviour
- Electric and low-emission vehicle interaction
- Ethical and societal implications of mobility technologies
- Trust, transparency, and accountability in intelligent systems
- Social impact of automation
- Philosophical and critical perspectives on mobility
- Accessible mobility interfaces and assistive technologies
- Design for diverse abilities and underrepresented users
- Cultural and regional perspectives (e.g., Global South)
- User characteristics and mobility needs
- Cognition, workload, and distraction in mobility contexts
- Emotional and cognitive state detection
- User intention and behavioural prediction
- Warnings, feedback, and behaviour adaptation
- Novel and multimodal interaction techniques
- AR/HUD, navigation, and in-vehicle information access
- Connected apps, inter-vehicle communication, and context-aware systems
- Physiological sensing and affective interfaces
- Interaction with automated and semi-automated systems
- Human–AI cooperation and control transitions
- Behavioural adaptation to automation
- Remote and distributed vehicle operation
- Computational and AI-based interaction modelling
- Cognitive and behavioural predictive models
- Simulation and virtual evaluation environments
- Experimental and field evaluation methods
- Naturalistic studies and real-world deployment
- Metrics, validation, and benchmarking approaches
- Standards and reproducibility
- Radical and alternative mobility concepts
- Critical and speculative design
- Future socio-technical mobility ecosystems
- Emerging paradigms of interaction and transport