Architecting with Human in the Loop (HILA) workshop explores the intersection of human involvement in both architecting software and designing software for human-centric applications. The premise is that human factors significantly impact both the creation and the purpose of software systems, particularly in emerging fields like the Internet of Behaviors (IoB), adaptive systems, and emotion-aware software architectures.
On one hand, this workshop focuses on Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) approaches, where human decisions, interactions, and feedback dynamically shape the architectural choices and system behavior. This can involve systems that are constantly evolving based on real-time human input, behavioral modeling, and interaction patterns. This paradigm is increasingly important for systems such as adaptive UIs, AI-based software, and socio-technical systems.
On the other hand, it will examine architectures that are designed for human-centric applications, such as systems that track, respond to, and predict human behaviors and emotions. Applications in healthcare, smart cities, IoT devices, and the IoB paradigm necessitate architectures that are flexible, responsive, and adaptive to human needs. In addition, the impact of recent developments in artificial intelligence necessitates the re-consideration of human-centric software designs and architectural choices. This workshop aligns with software architecture research as it discusses new ways of structuring systems where humans are both architects and users. Topics such as real-time adaptation, user experience design, system flexibility, and socio-technical system integration are directly relevant to the future of software architecture research and industry practice.
Important Dates
- Paper Submission Deadline: December 20, 2024
- Notification of Acceptance: January 20, 2025
- Camera-Ready Submission: January 27, 2025
Topics
Topics of interest for the conference include (but are not limited to) the following:- Human-in-the-loop Architectures that consider:
- Adaptive UIs
- Socio-technical systems
- Real-time adaptation
- User experience design
- System flexibility
- Socio-technical system integration
- Human-in-the-loop AI-based software architectures, such as:
- AI based digital twins and interactive simulation software architectures
- Systems predicting human behaviors and emotions
- Models capturing interaction patterns
- Systems based on behavioral modeling
- Reinforcement learning systems with human feedback
- Data curation software systems for machine learning
- Human-centric adaptive architecture and applications in various domains, including:
- Applications in healthcare
- Cyber-physical systems
- IoT devices
- Internet of Behavior (IoB) ecosystems
Submission
- Full technical papers (including industry experience papers), which should not exceed 10 pages for the main text, inclusive of all figures, tables, references, appendices, etc.
- Short position papers (including industry experience papers), which should not exceed 6 pages for the main text, inclusive of all figures, tables, references, appendices, etc.
Publication
All submissions must be original work and must not have been previously published or being under review elsewhere.
The accepted papers will be published in the ICSA 2025 Companion proceedings and appear in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library.
For each accepted paper, at least one of the authors must register for the workshop, participate fully in the workshop, and present the paper at the workshop.
Track Chairs
- Mina Alipour, University of Southern Denmark, mial@mmmi.sdu.dk
- Serkan Ayvaz, University of Southern Denmark, seay@mmmi.sdu.dk
Program Committee
- TBA