Call for participation

The C3AI: Child-centered Interaction and Trust in Conversational AI workshop at IDC25 invites a diverse community of researchers, practitioners, educators, designers, and professionals to come together and explore the human factors involved in building trust in children toward AI, while also exploring how to encourage critical thinking and awareness of AI’s limitations. This workshop offers participants a hands-on opportunity to analyze child-CAI interactions, with pre-recorded examples from five countries provided by the organizers. Depending on time constraints, additional case studies submitted by participants may also be analyzed during the workshop. We seek submissions on topics such as:

• Reviewing and improving existing human-centered AI design frameworks for children

• Assessing AI's impact on children's development

• Mental model formation in children; 

• Tailoring AI explanations to children’s cognitive models; 

• Participatory design with children; 

• Involving children in creating explainable, transparent systems; 

• Developing metrics for trust, explainability, and reliability in child-AI interactions; 

• Designing AI systems that encourage critical thinking and awareness of AI’s limitations; 

• Ethical considerations for AI systems; 

Submitting a position paper is not a requirement for participants. We also invite observers to attend the workshop, who may not submit papers but are interested in contributing to and learning from the discussions and activities.

You may submit a concise position paper (which could be considered for future publication) under the 'Short papers' category. Position statements should be non-anonymous, formatted according to ACM Standard Template, and must not exceed three pages. These should be submitted as PDF files to EasyChair under one of the following submission types: 

Submission Types:

a) Short papers (2-3 pages) 

b) Design examples (600-800 words)

c) Case Study including an Abstract (300-500 words) and supporting visuals (e.g., video/images)

Case Study submissions will be analyzed within the group activity as part of the workshop, subject to time constraints.

d) Abstracts (300-500 words)

Submissions will be managed via EasyChair, and up to 20 participants will be selected based on quality and diversity. Accepted papers will be featured on the workshop website, and at least one author must attend and register for both the workshop and the main conference.

We look forward to your contributions!