GranDIHC-BR: Grand Research Challenges in HCI in Brazil for 2025-2035 – Roberto Pereira (UFPR – Universidade Federal do Paraná – Brazil), Ticianne Darin (Universidade Federal do Ceará – Brazil), and Milene Selbach Silveira (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul – PUCRS – Brazil).
Reflexões da Comunidade Brasileira de IHC (nos anais estendidos) – Roberto Pereira (UFPR – Universidade Federal do Paraná – Brazil), Ticianne Darin (Universidade Federal do Ceará – Brazil), and Milene Selbach Silveira (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul – PUCRS – Brazil).
GranDIHC-BR 2025-2035 – GC1: New Theoretical and Methodological Approaches in HCI – Deógenes P. da Silva Junior (Universidade Federal do Paraná – Brazil), Daniel Domingos Alves (Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Mato Grosso – Brazil), Nayana Carneiro (Universidade Federal do Ceará – Brazil), Ecivaldo de Souza Matos (Universidade de São Paulo – Brazil), M. Cecilia C. Baranauskas (Universidade Estadual de Campinas – Brazil),
Yusseli Lizeth Méndez Mendoza (UNICAMP – Brazil).
GranDIHC-BR 2025-2035 – GC2: Ethics and Responsibility: Principles, Regulations, and Societal Implications of Human Participation in HCI Research – Kamila Rios da Hora Rodrigues (Universidade de São Paulo (USP) – Brazil), Luiz Paulo Carvalho (UFRJ – Brazil), Maria da Graça C. Pimentel (Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP) – Brazil), André Pimenta Freire (Universidade Federal de Lavras – Brazil).
GranDIHC-BR 2025-2035 – GC3: Plurality and Decoloniality in HCI – Leander C. de Oliveira (Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná – Brazil), Marília Abrahão Amaral (UTFPR – Brazil),
Silvia Amélia Bim (Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná – Brazil), George Valença (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco – Brazil), Leonelo D. A. Almeida (Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Curitiba – Brazil), Luciana Cardoso de Castro Salgado (UFF – Brazil), Isabela Gasparini (Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC) – Brazil), Claudia Bordin R. da Silva (UTFPR – Brazil).
GranDIHC-BR 2025-2035 – GC4: Sociocultural Aspects in Human-Computer Interaction – Vânia P. A. Neris (UFSCar – Brazil), Jean Clemisson Santos Rosa (ITI/LARSyS – Portugal), Cristiano Maciel (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso – UFMT – Brazil), Vinícius Carvalho Pereira (UFMT – Brazil), Vinícius F. Galvão (USP – Brazil), and Isabela L. Arruda (Universidade Federal de Goiás – Brazil).
GranDIHC-BR 2025-2035 – GC5: Human-Data Interaction, Data Literacy and Usable Privacy – Thiago Adriano Coleti (Universidade Estadual do Norte Paraná – Brazil), Sthefano Bruno Santos Divino (Universidade Federal de Lavras – Brazil), André de Lima Salgado (Universidade Federal de Lavras – Brazil), Rodrigo Oliveira Zacarias (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – Brazil), Juliana Saraiva (Federal University of Paraiba – Brazil), Diego Addan Gonçalves (UTFPR – Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná – Brazil), Marcelo Morandini (Universidade de São Paulo – Brazil), and Rodrigo Pereira dos Santos (UNIRIO – Brazil).
GranDIHC-BR 2025-2035 – GC6: Implications of Artificial Intelligence in HCI: A Discussion on Paradigms, Ethics, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – Emanuel Felipe Duarte (Universidade Estadual de Campinas – Brazil), Paula T. Palomino (Faculdade de Tecnologia do Estado de São Paulo – FATEC – Brazil), Taciana Pontual Falcão (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco – Brazil), Grace Lis Porto (UNIARA – Brazil), Carlos Portela (UFPA – Brazil), Douglas Francisco Ribeiro (Faculdade de Tecnologia do Estado de São Paulo – FATEC – Brazil), André Nascimento (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco – Brazil), Yuska Aguiar (UFPB – Brazil), Maurício Souza (UFLA – Brazil), Angelita Gasparotto (Matão, Technolgy University – Brazil), and Armando M. Toda (Universidade de Durham – Brazil).
GranDIHC-BR 2025-2035 – GC7: Interaction with Emerging Technologies: An Ecosystem Integrating Humans, Technologies and Contexts. – Luciana Zaina (UFSCar – Brazil), Raquel Oliveira Prates (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – Brazil), Saul Emanuel Delabrida Silva (Federal University of Ouro Preto – Brazil), Joelma Choma (Universidade Federal de São Carlos – Brazil), Natasha Malveira Costa Valentim (Universidade Federal do Paraná – Brazil), Luciana Bolan Frigo (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – Brazil), Alessandro de Lima Bicho (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG) – Brazil).
“The special value and contribution of HCI is that it will investigate, develop, and harness those new areas of possibility not merely as technologies or designs, but as means for enhancing human activity and experience.” (John M. Carroll [1])
In 2012, the Brazilian HCI community discussed the Grand Research Challenges for the next 10 years. As a result, 5 Grand Research Challenges for HCI in Brazil were identified [2], becoming part of the Brazilian community’s research agenda and the topics of interest at our leading national conference.
Currently, the Brazilian scenario is very different from the one that existed when the Grand Research Challenges in HCI were proposed. New challenges are emerging as we have undergone intense social, political, economic, and technological transformations! We have faced a pandemic that exposed infrastructure, education, security, and health limitations, and public policies have been tested to the limit, revealing areas that need attention and improvement. We have experienced a drastic reduction in funding for research and development in Science and Technology amid the dissemination of disinformation and increased polarization around political issues. Our universities, professors, researchers, and students have faced significant difficulties on the most diverse fronts.
At the same time, we are witnessing the rapid emergence of new disruptive technologies that offer both opportunities and challenges as the country must keep up with and effectively influence technological development. We are, therefore, living through a hard period that brings new and more significant challenges without having yet overcome the old ones.
If we are to advance science and seek solutions that are balanced, democratic, and participatory, we need to recognize the complexity and diversity of the issues Brazil faces. Overcoming old and new challenges will require continued efforts and collaboration between all stakeholders.
The IHC 2024 takes place at an opportune moment that urges us to understand our Grand Challenges and concrete actions to overcome them. We are in the middle of a decade in which we need to guide the development of HCI as research, education, and practice. HCI research, education, and practice must be contextualized in a socially responsible way in the scenario we live in, helping to advance our ability to improve human life and experience through interactive computing technologies.
Challenges we face as a community and society over the next 10 years: 2025-2035. Based on the definition presented in the 2012 initiative [2]:
A Grand Challenge is a fundamental problem in <<Science, Technology, Education>>, whose solution has wide-ranging <<Applications, Implications>> and enables or leads to major advances in <<Knowledge, Social Development, Economic Growth, Innovation, Human Well-being, Sustainability, etc.>>.
As proposed by the SBC [3] and adopted at the I GranDIHC-BR [2], some of the characteristics of a Grand Research Challenge are:
The initiative has 5 main phases described below:
In Phase I, we invited the community to prepare and submit their proposals using the following structure:
Submissions: Submit your proposal via JEMS. Proposals must be in PDF format, in plain text, up to 1.000 words, excluding references.
Authors must follow the Code of Conduct for Authors in Brazilian Computing Society’s Publications.
Submissions will be analyzed according to their adherence to the call (characteristics of a Grand Challenge, structure, proposal content, etc.). Selected proposals will be organized into Thematic Groups for further discussion in Phase II. The results will be published directly to the proposers by the end of February 2024.
Following the results of Phase I, which will include the list of accepted proposals and their respective Thematic Groups, the groups will organize themselves to discuss further and detail the Grand Research Challenge, taking the individual proposals submitted as a starting point.
At this phase, the Grand Research Challenge will likely result from collaborative work in the thematic group, not just a grouping or compilation of individual ideas and proposals. Furthermore, groups are expected to develop a Research Agenda (or Action Plan) addressing the following questions:
During Phase II, the chairs will meet with each thematic group in a remote workshop to support the discussions and exchange ideas with the group. The date of each workshop will be set later with each group. During this period, groups will collaboratively work to produce the papers presenting each Grand Research Challenge.
Building on the results of Phase II, each Thematic Group will produce a paper in English or Portuguese (template and instructions for Research Articles) covering the following elements:
* Because the paper presenting a Grand Challenge will be published in the main proceedings of IHC 2024, the explanation of ethical issues is not limited to mention of approval by the Research Ethics Committee (when applicable) but covers the collection, processing, and making data available, attention to the possible impacts resulting from research, concern with the transparency and auditability of results, dissemination and use of research products, etc.
Deadlines:
Collaborative review: 16 May to 23 June 2024
Meta review by the chairs: 24 June to 04 July 2024
Notification: 05 July 2024
Socialization of the Revised Version with the Working Groups: 05 August 2024
Submission of Final Version: 12 August 2024
The chairs and the participants from other groups in rounds of collaborative open review will review papers produced by the Thematic Groups to present a Grand Challenge. Review feedback must be considered when preparing the final version of each paper.
Following the previous phases, we expected all the papers prepared to be included in the IHC 2024 main proceedings and presented at the event. However, papers that do not have the elements indicated in Phase III, that do not consider the revisions received, or whose Thematic Group does not participate in the phases may be rejected and excluded from the initiative.
The presentation of the HCI Grand Research Challenges in Brazil for 2025-2035 will take place in a dedicated session at IHC 2024 in Brasília so that the entire community can learn about the results produced.
Because papers will be published in the IHC 2024 main proceedings, at least one coauthor must be registered to participate and present the Grand Research Challenge to the community (details about the presentation format will be announced later).
Milene Silveira (PUCRS) | milene.silveira@pucrs.br
Roberto Pereira (UFPR) | rpereira@inf.ufpr.br
Ticianne Darin (UFC) | ticianne@virtual.ufc.br
[1] Carroll, J.M., 2013. Human-computer interaction-brief intro. The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Ed.
[2] Baranauskas, M.C.C., de Souza, C.S. and Pereira, R., 2015. GranDIHC-BR–Grand Research Challenges for Human-Computer Interaction in Brazil. Human-Computer Interaction Special Committee (CEIHC) of the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).
[3] SBC. (2006). Grandes desafios da pesquisa em computação no Brasil 2006-2016. Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, Porto Alegre, RS – Brasil, 2006.
Registration of proposals: February 1, 2024
Submission of proposals: February 8, 2024
Notification and formation of thematic groups: until February 29, 2024
Work of Thematic Groups and remote workshops: March 1st to May 12th, 2024
Submission of papers of groups: May 13, 2024
Open collaborative review: May 16 to June 23, 2024
Notification: July 5, 2024
Socialization of the Revised Version: August 5, 2024
Submission of the final version: August 12, 2024
Presentation session at IHC 2024: to be announced
