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CALL FOR PAPERS

8th International Workshop on Human Factors in Modeling / Modeling of Human Factors (HuFaMo 2026 ) co-located with the MODELS 2026 conference 4-6 October 2026 (Malaga, Spain) https://hufamo.github.io/editions/2026/

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The 8th International Workshop on Human Factors in Modelling / Modelling of Human Factors (HuFaMo’26) at the MODELS conference provides an opportunity for the modelling community to further advance the research in the areas of modelling of human factors information and human factors in modelling and design.

Topics in modelling of human factors-related information include: – New theories and design principles about human factors information to be represented in models; – New methods and techniques to incorporate human factors-related information into requirements, design models, or model-based tools to improve their usability and the user experience of the engineers; – New tools to assist in capturing, modelling, and organising of human factors information; – Modelling human factors and supporting human-centric development in model-based software engineering; – Modelling the human aspects of stakeholders (including end-users) of the software, such as age, gender, personality, disabilities and preferences; – Experience reports from industry in modelling human factors information throughout software development; – Reviews and surveys of approaches in human factors information modelling.

Topics in human factor aspects involved in modelling and design activities include: – Training, testing, evaluating modelling tools and related practices; – DevX in model-based engineering approaches; – Affects (i.e. emotions, feelings and moods) of users using modelling-related tools and performing activities on these tools; – Stress, cognitive load and fatigue perceived during modelling activities and artifacts construction; – Communicative and cognitive strategies and styles connected to design and modelling activities, including solution space exploration while modelling; – Collaboration, teamwork and group behaviour, including social connectedness and social translucence.

IMPORTANT DATES (AoE)

• Submission date: Friday July 3rd, 2026
• Author notification: Monday July 31st, 2026
• Camera ready version: Friday August 14th 2026

SUBMISSION PROCESS

Papers should be submitted in PDF format through EasyChair (https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=hufamo2026). We follow a double-blind review process in which authors are not identified to reviewers, and reviewers are not identified to authors. Authors do not have to suppress references to their previous work, but should refer to it in the third person.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Authors must make it clear in the abstract if the paper contains an empirical study, a proposal or is a position paper, and which of the topics listed above are covered. If a paper represents work that is not yet fully validated, the paper title must have one of the phrases ’Proposal’, ’Preliminary results’, ’Work in progress’ or ’Position paper’. The following are some guidelines for particular types of content:

• EMPIRICAL STUDY of human factors in modeling and modeling of human factors, including replication studies and negative results. We strongly encourage authors to submit raw data and analysis scripts.

• STUDY DESIGNS investigating human factors in modeling and modeling of human factors. These contributions will be evaluated based on the quality of the study design alone. No actual study results are expected.

• THEORY PAPERS contributing to, or developing, a theory of some aspect of human factors relevant in modeling and also modeling languages and frameworks for incorporating human factors into the design of software systems. No empirical validation is required, but a thorough analysis of the existing work is expected.

• TOOL PAPERS that present any software developed to support empirical studies related to human factors in modeling and tools developed to model human factors. We intend here to promote tools that can speed up the execution of experiments. In particular, we seek libraries, frameworks or APIs that gather data about human actions and/or interactions between humans and electronic devices.

• POSITION PAPERS describe initial ideas or visions. Such papers may describe research positions or preliminary approaches on human factors in modeling and modeling of human factors

Submissions must adhere to the ACM formatting instructions (https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html).

Full papers must not exceed 10 pages, including references, appendices, and figures, while Position papers must not exceed 5 pages. Submissions that do not adhere to these limits or that violate the formatting guidelines will be desk-rejected without review.

Detailed information on how to submit can be found at https://hufamo.github.io/editions/2026/.

ATTENDANCE

If a submission is accepted, at least one author of the paper is required to register for and attend the conference and present the paper.

PUBLICATION

Accepted papers will be published in the MODELS conference companion proceedings published by ACM.

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE

• Miguel Goulão, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal)
• Shalini Chakraborty, University of Bayreuth (Germany)
• Silvia Abrahão, Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain)
• Philippe Palanque, Université Toulouse III (France)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

To be announced

CONTACT

For additional information, please contact the Organising Committee by email at hufamo2026@easychair.org