Day 1 – October 15th, 2026
Registration
Opening session
Addressing Philosophical, Physical, and Technological Questions in the Creation of Micro-gestures
Jean Vanderdonckt
Keynote Speaker
Coffee break
Session 1: AI and HCI
Laura-Bianca Bilius, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava Session Chair
DrowsGuard: A Hardware-Aware Edge AI and Hybrid Cloud Ecosystem for Real-Time Driver Drowsiness Detection
Sebastian Valentin Sion, Paul-Ștefan Popescu, Marian Cristian Mihăescu
Focus Mate: An AI-Assisted Mobile Assistant Unifying Task Planning, Contextual Distraction Blocking, and Behavioral Feedback
Cosmin-Teodor Marciuc, Ana Maria Bores, Adrian Iftene
Virtual
Verifiable Creative Direction: Parsing Free-Text Intent into Bounded Structural Deltas for Screenplay Generation
Mihai-Cristian Strejaru, Ștefan Trăușan-Matu
A Design Approach to Explainable Interfaces for AI Systems
Ciprian Amaritei, Cosmin Irimia, Adrian Iftene
Evaluating the Impact of Multi-Agent Coordination Techniques on Player Experience in a 3D Stealth Game
Ioan-Gabriel Nistor, Dorian Gorgan
Music generation through text sonification
Andreea Lorena Petre, Ștefan Trăușan-Matu
Virtual
Demonstration and TRL 5 Validation of AI-Generated Adaptive User Interfaces
Ovidiu-Andrei Schipor, Irina Petrariu, Andrei Traciu, Maria Meheden, Remus Baltariu, Răzvan Prundel, Liviu Mitrofan, Radu-Daniel Vatavu
Demo: 5-min pitch
Lunch break
Session 2: Health, Accessibility, and Assistive Systems
System Design and Usability Evaluation of a Voice Assistant for Controlling Desktop Environments
Alexandru Gheorghiu, Laura-Bianca Bilius
Virtual
Accessible Input on Small Touchscreens: Evaluating Deep Learning Architectures for Stroke and Motion Gestures
Laura-Bianca Bilius
A Checklist for Dyslexia Accessible Mobile Design Proposal
Dan Cojocar, Grigoreta-Sofia Cojocar, Adriana-Mihaela Guran, Ioan Lazăr
Virtual
DriveAdapt-DUI: Prototyping a Distributed User Interface for a Smart Car
Alaa Eddine Anis Sahraoui
Web accessibility of Bucharest sector websites
Costin Pribeanu
MedixClarity: A Privacy-First Platform for Automated Medical Report Analysis Using Local AI
Vasile-Răzvan Marian, Adrian Iftene, Dragoș Silion
Virtual
Demonstration Use Cases in Designing Accessible Gesture Input with Gesture-A11Y
Mihail Terenti
Demo: 5-min pitch
Coffee break
Session 3: Education & Learning
Dorian Gorgan, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca Session Chair
A Secure and Privacy-Preserving NFC-Based Mobile Attendance Monitoring System for Higher Education
Dorin Iordache, Mihail Teliman, Aurelian Nicola
Virtual
ResearchAnalytics: A Unified Interface for Cross-Source Aggregation and Visual Analysis of Researcher Bibliometric Profiles
Adriana Cristiana Bîrzeanu, Paul-Ștefan Popescu, Marian Cristian Mihăescu
Using the consumption values theory to explore the intention to use ChatGPT by Romanian students
Costel-Marian Ionașcu, Paul-Ștefan Popescu, Marian Cristian Mihăescu, Costin Pribeanu
Usage of digital technology by STEM teachers: An exploratory study
Laura Monica Gorghiu, Elena Ancuța Santi, Gabriel Gorghiu, Costin Pribeanu
A Multi-Context Usability and User Experience Evaluation of a Configurable Virtual Reality Environment for Medical Imaging Education
Alina Duca, Adrian Iftene
Conference Dinner
Day 2 – October 16th, 2026
Registration
From Interfaces to Intelligent Partners: Rethinking Human-Computer Interaction in the Age of AI
Adrian Iftene
Keynote Speaker
Coffee break
Session 4: AR, VR, XR
Gesture-based Interaction with Video-Projected User Interfaces on Furniture
Alexandru-Tudor Andrei, Radu-Daniel Vatavu
Evaluating Digital Competence Development in Adults Using Mobile Augmented Reality
Alexandru Bibic, Mihail Terenti, Andrei Braicov
Assessing Cognitive Extension in a Conversational AI-Powered Extended Reality Learning Environment
Tudor Bumbu, Mihail Cuznețov, Olesea Caftanatov, Tatiana Veverița, Laura-Bianca Bilius
HoloChemAR: An Augmented Reality Application for Chemistry Education
Georgiana Matcovici, Gabriel Constantinescu, Adrian Iftene
Detecting Cognitive States Using a Smartwatch and Immersive Virtual Reality
Giulia-Ana Pop, Teodor Ștefănuț
Integrated System for the Digitization of Cultural Heritage Objects through Photogrammetry and Virtual Reality Visualization
Casiana-Teodora Cozma, Adrian Sabou
PersonalEyes: Real-Time Markerless Motion Capture and Gaussian Avatar Generation for Scalable VR Embodiment
Anca Salagean, Samuel Legg, Crescent Jicol, Mark Townsend, Eamonn O’Neill
Demo: 5-min pitch
Lunch break
Session 5: Applications
Machine Learning-Based Residential Property Price Prediction: A Multi-City Study on Romanian Real Estate Data
Cristina Florentina Mihai, Paul-Ștefan Popescu, Marian Cristian Mihăescu
A Stochastic Ray Tracing Solution for Perceptually Stable Real-Time Global Illumination
Paul-Cristian Iordache, Constantin-Ioan Nandra
Optimal Heuristic Selection for A* Pathfinding in Variable-Cost Grid Environments
Darius-Ioan Vlășan, Sebastian Stăvar, Dorian Gorgan
Evaluating a Gradual Detection Meter as a Difficulty Control for User-System Interaction in a Stealth Game
Cristian-Raul Moldovan, Dorian Gorgan
Combining Expert and Automated Property Valuation in a Web-Based Real Estate Platform
Constantin-Alexandru Murgășanu, Paul-Ștefan Popescu
AgroScan: A Mobile Application for the Diagnosis and Management of Corn Crops
Răzvan-Alexandru Druțu, Ana Maria Bores, Adrian Iftene
Virtual
Celestia: A Graph Neural Network Approach for Constellation Identification and Learning
Daria Crăciun, Elena Opait, Adrian Iftene