HUMAN ’22 is the fifth workshop of a series for the ACM Hypertext conferences. It has a strong focus on the user and thus is complementary to the strong machine analytics research direction that could be experienced in previous conferences. The user-centric view on hypertext not only includes user interfaces and interaction, but also discussions about hypertext application domains. Furthermore, the workshop raises the question of how original hypertext ideas (e.g., Doug Engelbart's “augmenting human intellect” or Frank Halasz’ “hypertext as a medium for thinking and communication”) can improve today's hypertext systems.

• Human-centered computing → Hypertext / hypermedia

hypertext; hypermedia; human factors; augmentation; user-centric; user interfaces; user interaction; cognitive aspects; collaboration; information structuring; communication; decision making; annotation; digital humanities; adaptive hypertext; intercultural aspects

ACM Reference Format: Claus Atzenbeck and Jessica Rubart. 2022. 5th Workshop on Human Factors in Hypertext (HUMAN ’22). In Proceedings of the 33rd ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT ’22), June 28-July 1, 2022, Barcelona, Spain. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3511095.3532575

HUMAN ’22 is a SIGWEB sponsored workshop and affiliated with the 33rd ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media, to which it shows many connections. It fosters the discussion about different hypertext domains and, more important, it explicitly combines original hypertext research ideas with recent hypertext research trends. Human factors are present in all tracks of Hypertext 2022. Thus, this workshop fosters cross-cutting discussions and the development of new ideas.

HUMAN ’22 is the fifth workshop of a series for the ACM Hypertext conferences. It is sponsored by SIGWEB and affiliated with the 33rd ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media. It has a strong focus on the user and thus is complementary to the strong machine analytics research direction that could be experienced in previous conferences. In particular, human-centered artificial intelligence approaches in the hypertext context as well as human-centered intelligent information systems are relevant topics for this workshop.

The user-centric view on hypertext not only includes user interfaces and interaction, but also discussions about hypertext application domains. Furthermore, the workshop raises the question of how original hypertext ideas (e.g., Doug Engelbart's “augmenting human intellect” or Frank Halasz’ “hypertext as a medium for thinking and communication”) can improve today's hypertext systems.

Recent hypertext research is strongly focused on machine analytics. We would like to broaden the scope again to include more research on human factors. Historically, hypertext research is strongly connected with human factors. Hypertext pioneers, such as Doug Engelbart or Ted Nelson, focused on human factors in hypertext, e.g., Doug Engelbart's “augmenting human intellect” or Ted Nelson's information structure “ZigZag”. This workshop combines original hypertext research ideas with recent hypertext research trends. In addition, the motivation is to consolidate different hypertext research areas from the viewpoint of human factors.

Relevant topics include (but are not limited to):

Systems for augmenting human intellect

Human-centered (intelligent) information systems

Human-centered AI

User interfaces and interactions

Cognitive aspects and hypertext

Collaborative hypertext and social media

Hypertext used for human communication

Hypertext and decision making

Information structuring

Spatial hypertext

Annotation services

Organizing information

Information structuring in digital humanities

User perspectives in adaptive hypertext

Social aspects of humans using hypertext

Intercultural aspects in hypertext

This year's HUMAN keynote speaker is Luc P. Beaudoin, the co-founder of CogSci Apps Corp., CogZest and Somnolence+. He is also adjunct professor of Cognitive Science and of Education at Simon Fraser University. From an integrative design-oriented perspective, he has written two Cognitive Productivity books about using knowledge and hypertext to become profoundly effective, co-designed gStudy and nStudy, and designs the Hook productivity, and mySleepButton® apps. Luc has a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science on autonomous agency (Commonwealth Scholar) and is based in Metro-Vancouver, Canada.

Information about the HUMAN workshop is published via the following media:

HUMAN workshop series: https://human.iisys.de/human/

Website HUMAN ’22: https://human.iisys.de/human22/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HUMANHT