HUMAN 2024 is the 7 th workshop of a series for the ACM Hypertext conferences. The HUMAN workshop 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 as well as human-centered AI. Furthermore, the workshop raises the question of how original hypertext ideas (e.g., Doug Engelbart's “augmenting human intellect” [ 6 ] or Jeff Conklin's “hypertext as a computer-based medium for thinking and communication” [ 5 ]) can improve today's hypertext systems.

Historically, hypertext is strongly connected to human factors. This can be experienced by the early work provided by hypertext pioneers, such as Doug Engelbart or Ted Nelson. However, recent research trends have shadowed this in parts. For example, data science or artificial intelligence (AI) approaches in the context of hypertext that are relevant to the HUMAN workshop shall take into account the human factor. Therefore, this workshop combines original hypertext ideas with recent hypertext research trends. Furthermore, it tries to consolidate different hypertext areas by looking at those from a human factors viewpoint.

HUMAN also encourages to submit work that has an interdisciplinary perspective. It targets both scientists and developers from various research and business areas who consider a critical and open-minded discussion of original hypertext ideas and aim at identifying and solving today's hypertext challenges.

Relevant topics include (but are not limited to):

HUMAN has many connections to the 2024 Hypertext Conference. It fosters discussions about different hypertext domains and, more importantly, it explicitly combines original hypertext research ideas with recent hypertext research trends. Human factors are present in all tracks of Hypertext 2024. Thus, this workshop fosters cross-cutting discussions and the development of new ideas.

The previous HUMAN workshops took place at the following locations or virtually, always in conjunction with or affiliated with the ACM Hypertext and Social Media conference. In addition, their proceedings are available in the ACM Digital Library:

The proceedings of HUMAN 2024 will be published in the ACM Digital Library as well.

As in the past years, submissions to the HUMAN workshop get peer reviewed. This year the following researchers serve on the program committee:

To provide food for thought and encourage discussions, HUMAN workshops include invited talks. This year's keynote speaker is Beat Signer, Professor of Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and director of the Web & Information Systems Engineering (WISE) research lab. His keynote is entitled “As We May Interact: Challenges and Opportunities for Next Generation Human-Information Interaction”.

Beat Signer has more than 20 years of experience in research on cross-media technologies and the use of the resource-selector-link (RSL) hypermedia metamodel in cross-media linking, fluid document formats and cross-media user interfaces. Over the years, the RSL hypermedia metamodel has been applied to various domains, including personal cross-media information management, interactive paper solutions, cross-device and Internet of Things applications as well as personalized technology-enhanced learning environments and next generation presentation solutions.

Both workshop organizers have a strong hypertext background and are long-term contributing members of the hypertext research community. Furthermore, they are actively involved in SIGWEB and jointly served as general co-chairs for the 30th ACM Hypertext Conference in Hof, Germany.