1st International Workshop on Human-centred Emotion-Awareness and Sensing in Pervasive Computing (EmotionSense)
 
In conjunction with
24th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2026), March 16-20, 2026, in Pisa, Italy.
 
The workshop on Human-centred Emotion-Awareness and Sensing in Pervasive Computing (EmotionSense) aims to advance research at the intersection of affective computing, pervasive sensing, and human-centered AI. EmotionSense workshop focuses on two complementary objectives, addressing the realm of pervasive computing. First, to explore how unobtrusive sensing of cognitive, behavioral, physiological, and contextual human data—with particular emphasis on affective states—can drive the development of innovative computing experiences. Second, to investigate novel algorithms and AI techniques for automatically recognizing emotions and, more generally, health and well-being conditions, based on mobile and wearable sensors. 
The synergy between human-centered computational sensing and emotion recognition is critical, as the emotional state both influences and is influenced by sensing technologies. This bidirectional relationship has significant implications for designing and applying pervasive computing systems in real-world, human-centered environments. 
We invite unique contributions addressing these challenges to this workshop. EmotionSense 2026 aims to facilitate collaboration among research groups working on emotion recognition for pervasive computing and human-centered computational sensing.
 
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
* Novel methodologies and theories, experimental design, computational models, algorithms, and evolutionary
investigation on emotion detection and multi-modal human sensing
* Co-sensing of multiple individuals, groups, or communities
* Analysis of human behavior, health status, and emotions through mobile and wearable devices
* Edge and fog computing architectures for human sensing
* Fusion of multifaceted, heterogeneous, and/or incommensurable human sensing data, affect, and context data
* Localization and proximity-detection systems for social inclusion
* Innovative visualizations, representations, and interpretations of human sensing data and human affect in mobile
and pervasive computing
* User acceptance, quality of experience, and social impact studies
* Approaches to obtaining reliable ground truth and data annotation for human sensing and emotion research.
* AI and generative algorithms for emotion recognition and behavioral modeling 
* Affective computing and human-centered sensing for healthcare, industry, work-life balance, and social good
* The novel use of emotion information in pervasive computing applications.
* Impact of human sensing and emotion on human-robot interactions and lifelogging vice versa
* Privacy and ethical considerations for human-centered computational sensing and affective computing
* Design of emotion-aware and human sensing systems promoting diversity and inclusion
* Experiences and lessons learned from research projects focused on human-centered computational sensing and
affective computing

Workshop Policies:
* The workshop will be affiliated with IEEE PerCom 2026 and will be held in Pisa, Italy.
* Each accepted workshop paper requires a full PerCom registration (no registration is available for workshops only).
* Papers without a valid full registration or that are not presented in person will be excluded from the proceedings
* Papers submitted for review should be 6 pages long (including references) in the double-column format.
* Please follow the instructions from the publication vendor of PerCom to prepare the camera-ready here.
* Workshop papers will be included and indexed in the IEEE digital libraries (Xplore)
 
Important Dates
* Paper submission deadline: November 17th, 2025
* Paper notification: January 5th, 2026
* Camera Ready Deadline: February 2nd, 2026
 
 
Organizers
Dr. Judith Heinisch (Kassel University, Germany)
Prof. Dr. Klaus David (Kassel University, Germany)
Dr. Flavio Di Martino
Dr. Franca Delmastro

For more information, please visit: 
https://sites.google.com/view/emotionsense2026/home