Konstantin Aal

Ethnography-driven UX Researcher | Exploring human-centered design & inclusive tech | Team leader & mentor | Passionate about a lot

[MUM Conference @MUMconf]

🚨 Only 6 days left! 🚨
Submit your work to MUM 2025 – the 24th Int’l Conf. on Mobile & Ubiquitous Multimedia!

🗓️ Aug 21 — Deadline for Full/Short Papers, Workshops & Tutorials
📍 Dec 1–4 | Enna, Italy

🔗 https://t.co/y2Q5FJw8Zm
#MUM2025 #MobileMultimedia #UbiquitousComputing

[ACM GROUP Conference @ACM_GroupWork]

We had an inspiring, insightful, and even hilarious panel on “New Opportunities, Risks, and Harm of Generative AI for Fostering Safe Online Communities” at #Group2025. 🌟 The conversation continued with lively discussions during the poster reception. Great energy and ideas!#ACM

[ACM GROUP Conference @ACM_GroupWork]

#group2025 is about to start. Attendees are arriving, connecting over breakfast, and enjoying stimulating conversations. @guo_freeman and David Unbehaun will kick off the #conference shortly. We’re thrilled to welcome a vibrant mix of young and senior academics. 🙌 #ACM @sigchi

[Tilo Jung @TiloJung]

Die Bundesregierung zum Haftbefehl gegen Netanjahu: Hier sind die kompletten 26 Minuten des historischen Eiertanz zum Internationalen Recht von heute

[Konstantin Aal @Kostic86]

Traditions are Traditions. Looking cute. #sirAustantine #austantin #austantine @ACM_CSCW #CSCW2024 @altoombs @sirraawr

[Konstantin Aal @Kostic86]

Thank you, all you nice people at @ACM_CSCW #CSCW2024. It was so awesome to see old and even older friends, and make many new friends. It really felt like coming home (it was just my 2nd #cscw conf). A special thanks to all my 🍉 friends, it was a safe place to engage with you.

[Konstantin Aal @Kostic86]

@ACM_CSCW is about to start with the opening keynote. Citing Arturo Escobar is always a good start. And Paola Ricaurte highlighting the multi-crisis we are living in are true words. We as reseaechers need to be more active. Asking the right questions. #CSCW2024

[Yue Jiang @YueJiang_nj]

🌟 I am on the job market now!!! 🌟

My research lies at the intersection of AI and HCI, aiming to develop human-centered technologies that enhance human capabilities by adapting to users and their contexts.

More details and statements are on my website: https://t.co/ILL4Qe8swS

[Konstantin Aal @Kostic86]

Arrived safely in Costa Rica for the #CSCW2024 conference, rain season is heavy. Convention center is looking really nice and happy to reconnect with friends - new ones and old ones. @ACM_CSCW @sirraawr @jean__hardy @guo_freeman @altoombs @graydesign @vasilisvla @marisolv

[Halfway to the Future symposium @httfsymposium]

Photos from our Reflective Practices with AI presentations #httf2024 #hci #acm #reflectiveAI

[Konstantin Aal @Kostic86]

Terry Winograd talking his perspectives on AI as the ghost of the past AI. He was there when it started; half a century ago. The Panel: "Reflective practices with AI" just started. @httfsymposium #HttF2024

[Halfway to the Future symposium @httfsymposium]

Welcome and opening notes to Day 2 at #HTTF2024 @kcisbister

[ACM GROUP Conference @ACM_GroupWork]

We are excited to announce Dr. Heloisa Candello @heloisacsp, senior Research Scientist at IBM Research – Brazil, as our Opening Keynote at #GROUP2025! Her talk is titled "AI, Responsibility, and Social Impact: Collaboration and Cooperation Mechanisms in Conversational Systems”!

[Konstantin Aal @Kostic86]

Enjoying dinner and exploring UC Santa Cruz demos, followed by a chat with Donna Haraway and Fred Turner. We'll dive into themes like more-than-humanness, AI, and the evolution of cyberculture in Santa Cruz. @httfsymposium #HttF2024 #DonnaHaraway
tune in:https://t.co/KRbxVv3LwR

[ACM GROUP Conference @ACM_GroupWork]

Be SV Volunteer for GROUP 2025! Gain experience, network with pros, and contribute to the academic community. Perks: free registration, SV T-shirt, and the chance to meet key figures. Don’t miss out: https://t.co/DcY5vKpIQC 👥 #GROUP2025 #StudentVolunteers #Networking

[Collab. Research Center 1187 Media of Cooperation @mediaofcoop]

The programme of our annual conference "Scaling Sensing - Sensing Publics: Landscapes & Borders, Homes & Bodes" is online!

🗓 Dates: 13-15.11. in Siegen

Find out more 👉 https://t.co/yquDRxAm8t
Register here 👉https://t.co/1klwZliaj9

#CRC1187, #sensing, #public, #mediastudies

[Konstantin Aal @Kostic86]

@IULuddy @NSF Just nice. And fully deserved.

[Konstantin Aal @Kostic86]

@5tuartreeves True. Always the new trends, first seen at #chi. But it seems with #AI/#LLM it is worse compared to other trends. Maybe we need a new sub committee. #AI will stay with us #skynet #hal

[Konstantin Aal @Kostic86]

@courtneynreed1 @RaphaelWimmer @acm_chi Good point. #Funding. Also the whole competition with Startups like @OpenAI. #research should benefit humanity and not only add the current trend. But yes, research should also be fun. We should still critically reflect if we NEED to add any new fancy trend.

[Konstantin Aal @Kostic86]

Lets see how many papers at #CHI2025 @acm_chi will have a focus on #AI, #LLM, #GenAI or a combination of all of them. This trend is hijacking all of our research (it feels this way).

[Konstantin Aal @Kostic86]

@RaphaelWimmer @acm_chi I fully agree. Trends and sexy topics are usually part if the conference. But imho, such a dominating usage of #LLM and #AI (in varying degrees) have I not seen With any other new hot technology.