The International Journal of Human-Computer Studies publishes research on the design and use of interactive computer technology. Research areas relevant to the journal include:

• Adaptive user interfaces
• Affective computing
• Ageing and digital technologies
• Computational interaction
• Computer mediated communication
• Computer supported cooperative work
• Computers and accessibility
• Conversational user interfaces
• Design and evaluation of interactive technologies
• Digital games and play
• Digital health systems
• Empirical studies of user behaviour
• Ethical aspects in the design of interactive systems
• HCI evaluation methodologies
• HCI for development
• HCI theory
• Human-AI interaction
• Intelligent tutoring systems
• Interaction techniques
• Mobile computing
• Multimodal interaction techniques
• Pervasive computing
• Privacy and security in regard to HCI
• Social computing
• Sustainable and critical computing
• Ubiquitous computing
• User experience and usability
• Virtual/Augmented/Mixed/Extended reality
• Visualization
• Wearable computers

Special Issue on AI-Generated Personas: Representing User Needs with Generative AI Models
Submission Date: 2025-01-31

This special issue explores the transformative impact of AI and ML technologies, particularly Generative AI, on human-computer interaction (HCI). We seek to critically analyze how these technologies, including deepfakes and large language models (LLMs), enhance user understanding and persona creation in HCI research and practice. Key themes include the potential and risks of Gen AI in representing user needs, automatic user insight detection, stakeholder interactions with AI-generated personas, and the impact on user segmentation. We invite both quantitative and qualitative studies to address this evolving phenomenon comprehensively.

Guest editors:

Joni Salminen, PhD
University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland
jonisalm@uwasa.fi
(personas, user studies, user research, experiments)

Bernard J. Jansen, PhD
Qatar Computing Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
bjansen@hbku.edu.qa
(web analytics, information science, personas)

Lene Nielsen, PhD
IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
lene@itu.dk
(personas, human-computer interaction, design)

Ali Farooq, PhD
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
ali.farooq@strath.ac.uk
(cybersecurity, privacy, technology adoption)

Manuscript submission information:

The journal's submission system (Editorial Manager®) will be open for submissions to our Special Issue from May 31st, 2024. Please refer to the Guide for Authors to prepare your manuscript and select the article type of “VSI: AI-Generated Personas” when submitting your manuscript online. Both the Guide for Authors and the submission portal could be found on the Journal Homepage: International Journal of Human-Computer Studies | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier.

Important Dates:

Submission Open Date: May 31st, 2024
Final Manuscript Submission Deadline: January 31st, 2025
Editorial Acceptance Deadline: May 31st, 2025

Keywords:

AI-generated personas, large language models, generative AI