PACMHCI - Engineering Interactive Computing Systems June 2026: Editorial Introduction EICS001

Welcome to this issue of the Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, bringing together contributions from the community on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS). The EICS track of the PACMHCI is the primary venue for research contributions at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Software Engineering, and highlights the current advances of the EICS community. This year, over the three rounds of submissions, we received 95 valid submissions (out of 130 submissions in total), of which we carefully selected 28 papers, bringing our acceptance rate to 29,4%. The result of this selection process is presented in this issue of the Proceedings of the ACM. Authors are invited to present their work at EICS 2026, held June 30 to July 3, 2026, in Patras, Greece. This issue presents contributions that embrace current evolutions in engineering interactive computing systems, including topics on techniques and toolkits to develop interactions involving gestures and micro-gestures, tool support for user evaluation methods, toolkits for VR application development, as well as development frameworks for user training applications. In addition, we have contributions in line with current trends on generative AI and eXplainable AI, in particular for engineering the human-AI collaboration and the UI adaptation. At last, several contributions address core EICS themes such as modeling and development tools, as well as design and prototyping support. Our editorial process followed a rigorous three-round, double-blind review. We are grateful to our 28 Track Editorial Board members, who coordinated expert reviews and constructive discussions, and to the 41 external reviewers. We would like to thank all of them, who have ensured that the articles in this issue were rigorously reviewed to form a collection of high-quality papers on the theme of EICS.