Mental Health : Navigating Opportunities and Risks in the Age of AI

We are soliciting six types of contributions for the workshop as follow:

• Scientific papers describing novel technologies, approaches, datasets, or empirical findings at the intersection of ubiquitous sensing and AI for mental health. We encourage these submissions to focus on learnings that are beneficial for the community and not finished contributions.

• Challenge papers, in which authors articulate a specific challenge to be pitched and discussed at the workshop. These papers often lead to a lively discussion during the workshop and to new directions for future work.

• Experience reports detailing the deployment of AI-integrated UbiComp systems in real-world mental health contexts, including systematic documentation of implementation barriers, user engagement outcomes, clinical workflow integration, and lessons learned.

• Critical reflections on methodological assumptions, evaluation norms, or ethical frameworks at the intersection of ubiquitous computing, AI, and mental healthcare. We expect critical reflection papers to contribute towards better research practices in the community.

• Dataset papers, in which authors document new datasets from clinical or underrepresented populations, including data collection methodology, participant characteristics, known limitations, and guidance for responsible community reuse.

• Demonstrations of working systems accompanied by a short paper describing the sensing architecture, evaluation approach, and preliminary findings.

Formatting Requirements

Submissions may be up to 6 pages in length, including figures and references. Shorter papers (e.g., 3-page submissions) are also welcome.

All submissions should be formatted using the 2-column ACM proceedings template.

Review Process and Criteria

This workshop uses a single-blind review process; all submissions must include the names and affiliations of all authors.

All submitted papers will be reviewed and judged on originality, technical correctness, relevance, and quality of presentation. We explicitly invite submissions of papers that describe preliminary results or work-in-progress, including early translational experiences.

Publication, Presentation, and Archival Options

The accepted papers will appear in the UbiComp supplemental proceedings and in the ACM Digital Library (DL). Authors of accepted papers will be invited to present their work in person and receive feedback from attendees. We plan to have a fully in-person workshop in Shanghai, China.

Please also see this general guideline if you plan to submit your accepted paper archived in ACM DL to other peer-reviewed venues, like IMWUT. — IMWUT, by default, UbiComp workshop papers are not considered for publication in IMWUT. The authors are also allowed to "re-use and re-submit the content to other peer-reviewed venues”. The new manuscript would require at least 25% of new material (conceptually, not just text) per ACM guidelines, and, in this case, it would be prudent to include the previous submission together with the new one.

You can also “choose not to" archive your accepted paper in ACM DL. In this case, please notify the organizers once your paper has been accepted.