Please join us for the 1st workshop on intelligent acoustic sensing on wearables at UbiComp/ISWC 2025.
Background & Introduction
Acoustic sensing techniques have advanced Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), enabling seamless and expressive interactions across various computing devices, such as mobile, wearable, and Internet of Things (IoT). Recent advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms and high-fidelity compact sensors have further expanded the capabilities of acoustic sensing technologies, enhancing accuracy, adaptability, and contextual awareness in future wearable interactions. This workshop invites UbiComp and HCI researchers and practitioners to share insights, identify key challenges, and discuss emerging developments in acoustic sensing and interaction technologies for wearable devices. Through collaborative discussion and exploration, participants will address key issues and propose innovative solutions to advance the field. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, acoustic sensing system development, open-source tools and datasets, signal processing, AI-driven approaches, challenges and considerations, and novel applications.
Topics of Interest
This workshop will focus on, but is not limited to, the principles of acoustic sensing, systems, signal processing, AI applications, and the associated challenges and considerations. The following topics will be featured:
Acoustic sensing system development, including prototyping or implementing hardware and software to generate or capture acoustic signals for both active and passive sensing for wearable devices.
Open-source tools and datasets for acoustic sensing, including publicly available datasets, frameworks, and benchmarking resources for evaluating interactive systems using acoustic sensing techniques.
Signal processing for acoustic signals, covering techniques for generating, filtering, augmenting, and analyzing sound data to support HCI and wearable computing applications.
Artificial intelligence for sound data, encompassing processing algorithms, feature extraction methods, and model design for deep learning- or machine learning approaches to enable novel acoustic sensing on wearables.
Privacy considerations in wearable acoustic sensing, addressing challenges related to data security, user consent, unintentional sound capture, and privacy-preserving techniques to ensure ethical and responsible adoption of acoustic sensing in real-world applications.
Challenges and constraints in acoustic sensing systems, including fundamental hardware and software limitations (e.g., limited memory and battery constraints on small wearables, such as watches and glasses), environmental (e.g., background noise) and mobility constraints (e.g., walking), and practical challenges in a real-world implementation.
Applications of acoustic sensing systems, covering existing use cases of passive and active acoustic sensing techniques, as well as emerging opportunities for their integration into novel interactive systems.
Submission Guidelines
To facilitate a robust exchange of research and practical insights, we invite participants to submit short papers formatted according to the ACM double-column UbiComp-ISWC 2025 Proceedings. Submissions should address key aspects of acoustic sensing on wearable devices, including but not limited to: acoustic sensing system development, open-source tools and datasets, acoustic signal processing, AI for acoustic data, challenges and considerations, and application case studies. We encourage submissions in one of the three formats:
Position papers (2-4 pages, excluding references and appendices) presenting perspectives, challenges, or visionary ideas.
Research proposals (2-4 pages, excluding references and appendices) outlining ongoing or planned research, including preliminary findings.
Research Papers (4-6 pages, excluding references and appendices) presenting mature research findings or well-developed concepts.
A peer review process will be conducted by a dedicated program committee. Each submission will undergo a single-blind review by two committee members. Following the individual reviews, a meta-review, synthesizing the feedback and providing final selection recommendations, will be conducted by the organizers and program committee. All submissions will be managed through the Precision Conference System (PCS). Accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library (DL) and the Adjunct Proceedings, ensuring a broad distribution of the workshop's contributions.
Important Dates
July 4, 2025: Submission deadline for Workshop papers
July 17, 2025: Notification of Workshop papers by each accepted Workshop
July 26, 2025: Deadline for camera-ready version of workshop papers to be included in the ACM DL
October 12 or 13, 2025: Workshop date