About us

The C3AI workshop focuses on understanding how trust, doubt, and critical engagement emerge in children’s interactions with AI. This workshop examines human factors—cognitive, emotional, social, and cultural—that shape how children interpret AI behaviour and navigate uncertainty. Participants will analyze transcripts and personas to uncover developmental trajectories of trust and contribute to co-designing developmentally sensitive evaluation metrics for child-centred, responsible AI design.

Important Dates

Wed, Apr 15, 2026
Abstract registration deadline
Sat, Apr 18, 2026
Submission deadline

Call For Paper

Reviewing, adapting, or extending human-centred AI frameworks for children
Understanding developmental differences in children’s mental models of AI
Tailoring transparency and explainability to children’s cognitive needs
Participatory and co-evaluation methods involving children as active contributors
Cultural and contextual influences on children’s trust and doubt
Developing indicators and metrics for trust, critique, transparency, and usability
Designing AI systems that support awareness of limitations and foster healthy skepticism
Ethical, rights-based approaches to child–AI interaction (e.g., UNCRC-aligned frameworks)

We invite you to submit a short memo or extended abstract about a project you are working on, a question you are struggling with, or an idea you would like to discuss around child–AI interaction and human-centred AI for children. Alternatively, you can submit a concise position paper that may be considered for publication.

Committee

Organizing committee

Grazia Ragone

Zhen Bai

Judith Good

Ayca Atabey

Speakers

Jason C.Yip

Associate Professor

Information School and adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Human-Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington, director of KidsTeam UW, senior research fellow at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop.