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

Paper Submission

Research Paper Submission Tracks

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)

Call for Papers Description

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.