Call for Papers: Philippine Computing Journal Special Issue in Human-Computer Interaction


We are pleased to invite you to submit a paper and submit it for consideration in Philippine Computing Journal (PCJ) Volume 19 Issue 1 & 2 for Year 2024. This issue will be specially dedicated to topics involving Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).


About the PCJ Issue:

The Philippine Computing Journal (PCJ) is a peer-reviewed publication of the Computing Society of the Philippines (CSP), committed to publishing original high-quality papers on computing. It has two issues annually covering articles related to computer science, computational science and engineering, information and communication technology, computer science education and allied discipline. The Philippine Computing Journal is included in the Asean Citation Index (ACI) list.


Notably, publication fees will be waived for all papers accepted for this issue.

Guidelines for Authors

The paper must describe original work and should be 8 - 15 pages in length, including References. The ACM SIGConf two-column format in LaTeX should be used as the template. Please see the attached file for the template. The paper need not be anonymized for submission. An overleaf template can be readily used from this link: PCJ 2024 Template.


We invite submissions that contribute to the advancement of HCI research in the Philippines. Scientific papers are research or projects that are in a mature stage and present a contribution to HCI. They usually present an exploration, an artifact, a survey, a dataset, empirical studies, or a combination of any of these.


Papers submitted for review must not simultaneously be submitted to another journal or conference. Each paper will undergo a review process by at least two (2) reviewers to evaluate its fit to the journal.


AI Policy

To ensure the integrity of the scientific record, Generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Midjourney) SHALL NOT be listed as authors on any submission. Authors SHALL maintain full accountability for the accuracy, originality, and validity of their work, including any content refined by AI tools. While the use of AI for linguistic polishing and formatting is permitted, the generation of core scientific ideas, data fabrication, and the creation of entire manuscript sections by AI is PROHIBITED. Authors SHALL explicitly disclose the use of any generative AI tools in their submission. Reviewers SHALL NOT upload manuscripts into public AI platforms to preserve confidentiality.

  1. Authorship and Accountability Generative AI tools lack the agency and legal personhood required for authorship. Therefore, AI tools SHALL NOT be listed as an author or co-author on any submission. The human authors listed on the paper SHALL accept full responsibility for the veracity and correctness of all material in their work, including text, code, images, and citations generated or refined by AI. Authors are responsible for verifying that AI outputs do not contain "hallucinations," fabricated citations, or biased content.
  2. Permissible Uses Authors are permitted to use generative AI tools for the following tasks, provided human oversight is maintained:
    1. Linguistic Refinement: Improving grammar, spelling, and readability, particularly for non-native English speakers.
    2. Editing and Formatting: Adjusting the structure or formatting of the author's original text to meet submission standards.
    3. Summarization: Summarizing the author's own notes or data, provided the original context is preserved and verified.
  3. Prohibited Uses To maintain scientific rigor, the following uses are strictly prohibited:
    1. Idea Generation: AI SHALL NOT be the primary source of the work’s core novel ideas or research questions.
    2. Data Fabrication: Authors SHALL NOT use AI to generate synthetic data (e.g., fake survey responses or user study data) unless the research explicitly focuses on the evaluation of synthetic data methodologies and is clearly labeled as such.
    3. Review Generation: Reviewers SHALL NOT use generative AI to write peer reviews or meta-reviews, as this violates the requirement for independent human judgment.
  4. Disclosure Requirements Transparency is mandatory. If generative AI tools were used for any purpose beyond basic spell-checking, authors SHALL include a disclosure statement in the Acknowledgements section or a dedicated "Generative AI Usage" section. This statement SHALL include:
    1. The name and version of the tool used (e.g., "ChatGPT-4").
    2. The specific purpose of its use (e.g., "Used to refine the abstract for clarity").
    3. A confirmation that the authors have verified the output.
  5. Confidentiality and Reviewing Submissions to CSP PCJ 2024 are confidential documents. Reviewers SHALL NOT upload any portion of a submitted manuscript (including text, figures, or code) into a public generative AI tool. Doing so constitutes a violation of confidentiality and data privacy, as these platforms may store or train on the input data.

Submission Portal

All papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format. Please access the following URL and proceed under the submission instructions: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ailric2026.


You will see a conference name entitled as:
AILRIC 2026 (AI in Language Research International Conference 2026)


Then choose the following track during submission:
Philippine Computing Journal Volume 19 - combined issue - '24


Submission Deadline

The submission deadline is September 30, 2026.
Review Iterations will be in October.
The submission of the camera ready version is on November 7, 2026.

Editorial Team

Ethel Ong PhD, De La Salle University
Editor-in-Chief


Nathaniel Oco, De La Salle University
Managing Editor


Jordan Aiko Deja PhD, De La Salle University
Briane Paul Samson PhD, De La Salle University
Guest Editors