************************************************************************ Call For Papers, Videos, Tutorials/Workshops 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI’09) http://hri2009.org March 11-13, 2009, San Diego, CA ************************************************************************ The 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2009) is dedicated to the advancement of natural human-robot interaction. HRI is a single-track, highly selective annual international conference that seeks to showcase the very best interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research in human-robot interaction with roots in social psychology, cognitive science, HCI, human factors, artificial intelligence, robotics, organizational behavior, anthropology and many more, and we invite broad participation. Important Dates 15 September 2008: Submission of full papers and tutorial/workshop proposals 01 December 2008: Submission of videos 12 December 2008: Notification of acceptance 15 December 2008: Submission of late-breaking short papers 12 January, 2009: Final camera-ready papers due Full and Short Paper Submission Authors are invited to submit all manuscripts in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, archived in the ACM Digital Library, and assigned for either oral or full poster presentation. Authors are also encouraged to submit their late-breaking results for short papers (two pages) which will not appear in the proceedings but which will be presented in a special poster session. Detailed instructions are available on the conference web site:http://www.hri2009.org. Topics of interest include: Socially intelligent robots Robot companions Lifelike robots Assistive (health & personal care) robotics Remote robots Mixed initiative interaction Multi-modal interaction Long term interaction with robots Awareness and monitoring of humans Task allocation and coordination Autonomy and trust Robot-team learning User studies of HRI Experiments on HRI collaboration Ethnography and field studies HRI software architectures HRI foundations Metrics for teamwork HRI group dynamics Individual vs. group HRI Robot intermediaries Risks such as privacy or safety Ethical issues of HR Organizational/society impact Video Submission We invite videos related to all aspects of HRI. Besides the importance of the lessons learned and the novelty of the situation, the entertainment value will be judged. The video itself must be self- explanatory for the audience. The videos will be published in the conference proceedings and archived in the ACM Digital Library. Tutorials and Workshops Proposals are sought from those wishing to organize a Tutorial or a Workshop on a HRI-related theme. Tutorials and Workshops will be held on March 10, one day before the main technical sessions. General Co-Chairs Matthias Scheutz, Indiana University François Michaud, Université de Sherbrooke HRI 2009 Publicity Committee: Aude Billard, EPFL Christine Lisetti, Florida International University Patrick Rau, Tsinghua University _______________________________________________ hri2009committee mailing list [log in to unmask] https://mail.cs.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hri2009committee --------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send an empty email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://sigchi.org/listserv ---------------------------------------------------------------