<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""> <span class="">FINAL CALL For Demonstrations and Videos</span><span class=""><br class=""> </span><span class=""><br class=""> </span><span class="">The 13th Annual ACM/IEEE HRI Conference theme is 'Robots for Social Good.’ </span><span class="">The conference seeks contributions from a broad set of perspectives, </span><span class="">including technical, design, methodological, behavioral, and theoretical, </span><span class="">that advance fundamental and applied knowledge and methods in human-robot </span><span class="">interaction.</span> <div class=""><span class=""><br class=""> </span></div> <div class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Submissions should be done through the website:</span><br class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <a href="https://new.precisionconference.com/submissions" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://new.precisionconference.com/submissions&source=gmail&ust=1512633259522000&usg=AFQjCNF12bSz17_jYrB7sfdAap9ydlhEFg" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://new.<wbr class="">precisionconference.com/<wbr class="">submissions</a><span class=""><br class=""> </span><span class=""><br class=""> </span><span class="">DEMONSTRATION SUBMISSIONS</span> <div class=""><span class=""><br class=""> </span><span class="">The HRI 2018 conference will offer the opportunity to demonstrate innovative ideas and advances in human-robot interaction, either on stage or in a dedicated</span><span class=""> </span><span class="">demo room. We invite demonstration proposals for cutting-edge systems that make interaction with robots more intuitive, seamless, and pleasant, or otherwise</span><span class=""> </span><span class="">illustrate some aspect of human-robot interaction in an exciting and engaging way. Proposals should indicate their preference for table based and/or conference</span><span class=""> </span><span class="">stage demonstration. Given sufficient interest, the demo chairs will select a small set of stage-based demos that will be integrated into the main conference</span><span class=""> </span><span class="">program.</span><span class=""><br class=""> </span><span class=""><br class=""> </span><span class="">Important Dates for Demonstrations</span><span class=""><br class=""> </span></div> <div class=""><span class="">- Submission deadline: 8 December 2017 (anywhere on earth, submit a one-page abstract in ACM format – please use the sample-sigconf.tex or ACM_SigConf.docx files – via PCS)</span></div> <div class=""><span class="">- Acceptance Notification: 22 December 2017<br class=""> </span><span class="">- Camera-Ready Version: 12 January 2018<br class=""> </span><span class=""><br class=""> </span><span class="">Submission Instructions</span><span class=""><br class=""> </span></div> <div class=""><span class="">Please submit your abstract and optional video through the submission review website (</span><span class="">PCS</span><span class="">). For the abstract, the maximum number of pages is one (1). MS Word</span><span class=""> </span><span class="">and LaTeX2e templates are available at the</span><span class=""> </span><span class="">ACM website</span><span class=""> </span><span class="">– please use the sample-</span><span class="">sigconf</span><span class="">.tex or ACM_</span><span class="">SigConf</span><span class="">.docx files. Authors are not allowed to anonymize</span><span class=""> </span><span class="">the submission for reviews.</span><span class=""><br class=""> </span><span class="">We look forward to your submissions and to seeing you this year at HRI 2018 in Chicago, USA!</span></div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">More information on: <a href="http://humanrobotinteraction.org/2018/demos/" class="">http://humanrobotinteraction.org/2018/demos/</a></div> <div class=""><span class=""><br class=""> </span><span class="">Demonstration Co-Chairs</span></div> <div class=""><span class="">Heather Knight, Oregon State University, USA</span><span class=""><br class=""> </span><span class="">Iolanda Leite, KTH, Sweden</span><span class=""><br class=""> <br class=""> </span><span class=""><br class=""> </span></div> <div class=""><span class="">VIDEO SUBMISSIONS</span></div> <div class=""><span class=""><br class=""> The HRI 2018 conference invites videos related to all aspects of HRI. The videos must be self-explanatory for the audience. A peer review process will judge videos on content, lessons learned, novelty, and entertainment value.<br class=""> <br class=""> Important Dates for Videos</span></div> <div class="">- Submission: December 8, 2017 (Anywhere on earth, submit an one-page abstract in ACM format. Please use the sample-sigconf.tex or ACM_SigConf.docx files, and video file via PCS)<span class=""><br class=""> <div class="">- Acceptance Notification: December 22, 2017<br class=""> </div> <div class="">- Camera-Ready Version: January 12, 2018</div> </span><span class=""> <div class=""><span class=""><br class=""> </span></div> Submission Instructions<br class=""> Please submit your video and video content abstract through the submission review website (PCS). For the video content abstract, the maximum number of pages is one (1). MS Word and LaTeX2e templates are available at the ACM website. Please use the sample-sigconf.tex or ACM_SigConf.docx files. Authors are not allowed to anonymize the submission for reviews. </span></div> <div class=""><span class=""><br class=""> </span></div> <div class="">More information on: <a href="http://humanrobotinteraction.org/2018/videos/" class="">http://humanrobotinteraction.org/2018/videos/</a> <span class=""><br class=""> <br class=""> Video Co-Chairs<br class=""> Hideyuki Nakanishi, Osaka University, Japan<br class=""> Bram Vanderborght, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium<br class=""> </span></div> <div class=""><span class=""><br class=""> </span></div> </div> <div class=""> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"> -----------------<br class=""> Iolanda Leite<br class=""> Assistant Professor<br class=""> KTH Royal Institute of Technology<br class=""> School of Computer Science and Communication<br class=""> Department of Robotics, Perception and Learning (RPL)<br class=""> <br class=""> Teknikringen 14, 6th floor, SE-100 44 Stockholm<br class=""> Phone: +46-8 790 67 34<br class=""> <a href="https://iolandaleite.com" class="">https://iolandaleite.com</a></div> </div> <br class=""> </body> </html>