<div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center">[Apologies for multiple postings of this announcement]</div><div style="text-align:center"> </div><div style="text-align:center">================</div><div style="text-align:center"> </div><div style="text-align:center"> <table class="gmail-MsoTable15List7ColorfulAccent3" style="border-collapse:collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="width:467.5pt;border-color:rgb(73,140,241) currentcolor rgb(41,127,213);border-style:solid none;border-width:1pt medium;background:rgb(105,179,205) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="623" valign="top"> Special Session on The role of mental models and privacy implications on trust in Human-Robot Interaction IEEE RO-MAN 2020 31 AUG - 04 SEPT, 2020 - NAPLES, ITALY </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:120.25pt;border-color:currentcolor rgb(41,127,213) currentcolor currentcolor;border-style:none solid none none;border-width:medium 1pt medium medium;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="160" valign="top"> Submission deadline </td> <td style="width:347.25pt;background:rgb(110,182,206) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="463" valign="top"> MARCH 15, 2020 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:120.25pt;border-color:currentcolor rgb(41,127,213) currentcolor currentcolor;border-style:none solid none none;border-width:medium 1pt medium medium;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="160" valign="top"> Submission link </td> <td style="width:347.25pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="463" valign="top"> <a href="https://ras.papercept.net/">https://ras.papercept.net/</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:120.25pt;border-color:currentcolor rgb(41,127,213) currentcolor currentcolor;border-style:none solid none none;border-width:medium 1pt medium medium;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="160" valign="top"> Submission Code </td> <td style="width:347.25pt;background:rgb(110,182,206) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="463" valign="top"> 7g663 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:120.25pt;border-color:currentcolor rgb(41,127,213) currentcolor currentcolor;border-style:none solid none none;border-width:medium 1pt medium medium;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="160" valign="top"> Website </td> <td style="width:347.25pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="463" valign="top"> <a href="http://ro-man2020.unina.it/special-sessions.php">http://ro-man2020.unina.it/special-sessions.php</a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> Trust is a fundamental component of social interactions to foster people's acceptance of a robot for a successful and long-term Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). At the same time, trust can be affected by several factors, such as the incapability of a robot to adapt its behaviour to people's needs, and a violation of privacy. This Session aims to explore different aspects of Human-Robot Interaction that can affect, enhance, undermine and recover humans' trust in robots, with a specific aim on privacy concerns and mental models. The session will focus on the impact of people's expectations, beliefs and concerns on their trust in robots during a Human-Robot Interaction. In particular, this session will bring together leading researchers in the fields to share and discuss ideas and findings to guide the design and development of robots that are able to effectively collaborate with human users. The topics include, but are not limited to, the following: · Mental models in Human-Robot Interaction; · Measuring Trust in Human-Robot Interaction; · Trust Violation and Recovery Mechanism in HRI; · Trust and Assistive Robotics; · Enhancing Humans Trust in Robots; · Privacy and Trust in Human-Robot Interaction; · Mental models and their effects on Trust in HRI. <table class="gmail-MsoTable15List7ColorfulAccent3" style="background:rgb(110,182,206) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:medium none" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:467.5pt;border-color:rgb(73,140,241) currentcolor rgb(41,127,213);border-style:solid none;border-width:1pt medium;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="623" valign="top"> Important Dates </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="gmail-MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:medium none" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:148.6pt;border:medium none;padding:0cm 5.4pt;text-align:left" width="198" valign="top"> Submission Deadline: </td> <td style="width:318.9pt;border:medium none;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="425" valign="top"> MARCH 15, 2020 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:148.6pt;border:medium none;padding:0cm 5.4pt;text-align:left" width="198" valign="top"> Notification of acceptance: </td> <td style="width:318.9pt;border:medium none;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="425" valign="top"> MAY 27, 2020 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:148.6pt;border:medium none;padding:0cm 5.4pt;text-align:left" width="198" valign="top"> Camera-ready Deadline: </td> <td style="width:318.9pt;border:medium none;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="425" valign="top"> JUNE 15, 2020 </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="gmail-MsoTable15List7ColorfulAccent3" style="background:rgb(110,182,206) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:medium none;margin-left:6.75pt;margin-right:6.75pt" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" align="left"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:467.5pt;border-color:rgb(73,140,241) currentcolor rgb(41,127,213);border-style:solid none;border-width:1pt medium;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="623" valign="top"> Submission </td> </tr> </tbody></table> Manuscripts submitted to the Special Session should follow the guidelines described on the website of the conference for Regular papers : <a href="http://ro-man2020.unina.it/full-papers.php" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://ro-man2020.unina.it/full-papers.php</a> The templates for the manuscripts can be downloaded at the following: · US LETTER PAPER SIZE : LaTeX (<a href="http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/tex.php" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/tex.php</a>) · US LETTER PAPER SIZE MS-Word, (<a href="http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/word.php" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/word.php</a>) Manuscripts can be submitted to this Special Session using the code 7g663 on the website: <a href="https://ras.papercept.net/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">https://ras.papercept.net/</a> We look forward to welcoming you in Naples (Italy)! Should you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us. Organising Committee Alessandra Rossi, University of Hertfordshire, UK (<a href="mailto:alessandra.rossi@ieee.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">alessandra.rossi@ieee.org</a>) Maartje de Graaf, Utrecht University, Netherlands (<a href="mailto:m.m.a.degraaf@uu.nl" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">m.m.a.degraaf@uu.nl</a>) Matthew Rueben, University of Southern California, US (<a href="mailto:mrueben@usc.edu" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">mrueben@usc.edu</a>) Mohammad Shidujaman, Tsinghua University, China (<a href="mailto:shangt15@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">shangt15@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn</a>) </div></div>