<div dir="ltr"><b><font face="times new roman, serif"><font color="#666666"><font size="4">ICSR 2020 Workshop on Child-Robot Interaction: Present and Future Relationships</font>  </font>    </font></b><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><b>  </b>      </font><div>                    <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font color="#666666">Key Dates:</font></b></div><div><b><font color="#666666"><br></font></b></div><div>Submission Deadline: October 16, 2020 (11:59 pm Anywhere on Earth)</div><div>Acceptance Notification: October 23, 2020</div><div>Camera-ready Deadline: October 30, 2020</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b><font color="#666666">Location:</font></b></div><div><br></div><div>[Online] Golden, Colorado, US</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b><font color="#666666">Workshop Website:</font></b></div><div><br></div><div> <span id="gmail-m_4266219977786773866m_-7595944476247306033gmail-LPlnk753256" style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:14.6667px"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/child-robot-interaction/" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="gmail-m_4266219977786773866m_-7595944476247306033gmail-LPlnk753256" target="_blank" style="font-size:14.6667px">https://sites.google.com/view/child-robot-interaction/</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><font color="#666666">Abstract:</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Robots will become more pervasive in society,  playing different roles from tutors to physical therapy assistants to playmates, to name a few. The relationship between children and robots starts before the actual interaction. Researchers are faced with the question of when to involve children in this process. Children are cognitively immature, and their perspectives on robots are different from adults. How are children’s perceptions, expectations, and perspectives influencing the field, and how is CRI  impacting children’s cognitive development? <span style="font-size:11pt">This half-day workshop aims to bring researchers,  practitioners,  and  pioneers from relevant disciplines to this platform to have in-depth discussions on various aspects of CRI, such as potentials, challenges, and related opportunities to keep children in the loop. In addition, what do experts in the field think about CRI’s future, the impact of growing up with robots, and the effects of this interaction in design and development. This workshop’s primary objective is to establish an interdisciplinary debate and have philosophical discussions about the present and future relationship between children and robots.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The workshop will bring forward and discuss:<br></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"> <span style="font-size:11pt">Children's perceptions and expectations:  How do children's perceptions, perspectives, and involvement affect the design and development of robots?</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:11pt"> Relationship between children and robots: What children expect when robots are integrated into their lives? How do children envision their relationship with robots in the future?</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:11pt"> Impact on children: What are the impacts of robots on children's cognitive development?</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:11pt"> Ethical concerns: What are the present and future ethical concerns that emerge in CRI?</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:11pt"> Encourage collaborations between the participants beyond the duration of the workshop.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:11pt"> Disseminate the results from the discussions on a workshop report and editing a special issue.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><font color="#666666">Topics of Interest:</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">–Experiments involving children and robots</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">–Challenges of safe child-robot interaction</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">–Robot designs for child-robot interactions</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">–Children’s involvement in design and development.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">–Children’s perception of the Robot (measuring, evaluating, and interpreting)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">–Children’s taking the robot’s perspective (Spatial, Affective, and Cognitive)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">–Future relationships with robots</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">–Children’s expectations for future interactions</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a name="m_4266219977786773866_m_-7595944476247306033__heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>–The impact of a robot on children’s cognitive development–Ethical Concerns</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><font color="#666666">Publications: </font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">All accepted papers will be published on the workshop website during the ICSR 2020 conference. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In addition, authors of selected contributions may be invited to submit full-length papers to be included after independent peer-review in a special issue.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><font color="#666666">Keynote Speakers: </font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/profile/kdautenh" target="_blank">Professor Kerstin Dautenhahn</a>, <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/social-intelligent-robotics-research-lab/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Social And Intelligent Robotics Research Laboratory</a><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">, </span><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">University of Waterloo</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://irc.atr.jp/~kanda/index.html" target="_blank">Professor Takayuki Kanda</a>, <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratory, </span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><a href="https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/" target="_blank" style="font-size:11pt">Kyoto University</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><font color="#666666">Organizing Committee:</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dr. Shruti Chandra - <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/social-intelligent-robotics-research-lab/" target="_blank">Social And Intelligent Robotics Research Laboratory</a>, <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/" target="_blank">University of Waterloo</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dr. Marta Couto -  <a href="https://gaips.inesc-id.pt/" target="_blank">GAIPS Lab</a>, <a href="https://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/en/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Instituto Superior Técnico</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://elmirayadollahi.com/" target="_blank">Elmira Yadollahi</a> -  <a href="https://www.epfl.ch/labs/chili/" target="_blank">CHILI</a> & <a href="https://gaips.inesc-id.pt/" target="_blank">GAIPS Lab</a>, <a href="https://www.epfl.ch/labs/chili/" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://www.epfl.ch/labs/chili/" target="_blank">Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne</a> & <a href="https://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/en/" target="_blank">Instituto Superior Técnico</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><font color="#666666">Contact:</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">All questions about submissions should be emailed to the workshop organizers at (<a href="mailto:child.robot.future@gmail.com" target="_blank">child.robot.future@gmail.com</a>) <br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:14.6667px"></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>