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<div><span id="gmail-m_-7554007210771460678gmail-m_-2850488898489581991gmail-m_-5445110501395162484docs-internal-guid-337ff044-7fff-5fd6-5c23-95108afc9be8"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Apologies for multiple copies due to cross-posting)</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>The 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction is pleased to release our technical program. Please find it at this website: <a href="http://hai-conference.net/hai2020/schedule/">http://hai-conference.net/hai2020/schedule/</a></div><div><br></div><div>If you find this program interesting, we encourage participation as a virtual attendee. Registration is open, and there is also <b>a special rate for just attending the virtual conference (100 AUD)</b>. This is a great way to expose yourself to the newest HAI research at a reasonable price.</div><div><br></div><div>Rates are available here:</div><div><a href="http://hai-conference.net/hai2020/registration/">http://hai-conference.net/hai2020/registration/
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p>
<div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">HAI 2020 is the 8th annual International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction. The conference is a venue with an interdisciplinary nature to discuss and disseminate state-of-the-art research on topics that relate to human interactions with a range of agent systems, including physical robots and humanoids, virtual agents, socially interactive agents, and artificially intelligent agents. </span></div>
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<div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The topical issues within the conference include user studies, frameworks, simulations, technical developments, and more within the area of Human-Agent and Robotic Interaction. The conference brings together a large variety of research groups, companies, and researchers looking into the broader area of agents and robotics across Australia and the rest of the world.</span></div>
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<div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The theme for HAI 2020 will be “Artificial Intelligence + Experience Design”. The advent of artificial intelligence, in the past decade, has motivated researchers to focus on several algorithmic prospects in developing intelligent robotics agents and their interactions. Progressively, AI advances are leading to exciting outcomes in the HAI field and at the same time opening up a wide perspective on how to design intelligent robotic agents. Particularly, how to combine artificial intelligence and user experience design approaches in human-agent interaction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p>
<div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">While all submissions related to HAI are welcome, prospective authors are especially encouraged to submit papers in line with the theme for HAI 2020. The HAI conference seeks contributions from a broad range of disciplines such as engineering, computer science, psychology, sociology, cognitive science, business, advertising/marketing, and design.</span></div>
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<div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">==== Scope and Topics ====</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Topics include, but are not limited to:</span></div>
<ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Studies </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">of Human-Agent Interaction, with quantitative/qualitative results; across a wide variety of application areas</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Theoretical</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> models;</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Technological </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">advances;</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Experimental </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">methods;</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Impacts</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> of the embodiment;</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Character</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and avatar design;</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Agents</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in social networks;</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span>
</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Specifically</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> application of agents in retail, business, and marketing and</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span>
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<div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">HAI2020 (Full Papers and Posters) proceedings will be archived in the ACM digital library. HAI2020 is approved and confirmed to be in cooperation with ACM and SIGCHI.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<b>==== Organising Committee ====
</b><br><br><b>General Chair</b><br>Mohammad Obaid (University of New South Wales, Australia)<br>Omar Mubin (Western Sydney University, Australia)<br>Yukie Nagai (The University of Tokyo, Japan)<br><br><b>Program Chair</b><br>Hirotaka Osawa (University of Tsukuba, Japan)<br>Yomna Abdelrahman (Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany)<br>Morten Fjeld (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)<br><br><b>Poster Chair</b><br>Giulia Perugia (Uppsala University, Sweden)<br>Muneeb Ahmad (Heriot-Watt University, UK)<br>Patrícia Alves-Oliveira (ISCTE-IUL, INESC-ID, Cornell University (Portugal and the US))<br><br><b>Workshop/Tutorial Chair</b><br>Mikael Laaksoharju (Uppsala University, Sweden)<br>Brownyn Cumbo (Monash University, Australia)<br><b><br>Publicity Chair</b><br>Karolina Zawieska (ŁUKASIEWICZ Research Network - Industrial Research Institute for Automation & Measurements PIAP, Poland)<br>Daniel J. Rea (Kyoto University, Japan, University of New Brunswick, Canada)<br>Eduardo B. Sandoval (University of New South Wales, Australia)<br>Thommy Eriksson (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)<br><br><b>Sponsorship Chair</b><br>Aila Khan (Western Sydney University, Australia)<br>Masahiko Osawa (Keio University, Japan)<br><br><b>Registration Chair</b><br>Sara Baker (Western Sydney University, Australia)<br>Belinda Ruiz (Western Sydney University, Australia)<br><br><b>Publication Chair</b><br>Sofia Serholt (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)<br>Wafa Johal (University of New South Wales, Australia)<br><br><b>Local Chair</b><br>Sara Baker (Western Sydney University, Australia)<br>Belinda Ruiz (Western Sydney University, Australia)<br>Mudassar Arsalan (Westren Sydney University, Australia)<br>Raymonda Aoun (Westren Sydney University, Australia)<br><br><b>Web Chair</b><br>Muneeb Ahmad (Heriot-Watt University, UK)<br>Alex Yuan Gao (Uppsala University, Sweden)
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