<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"> <style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir="ltr"> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ================</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> RO-MAN 2025 Workshop on Robots and Autonomous Systems for Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Migrants (RAS4RASM)</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Collocated with RO-MAN 2025, Eindhoven, Netherlands</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ================</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Submission Deadline: 13th June 2025</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Workshop Date: 25 or 29 of August 2025, TBA</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ================</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Millions of people worldwide leave their countries every year: refugees and asylum seekers may leave due to reasons such as wars, climate change and hostile environments, while the current global economic situation is also producing an increasing number of economic migrants. However, since most HRI research takes place with people in so-called “WEIRD” (Western, Educated, Industrial, Rich, Democratic) countries, HRI systems are generally designed for, and evaluated on, people who are familiar with WEIRD communication. In this workshop, we will explore HRI solutions to provide services and support for refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants. We will discuss lessons learned and also work towards guidelines for making HRI more accessible for these populations, with the goal of making them feel more at home and more welcome as they navigate their way in their new countries.<br> <br> We seek extended abstracts (2-4 pages, plus references, in IEEE format) on any of the following topics:<br> <br> • HRI with RASM;</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> • Participatory HRI research with RASM;</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> • Ethics, privacy, bias, fairness, accountability and transparency in HRI with RASM;</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> • Ethics of robots in asylum centers;</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> • Anti-racist robotics;</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> • HRI and human rights.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Submitted work may be past, present, or future-facing. That is, submitted work can describe previously published work, new results, research plans, or speculations as to how one’s prior work might apply in future research to this new domain. </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> All papers must be submitted in PDF format and conform to IEEE two-column conference format.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> All accepted papers will be accompanied by talks and/or poster presentations and will be archived on the workshop website.</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Links: </div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> WEBSITE: <a href="https://ras4rasm.github.io/" target="_blank" id="OWA9fc014c4-2ab3-71e7-9976-5a6813c4c308" class="ms-outlook-linkify OWAAutoLink" data-ogsc="" data-linkindex="0" style="margin: 0px;"> https://ras4rasm.github.io/</a></div> <div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 10pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 9pt; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> SUBMIT: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=ras4rasm" target="_blank" id="OWA9242185e-913d-d6cc-b323-3f5a4d5f2c48" class="ms-outlook-linkify OWAAutoLink" data-ogsc="" data-linkindex="1" style="margin: 0px;"> https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=ras4rasm</a></div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> </body> </html>