<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="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ================</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> CUI 2025 Workshop on Bias and Fairness in Conversational User Interfaces</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Co-located with The ACM Conversational User Interfaces Conference (CUI 2025), Waterloo, ON, Canada</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ================</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Submission Deadline: 2 June 2025</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Workshop Date: 8-10 July 2025 (final date TBD)</div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Workshop website: <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/cuibnf2025/home" id="OWA0250502d-537c-a1b4-99dd-73b9e0e221b4" class="OWAAutoLink elementToProof" style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"> https://sites.google.com/view/cuibnf2025/home</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);"> ================</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> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Conversational user interfaces (CUIs) are rapidly changing how we engage with technology, impacting sectors like healthcare, education, finance, and entertainment through both embodied (e.g., social robots) and disembodied (e.g., chatbots) forms. Their effectiveness stems from advancements in language processing, voice recognition, and machine learning, enabling them to respond accurately.</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> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> As CUIs become more prevalent and powerful, it’s essential to address issues of bias and fairness. These systems can unintentionally learn and amplify stereotypes from their training data, leading to varied interactions across different user groups. This is particularly concerning in critical areas like healthcare and education, where biased responses can significantly affect well-being and access to resources.</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> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <b>Topics</b></div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> This workshop aims to explore bias and fairness in conversational systems and invites submissions on related topics.</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> <ul data-editing-info="{"applyListStyleFromLevel":true}" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: disc;"> <li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <div class="elementToProof">Social and behavioural assessment of Bias & Fairness.</div> </li></ul> <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> <ul data-editing-info="{"applyListStyleFromLevel":true}" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: disc;"> <li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <div class="elementToProof">Conversational design factors.</div> </li></ul> <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> <ul data-editing-info="{"applyListStyleFromLevel":true}" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: disc;"> <li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <div class="elementToProof">Embodiment in CUI - the role of CUIs’ medium in shaping perceptions of Bias & Fairness (inc. social robotics).</div> </li></ul> <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> <ul data-editing-info="{"applyListStyleFromLevel":true}" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: disc;"> <li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <div class="elementToProof">Mitigation strategies for Bias & Fairness.</div> </li></ul> <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> <ul data-editing-info="{"applyListStyleFromLevel":true}" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: disc;"> <li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <div class="elementToProof">Metrics for measuring Bias & Fairness in CUIs.</div> </li></ul> <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> <ul data-editing-info="{"applyListStyleFromLevel":true}" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: disc;"> <li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <div class="elementToProof">Behavioural paradigms for eliciting agents' behaviour or fixing agents' behaviour.</div> </li></ul> <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> <ul data-editing-info="{"applyListStyleFromLevel":true}" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: disc;"> <li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <div class="elementToProof">Wide application context - CUI across different settings and environments (e.g., healthcare, education, etc).</div> </li></ul> <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> <ul data-editing-info="{"applyListStyleFromLevel":true}" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: disc;"> <li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <div class="elementToProof">System and ML perspective mitigating bias and fairness concerns in CUI.</div> </li></ul> <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> <ul data-editing-info="{"applyListStyleFromLevel":true}" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: disc;"> <li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <div class="elementToProof">Multimodal approaches to Bias & Fairness in CUIs.</div> </li></ul> <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> <ul data-editing-info="{"applyListStyleFromLevel":true}" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: disc;"> <li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <div class="elementToProof">Ethical considerations of Bias & Fairness in CUI.</div> </li></ul> <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> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <b>Papers</b></div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> We welcome original work but also systematic and narrative reviews, theoretical propositions and hypotheses, as well as opinion pieces aiming to facilitate meaningful discussions across CUI researchers interested in Bias and Fairness. Papers can be either full papers following ACM CUI's guidelines, or short contributions of 2-3 pages (excluding references). Opinion and perspective papers can be of an exploratory or philosophical nature, as well as reflective writing on authors’ past works that relate to bias and fairness in CUI. ACM template link on Overleaf here.</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> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Accepted papers will be presented at the workshop, which will take place in person at CUI 2025, and will be published on the workshop's website. All submissions should use the default "sigconf" style. Submissions should be single blind, i.e. do not need to be anonymized.</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> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <b>Submission</b></div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Submit your paper by 2nd June 2025 here: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=1bfcui" id="OWAdc569c58-fab0-2a15-31f3-e17f1631ba82" class="OWAAutoLink"> https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=1bfcui</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> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <b>Reviewing</b></div> <div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> All submissions will be reviewed by 2 reviewers.</div> </body> </html>