[iva] CfP: HRI16 workshop on "challenges and best practices to study HRI in natural interaction settings"

[Astrid Rosenthal-von der Puetten]

Our apologies for multiple postings. 

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 Call for Position Statements 

HRI 2016: full-day workshop on 

The challenge (not) to go wild! 
 Challenges and best practices to study HRI in natural interaction
settings 

https://www.uni-due.de/sozialpsychologie/hriws2016_robotsinthewild.php
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07 March 2016, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Robots are more and more leaving our labs and entering natural
interaction settings, such as homes, care facilities, factories,
kindergartens, museums, and many more. In the HRI research community, we
are aware of all the challenges involved in studying autonomously
behaving agents "in the wild". In order "not to go wild" we want to
discuss best practices as well as pitfalls in studying robots in natural
interaction settings. Specifically, we want to focus on CHALLENGES IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEMS for everyday usage in peoples' homes and on
CHALLENGES IN EVALUATING THESE SYSTEMS in the wild, especially with
regard to LONG-TERM INTERACTION. We want to discuss and explore common
and new methodological approaches to study HRI outside the lab, and
collect recommendations for fellow researchers. In tandem, we want to
reflect our visions for the "new era of socially capable robots" and how
we as robot developers and researchers imagine them to integrate into
the fabrics of our everyday life. 

Submissions
Workshop candidates are requested to send a position paper (no longer
than 4 A4 pages) before 15th of January about a research on HRI and
challenges they have encountered (related to the topics described below)
to a.rosenthalvdpuetten at uni-due.de. 

TOPICS 

 The following topics should be addressed in the workshop and guide the
submission of position papers: 

- Conceptual and technical challenges when developing social robots for
the wild 

- Methodological challenges when evaluating HRI outside the lab 

- Methodological challenges when evaluating long-term interactions 

All position papers must be submitted in PDF format and conform to
conference proceedings specifications for Late Breaking Reports and
include author names. All submissions will be peer-reviewed.
Participants will be selected on the basis of the relevance and
comparability/ generalizability of their work. Authors should send their
papers to a.rosenthalvdpuetten at uni-due.de 

IMPORTANT DATES 

 	* 15 January 2016, Position paper submission
 	* 29 January 2016, Notification of acceptance
 	* 07 March 2016, Workshop at HRI 2016

 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 

 	* Astrid Weiss (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
 	* Astrid Rosenthal-von der Pütten (University of Duisburg-Essen,
Germany)
 	* Selma Sabanovic (Indiana University, USA)

 

Links:
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https://www.uni-due.de/sozialpsychologie/hriws2016_robotsinthewild.php
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