[iva] HRI 2017 Call For Papers, Workshops and Special Sessions: March 6-9, 2017, Vienna, Austria

[Masahiro Shiomi]

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Call For Participation
12th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2017)
http://humanrobotinteraction.org/2017/
March 6-9, 2017, Vienna, Austria
Submission Deadline: October 3, 2016
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The ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction is a
premiere, highly-selective venue presenting the latest advances in
Human-Robot Interaction. The 12th Annual HRI Conference theme is "Smart
Interaction,"  following Vienna's "Smart City" initiative. The conference
seeks contributions from a broad set of perspectives, including technical,
design, methodological, behavioral, and theoretical, that advance
fundamental and applied knowledge and methods in human-robot interaction.
Full papers, alt.HRI papers, Late-Breaking Reports, and abstracts from
Tutorials, Workshops, Demonstrations and Videos, will be archived in the ACM
Digital Library and IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Full details of the
submission tracks is provided at http://humanrobotinteraction.org/2017/.

*Full Papers* - due 3 October 2016
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Full papers are up to eight camera-ready pages, including figures, but
**excluding references** (this is new for this year): references do not
count toward the page limit. Submissions longer than 8 pages of content
excluding references will be desk rejected and not reviewed.
Accepted full papers will be published in the conference proceedings and be
presented in an oral session. The HRI Conference is highly selective with a
rigorous, two-stage review model that includes an in-person expert program
committee meeting where papers are extensively discussed. As such, all
submissions should be mature, polished, and detailed accounts of
cutting-edge research. Authors are encouraged to consult the guide regarding
submissions to HRI provided at humanrobotinteraction.org/2017/.

To facilitate quality interdisciplinary reviewing, and to inform reviewer
selection, authors will be required to select up to two themes for their
full paper submissions.

*Human-Robot Interaction User Studies* targets research that provides data
on and analysis of human-robot interaction for laboratory or in-the-wild
interactions. Quantitative and/or qualitative methods and results are
welcome, as well as hypotheses-driven and exploratory work.
Theme Chairs: Tony Belpaeme and Takayuki Kanda

*Technical Advances in Human-Robot Interaction* targets research providing
novel robot system designs, algorithms, interface technologies, and
computational methods supporting human-robot interaction. This includes
contributions that enable robots to better understand, interact with, and
collaborate with people, including collocated interaction and
tele-operation.
Theme Chair: Candace Sidner

*Human-Robot Interaction Design* targets research that makes a
design-centric contribution to human-robot interaction. This includes the
design of new robot morphologies and appearances, behavior paradigms,
interaction techniques and scenarios, and telepresence interfaces. Research
on the design process itself is welcome.
Theme Chair: Guy Hoffman


*Theory and Methods in Human-Robot Interaction* targets research
contributing to the understanding and study of fundamental HRI principles
that span beyond individual interfaces or projects. This includes detailing
underlying interaction paradigms, theoretical concepts, new interpretations
of known results, or new evaluation methodologies.
Theme Chair: Kerstin Fischer

Authors are encouraged to review the extended call for papers on the
conference website (http://humanrobotinteraction.org/2017/) for more
information regarding the themes, including theme specific
program-committee, examples of past publications, and evaluation criteria.

*Tutorials and Workshops* - due 3 October 2016
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We would like to invite you to organize a workshop or tutorial at HRI 2017.
Tutorials and workshops will be held on March 6, 2017, one day before the
main technical sessions. All tutorial and workshop proposals (please follow
the instructions on the website) must be submitted no later than 3 October
2016. The proposals submitted will be subjected to a review process.

*alt.HRI* - due 5 December 2016
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alt.HRI invites high-quality submissions that push the boundaries of
human-robot interaction research and that have high potential for impact.
The goal for alt.HRI is to broaden the scope of research presented at HRI,
inviting thought-provoking work that might not otherwise be featured at the
conference. alt.HRI work will be orally presented at the conference and
included in the adjunct proceedings.
More details to follow soon on a targeted theme for 2017.

*Late-Breaking Reports, Demonstrations, and Videos* - due 5 December 2016
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Authors are invited to submit late breaking and in-progress work as a
Late-Breaking Report extended abstract, at-conference demonstration, or
entertaining video. Abstracts of accepted work will be published in the
adjunct proceedings, and archived in the ACM and IEEE Xplore Digital
Libraries

*Student Research Competition*
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HRI 2017 will include a student research competition. Stay tuned for more
details on the HRI website.

Organizing Committee
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General Chairs
Bilge Mutlu, UW-Madison
Manfred Tscheligi, U.Salzburg

Program Chairs
Astrid Weiss, Vienna U. Technology
Jim Young, U.Manitoba

Tutorials and Workshops Chairs
Friederike Eyssel, Bielefeld U
Guy Hoffman, Cornell U

alt.HRI Chairs
Heather Knight, CMU
Severin Lemaignan, Plymouth U

Late-Breaking Reports Chairs
Hirotaka Osawa, U Tsukuba
Laurel Riek, U Notre Dame

Videos and Demonstrations Chairs
Jun Kato, AIST
Dan Szafir, Colorado Boulder

Student Research Competition Chairs
Sonya Kwak, Ewha Womans U.
Nagisa Munekata, Hokkaido U.
David Sirkin, Stanford U.

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Dr. Masahiro Shiomi
Intelligent robotics and communication labs.
ATR
2-2-2 Hikaridai Seikacho Sorakugun
619-0288 Kyoto
Japan
E-mail address: m-shiomi at atr.jp
URL: http://masahiroshiomi.jp/