[iva] 2nd CFP: HRI 2021 Student Design Dec 10, Late Breaking Reports / Videos / Demos Dec 14

[Knight, Heather M]

The 16th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot
Interaction gathers researchers from across the world to present their best
work on the theory, technology, and science furthering the state-of-the-art
in human-robot interaction. The theme of the conference this year is
“Bolder Human-Robot Interaction.”

UPCOMING DEADLINES
Student Design Competition: December 10, 2020
Late-Breaking Report: December 14, 2020
Videos and Demo: December 14, 2020

Deadline for submitting to the Student Design Competition: December 10,
2020.  Student Design Competition (short: SDC) is a friendly international
competition, open to small teams (or even just you!) of high-school and
university-level students: invent and design an interactive robot, and
present it in front of an international audience of researchers.


Acknowledging the very special circumstances caused by COVID-19, and
building upon the conference theme of Bolder Human-Robot Interaction, this
year’s student design competition theme is “A Robot to Support Us Through
Lockdown”: it is up to you to interpret this theme your way! (and feel free
to go a bit beyond it if you already have a clear idea in mind!)



Some examples could be:

   -

   A robot that facilitates staying in touch with your loved ones
   -

   A robot comforting you at home with its calming sounds or smells
   -

   A robot dancing with you when you feel down
   -

   A robot that you send down the street to carry messages for neighbours
   -

   A robot that helps managing family dynamics


More info on submitting info about your project team and design at:
https://humanrobotinteraction.org/2021/student-design-competition/


Deadline for submitting a Late Breaking Report, Video, or Demo: December
14, 2020. LBRs should be 4 pages long, excluding references. Video and Demo
proposals should be 2 pages long, excluding references. These submissions
should conform to the ACM SIG proceedings specifications as the full HRI
papers. For the video and demo categories, a video must be submitted as
well.



LBRs (4 pages): The Late-Breaking Reports venue at HRI provides authors
with the opportunity to present early stage results and new ideas over
exciting cutting-edge and experimental research. LBRs are an excellent
opportunity for researchers new to the field to participate in the
conference.


Videos (2 pages): We invite videos related to all aspects of HRI. The
videos must be self-explanatory for the audience, of scientific relevance,
and fun to watch. Besides the importance of the lessons learned, impact of
content and the novelty of the situation, the entertainment value will be
judged as part of the peer-review criteria.


Demos (2 pages): We offer the opportunity to demonstrate innovative ideas
and advances in HRI. We invite demonstration proposals for cutting-edge
systems that make interaction with robots more intuitive, seamless, and
pleasant, or otherwise illustrate some aspect of HRI in an exciting and
engaging way. Demonstration proposals will be peer-reviewed based on these
criteria.


More info:


Accepted abstracts will be archived in the companion proceedings of the
conference, which will appear in both the ACM Digital Library and IEEE
Xplore. LBRs, Videos and Demos will be presented as videos through the
HRI2021 platform.


Important: Due to a tight publication deadline with the publisher, all
submitted Late Breaking Reports, Video reports, and Demos should be
“camera-ready” at the time of submission (i.e., proofread, spell-checked,
etc.). Non-conforming submissions are candidates for instant rejection.
Website Information for LBRs


The Late-Breaking Reports (LBR) venue at HRI provides authors with the
opportunity to present early stage results and new ideas over exciting
cutting-edge and experimental research. LBRs are an excellent opportunity
for researchers new to the field to participate in the conference.


All LBR submissions will undergo blind peer-review and will be published in
the companion proceedings of the conference. These proceedings will appear
in both the ACM Digital Library and IEEE Xplore. LBRs will be presented
during the main conference. The final format for the presentation will be
communicated in January 2021.


Important Dates

14 December 2020: Submission deadline

08 January 2021: Notification of acceptance

18 January 2021: Final camera-ready deadline


Submission Instructions

Authors must submit their Late Breaking Reports as a 4-page article,
excluding references (which do not count towards submission length). Papers
should conform to the ACM SIG proceedings specification. Authors should use
the sample-sigconf.tex
<https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/consolidated-tex-template/acmart-master.zip>
or interim_layout.docx
<https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/word_style/interim-template-style/interim-layout.docx>
template
files.


In connection with SIGCHI’s efforts to improve conference accessibility,
HRI is moving towards generating accessible PDFs for all accepted papers.
This year, we encourage all authors to add accessibility features to their
PDF submissions. Please see the CHI 2021 guidelines
<https://chi2021.acm.org/for-authors/presenting/papers/guide-to-an-accessible-submission>
for information on how to prepare an accessible PDF.


Publications should be fully anonymized at the time of submission. For
additional information, authors may refer to the main conference anonymization
guidelines
<http://humanrobotinteraction.org/2021/guidelines-for-anonymizing-submissions/>
.


Due to a tight publication deadline with the publisher, all submitted Late
Breaking Reports should be “camera-ready” at the time of submission (i.e.,
proofread, spell-checked, etc.). Non-conforming submissions are candidates
for instant rejection.


Peer Review Process

Late Breaking Reports will be reviewed using a mutual blind peer review
process. To ensure that all authors receive feedback on their work and to
help invigorate the HRI community, at least one author of each LBR
submission must agree to review two other LBRs. Reviews will consist of a
brief questionnaire regarding the quality and relevance of the work
submitted.
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