[iva] [meetings][cfp] Extended deadline for RO-MAN 2025 Special Session on Theory of Mind

[alexarossi at gmail.com]

Dear everyone,

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit your work at our special 
session on "*Theory of Mind in Human-Robot Interaction*" at the 34th 
IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive 
Communication 2025 (IEEE RO-MAN 2025), which will take place in 
Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 25 to 29 August 2025.

Please note that the deadline for submissions has been extended at 
*March 20th, 2025*.

You can submit your works at our special sessions via 
https://ras.papercept.net/ by using the special session category and 
*code 'g19y9'*.

Do not hesitate to get in touch with us for further information! Below 
you can also find the CFP.

best regards

Alessandra

Dr Patrick Holthaus, University of Hertfordshire (UK), 
p.holthaus at herts.ac.uk
Dr Alessandra Rossi, University of Naples Federico II (IT), 
alessandra.rossi at unina.it

-- 
Alessandra Rossi, PhD
Assistant Professor
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies - D.I.E.T.I.
University of Naples Federico II
Via Claudio, 21, 80125 - Naples, Italy

w-page:https://alessandrarossi.net
e-mail address:alessandra.rossi at unina.it
e-mail address:a.rossi at herts.ac.uk
X: @alhandra81

*SPECIAL SESSION @ RO-MAN 2025
*

*Theory of Mind in Human-Robot Interaction*


The ability to understand and acknowledge others' mental states is known 
as the Theory of Mind (ToM). Theory of Mind is a multi-modal system 
people use to communicate and understand each other naturally. A growing 
group of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) research focuses on investigating 
whether people form ToM towards robots, and what level of ToM a robot 
should have to communicate transparently with the humans in their shared 
environment in a sociable and accepted way. Robots that encounter humans 
should be able to perform transparent motions and behaviours, and, at 
the same time, be able to clearly recognise the humans’ intentions and 
behaviours. In this session, we want to explore which cognitive skills a 
robot needs and how ToM affects communications in all aspects of 
human-robot interaction. We further want to investigate the principal 
components that can contribute to this research direction. In 
particular, we aim to define and explore the needed level of shared 
mental models between people and robots for effectively planning, 
navigating, manipulating objects and the environment, and transparently 
communicating.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

     Theory of Mind in HRI
     Cognitive robotics
     Mental models in HRI
     Robot etiquette
     Explainable AI in HRI
     Cooperation and collaboration in human-robot teams
     Detection and understanding of human activity
     Monitoring of behaviour and internal states of humans
     Motion planning and navigation in human-centred environments
     Multi-modal situation awareness and spatial cognition
     Social intelligence for robots in interactive and non-interactive tasks

PDF Submissions will be possible via https://ras.papercept.net/ using 
the special session category and code 'g19y9'. Accepted papers will be 
included in the conference proceedings and submissions should follow the 
guidelines for regular paper submissions 
(https://www.ro-man2025.org/contributing/regularpaper), i.e. 6 (+2 paid 
extra) pages in the required IEEE US Letter format. Authors will have to 
declare that the research presented in the submitted papers complies 
with the IEEE Code of Ethics.

*Read more at https://www.ro-man2025.org/paper-submission-qa.*

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