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

[alexarossi at gmail.com]

Apologies for cross-posting!

The extended deadline for submission is *March 25th, 2025 (PST)*!!!!!

best regards

Alessandra

On 14/03/25 12:00, alexarossi at gmail.com wrote:
>
> 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.*
>
>
-- 
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
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