[Hcitaly] [Call for Paper] Workshop Robots for Humans (R4H) @AVI 2024 - - Deadline extension until 10 April 2024

We have extended the deadline for the workshop on Robots for Humans at AVI to 10 April. We are eager to learn about your work! *NEW*: Deadline extended to *10 April 2024* * * ############################################################# * Apologies for multiple copies. Please forward to anybody who might be interested, thanks * CALL FOR PAPERS 1st International Workshop Robots for Humans (R4H) Co-located within the 17th International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI2024) Arenzano (Genoa), Italy June 3rd or 4th 2024 Workshop website: https://r4h-workshop.github.io/ #############################################################  AIMS AND SCOPE The "Robots for Humans" (R4H) workshop bridges the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) communities. With this workshop, we want to bring together these communities by highlighting the commonalities of the two, stressing their differences, and encouraging the contamination of their methods and results. We aim to do so by recognising that human beings can be the bridge between these two communities and the main objective for a human-centred design approach. With these reflections in mind, our workshop invites HCI and HRI researchers to develop proposals for theoretical, technical and design ideas that highlight thoughts on empowerment and the new challenges posed by the design of robots. We ask researchers to propose both perspectives: the utopian, which imagines ideal scenarios, and the dystopian, which explores potential challenges, reflecting on the role of artefact design and interaction in shaping these visions. Join us to explore the intricate bond between humans and robots for thoughtful HRI advancements. #############################################################  TOPICS Topics included in the workshop, but not limited to, are the following: HCI theories and methods and novel approaches applied to HRI, Cognitive Architectures for HRI. Concept papers on the role of technology and robots in empowering or challenging human well-being. Empirical studies for human empowerment with technology (e.g., SAR, Health care, educational context). Participatory design approaches for HRI applications (e.g., user-centred design for computer and robotic applications, human-centred, and interaction-based design) Research methods and challenges for different contexts (e.g., assistive and education) in the HRI field. Interaction with virtual or physical embodied agents, human factors and human-in-the-loop in HRI, group dynamics in HRI. Design relationship between humans and robots (multi-modal communication, robot personalities, gender robotics, empathy). Diversity, power dynamics, gender, racism, social stereotypes and vulnerable targets of users in HRI. Trust, acceptance and explainability in HRI; personalisation and end-user development of robot applications. Ethical issues (e.g. privacy, misuse and abusive interactions), social risks and fairness in HRI. ############################################################# ORGANISATION AND DURATION We plan to conduct a half-day workshop including the following activities: Welcome and opening (10 min.). Keynote speaker: Dr Giulia Perugia (confirmed) (30 min.) and Q&A (10 min.). Papers/Poster presentations (1.15 min.). Coffee Break (15 min). Focus groups (60 min.) moderated by Dr Carlo Mazzola. Closing remarks (15 min.). The workshop is planned to be in-person. Participants will propose discussion topics for a focus group session in the workshop's second part. Led by moderators, subgroups will facilitate idea exchange in designing HRI applications. Participants will then identify the most significant topics for the workshop at the session's conclusion.  AVI workshops are scheduled for either the 3rd or 4th of June, 2024. Please check back the workshop website soon for the exact dates and scheduling information. ############################################################# SUBMISSION AND EVALUATION CRITERIA Workshop participants are invited to submit a position papers (max 6 pages excluding references) The accepted papers will be published in the workshop’s proceedings on CEUR Workshop Proceedings (http://ceur-ws.org/), indexed by Scopus. All submissions should be submitted by mail to r4hworkshop(a)gmail.com in PDF format using the “CEUR Template”: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip. An Overleaf page for LaTeX users is also available at: https://www.overleaf.com/read/gwhxnqcghhdt All submissions will be subjected to a thorough peer-review process, focusing on originality, quality, soundness, and relevance. The workshop will use a double-blind review process, with three members of the program committee reviewing each submitted paper. Upon acceptance, at least one author of each accepted paper will be required to attend the workshop.  Selected accepted papers will be considered for publication in a Special Issue of a relevant human-robot interaction journal.  ############################################################# IMPORTANT DATES _New Submission Deadline_: 27 March *10 April 2024* Notification of Acceptance: 23 April 2024 Camera Ready: 03 May 2024 Registration deadline: 10 May 2024 ############################################################# WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS Francesca Cocchella, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italy) Omar Eldardeer, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italy) Marco Manca, Institute of Information Science and Technologies "Alessandro Faedo" (ISTI) - National Research Council of Italy (CNR)  (Italy) Marco Matarese, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italy) Andrea Rezzani, Free University of Bolzano (Italy) Eleonora Zedda, Institute of Information Science and Technologies "Alessandro Faedo" (ISTI) - National Research Council of Italy (CNR)  (Italy)