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/
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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@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.
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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
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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)