<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">[Apologies for cross-posting]</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">===================================================</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>Call for papers</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Workshop on Communicating Intentions in Human-Robot Interaction</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span> August 31, 2016</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span> in conjunction with</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span> IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2016)</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span> August 26-31, 2016</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>Columbia University, New York</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">===================================================</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">---[Dates]---</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Submission deadline: June 24, 2016 (23:59 PST)</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Notification of acceptance: July 8, 2016</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Workshop date: August 31, 2016</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">---[Background and motivation]---</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Research in the cognitive sciences, in particular social neuroscience, has in recent </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">years made substantial progress in elucidating the mechanisms underlying the </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">recognition and communication of intentions in natural human-human social interactions </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">and in developing computational models of these mechanisms. However, there is </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">much less research on the mechanisms underlying the human interpretation of </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">the behavior of artifacts, such as robots or automated vehicles, and the attribution </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">of intentions to such systems.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Furthermore, robots’ recognition of human intentions is arguably a prerequisite </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">for pro-social behavior, and necessary to engage in, for instance, instrumental </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">helping or mutual collaboration. To develop robots that can interact naturally </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">and effectively with people therefore requires the creation of systems that can </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">perceive and comprehend intentions in other agents.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">For research on social interactions between humans and robots/agents in general, </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">and mutual recognition/communication of intentions in particular, it is therefore </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">important to be clear about the theoretical framework and inherent assumptions </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">underlying technological implementations. This also has ramifications for the evaluation </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">of the quality of human-robot interactions.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Overall, the role of intentions in human-robot interaction very much remains an active </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">and growing research area in which further development is necessary, and the purpose </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">of this workshop is to advance the state of the art in that respect. The intended audience </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">consists of researchers from robotics, AI and the cognitive sciences. The focus is on </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">interdisciplinary interaction.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">---[Workshop Content]---</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">The workshop will be centered around three main activities:</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">(i) keynote presentations to highlight the overall state of the art;</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">(ii) paper presentations that deal with specific aspects of the work carried out </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">by workshop participants;</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">(iii) a round-table discussion that will allow all participants to contribute their thoughts </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">on the open and most pressing research challenges.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">---[Scope]---</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Suitable topics for the workshop address intention communication in Human-Robot Interaction; </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">for instance:</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">* mechanisms of intention communication in Human-Robot interaction;</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">* machine recognition of human intentions;</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">* human recognition/attribution of robot intentions;</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">* implications for the evaluation of HRI.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">We particularly encourage papers that consider mutual </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">recognition/communication of intentions (i.e. that consider </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">both human recognition of robot intentions and robot recognition </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">of human intentions in given application contexts), but will </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">also consider papers that deal with uni-directional intention </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">recognition/communication. Papers can be pure position</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">papers, or can substantiate their message with empirical work.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Papers will be peer-reviewed and we emphasize that papers must make an</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">interesting, relevant, and novel contribution (whether theoretical or</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">empirical) to the state of the art.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">---[Submission Instructions]---</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">We expect papers to be 4 - 8 pages using the IEEE conference templates</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">(available at</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(71, 135, 255);"><span class="" style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html" class="">http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html</a></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">).</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Please e-mail your paper to <a href="mailto:tom.ziemke@his.se" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">tom.ziemke@his.se</span></a>, <a href="mailto:serge.thill@his.se" class="">serge.thill@his.se</a> and</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><a href="mailto:alberto.montebelli@his.se" class="">alberto.montebelli@his.se</a> by the submission deadline.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">---[Publication]---</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Preliminary proceedings will be published in the "Skövde University</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Studies in Informatics" series (ISSN 1653-2325). 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