<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">[Apologies for cross-posting]</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">===================================================</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Call for papers</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Workshop on Communicating Intentions in Human-Robot Interaction</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> August 31, 2016</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> in conjunction with</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2016)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> August 26-31, 2016</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Columbia University, New York</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">===================================================</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">---[Dates]---</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Submission deadline extended: July 1, 2016 (23:59 PST)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Notification of acceptance: July 8, 2016</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Workshop date: August 31, 2016</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">---[Background and motivation]---</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Research in the cognitive sciences, in particular social neuroscience, has in recent </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">years made substantial progress in elucidating the mechanisms underlying the </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">recognition and communication of intentions in natural human-human social interactions </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">and in developing computational models of these mechanisms. However, there is </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">much less research on the mechanisms underlying the human interpretation of </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">the behavior of artifacts, such as robots or automated vehicles, and the attribution </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">of intentions to such systems.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Furthermore, robots’ recognition of human intentions is arguably a prerequisite </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">for pro-social behavior, and necessary to engage in, for instance, instrumental </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">helping or mutual collaboration. To develop robots that can interact naturally </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">and effectively with people therefore requires the creation of systems that can </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">perceive and comprehend intentions in other agents.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">For research on social interactions between humans and robots/agents in general, </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">and mutual recognition/communication of intentions in particular, it is therefore </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">important to be clear about the theoretical framework and inherent assumptions </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">underlying technological implementations. This also has ramifications for the evaluation </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">of the quality of human-robot interactions.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Overall, the role of intentions in human-robot interaction very much remains an active </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">and growing research area in which further development is necessary, and the purpose </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">of this workshop is to advance the state of the art in that respect. The intended audience </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">consists of researchers from robotics, AI and the cognitive sciences. The focus is on </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">interdisciplinary interaction.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">---[Workshop Content]---</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The workshop will be centered around three main activities:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">(i) keynote presentations to highlight the overall state of the art;</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">(ii) paper presentations that deal with specific aspects of the work carried out </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">by workshop participants;</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">(iii) a round-table discussion that will allow all participants to contribute their thoughts </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">on the open and most pressing research challenges.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">---[Keynote Speakers]---</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">* Vanessa Evers, University of Twente</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">* TBA</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">---[Scope]---</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Suitable topics for the workshop address intention communication in Human-Robot Interaction; </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">for instance:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">* mechanisms of intention communication in Human-Robot interaction;</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">* machine recognition of human intentions;</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">* human recognition/attribution of robot intentions;</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">* implications for the evaluation of HRI.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">We particularly encourage papers that consider mutual </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">recognition/communication of intentions (i.e. that consider </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">both human recognition of robot intentions and robot recognition </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">of human intentions in given application contexts), but will </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">also consider papers that deal with uni-directional intention </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">recognition/communication. Papers can be pure position</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">papers, or can substantiate their message with empirical work.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Papers will be peer-reviewed and we emphasize that papers must make an</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">interesting, relevant, and novel contribution (whether theoretical or</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">empirical) to the state of the art.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">---[Submission Instructions]---</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">We expect papers to be 4 - 8 pages using the IEEE conference templates</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">(available at</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(71, 135, 255);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><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 style="font-kerning: none" class="">).</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(71, 135, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">Please e-mail your paper to <a href="mailto:tom.ziemke@his.se" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">tom.ziemke@his.se</span></a>, <a href="mailto:serge.thill@his.se" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">serge.thill@his.se</span></a> and</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none; color: #4787ff" class=""><a href="mailto:alberto.montebelli@his.se" class="">alberto.montebelli@his.se</a></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> by the submission deadline.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">---[Publication]---</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Preliminary proceedings will be published in the "Skövde University</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Studies in Informatics" series (ISSN 1653-2325). 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We will further organize a Frontiers </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">(in Neurorobotics) research topic as a venue for extended papers on the </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">themes of the workshop.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">---[Website]---</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">News and updates will be available at:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(71, 135, 255);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="http://www.intentions.xyz/roman-2016-workshop/" class="">http://www.intentions.xyz/roman-2016-workshop/</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">---[Organisers]—</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Tom Ziemke, Linköping University & University of Skövde, Sweden</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Serge Thill, University of Skövde, Sweden</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Alberto Montebelli, University of Skövde, Sweden</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">----------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Alberto Montebelli, PhD</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Robotics and Cognitive Systems</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">University of Skövde</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">P.O. 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