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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=IT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>==========================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> *** HAI 2017 Call for Papers ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> The Fifth International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2017)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> Bielefeld, Germany ~ 17 - 20 October 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> http://hai-conference.net/hai2017/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> Submission Site: http://precisionconference.com/~hai/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>==========================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>HAI 2017 is the 5th annual International Conference on Human-Agent<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>Interaction. It aims to be the premier interdisciplinary venue for<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>discussing and disseminating state-of-the-art research and results that<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>have implications across conventional interaction boundaries including<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>robots, software agents and digitally-mediated human-human communication.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>The theme for HAI 2017 is "How autonomy shapes interaction". During the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>last decade a large body of research has been devoted on increasing the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>interaction quality with artificial agents. This has now reached a quite<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>convincing level for focused application scenarios. However, with robots<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>and agents entering our everyday lives such scenarios will require more<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>initiative and flexibility from the agent, i.e. more autonomy. Such<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>autonomous behavior means, on the other hand, that the interaction will<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>become less predictable. This may become problematic given the strong<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>research focus on statistical behavior models that focus on observable<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>behavior based on rather shallow structures. These models may not be able<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>to capture the underlying interaction structure in less restricted<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>scenarios. We thus need a better understanding and model of the underlying<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>interaction principles that not only takes situational and task aspects<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>into account but also includes detailed user models. Therefore, a<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>stronger research focus is needed to better understand the underlying<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>principles of interaction between autonomous agents, leading to better and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>deeper models of interaction. We thus encourage contributions that try to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>tackle this question by focusing on more realistic and life-like<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>scenarios.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>The conference seeks contributions from a broad range of fields spanning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>engineering, computer science, psychology and sociology, and will cover<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>diverse topics, including: human-robot interaction, affective computing,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>computer-supported collaborative work, gaming and serious games,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>artificial intelligence, and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>- designs and studies of Human-Agent Interaction, including quantitative<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> and qualitative results<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>- theoretical models of Human-Agent Interaction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>- technological advances in Human-Agent Interaction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>- impacts of embodiment (e.g., physical vs digital, human vs animal-like)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>- experimental methods for Human-Agent Interaction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>- character and avatar design in video games<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>- agents in social network<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>This includes more targeted results that have implications to the broader <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>human-agent interaction community:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>- human-robot interaction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>- human-virtual agent interaction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>- interaction with smart homes and smart cars<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>- distributed groupware where people have remote embodiments and representations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>- and more!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>Full papers, posters, late-breaking results, tutorial/workshop overviews<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>will be archived in the ACM Digital Library.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>*** Important Dates ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>-----------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>* Full Paper Submission * (4-8 pages)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>02 June 2017: Deadline for submission of full papers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>08 July 2017: Notification of acceptance of full papers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>04 August 2017: Final camera-ready papers due<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>* Tutorial/Workshop Proposal Submission *<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>02 June 2017: Deadline for submission of proposals<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>08 June 2017: Notification of acceptance of proposals<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>04 August 2017: Final camera-ready Workshop papers due<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>* Poster and Late-breaking Submission * (2-4 pages)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>25 July 2017: Deadline for submission of posters<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>15 August 2017: Notification of acceptance of posters<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>18 August 2017: Final camera-ready papers due<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>*** Submission and Reviewing ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>--------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>HAI 2017 will accept ONLY online submission of PDF files in the ACM SIGCHI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>format (http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform). </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>ACM copyright area<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>should be left blank. Please visit the submission page<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>http://hai-conference.net/hai2017/submission for more details on preparations for paper submission.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>All submitted paper will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and will<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>receive a meta review for quality assurance. Papers will be evaluated on<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>the basis of research originality, excellence, significance and relevance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>to HAI. We also invite position papers, preliminary (but high impact)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>studies, and concept papers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>*** Organising Committee ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>----------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>* Honorary Chair: Gerhard Sagerer, Bielefeld University, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>* General Co-Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> Britta Wrede, Bielefeld University, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> Yukie Nagai Osaka University, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>* Local Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> Lars Schillingmann, Bielefeld University, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> Andreas Kipp, Bielefeld University, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>* Financial Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> Franz Kummert, Bielefeld University, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>* Program Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> Takanori Komatsu, Meiji University, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> Marc Hanheide, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> Lorenzo Natale, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>* Publication Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> Patrick Holthaus, Bielefeld University, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>* Poster Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> Andreas Kipp, Bielefeld University, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>* Publicity Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> Kazunori Terada, Gifu University, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> Alessandra Sciutti, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>* Workshop Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> Kirsten Bergmann, Bielefeld University, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>* Sponsorship Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> Sebastian Wrede, Bielefeld University, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>* Registration Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> Birte Carlmeyer, Bielefeld University, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>* Web Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'> Lars Schillingmann, Bielefeld University, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:IT'>==========================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>