Connectionists: 2nd International Summer School on Social Human-Robot Interaction

[Serge Thill]

[Apologies for cross-posting]

Final Call for Participation “2nd International Summer School on Social 
Human-Robot Interaction".

24th-28th of August 2015

Mariehamn, Åland, Finland

URL: http://www.HRIsummerschool.org

The 2nd International Summer School on Social Human-Robot Interaction 
welcomes PhD students and young researchers for an intensive five days 
of lectures and ateliers that cover a wide range of topics in social 
HRI. It follows up from the 1st Summer School, held at Christ’s College, 
Cambridge, UK.

The summer school will be held in Mariehamn, Åland, Finland from Monday 
the 24th of August to Friday the 28th of August 2015.

The summer school will have a wide-ranging programme of lectures, 
discussions and hands-on ateliers on topics such as social signal 
processing, robotics and autism, child-robot interaction, multi-modal 
communication, natural language interaction, smart environments, robot 
assisted therapy, interaction design for robots, tools and technologies, 
and ethics. The school is for participants who seek a background and 
hands-on experience in the interdisciplinary science and technology 
supporting social human-robot interaction.

Interested students need to candidate to the summer school by sending an 
email to socialhri2015 at gmail.com with, in one pdf, a motivation letter, 
CV, and contact details of a referee person (more details are available 
on the website, under registration).

Applications are accepted until the 5th of May, 2015 (note: extended 
deadline). The school is supported by the IEEE-RAS Summer School 
programme, and the EU projects DREAM and ROBOT-ERA; allowing us to 
reduce participation and accommodation fees (690€ for a shared room; 
810€ for a single room). A maximum of 60 participants will be accepted.

The International Summer School on Social Human-Robot Interaction is 
organized by Tony Belpaeme (Plymouth University, UK), Serge Thill 
(University of Skövde, Sweden) and Bram Vanderborght (Vrije Universiteit 
Brussel, Belgium).

For information and queries, please visit the website at 
http://www.HRIsummerschool.org or email socialhri2015 at gmail.com.

Kind regards and hope to see you in Åland,


The Organizers: Tony Belpaeme, Serge Thill, and Bram Vanderborght