Connectionists: Final CfP and extended deadline (July 1, 2016) - "Workshop on Communicating Intentions in Human-Robot Interaction", New York August 31, 2016

[Alberto Montebelli]

[Apologies for cross-posting]

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Call for papers
Workshop on Communicating Intentions in Human-Robot Interaction
      August 31, 2016

     in conjunction with
  IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human
Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2016)

   August 26-31, 2016
Columbia University, New York
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---[Dates]---

Submission deadline extended: July 1, 2016 (23:59 PST)
Notification of acceptance: July 8, 2016
Workshop date: August 31, 2016

---[Background and motivation]---

Research in the cognitive sciences, in particular social neuroscience, has in recent 
years made substantial progress in elucidating the mechanisms underlying the 
recognition and communication of intentions in natural human-human social interactions 
and in developing computational models of these mechanisms. However, there is 
much less research on the mechanisms underlying the human interpretation of 
the behavior of artifacts, such as robots or automated vehicles, and the attribution 
of intentions to such systems.

Furthermore, robots’ recognition of human intentions is arguably a prerequisite 
for pro-social behavior, and necessary to engage in, for instance, instrumental 
helping or mutual collaboration. To develop robots that can interact naturally 
and effectively with people therefore requires the creation of systems that can 
perceive and comprehend intentions in other agents.

For research on social interactions between humans and robots/agents in general, 
and mutual recognition/communication of intentions in particular, it is therefore 
important to be clear about the theoretical framework and inherent assumptions 
underlying technological implementations. This also has ramifications for the evaluation 
of the quality of human-robot interactions.

Overall, the role of intentions in human-robot interaction very much remains an active 
and growing research area in which further development is necessary, and the purpose 
of this workshop is to advance the state of the art in that respect. The intended audience 
consists of researchers from robotics, AI and the cognitive sciences. The focus is on 
interdisciplinary interaction.

---[Workshop Content]---

The workshop will be centered around three main activities:
(i) keynote presentations to highlight the overall state of the art;
(ii) paper presentations that deal with specific aspects of the work carried out 
by workshop participants;
(iii) a round-table discussion that will allow all participants to contribute their thoughts 
on the open and most pressing research challenges.

---[Keynote Speakers]---

* Vanessa Evers, University of Twente
* TBA

---[Scope]---

Suitable topics for the workshop address intention communication in Human-Robot Interaction; 
for instance:

* mechanisms of intention communication in Human-Robot interaction;
* machine recognition of human intentions;
* human recognition/attribution of robot intentions;
* implications for the evaluation of HRI.

We particularly encourage papers that consider mutual 
recognition/communication of intentions (i.e. that consider 
both human recognition of robot intentions and robot recognition 
of human intentions in given application contexts), but will 
also consider papers that deal with uni-directional intention 
recognition/communication. Papers can be pure position
papers, or can substantiate their message with empirical work.

Papers will be peer-reviewed and we emphasize that papers must make an
interesting, relevant, and novel contribution (whether theoretical or
empirical) to the state of the art.

---[Submission Instructions]---

We expect papers to be 4 - 8 pages using the IEEE conference templates
(available at
http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html <http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html>).

Please e-mail your paper to tom.ziemke at his.se <mailto:tom.ziemke at his.se>, serge.thill at his.se <mailto:serge.thill at his.se> and
alberto.montebelli at his.se <mailto:alberto.montebelli at his.se> by the submission deadline.

---[Publication]---

Preliminary proceedings will be published in the "Skövde University
Studies in Informatics" series  (ISSN 1653-2325). Authors have the right
to opt out of these proceedings. We will further organize a Frontiers 
(in Neurorobotics) research topic as a venue for extended papers on the 
themes of the workshop.

---[Website]---

News and updates will be available at:

http://www.intentions.xyz/roman-2016-workshop/ <http://www.intentions.xyz/roman-2016-workshop/>

---[Organisers]—

Tom Ziemke, Linköping University & University of Skövde, Sweden
Serge Thill, University of Skövde, Sweden
Alberto Montebelli, University of Skövde, Sweden

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Alberto Montebelli, PhD
Robotics and Cognitive Systems

University of Skövde
P.O. Box 408
SE-541 28 SKÖVDE
SWEDEN
Tel: +46 76 100 3516
Email: alberto.montebelli at his.se <mailto:alberto.montebelli at his.se>
Web: albertomontebelli.wordpress.com <http://albertomontebelli.wordpress.com/>
 www.intentions.xyz <http://www.intentions.xyz/>
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