Connectionists: CFP Ro-Man 2021 Workshop: Robot Behavior Adaptation to Human Social Norms

[Amir Aly]

*CALL FOR PAPERS  *

**Apologies for cross-posting **

The *full-day virtual *workshop:

"*Robot Behavior Adaptation to Human Social Norms (TSAR)*"

In conjunction with the *30th IEEE International Conference on Robot and
Human Interactive Communication (Ro-Man) - August 12, 2021*

Webpage: *https://tsar2021.ai.vub.ac.be*
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*I. Aim and Scope *
A key factor for the acceptance of robots as regular partners in
human-centered environments is the appropriateness and predictability of
their behavior. The behavior of human-human interactions is governed by
customary rules that define how people should behave in different
situations, thereby governing their expectations. Socially compliant
behavior is usually rewarded by group acceptance, while non-compliant
behavior might have consequences including isolation from a social group.
Making robots able to understand human social norms allows for improving
the naturalness and effectiveness of human-robot interaction and
collaboration. Since social norms can differ greatly between different
cultures and social groups, it is essential that robots are able to learn
and adapt their behavior based on feedback and observations from the
environment.

This workshop aims to attract the latest research studies and expertise in
human-robot interaction and collaboration at the intersection of rapidly
growing communities, including social and cognitive robotics, machine
learning, and artificial intelligence, to present novel approaches aiming
at learning, producing, and evaluating human-aware robot behavior.
Furthermore, it will provide a venue to discuss the limitations of the
current approaches and future directions towards creating intelligent
human-aware robot behaviors.

*II. Keynote Speakers and Panelists  *


   1.   *Brian Scassellati* – Yale University – USA
   2.   *Greg Trafton *– Naval Research Laboratory – USA
   3.   *Ana Paiva* – University of Lisbon – Portugal
   4.   *Matthias Scheutz* – Tufts University – USA
   5. *  Amit Kumar Pandey* – Hanson Robotics – Hong Kong

*III. Submission *

   1. For paper submission, use the following EasyChair web link: *Paper
   Submission
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   2. Use the RO-MAN 2021 format: *Ro-Man Papers Templates
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   3. Submitted papers should be 6-pages for regular papers and 2-pages for
   position papers.

    The primary list of topics covers the following points (but not limited
to):

   - Human-human vs human-robot social norms
   - Influence of cultural and social background on robot behavior
   perception
   - Learning of socially accepted behavior
   - Behavior adaptation based on social feedback
   - Transfer learning of social norms experience
   - The role of robot appearance on applied social norms
   - Perception of socially normative robot behavior
   - Human-aware collaboration and navigation
   - Social norms and trust in human-robot interaction
   - Representation and modeling techniques for social norms
   - Metrics and evaluation criteria for socially compliant robot behavior

*IV. Important Dates *

   1. Paper submission: *June 30, 2021 (AoE)*
   2. Notification of acceptance: *July 28, 2021 (AoE)*
   3. Workshop: *August 12, 2021*

*V. Organizers  *

   1.   *Oliver Roesler* – Vrije Universiteit Brussel – Belgium
   2.   *Elahe Bagheri* – Vrije Universiteit Brussel – Belgium
   3.   *Amir Aly* – University of Plymouth – UK
   4. *  Silvia Rossi* – University of Naples Federico II – Italy
   5.   *Rachid Alami **– CNRS-LAAS – France*


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*Dr. Amir Aly*

Lecturer in Computer Science

Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems (CRNS)

School of Engineering, Computing, and Mathematics

Room B332, Portland Square, Drake Circus, Plymouth

PL4 8AA

University of Plymouth, UK
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