[image 01050] Call for Special Session Proposal for Ro-MAN 2015

[Takayuki Kanda]

Image MLの皆様，

8/31-9/4に神戸で開催される国際会議，Ro-Man2015の案内です．
Special Sessionの提案の締め切りが1/30まで延長されました．
（論文投稿の締め切りは2/16になります．）

皆様の投稿をお待ちしております．

ATR神田

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The 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive
Communication, Kobe International Conference Center, Kobe, Japan August 31
to Sep 3, 2015 

E-mail: 
Web: http://www.ro-man2015.org <http://www.ro-man2015.org/>  

Call for Special Session Proposal

The deadline of Special Session Proposal is extended to 30 January!

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Conference Theme: Interaction with Socially Embedded Robots 

Many types of robots have been developed to communicate with people. The
technologies to support the human-robot communication became the center of
attention in the research field of intelligent robotics. In contrast to the
technological advances, a robot needs to have a practical application such
as education, route guidance, rescue, entertainment, hospital care, home
care, military use, and so on to investigate the potential benefit of using
a communication robot in a real situation and to find further knowledge of
the nature of a socially embedded robot. 

The theme of IEEE RO-MAN 2015 is "Interaction with Socially Embedded
Robots". We welcome papers related to the study of the robotic technology,
psychology, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and Human-Robot
Interaction. In particular, we truly welcome papers focusing on the
technologies to achieve a socially embedded robot, the design of a robot to
apply it into a real application, the trial to use a robot in a practical
field, and the investigation of the socially acceptance of a robot. IEEE
RO-MAN 2015 will offer all of presenters and participants opportunities to
discuss and share your idea and opinion. 

Important Dates: 
Proposals for Special Sessions: Jan/30/2015 
Paper Submission: Feb/16/2015 
Proposals for Workshops & Tutorials: Feb/16/2015 
Notification of Paper Acceptance: April/28/2015 
Camera-Ready Final Papers: Jun/1/2015 

Topics of Interest (but are not restricted to): 
* Innovative robot designs for HRI research. 
* User-centered design of social robots. 
* Novel interfaces and interaction modalities. 
* Long-term experience and longitudinal HRI studies. 
* Evaluation methods and new methodologies for HRI research. 
* Androids. 
* Degrees of autonomy and teleoperation. 
* Human factors and ergonomics in HRI research. 
* Virtual and augmented tele-presence environments. 
* Social, ethical and aesthetic issues in human-robot interaction research. 
* Robots in education, therapy and rehabilitation. 
* Medical and surgical applications of robots. 
* Robot companions and social robots in home environments. 
* Assistive robotics for supporting the elderly or people with special
needs. 
* Applications of social robots in entertainment, service robotics, space 
travel and others. 
* Anthropomorphic robots and virtual humans. 
* Interaction with believable characters. 
* Non-verbal cues and expressiveness in interactions: gesture, posture, 
social spaces and facial expressions. 
* Interaction kinesics. 
* Monitoring of behaviour and internal states of human subjects. 
* Robotic etiquette. 
* Social intelligence for robot. 
* Social presence for robots and virtual humans. 
* Creating relationships with robots and humanoids. 
* Personalities for robotic or virtual characters. 
* Embodiment, empathy and intersubjectivity in interaction with robotic and
virtual characters. 
* Intelligence, motivations and emotions in robots. 
* Curiosity, intentionality and initiative in interaction. 
* Linguistic communication and dialogue with robots and intelligent 
interfaces. 
* Multimodal interaction and conversational skills. 
* Cognitive and sensori-motor development in robots. 
* Cognitive skills and mental models for social robots. 
* Social learning and skill acquisition via teaching and imitation. 
* Programming by demonstration. 
* Cooperation and collaboration in human-robot teams. 
* Human-robot interaction and collaboration in manufacturing environments. 
* Motion planning and navigation in the vicinity of humans. 
* Machine learning and adaptation in human-robot interaction. 
* Multi-modal situation awareness and spatial cognition. 
* Computational architectures for human-robot interaction. 
* Detecting and understanding human activity. 
* Narrative and story-telling in interaction. 

Organizers: 

General Chair: 
Yasusi Nakauchi (Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan) 

PC Chair: 
Michita Imai (Keio Univ., Japan) 

PC Co-charis: 
Bilge Mutlu (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) 
Fulvio Mastrogiovanni (University of Genoa, Italy) 
Jeonghye Han (Cheongju National Univ. of Education, Korea) 

Publication Co-Chairs: 
Zhidong Wang (Chiba Inst. of Tech., Japan) 
Kazuyoshi Wada (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Japan) 

Finance Chair: 
Hiromi Mochiyama (Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan) 

Registration Chair: 
Tomoyuki Yamaguchi (Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan) 

Special Session Co-chairs: 
Yoshimitsu Aoki (Keio Univ., Japan) 
Naoyuki Kubota (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Japan) 
Mihoko Niitsuma (Chuo Univ., Japan) 

E-media Chair: 
Kenji Suzuki (Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan) 

WS & Tutorial Co-Chairs: 
Yasuhisa Hirata (Tohoku Univ., Japan) 
Fumihide Tanaka (Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan) 

Poster Chair: 
Michiya Yamamoto (Kwansei Gakuin Univ., Japan) 

Exhibition Co-Chair: 
Futoshi Kobayashi (Kobe Univ., Japan) 

Publicity Co-Chairs: 
Cecilia Laschi (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy) 
Selma Sabanovic (Indiana University, USA) 
Takayuki Kanda (ATR, Japan) 
Dong-Soo Kwon (KAIST, Korea) 

Local Co-Chairs: 
Daisuke Chugo (Kwansei Gakuin Univ., Japan) 
Satoshi Muramatsu (Kwansei Gakuin Univ., Japan) 
Tomoko Yonezawa (Kansai Univ., Japan) 
Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Osaka Inst. of Tech., Japan) 
Sho Yokota (Toyo Univ., Japan) 

Secretariat: 
Hirotaka Osawa (Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan)