[robocup-worldwide] HRI Workshop on Nonverbal Human-Robot Interaction
Justin W Hart
hart at cs.utexas.edu
Sun Jan 3 15:06:34 EST 2021
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Justin
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You are invited to submit your research on Nonverbal Human-Robot
Interaction (nHRI) to this year’s HRI Workshop on Exploring Applications
for Autonomous Non-Verbal Human-Robot Interactions.
Two deadlines: January 24, 2021 & February 21, 2021
Website: https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fview%2Fnon-verbal-hri-2021%2Fhome&data=04%7C01%7Crobocup-worldwide%40cc.gatech.edu%7C3184fd167c0242b03b7408d8b0231a78%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C0%7C0%7C637453012104933991%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=pPdqYQLAJ2ix5N3BJ%2FCM3c4UJLZKeRJRmzOzVONgbTM%3D&reserved=0
Nonverbal Human-Robot Interaction (nHRI) encompasses factors such as: gaze,
gesture, touch, body language, the expression of affect, paralinguistics,
and facial expression.
nHRI has advanced beyond theoretical and computational contributions.
Progress has
been made through a variety of user studies and laboratory experiments as
well as prac-
tical efforts such as integration of nonverbal inputs with other HRI
modalities including
domain specific implementations. This workshop seeks to promote
collaboration between
two threads of research: experimental nHRI, and application domains that
can benefit
from its use. The workshop will link researchers working on new approaches
to nHRI in
the laboratory to applied roboticists who present challenges in specific
domains, such as:
service robots, field robotics, socially-assistive robotics, and
human-robot collaborative work that
could benefit from richer nHRI. This workshop will draw participation from
diverse areas
to evaluate best practices and integration efforts across different
research domains. We will
target a broad, cross-disciplinary audience, and provide a venue for recent
efforts related
to multimodal interaction, system integration, data collection, and user
studies.
The workshop will comprise three focus areas:
1) Theory, User Studies, and Laboratory Experimentation;
2) Applications and Application Domains; and
3) Domain-Specific Challenges.
Papers will include short work-in-progress and position papers (2-4 pages)
and long-format
integration and experimental papers (4-6 pages).
This workshop will facilitate cross-pollination from disparate efforts and
improve our
collective ability to evaluate future nHRI contributions.
Please see our website for more details.
Important Dates:
January 24: Submission deadline for notification before early registration
January 28: Notification for first deadline
January 31: Deadline for early registration
February 21: Submission deadline for any remaining papers
March 1: Notification for second deadline
March 8: ACM/IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
Workshop date: TBD - The day before or the day after HRI
Relevant topics include (but are not limited to):
- Advantages of systems that leverage nHRI in teamwork, companionship, and
other applications
- Theories and perspectives of non-verbal communication
- Exchange of gesture
- Studies of the interpretation of gesture and facial expression
- Microexpressions and affect
- Theory of mind approaches to non-verbal communication
- Variations across cultures of nonverbal expression
- Physical, mental, age, and gender specific expressions
On behalf of the organizing committee,
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Nick DePalma - Visiting Scientist, Facebook AI Research (FAIR)
Justin Hart - Assistant Professor of Practice, The University of Texas at
Austin
Bradley Hayes - Assistant Professor, The University of Colorado Boulder
Karl Kruusamäe - Associate Professor, The University of Tartu
Reuth Mirsky - Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of Texas at Austin
Mitch Pryor - Senior Research Scientist, University of Texas at Austin
Xuesu Xiao - Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of Texas at Austin
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