[agents] [CFP] RO-MAN 2020: Call for Papers

[Silvia Rossi]

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*** CALL FOR PAPERS ***

29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN2020)
31th August - 4th September 2020
Napoli, Italy

http://ro-man2020.org
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FULL PAPERS
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2020
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: MAY 27, 2020
CAMERA-READY DEADLINE: JUNE 15, 2020

The Ro-MAN2020 is a leading forum where state-of-the-art innovative results, the latest developments as well as future perspectives relating to robot and human interactive communication are presented and discussed. The conference covers a wide range of topics related to Robot and Human Interactive Communication, involving theories, methodologies, technologies, empirical and experimental studies. Papers related to the study of the robotic technology, psychology, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, human factors, ethics and policies, interaction-based robot design and other topics related to human-robot interaction are welcome.

Conference theme:
Robots with Heart, Mind, and Soul
The fruitful interaction of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics is currently leading the Robot and Human Interactive Communication community towards new frontiers where perceptual, reasoning, manipulation, and interaction capabilities are effectively deployed in real word applications.
Still, there are several research challenges to be addressed. Firstly, the robot mind can be enhanced by a heart, so social and emotional capabilities are required to complement every single robotic functionality. It is not just a matter of performing an interaction task correctly, but mainly of performing such tasks in a way that is believable and acceptable to humans.
The user's experience with the robot is key to its large-scale adoption. Companies need to build solutions rooted in a deeper analysis of humans' specificities.
At the same time, academia needs to nurture the development of an extended research community with a set of interdisciplinary skills to investigate the required robot's capabilities for interactive communication with human beings, for defining decision, machine learning algorithms, and cognitive architectures to appropriately adapt the robot's behavior to the social context.
Finally, such new bootstrap in robotic technologies for everyday life will require a soul, so to address social, legal, and ethical issues that arise by the uptake robots in personal domains, as such skills are fundamental to achieve technological innovation which aligns with social, ethical and legal values, in the direction of an ELSE (Ethical, Legal, Social, and Economic) Robotics. Works that address open research problems with a clear view of the practical application, both from the point of view of a direct realization in the market and from the point of view of possible implications of such technologies are welcome.

FULL PAPERS
Authors should submit their papers electronically in PDF format via Papercept (http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl). For the first submission, a manuscript can be of 6-8 pages. For the final submission, a manuscript should be of 6 pages, with 2 additional pages allowed but at an extra charge. All papers are reviewed using a single-blind review process.

All papers submitted to RO-MAN 2020 will undergo a peer-review process. A manuscript will be reviewed by at least two reviewers, who will provide detailed comments and - if the submission gets accepted - the authors submit a revised ("camera-ready") version that takes into account this feedback. All papers are reviewed using a single-blind review process: authors declare their names and affiliations in the manuscript for the reviewers to see, but reviewers do not know each other's identities, nor do the authors receive information about who has reviewed their manuscript.

Authors should use the templates provided by the electronic submission system. The templates for US Letter format paper should be used.

The manuscript submission website will require that you submit your abstract and make any final changes to the author list and title of the paper before uploading the paper.

All authors and co-authors must be registered in the electronic system. It is the corresponding author's responsibility to ensure that the complete author list and the correct title are being entered. This information will be used for the conference program and the proceedings.

AUTHORS SHOULD ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING STEPS FOR SUBMITTING THE PAPER (FOR INITIAL SUBMISSION):
- Create an account: go to https://ras.papercept.net/, then PIN and fill out the form. Ask all your co-authors to do the same if they do not have an account on the system yet, write down the authors' PINs (this information is needed for manuscript processing purposes).
- Go to Support Menu and depending on how you are preparing your paper, download a template: LaTeX or MS-Word, Use these templates/style files to create the paper and save in PDF format.
- Upload the paper: go to https://ras.papercept.net/ and click on "Submit a contribution to RO-MAN 2020".
- Submit (regular paper, special session paper).
- Fill in the form presented on the next page (make sure to enter all author PINs created in Step 1).

SPECIAL ISSUE ON RO-MAN 2020 CONFERENCE
Best papers will be invited to submit an extended/revised version to a Special Issue on RSJ International Journal of Advanced Robotics.

For any concerns about Full Papers preparation, submission and review process, please contact programchair(at)ro-man2020.org.

PC CO-CHAIRS
Dana Kulić, Monash University (AU)
Dongheui Lee, TUM (DE)
Masahiro Shiomi, ATR (JP)

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Main conference Important Dates:

WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS
Submission deadline: FEBRUARY 16, 2020 
Notification of acceptance: MARCH 18, 2020

FULL PAPERS
Submission deadline: MARCH 15, 2020
Notification of acceptance: MAY 27, 2020

FULL PAPERS (FOR PROPOSED SPECIAL SESSIONS)
Submission deadline: MARCH 15, 2020
Notification of acceptance: MAY 27, 2020

LATE BREAK REPORTS (INTERACTIVE SESSION)
Submission deadline: JUNE 15, 2020 
Notification of acceptance: JUNE 30, 2020

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
General Chair
Silvia Rossi, University of Naples Federico II (IT)

General co-Chair
Adriana Tapus, ENSTA-ParisTech (FR)

Honorary Chair
Bruno Siciliano, University of Naples Federico II (IT)

Program co-Chairs
Dana Kulić, Monash University (AU)
Dongheui Lee, TUM (DE)
Masahiro Shiomi, ATR (JP)

Special Sessions Co-Chairs
Angelo Cangelosi, University of Manchester (UK)
Maria Gini, University of Minnesota (USA) 
Takayuki Nagai, Osaka University (JP)

Treasurer/Finance Chair
Alessandro Di Nuovo, Sheffield Hallam University (UK)
Finance co-Chair
Claudia Di Napoli, National Research Council (IT)

Publication co-Chairs
Francoise Ferland, Université de Sherbrooke (CA)
Davide Marocco, University of Naples Federico II (IT)

Tutorial/Workshop co-Chairs
Ganesh Gowrishankar, CNRS-AIST JRL (JP), 
Mariacarla Staffa, University of Naples Federico II (IT)
Hatice Kose, Istanbul Technical University (TR)

Interactive Session (Extended Abstracts) Chair
Tetsunari Inamura, National Institute of Informatics, (JP)
Katerina Pastra, Cognitive Systems Research Institute (GR)

Award co-Chairs 
Nak Young Chong, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology JAIST (JP) 
Fulvio Mastrogiovanni, University of Genova (IT) 

Publicity Chairs 
Alessandra Sciutti, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia IIT (IT)
Jongsuk Choi, Korea Institute of Science and Technology KIST (KR)
Fumihide Tanaka, Tsukuba University (JP)
Chenguang Yang, Bristol Robotics Laboratory (UK)
Brad Hayes, University of Colorado Boulder (USA)
Katrin Solveig Lohan, Heriot-Watt University (UK)

Local Arrangement co-Chairs
Autilia Vitiello, University of Napoli Federico II (IT) 
Antonio Origlia, University of Napoli Federico II (IT)
Daniela Conti, Sheffield Hallam University (UK)

Registration co-Chairs
Alessandra Rossi, University of Hertfordshire (UK)
Roxana Agrigoroaie, ENSTA Paris (FR)

Web Chairs
Giovanni Ercolano, University of Napoli Federico II (IT)

Web Design Chair
Pamela Salvo (IT)

Fundraising and Exhibition Chairs
Huan Tan, UBTECH (USA)
Amir Aly, Ritsumeikan University (JP)
Gabriele Trovato, Waseda University (JP)