[agents] [meetings][CFP][Special Session] RO-MAN 2024 - Call for Proposals of Special Session and Papers of Special at the 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

[Alessandra Rossi]

Call for Proposals of Special Session and Papers of Special Sessions

Dear colleagues,

We are very pleased to invite you to submit your proposals for Special
Sessions at the 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human
Interactive Communication, which will take place at the Pasadena Convention
Center in Pasadena, California, USA, from August 26th to 30th, 2024.

The theme of the IEEE RO-MAN 2024 is “Embracing Human-Centered HRI”.

The annual conference serves as a platform for researchers to showcase
cutting-edge innovations and present state-of-the-art findings across a
diverse spectrum of topics related to Robot and Human Interactive
Communication.

Please visit the office website www.ro-man2024.org for more information.

The format of RO-MAN 2024 will be either "hybrid" or in-person only. The
committee will make a decision in early 2024.

***Important Dates***

Proposal Submission Deadline: January 19, 2024

Notification of Proposal Acceptance: February 2, 2024

Special Session Paper Submission Deadline: March 10, 2024

Notification of Paper Acceptance: May 10, 2024

Camera-ready Paper Deadline: June 7, 2024

The goal of the special sessions is to provide a forum for focused oral
presentations highlighting emerging topics or innovative applications of
established approaches. A typical special session consists of four to six
papers, which, for example, addresses a particular theme or consists of
collaborative work done in an international project or network. It is
expected for each special session to be run for 80 minutes ~ 2 hours
approximately.

TEMPLATES AND SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

Prospective special session organisers are invited to submit a proposal via
the main conference's submission system
<https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl>. The organisers of
the accepted special sessions will be responsible for the high-quality
peer-review of the submitted papers according to IEEE standards (i.e. at
least 2 anonymous peer-reviews). The organisers will be Associate Editors
(AE) for the proposed session, and they will be responsible for assigning
reviewers and  evaluating the submitted paper for their special session.

All submitted special session papers will be subject to the same
peer-review process as for regular papers and will be included in the main
conference proceedings (IEEE Xplore Digital Library).

Proposals should include the following information:

   -

   Title: Please propose a title that shows the relevance of the session
   for the RO-MAN community and the innovativeness of the proposed topic.
   -

   Aims and scope of the Special Session: Please explain why the chosen
   topic is novel, relevant and can potentially contribute to the RO-MAN
   community, and how it’s well suited within the conference theme or other
   new emerging themes with a potential impact.
   -

   Organisers and biographies: Please provide a short bio-sketch  for each
   session organiser including name, title, affiliation, country, email,
   phone, their experience related to the topic of the Special Session.
   -

   Tentative speakers: Please provide a list of prospective contributing
   authors and tentative titles. Special Sessions are normally expected to
   have 4 to 6 papers. Invited speakers or session-related demonstrations
   (such as renowned speakers or industrial talks) could be a part of the
   Special Session.

Proposals should not exceed a maximum of 5 pages.

Templates are availables for LaTeX
<https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/tex.php> and MS Word
<https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/word.php>.

The primary criteria in the evaluation of special session proposals will be
the timeliness of the topics, the quality, track record, and diversity of
the proposers and speakers, the coherence of the proposal, the novelty or
creativity, and the expected value added to the overall conference. Aspects
of diversity that will be considered include the age, gender, national
origin, background, and workplace of the proposers and speakers. We will
give priority to proposals that fully follow these requirements. Moreover,
we encourage the submission of special sessions organized by communities
that are under-represented within the RO-MAN activities.

For any questions and further information about the Special Session
proposal, please email submission at ro-man2024.org

IEEE RO-MAN 2024 Organizing Committee

***Special Session Chairs***

Alessandra Rossi and Lantao Liu
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