<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(Apologies for multiple copies due to cross-posting)</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">***** SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED: July 1 *****</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Due to the end of the academic year in Europe and other places, many researchers requested an extension. </div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Notice that this will be the one and only extension.</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">==================================================================</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">CALL FOR PAPERS AND WORKSHOPS</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The 11th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2019)</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">November 26-29, 2019</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Madrid, Spain</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://icsoro.org/icsr2019/" class="">http://icsoro.org/icsr2019/</a></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">==================================================================</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">== Important Dates (all at 23:59 CEST) ==</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Submission deadline (EXTENDED): <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>July 1, 2019 </div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Workshop proposals: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>July 15, 2019</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Notification of acceptance: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>August 5, 2019</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Workshop notification of acceptance: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>July 31, 2019</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Camera-ready papers: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>August 19, 2019 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Conference: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>November 26-29, 2019</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">== General Information ==</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The 11th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2019) brings together researchers and practitioners working on the interaction between humans and intelligent robots and on the integration of robots into the fabric of our society. ICSR 2019 will take place in Madrid, November 26-29, 2019.</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It is organized by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Systems Engineering and Automation Department. Accepted papers will be included in the ICSR 2019 proceedings published by Springer LNAI series.</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The conference welcomes original contributions describing technically rigorous scientific and philosophical advances in the area of social robotics and artificial intelligence: innovative ideas and concepts, new discoveries and improvements, novel applications on the latest fundamental advances in the core technologies that form the backbone of social robotics, distinguished developmental projects, as well as seminal works in aesthetic design, ethics and philosophy, studies on social impact and influence pertaining to social robotics, and its interaction and communication with human beings.</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">== Topics ==</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Affective and cognitive sciences for socially interactive robots</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Context awareness, expectation, and intention understanding</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Control architectures for social robotics</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Human augmentation, rehabilitation, and medical robots</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Interaction and collaboration among robots, humans, and environments</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Personal robots for the home</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Robot applications in education, entertainment, and gaming</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Robot ethics in human society</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Robots that can adapt to different users</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Robots to assist the elderly and persons with disabilities</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Robots with personality</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Safety in robots working in human spaces</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Socially assistive robots to improve the quality of life</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Social acceptance and impact in the society</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">- Socially appealing design methodologies</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">== SUBMISSION OF PAPERS ==</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Submissions must be made in PDF format and follow the Springer LNCS LNAI style for the layout. All papers will be refereed by the program committee. Full papers are limited to ten pages. Detailed instructions for paper submission are available on the conference website. LNCS style templates are available on the Springer LNCS website. Authors are invited to submit their papers via the OCS submission system: <a href="https://ocs.springer.com/ocs/home/ICSR2019" class="">https://ocs.springer.com/ocs/home/ICSR2019</a>.</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">At least one of the authors will be required to register and attend the conference in order to include the paper in the proceedings.</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">== WORKSHOPS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS ==</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Participants are invited to hold half-day workshops and/or special sessions on topics relevant to social robotics. Proposals on workshops and special sessions will be considered by the organizing committee.</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">== COMPETITION ==</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Social robot designs from practitioners from any discipline, and in any format, and designs, prototypes, performances, or demos selected by the organizing committee will be invited for exhibition during the conference.</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">== EXHIBITIONS ==</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Participants who would like to exhibit their relevant products during the conference should submit a summary describing the demonstration. Exhibition space will be allocated to those approved by the ICSR 2019 organizing committee.</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">== PUBLISHER ==</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2019) will be published by Springer International Publishing as part of the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series (LNAI). The proceedings of the conference are indexed by Springer Link and Scopus. Selected papers will be invited for publication as a Special Issue in the International Journal of Social Robotics (Fall 2020). </div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">== ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ==</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">General Chairs</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Miguel A. Salichs, Univ Carlos III, Madrid, Spain</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shuzhi Sam Ge, National University of Singapore, Singapore</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Program Chairs</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">John-John Cabibihan, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Emilia Barakova, University of Technology Eindhoven, Netherland</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Alan Wagner, Pennsylvania State University, USA</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Publication Chairs</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Hongseng He, Wichita State University, USA</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Alvaro Castro, Univ Carlos III, Madrid, Spain</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Awards Chairs</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Agnieszka Wykowska, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Lola Cañamero, University of Hertfordshire, UK</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Competition Chairs</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Amit Kumar Pandey, SoftBank Robotics, France</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ho Seok AHN, University of Auckland, New Zealand</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Workshop Chairs</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Luisa Damiano, University of Messina, Italy</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Jose Carlos Castillo, Univ Carlos III, Madrid, Spain</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Publicity Chairs</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Silvia Rossi, University of Naples Federico II, Italy</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Pooyan Fazli, San Francisco State University, USA</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Kristiina Jokinen, AI Research Center of AIST Tokyo Waterfront, Japan</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Standing Committee</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shuzhi Sam Ge, National University of Singapore, Singapore</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Oussama Khatib, Stanford University, Stanford, USA</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Maja Mataric, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Haizhou Li, A*Star, Singapore</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Jong Hwan Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Paolo Dario, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pontedera, Italy</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ronald C. Arkin, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We are looking forward to seeing you at ICSR 2019!</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sincerely,</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ICSR 2019 Organizing Committee</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><br class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="">---------------------------------------------------<br class="">Silvia Rossi, PhD<br class="">Assistant Professor</div><div class="">Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology - D.I.E.T.I.<br class=""><br class="">University of Naples Federico II<br class="">Via Claudio, 21, 80125 - Naples, Italy<br class="">phone: +39 081 679963<br class="">skypeid: silvross<br class="">w-page: <a href="http://people.na.infn.it/~srossi" class="">http://wpage.unina.it/silrossi/</a></div><div class="">e-mail: <a href="mailto:silvia.rossi@unina.it" class="">silvia.rossi@unina.it</a><br class="">e-mail: <a href="mailto:silvia.rossi@gmail.com" class="">silvia.rossi@gmail.com</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>