TRAITS 2021: The Road to a successful HRI: AI, Trust and ethicS Workshop Virtual March 1-20, 2021 |
Conference website | https://sites.google.com/view/traits-HRI/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=traits2021 |
Abstract registration deadline | February 21, 2021 |
Submission deadline | February 21, 2021 |
The Road to a successful HRI: AI, Trust and ethicS - TRAITS workshop is held in conjunction with the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2021) conference. Both the workshop and main conference will be fully virtual.
Statement of Objectives
The increasing presence of robots in human-centred environments requires natural robot behaviours to ensure a successful and efficient human-robot interaction (HRI). Guaranteeing such high quality HRIs is very challenging due to the inherent uncertainty of human-robot dynamics involving the perception, reasoning and decision-making of robots and people. In such realities, robots and people need to be able to cooperate together to reach a goal, which can only be achieved if people accept and trust robots to complete their task and prevent any potential harm (emotional or physical) to people and their belongings. Then, they need to correctly interpret the other's behaviour, and act accordingly. Finally, they need to be able to adapt and communicate their intention and internal state in a way that the other counterpart can understand and accept, e.g. through social cues.
Successful HRIs, therefore, can be guaranteed by designing robots:
1) able to autonomously sense and react to the situation, people and the environment by integrating artificial intelligence (AI) techniques;
2) such that people feel comfortable to interact with robots and trust them to reach intended outcomes, and
3) by adhering to ethical and legal principles.
In this context, this workshop aims to explore successful HRI from a multidisciplinary perspective to analyse the different aspects of HRI that impact its success. Particular focus are the AI algorithms required to implement autonomous interactions, and the factors that enhance, undermine, or recover humans' trust in robots. Finally, potential ethical and legal concerns, and how they can be addressed will be considered.
Target Audience
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Evaluation of human-robot interaction quality;
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Human factors affecting successful HRI;
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Mental models in HRI;
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XAI in HRI;
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Trustworthy AI;
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Antecedents of Trust and Human-Robot Trust;
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The impact of social robots on acceptance in HRI;
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Legal frameworks for trustworthy robotics;
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Ethics implications in HRI
Important Dates
Deadline for Paper Submission before early registration: January 24th, 2021
Paper Acceptance Notification for first notification: January 28th, 2021
Deadline for Paper Submission as regular registration: February 21st, 2021
Paper Acceptance Notification as regular registration: March 1st, 2021
Camera Ready Paper: March 6th, 2021
Main Conference Date: March 08–11, 2021
Workshop Date: March 12, 2021
Submission Guidelines
Authors are invited to submit a 2-page extended abstract or a full paper up to 6 pages on origin and unpublished research. All submitted papers will be reviewed by two reviewers. The abstracts of the accepted papers will appear on the workshop website.
Authors should submit their papers formatted according to the ACM SIG format, which is also used for contributions to the main conference. All papers must be submitted in PDF format. Use the following templates to create the paper and generate or export a PDF file: LaTeX, on Overleaf or MS-Word.
Following HRI 2021 directives, we invite authors to prepare an anonymised submission. Authors are expected to remove author and institutional identities from the cover page, the acknowledgements section, and the PDF meta-data. More information about how to anonymise your submission can be found on the conference website.
Authors will be able to submit a PDF copy through EasyChair. Please see submission instructions.
Organising Committee
- Antonio Andriella, Institut de Robotica i Informatica Industrial (CSIC-UPC), Spain aandriella@iri.upc.edu
- Dr Alessandra Rossi, University of Naples Federico II, Italy alessandra.rossi@ieee.org
- Prof Silvia Rossi, University of Naples Federico II, Italy silrossi@unina.it
- Dr Anouk van Maris, Bristol Robotics Laboratory (UWE), UK anouk.vanmaris@uwe.ac.uk
Invited Speakers
- Prof Kerstin Dautenhahn, University of Waterloo, Canada (confirmed)
- Prof Tony Prescott, University of University of Sheffield, UK (confirmed)
- Dr. Pericle Salvini, University of Oxford, UK (confirmed)
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to the organisers.