CFP
WeCARe2020: WeCARe - Workshop on Inclusive Communication between Automated Vehicles and Vulnerable Road Users |
Website | https://wecare-workshop.github.io/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wecare2020 |
Submission deadline | August 6, 2020 |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | WeCARe: Workshop on Inclusive Communication between | | Automated Vehicles and Vulnerable Road Users | | | | Virtual (Oldenburg, Germany); Early October, 2020 | | in conjunction with MobileHCI 2020 (https://mobilehci.acm.org/2020/) | | | | Website: https://wecare-workshop.github.io/ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== ! Due to the measures against COVID-19, this workshop will be held online. ! ! Some details may still change. Please check the website for updates. ! =============================================================================== ---------------------| IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE WORKSHOP |---------------------- * Submission deadline: August 6th, 2020 * Notification of acceptance: August, 2020 * Camera ready version due: September, 2020 * Workshop date: Early October, 2020 ----------| OBJECTIVES: Inclusive Communication between AVs and VRUs |--------- Automated vehicles (AVs) are expected to become a part of the road traffic in the near future. This upcoming change raises concerns on how human vulnerable road users (VRUs), e.g., cyclists or pedestrians, would interact with them to ensure safe communication on the road. Previous work focused primarily on the scenario in which a young adult without impairments crosses a street in front of an automated vehicle. Several road user groups, such as children, seniors, or people with special needs, in roles of pedestrians and cyclists, are not considered in this scenario. On top of this, cultural differences are rarely considered. To ensure that future traffic is safe and accessible for all citizens, we aim to address inclusive communication between automated vehicles and vulnerable road users. In this workshop, we will discuss and exchange methods, tools, and scenarios applicable for inclusive communication, identify the most relevant research gaps, and connect people for future collaborations. ------------------------------| WORKSHOP THEMES |------------------------------ Potential topics to be discussed at the workshop include, but are not limited to: * Overview on current state and research gaps in research on interactions between AVs and VRUs * Communication concepts for underrepresented user groups, such as - Children - People with impaired vision - Older adults * Guidelines for inclusive design from related domains, such as - Mobile Human-Computer Interaction - Human-Robot Interaction -------------------------------| PARTICIPATION |------------------------------- This workshop welcomes researchers and practitioners with interest in accessible technology, interactive technologies for children, seniors, or people with impairments, or automotive user interfaces. Specifically, we want to reach those developing mobile interfaces for traffic participants (e.g., pedestrians, or cyclists), inclusive interfaces (addressing, e.g., visually impaired people), or external human-machine interfaces for AVs. This workshop aims at providing an overview of the current state of the research for interaction between AVs and VRUs. We want to identify the research gap and raise awareness for lowering the barriers to traffic participation. The participants can expect experience and live feedback in designing inclusive interfaces. Further, we plan to establish communication with workshop attendees for future (international) collaborations. Participants are invited to submit papers or videos to the workshop. The review process will be conducted by a program committee consisting of the organizers. Registration for the workshop is mandatory for all workshop participants and will be EUR 30 (or EUR 20 for early registrations). --------------------------------| SUBMISSIONS |-------------------------------- Participants are invited to submit a three-minute video or a position paper of two to four pages, not counting references, via EasyChair by August 6th 2020. All submissions must follow the new ACM Conference Proceedings "Master" Template: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow/. Submissions are not anonymous but reviews will be done anonymously (single-blind). Each paper will receive at least two reviews. All accepted papers will be published online before the beginning of the workshop. -----------------------------| WEBSITE & CONTACT |----------------------------- For further information have a look at https://wecare-workshop.github.io/. You may also contact the workshop organizers directly or send an e-mail to wecare2020@pm.me. ---------------------------------| ORGANIZERS |-------------------------------- Andreas Löcken, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI), Germany Mark Colley, Ulm University, Germany Andrii Matviienko, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany Kai Holländer, LMU Munich, Germany Debargha Dey, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Azra Habibovic, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden Andrew L. Kun, University of New Hampshire, US Susanne Boll, University of Oldenburg, Germany Andreas Riener, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI), Germany ----------------------------------| FUNDING |---------------------------------- A. Löcken is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) through the Automated and Connected Driving funding program under Grant No. 16AVF2145F (SAVe; funding volume: 989 296 €). M. Colley works within the project 'Interaction between automated vehicles and vulnerable road users' (Intuitiver) funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg. A. Habibovic is supported by the Swedish Strategic Vehicle Research and Innovation programme (FFI) through the project External interaction principles for creating trust in heavy automated vehicles (ref 2019-05901). A. Kun was supported in part by NSF grant CMMI-1840085. Looking forward to hearing from you.