DEI HRI 2022: Inclusive HRI: Equity and Diversity in Design, Application, Methods, and Community Virtual conference (within the ACM/IEEE HRI 2022 conference) Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, March 7-11, 2022 |
Conference website | https://sites.google.com/view/dei-hri-2022/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=deihri2022 |
Submission deadline | February 11, 2022 |
Statement of Objectives
Although being a pressing issue, an understanding of how robotic systems can replicate and amplify inequalities and injustice among underrepresented communities is still to be achieved within the HRl community. This workshop contributes to filling this gap by exploring the research questions: What do Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) mean in the context of HRI? How can we promote DEI in HRI? Our goal is to raise awareness on the importance of including DEI aspects in HRI to avoid exacerbating existing or creating new biases. This workshop will center around the themes of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Human-Robot Interaction. An additional goal of this workshop is to build community and solidarity among researchers in HRI who work on and are affected by these various and related issues. More information on the workshop can be found on the dedicated website.
Submission Guidelines
We invite authors to submit extended abstracts (up to 2 pages, excluding references) and short papers (up to 4 pages, excluding references) on a range of topics relevant to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in HRI. Submissions may present current or in-progress research, position papers, critical essays, and summaries of already published research from all areas of HRI. Since we hope to learn from other fields of knowledge and form new connections with related research communities, we also welcome submissions from researchers outside of the HRI community.
- Deadline for Paper Submission: February 11th, 2022
- Paper Acceptance Notification: February 25th, 2022
- Camera Ready Paper: March 4th, 2022
- Workshop date: March 11th, 2022
Papers should be formatted according to the IEEE two-column format. Submissions will be evaluated according to their fit to the workshop theme, and their adherence to the scientific standards of the discipline of origin. The workshop proceedings will be made publicly available on our website
List of Topics
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Accessibility
- Bias in AI/ML algorithms
- Disability and Ableism
- Gender issues
- LGBTQIA+ issues
- Inclusive education
- Intersectional feminism
- Issues of representation
- Neurodiversity
- Racism
- The global south
The topics above can address one or more of the following domains:
- HRI design
- HRI applications
- HRI research methods
- HRI community
The workshop proceedings will be published on the website of the workshop.
Organizers
- Dr. Maartje de Graaf - Utrecht University - m.m.a.degraaf@uu.nl
- Dr. Giulia Perugia - Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) - g.perugia@tue.nl
- Dr. Eduard Fosch-Villaronga (corresponding) - Leiden University - e.fosch.villaronga@law.leidenuniv.nl
- Dr. Angelica Lim - Simon Fraser University - angelica@sfu.ca
- Dr. Frank Broz - Delft University - f.broz@tudelft.nl
- Dr. Elaine Short, Tufts University, elaine.short@tufts.edu
- Prof. dr. Mark Neerincx, Delft University and TNO, m.a.neerincx@tudelft.nl
Venue
The DEI HRI 2022 workshop will be held virtually in conjunction with the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction.
Contact
More information on the workshop can be found in the workshop website. All questions about submissions should be emailed to the workshop organisers.