Full and Short Paper Submission

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format for full and short papers.� Eight camera-ready pages including figures are allowed for each full paper. Accepted full papers will be published in the conference proceedings, archived in the ACM Digital Library, and assigned for either oral or full poster presentation.� Authors are also encouraged to submit their late-breaking results for short papers.� Two pages are allowed for each short paper.� Accepted short papers will be assigned for short poster presentation, but will not be published in the conference proceedings. Detailed instructions are available on the conference web site: http://www.hri2008.org.

Video Submission

We invite videos related to all aspects of HRI. Besides the importance of the lessons learned and the novelty of the situation, the entertainment value will be judged. The video itself must be self-explanatory for the audience. The videos will be published in the conference proceedings and archived in the ACM Digital Library.

Tutorials and Workshops

Proposals are sought from those wishing to organize a Tutorial or a Workshop on a HRI-related theme. Tutorials and Workshops will be held on March 12, one day before the main technical sessions.

Exhibitions

There will be an exhibition site at the conference and promoters are encouraged to display state-of-the-art products and services in all areas of robotics and human-robot interaction.

Suggested Topics



Socially intelligent robots

Robot companions

Lifelike robots

Assistive (health & personal care) robotics

Remote robots

Mixed initiative interaction

Multi-modal interaction

Long-term interaction with robots

Awareness and monitoring of humans

Task allocation and coordination

Autonomy and trust

Robot-team learning

User studies of HRI

Experiments on HRI collaboration

Ethnography and field studies

HRI software architectures

HRI foundations

Metrics for teamwork

HRI group dynamics

Individual vs. group HRI

Robot intermediaries

Risks such as privacy or safety

Ethical issues of HRI

Organizational/society impact