13 Nov 2009: Format updated.
11 Nov 2009: Important dates updated.
The field of human-robot interaction is new but growing rapidly. While
there are now several established researchers in the field, many of the
current human-robotic interaction practitioners are students or recently
graduated. This workshop, to be held in conjunction with the
HRI 2010 conference, aims to bring together this group of researchers to present their current research to an audience of their peers in a setting that is less formal and more interactive than the main HRI conference; to talk about the important issues in their field; and to hear about what their colleagues are doing. Participants are encouraged to actively engage and form relationships with others by discussing fundamental topics in HRI and by engaging in hands-on group activities.
We plan to accept approximately 20 graduate students to the workshop.
In the morning, participants will hear short presentations on current
research from 6 selected participants, with time allotted for questions
and discussion after each of these talks. Participants not
allocated to oral presentations will participate in an interactive poster
session.
Following this, a panel of senior HRI researchers from both academia and
industry will field questions from the participants. These discussions
will continue over lunch in smaller groups.
In the afternoon, a hands-on breakout session will involve small
group projects in which participants will investigate how to design a HRI
experiment. Afterward, the groups will present a summary to the entire
workshop.
The workshop will take place on March 2, 2010, in Osaka, Japan, in
conjunction with the HRI 2010 conference.
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