DEI HRI '24: HRI '24 3rd Workshop on Inclusive HRI Boulder, CO, United States, March 11, 2024 |
Conference website | https://sites.google.com/view/dei-hri/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=deihri24 |
Abstract registration deadline | January 29, 2024 |
Submission deadline | January 29, 2024 |
Despite heightened awareness of the risks robotic systems present to underrepresented groups, the need for increased action on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Human-Robot Interaction (HRl) has not been met. This workshop aims to make the HRI community more diverse and inclusive so that underrepresented groups can participate in the creation of HRI systems and also expand HRI research methods, robot designs, and applications to be more diverse and inclusive.
This workshop explores the research questions: What does DEI mean for robot design, application, and HRI research methods? How can we promote DEI within HRI? Our goal is to raise awareness of the importance of DEI issues in HRI among the wider HRI community so that we can achieve an inclusive HRI in the real world.
Another goal of this workshop is to build a community and solidarity among researchers in HRI who work on and are affected by the various and related issues around DEI.
This workshop is in conjunction with the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction and will be in a hybrid format.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
We are excited to announce the DEI HRI 2024 workshop, to be held in the afternoon on March 11, 2024 (2:00-6:00 PM MDT) with the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) in Boulder, Colorado, USA.
The goal of the DEI 2024 workshop is to provide a forum to share experiences and research insights on identifying, addressing, and integrating DEI aspects in HRI, including robot design, applications, research methods, and the community.
Important Dates
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Deadline for Paper Submission: January 15, 2024 (AOE)
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Paper Acceptance Notification: January 29, 2024
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Camera-Ready Paper Deadline: March 4, 2024
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Workshop Date: March 11, 2024 (2:00-6:00 PM MDT)
All deadlines are at 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AOE) time.
Submission Guidelines
We invite authors to submit extended abstracts (up to 2 pages, excluding references) or short papers (up to 4 pages, excluding references) on a range of topics relevant to these questions and to DEI in HRI in general. Submissions may present work-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 the HRI community.
Authors should submit their papers on EasyChair (https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=deihri24).
Papers should be formatted according to the ACM two-column format (https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template).
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. Paper acceptance requires that at least one author registers for and presents at the workshop, virtually or in person.
List of Topics
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Topics of interest for the short papers/abstracts include, but are not limited to:
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Accessibility
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Bias in AI/ML algorithms
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Disability and Ableism
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Gender issues
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LGBTQIA+ issues
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Inclusive education
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Intersectional feminism
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Issues of representation
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Neurodiversity
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Race, ethnicity, or religion
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The global south
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The topics above can address one or more of the following domains:
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HRI design
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HRI applications
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HRI research methods
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HRI community
Committees
Organizing committee
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Raj Korpan, Hunter College, City University of New York, USA
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Amy Eguchi, UC San Diego, USA
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Zhao Han, University of South Florida, USA
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Anastasia K. Ostrowski, MIT, USA
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Sindhu Ravindranath, IFHE University & ICFAI, India
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Ana Tanevska, Uppsala University, Sweden
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to Raj Korpan at raj.korpan@hunter.cuny.edu