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Center for Intelligent Systems

RO-MAN 2005

14th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

August 13-15, 2005
Marriott at Vanderbilt
2555 West End Ave.
Nashville, TN 37203 USA


Conference Schedule

Registration Times

Onsite Registration and Pre-registered Attendees may pick up their workshop packets onsite at the Marriott at these times:

Saturday, August 13
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Sunday, August 14
7:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Monday, August 15
7:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Additional Banquet tickets may be purchased at this time (for non-registered attendees, spouses, etc.)

Welcome Reception

There will be a Welcome Reception in the Acorn Ballroom [1st floor of Marriott] from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM on Saturday, August 13.

Banquet

The Banquet will be held from 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Sunday, August 14 in the Acorn Ballroom [1st floor of Marriott].
Additional Banquet tickets may be purchased at the registration desk (for non-registered attendees, spouses, etc.)

Detailed Presentation Schedule with Abstracts

A detailed program showing sessions and abstracts is available here.

Workshop Session Schedule

Sunday, August 14th, 2005

Time

Salon A/B

Salon C

Salon D

Salon E

Acorn Room

8:00AM

K1: Keynote Address, Rob Ambrose





9:00AM

Break

9:30AM

1A: Cognitive Psychology I

1B: Socially Interactive Robots I

1C: Mobile Robot Navigation with Interactive Human Robot Communication

1D: Medical Robots and Systems for the Future


10:30AM

2A: Cognitive Psychology II

2B: Socially Interactive Robots II

2C: Unmanned Systems in the US Army

2D: Medical Robots and Systems for the Future


11:30AM

Break

1:00PM

3A: Human Factors Evaluations

3B: Embodied Interaction & Communication

3C: Action analysis in humans, computers and robots

3D: Interaction Design for Adaptation


3:00PM

Break

3:30PM

4A: Assistive Robots

4B: Face, Body & Emotion Recognition

4C: Embodied Interaction and Communication

4D: Robot Companions


5:30PM

Break

7:00PM





K2: Banquet and Keynote Address, Aude Billard

9:00PM

End of day

 










Monday, August 15th, 2005

Time

Salon A/B

Salon C

Salon D

Salon E

Acorn Room

8:00AM

K3: Keynote Address, Cynthia Breazeal





9:00AM

Break

9:30AM

5A: Robots for Children

5B: Mobile Robots

5C: Human-Robot Interaction for Therapeutic Applications

5D: Machine Learning and Consciousness


10:30AM

6A: Entertainment Robots

6B: Multimodal Communication

6C:

6D: Human Adaptive Mechatronics I


11:30AM

Break

1:00PM

7A: Skill Acquisition

7B: Motion, Task Planning and Coordination

7C: Cognitive Science and Robotics: Experiments and Models

7D: Human Adaptive Mechatronics II


3:00PM

Break

3:30PM

8A: Medical Applications

8B: Emotional Interaction

8C: Adaptive Working Memory and Supporting Technologies

8D: What does it know, how does it know, and what will it do? Naive understandings of mechanical minds


5:30PM

End of day



All Plenary Sessions during the 2005 RO-MAN Workshop are co-sponsored by the HOSEI University IT research Center & Hosei University Research Institute, California.



Call for Papers

This year's workshop theme addresses fundamental issues of the co-existence of human and intelligent machines and recent advancements of technological advancements as well as psychological research on interactive communication and collaboration. Traditionally, RO-MAN workshops aim to expand research outcomes to the real-world applications for the enhancement of human-competence in such intelligent-human-machine interaction in a networked society. Philosophical fundamentals, psychological advancements and methodological extensions towards new human-robot interaction paradigms are comprehensively scoped in the workshop. The focus of the workshop includes the following topics. The workshop will also include special sessions.

Topics: The scope of the workshop includes but is not limited to:
  • Embodied interaction and communication
  • Multi-modal communication
  • Face and body expression and recognition
  • Philosophical issues of human-robot coexistence
  • Cognitive psychology in human-robot interactions
  • Artificial emotion and emotional communication
  • Human factors evaluations for human-robot systems
  • Virtual and augmented tele-presence environments
  • Robotic therapy and medical/surgical applications
  • Socially interactive robots
  • Entertainment and education robots
  • Collaborative robotis in manufacturing environments
  • Situation recognition and understanding of task contents
  • Motion, task planning and coordination in human-robot teams
  • Skill acquisition through teaching, interaction, or imitation
  • Robot assistants for care of the elderly or disabled

Instructions for Authors

Papers reporting original and unpublished research results pertaining to the above and related topics are being solicited. Submissions should include the title, all authors, e-mail and postal address(es), tel/fax numbers, and abstract on the first page. All paper submissions should be in English and 4-6 pages in length (using the IEEE two-column template).

Only online submissions will be accepted. Authors should represent substantially new work that has not been previously published. RO-MAN 2005 Workshop papers will be selected on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The paper submission deadline is April 20. Online instructions for authors will be available by mid-February. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit their final version for publication in the Proceedings. Final camera-ready submissions are due by June 25.

Special Session Proposals and Papers

Special Sessions should be submitted to the Conference Technical Committee Co-Char, Prof. Sarkar via e-mail (nilanjan.sarkar@vanderbilt.edu). The Proposed Special Session format should plan for three to five papers. Special Session Chairs will collect and be responsible for their session papers. Special Session Chairs set the paper submission deadline for their session. However the deadlines for notification of acceptance of papers and the receipt of camera ready final papers in special sessions will abide by the same deadlines as regular papers. For those who have not proposed a session, please complete the short Intent for Special Session form and submit to Dr. Sarkar. We look forward to hearing from you.

Paper Submission Deadlines

April 20, 2005 -- Paper submission deadline
June 10, 2005 -- Notification of Acceptance (delayed)
June 25, 2005 -- Camera-ready final papers due (.pdf format only)
June 25, 2005 -- Conference registration due (authors)
August 13-15, 2005 -- Conference in Nashville

Organizing Committee

General Co-Chairs:
Kaz Kawamura, Vanderbilt Univ, USA, kawamura@vuse.vanderbilt.edu
Alan Schultz, Naval Research Lab, USA, schultz@aic.nrl.navy.mil

Program Co-Chairs:
Marjorie Skubic, Univ of Missouri - Columbia, USA, skubicm@missouri.edu
Nilanjan Sarkar, Vanderbilt Univ, USA, nilanjan.sarkar@vanderbilt.edu

Publications Chair:
Mitch Wilkes, Vanderbilt Univ, USA, wilkes@vuse.vanderbilt.edu

Finance Chair:
Ali Sekmen, Tennessee State Univ, USA, asekmen@Tnstate.edu

Local Arrangements Chair:
Julie A. Adams, Vanderbilt Univ, USA, julie.a.adams@vanderbilt.edu

Student Program Chair:
Tamara Rogers, Tennessee State Univ, USA, trogers3@Tnstate.edu

Publicity Co-Chairs:
Carlotta J. Berry, Tennessee State Univ, USA, cjohnson35@Tnstate.edu
Flo Fottrell, Vanderbilt Univ, USA, cis-irl@vuse.vanderbilt.edu

Webmaster:
Will Dodd, Vanderbilt Univ, USA, will.dodd@vanderbilt.edu

Secretariat:
Flo Fottrell, Vanderbilt Univ, USA, cis-irl@vuse.vanderbilt.edu

Sponsors

IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society
Robotics Society of Japan / NTF

Technical Co-Sponsor

IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

Keynote Speakers

Rob Ambrose (NASA / Johnson Space Center, Houston)
Aude Billard (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne EPFL)
Cynthia Breazeal (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

For an introduction to the keynote speakers, please click here.

Student Papers

There will be a Best Student Paper Award competition. To be eligible for this competition, the student must be the primary author and present the paper. Further information can be found at the Student Program webpage.



For further information, please contact the RO-MAN 2005 Secretariat at:

Florence (Flo) Fottrell
Center for Intelligent Systems / RO-MAN 2005
VU Box 350131 Sta B
Nashville TN 37235-0131 USA
1.615.343.0697 (Phone)
1.615.322.7062 (Fax)
cis-irl@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (E-mail)


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