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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Pioneer Workshop 2009
March 10, 2009

4th Human-Robot Interaction Conference (HRI2009)
March 11-13, 2009 - San Diego, CA, USA

http://www.hripioneers.org/hri09/

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Workshop Description:

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 2009
conference, aims to bring together this group of researchers to discuss their work, talk about the important upcoming issues in the field, and hear about what their colleagues are doing. The workshop is the fourth annual workshop for junior researchers in HRI held in conjunction with
the HRI conference. Those who have not attended a previous session are highly encouraged to submit to this workshop. Previous attendees will be considered for acceptance as well.

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Workshop Format:

The format of the workshop will have participants presenting their work in short talks, hearing from an expert in the field on the important problems in HRI, and meeting in small group sessions to discuss common research themes.

The workshop will take place in March 2009, in San Diego in conjunction with the HRI 2009 Conference. Potential participants are encouraged to submit an abstract of their current research, a statement of motivation, and a letter of recommendation by October 15, 2008 (see the webpage
http://www.hripioneers.org/hri09/ for more details about the application. Please limit abstracts to two pages.

We plan to accept approximately 30 students and young researchers to the workshop. Twelve will be asked to give a brief (10 minute) talk to the workshop about their work. The remainder will be expected to talk about their work during breakout sessions and meals.
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Important Dates:

15 October 2008 - Application Deadline
19 November 2008 - Notification of acceptance
10 March 2009 - HRI Pioneer Workshop
11-13 March 2009 - HRI 2009 Conference
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Organizers:

Alan Wagner, Georgia Tech, USA (chair)
Emily Mower, USC, USA
Rosemarijn Looije, TNO, the Netherlands
Maxim Makatchev, CMU, USA
Marek Michalowski, CMU, USA

For more information, please visit the following website:
http://www.hripioneers.org/hri09/