Deadline Extension – CFP Special Issue on Socially Acceptable Robot Behavior: Approaches for Learning, Adaptation and Evaluation

February 1st, 2022 Daniela Lopez de Luise

DEADLINE EXTENSION

**Apologies for cross-posting**

We are happy to announce that the deadline for submissions has been extended until March 31.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Special Issue on

Socially Acceptable Robot Behavior: Approaches for Learning, Adaptation and Evaluation

in Interaction Studies

I. Aim and Scope

A key factor for the acceptance of robots as regular partners in human-centered environments is the appropriateness and predictability of their behavior. The behavior of human-human interactions is governed by customary rules that define how people should behave in different situations, thereby governing their expectations. Socially compliant behavior is usually rewarded by group acceptance, while non-compliant behavior might have consequences including isolation from a social group. Making robots able to understand human social norms allows for improving the naturalness and effectiveness of human-robot interaction and collaboration. Since social norms can differ greatly between different cultures and social groups, it is essential that robots are able to learn and adapt their behavior based on feedback and observations from the environment.

This special issue in Interaction Studies aims to attract the latest research aiming at learning, producing, and evaluating human-aware robot behavior, thereby, following the recent RO-MAN 2021 Workshop on Robot Behavior Adaptation to Human Social Norms (TSAR) in providing a venue to discuss the limitations of the current approaches and future directions towards intelligent human-aware robot behaviors.

II. Submission

  1. Before submitting, please check the official journal guidelines.
  2. For paper submission, please use the online submission system.
  3. After logging into the submission system, please click on “Submit a manuscript” and select “Original article”.
  4. Please ensure that you select “Special Issue: Socially Acceptable Robot Behavior” under “General information”.

    The primary list of topics covers the following points (but not limited to):

  • Human-human vs human-robot social norms
  • Influence of cultural and social background on robot behavior perception
  • Learning of socially accepted behavior
  • Behavior adaptation based on social feedback
  • Transfer learning of social norms experience
  • The role of robot appearance on applied social norms
  • Perception of socially normative robot behavior
  • Human-aware collaboration and navigation
  • Social norms and trust in human-robot interaction
  • Representation and modeling techniques for social norms
  • Metrics and evaluation criteria for socially compliant robot behavior

III. Timeline

  1. Deadline for paper submission: March 31, 2022
  2. First notification for authors: June 15, 2022
  3. Deadline for revised papers submission: July 31, 2022
  4. Final notification for authors: September 15, 2022
  5. Deadline for submission of camera-ready manuscripts: October 15, 2022

    Please note that these deadlines are only indicative and that all submitted papers will be reviewed as soon as they are received.

IV. Guest Editors

  1. Oliver Roesler – Vrije Universiteit Brussel – Belgium
  2. Elahe Bagheri – Vrije Universiteit Brussel – Belgium
  3. Amir Aly – University of Plymouth – UK
  4. Silvia Rossi – University of Naples Federico II – Italy
  5. Rachid Alami – CNRS-LAAS – France

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CRNS Talk Series – Live Talk by Dr. Alessandra Sciutti – Italian Institute of Technology (IIT)

February 1st, 2022 Daniela Lopez de Luise
The Center for Robotics and Neural Systems (CRNS) at Plymouth University is pleased to announce the talk of Dr. Alessandra Sciutti from the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) on Wednesday February 2nd at 11:00 am – 12:30 pm (GMT) over Zoom. Registration is required and free: Registration Form.
Title of the talk:  Cognitive robots for more humane interactions
Abstract:
A cognitive robot is a robot capable to adapt, predict, and pro-actively interact with the environment and communicate with the human partners. Our research leverages on the use of the humanoid robot iCub to test how to build such a cognitive interactive agent. We model the minimal skills necessary for cognitive development, such as the visual features that enable to recognize the presence of other agents in the scene, their internal state and their responses to robot behavior. In a dual approach, we are trying to understand how to modulate robot movement to make it more transparent and understandable to non-expert users. As a next step, we are focusing on the development of simple cognitive architectures that could integrate the sensory and motor capabilities developed in isolation together with memory, internal motivation and learning mechanisms, to achieve personalization and adaptation skills. We believe that only a structured effort toward cognition will in the future allow for more humane machines, able to see the world and people as we do and engage with them in a meaningful manner.
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CFP – MDPI Journal of Applied Sciences – Special issue on “Artificial Intelligence in Screening Mammography: Recent Advances and Tools in Cancer Detection and Diagnosis”

February 1st, 2022 Daniela Lopez de Luise
Breast cancer is a major health issue and still a leading cause of
fatality among women worldwide. Mammography remains the foremost
effective procedure for the early detection and diagnosis of breast
cancer. The aim of this Special Issue is to present the recent advances
in the detection and diagnosis of cancerous regions in mammograms using
machine learning and deep learning algorithms. We particularly welcome
submissions that will utilize different mammography modalities
(separately or in combination) such as digital mammography (DM),
tomosynthesis, ultrasound or MRI in developing systems to assist the
diagnosis (CADx) and/or the detection (CADe) of regions of suspicion in
mammograms. Submissions can also include but are not limited to novel
feature extraction techniques for breast cancer detection and diagnosis,
transfer learning and deep learning architectures, open access databases
for breast cancer research, generative adversarial network (GAN)
architectures that overcome the problem of small data sets etc.

The intent of this Special Issue is to explore where we stand and what
the future holds in this important health related research topic. To
that end, we invite submissions involving new techniques, methods,
applications, and results, as well as review articles.

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Guest Editors

Prof. Dr. Athanasios Koutras, Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept.,
University of Peloponnese, Greece
Dr. Ioanna Christoyianni, Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept.,
University of Patras, Greece
Dr. George Apostolopoulos, Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept.,
University of Patras, Greece
Prof. Dr. Dermatas Evangelos, Computer Engineering and Informatics
Dept., University of Patras, Greece

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Still accepting papers on Intelligent Technologies in Security and Privacy for Wireless Communication | Get increased visibility for your research & real-time feedback on your presentation with EAI

February 1st, 2022 Daniela Lopez de Luise

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EAI ITSPWC 2022 –  EAI International Conference on Intelligent
Technologies in Security and Privacy for Wireless Communication

May 14 – 15, 2022 | Karur, India
Submission Deadline: February 28, 2022

MEET THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Prof. Kaushik Pal 

University of Kalyani 

Title: Materials Manufacturing in Nanotechnology Avenue: Academia to Industry
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SCOPE

The EAI International Conference on Intelligent Technologies in Wireless Communication Security and Privacy: Novel concepts based on algorithms, surveys, regulations, structures, communication difficulties, and future research elements will be covered during the conference. Network and Computing Technologies, Wireless Networks and Internet of Things (IoT), Futuristic Computing Technologies, Communication Technologies, Security and Privacy are just a few of the courses that may be of interest. All writers will be able to submit to one of four technical tracks during the conference. As a result, each author may choose the most appropriate route for their article/research paper submission. The conference is suggested as an annual continuing event that would bring scholars together on a single platform to share their ideas and views. It will undoubtedly develop over time as a long-term intellectual asset.

We are pleased to invite you to submit your paper to EAI ITSPWC 2022. Submissions should be in English, following the EAI CORE formatting guidelines (see Submission). 

Submit Paper

Read more: Call for Papers

Publication

All registered papers will be published in EAI CORE series as a proceedings book and made available through European Union Digital Library (EUDL).

Proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in leading indexing services, such as Ei Compendex, Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, DBLP, and EU Digital Library.

All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of:

Additional publication opportunities:

Important dates

Full Paper Submission Deadline: February 28, 2022

Notification Deadline: March 28, 2022

Camera-ready deadline: April 25, 2022

Conference dates: May 14-15, 2022

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chair

S.Kannadhasan, Cheran College of Engineering, India

General Co-Chairs

Dr. R.Nagarajan, Gnanamani College of Technology, India

Dr. George Ghinea, Brunel University, United Kingdom

Prof. Alagar Karthick, K.P.R. Institute of Engineering and Technology, India

Dr. Basim Alhadidi, Al-Balqa Applied University, Jordan

See the full Organizing Committee and Technical Program Committee. 

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Conferences: CGI 2022 Call for Papers

February 1st, 2022 Daniela Lopez de Luise
;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px”> This year, CGI2022 is organized by MIRALab, University of Geneva, Switzerland and supported by the Computer Graphics Society (CGS). The Visual Computer is the official journal of the Computer Graphics Society.

THE CONFERENCE CGI2022 WILL BE VIRTUAL DUE TO THE CONTINUATION OF THE PANDEMIC WORLDWIDE

 

IMPORTANT DATES

Conference, Tutorials and Workshops September 12-16, 2022

 

Web site:  http://www.cgs-network.org/cgi22/

Contact: cgi2022@miralab.ch

 

Visual Computer papers submission

Submission deadline: March 10, 2022, midnight CET

Preliminary notification: April 15, 2022

Deadline to Receive Revised Papers From Authors: May 20, 2022

Final Notification of Revised Papers: July 5, 2022

 

CGI proceedings submission

Submission deadline: June 5, 2022

Paper notification July 5, 2022

Camera-ready July 24, 2022

 

CALL FOR VISUAL COMPUTER JOURNAL PAPERS (FIRST CALL)

The scientific program of the conference will include accepted papers from the first call for papers and these accepted papers will be published in the Visual Computer Journal (impact factor 2.52) by Springer-Verlag.

The accepted papers from the second call for papers will be included in the CGI conference proceedings published by LNCS, Springer.

Note that for both call for papers, the review process is double blind, which requires the paper and all supplemental materials to be anonymous. Ensure that self-referencing is anonymous (refer to your full name rather than “I” or “we”). Avoid providing information that may identify the authors in the acknowledgements (e.g. co-workers and grant IDs) and in the supplemental material (e.g. titles in the movies, or attached papers). Avoid providing links to websites that identify the authors. Violation of any of these guidelines will lead to rejection without review.

We invite original contributions that advance the state-of-the-art in topics related to:

  • Rendering Techniques
  • Geometric Computing
  • Virtual and Augmented Reality
  • Shape and Surface Modeling
  • Physically Based Modeling
  • Computer Vision for Computer Graphics
  • Scientific Visualization
  • Data Compression for Graphics
  • Medical Imaging
  • Computation Geometry
  • Image Based Rendering
  • Computational Photography
  • Computer Animation
  • Visual Analytics
  • Shape Analysis and Image Retrieval
  • Volume Rendering
  • Solid Modelling
  • Geometric Modelling
  • Computational Fabrication
  • Image Processing
  • 3D Reconstruction
  • Global Illumination
  • Graphical Human-Computer Interaction
  • Human Modelling
  • Image Analysis
  • Saliency Methods
  • Shape Matching
  • Sketch-based Modelling
  • Robotics and Vision
  • Stylized Rendering
  • Textures
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Machine Learning for Graphics

 

General Chair

Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Program Chairs

First track, papers submitted to CGI to be selected for Visual Computer

Daniel Thalmann, EPFL, Switzerland

George Papagiannakis, University of Crete, Greece

Second track, papers submitted to CGI to be selected for LNCS book

Jinman Kim, University of Sydney, Australia
Bin Sheng, Jia Tong University, China

Publication LNCS Chair

Marina Gavrilova, University of Calgary, Canada

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