Although being a pressing issue, an understanding of how robotic systems can replicate and amplify inequalities and injustice among underrepresented communities is still to be achieved within the HRl community. This workshop contributes to filling this gap by exploring the research questions: What do Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) mean in the context of HRI? How can we promote DEI in HRI? Our goal is to raise awareness on the importance of including DEI aspects in HRI to avoid exacerbating existing or creating new biases. This workshop will center around the themes of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Human-Robot Interaction. An additional goal of this workshop is to build community and solidarity among researchers in HRI who work on and are affected by these various and related issues. More information on the workshop can be found on the dedicated website.
We invite authors to submit extended abstracts (up to 2 pages, excluding references) and short papers (up to 4 pages, excluding references) on a range of topics relevant to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in HRI. Submissions may present current or 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 of the HRI community.
Deadline for Paper Submission: February 4th, 2022 Paper Acceptance Notification: February 18th, 2022 Camera Ready Paper: March 4th, 2022 Workshop date: March 11th, 2022 Papers should be formatted according to the IEEE two-column format. 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
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Accessibility Bias in AI/ML algorithms Disability and Ableism Gender issues LGBTQIA+ issues Inclusive education Intersectional feminism Issues of representation Neurodiversity Racism The global south The topics above can address one or more of the following domains:
HRI design HRI applications HRI research methods HRI community The workshop proceedings will be published on the website of the workshop.
Dr. Maartje de Graaf - Utrecht University - [email protected] Dr. Giulia Perugia - Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) - [email protected] Dr. Eduard Fosch-Villaronga (corresponding) - Leiden University - [email protected] Dr. Angelica Lim - Simon Fraser University - [email protected] Dr. Frank Broz - Delft University - [email protected] Dr. Elaine Short, Tufts University, [email protected] Prof. dr. Mark Neerincx, Delft University and TNO, [email protected]
The DEI HRI 2022 workshop will be held virtually in conjunction with the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction.
More information on the workshop can be found in the workshop website. All questions about submissions should be emailed to the workshop organisers.