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*COL-SAI: 1st International Workshop on COllaboration and Learning through
Symbiotic Artificial Intelligence*
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co-located with the 16th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter
- “*Technologies and Methodologies of Human-Computer Interaction in the
Third Millenium*“ (*CHITALY 2025 <https://chitaly2025.di.unisa.it/>*)
Salerno, Italy
6 – 10 October 2025
Workshop website: https://sites.google.com/unisa.it/col-sai
<https://sites.google.com/unisa.it/col-sai/home-page>
*Important Dates*
- Submission deadline: *June **16th **2025 * *June 30**th **2025 *
*[EXTENDED]*
- Notification: *June 30**th **2025 **July 14 th, 2025 [EXTENDED]*
*Call for papers*
The rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are transforming the
way humans interact with technology. The integration of AI in our daily
lives can provide substantial support in many contexts, ranging from
medicine to education, improving the performance of both sides in terms of
knowledge and resources. Although the traditional approach in creating AI
systems focuses on the functionalities and high performance of their
models, modern society is witnessing a shift from mere automation to
augmentation and collaboration, where AI and humans enhance and learn from
each other. A step forward in this direction is enabling humans and AI to
work symbiotically together. Symbiosis can be described as a consequence of
the human-AI partnership, where human intelligence serves to improve AI
systems, and vice versa, through a bidirectional relationship of mutual
exchange.
This workshop aims to explore how humans and AI systems can effectively
collaborate, learn from each other, and co-adapt symbiotically. Through
discussions and the exchange of perspectives, the workshop has the goal of
investigating the key components of the interaction between the two
parties. Participants will gain deeper insights into the implications of
integrating AI into various aspects of daily life, facilitating
problem-solving activities such as learning, decision-making, and
co-creation.
*Topics*
The topics that will be addressed in the workshop are the following:
- The impact of a symbiotic human-AI relationship in collaborative
environments.
- Human-Computer Interaction methodologies and techniques to foster
symbiosis between humans and AI.
- Using AI in human learning processes to assist humans cognitively.
- Using AI for education and skill development.
- Methodologies and techniques for transferring knowledge between humans
and AI through feedback mechanisms.
- Ethical considerations in human-AI collaborative environments (bias
mitigation, fairness, non-discrimination, etc).
- AI adaptability for personalized interaction experiences based on
individuals' requirements.
- The role of trustworthiness in human-AI collaboration for critical
activities.
- Design and evaluation of systems that foster and support human-AI
collaboration.
- Case studies of AI in real-world applications (medicine, healthcare,
education, etc).
*Submissions and Evaluation Criteria*
Contributions for the workshop must be submitted through EasyChair using
the following link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=colsai2025,
following the LaTeX or Microsoft Word template, available at:
*https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip
<https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip>*.
For more information, visit the CEUR website
<https://ceur-ws.org/HOWTOSUBMIT.html#PUBLISH-RULES>.
We accept two types of submissions:
- *Full paper*: at least 10 "standard" pages* and an appropriate number
of references.
- *Short paper*: between 5-9 "standard" pages*.
*(1 standard page = 2500 characters)
Each submission will be subjected to a single-blind peer review process,
and two reviewers from the Program Committee (PC) will assess each
contribution in terms of relevance to the workshop’s topics and its
quality.
*Workshop Organizers*
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Miriana Calvano – University of Bari, Italy (*miriana.calvano(a)uniba.it
<miriana.calvano(a)uniba.it>*)
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Andrea Antonio Cantone – University of Salerno, Italy (*acantone(a)unisa.it
<acantone(a)unisa.it>*)
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Antonio Curci – University of Bari, Italy (*antonio.curci(a)uniba.it
<antonio.curci(a)uniba.it>*)
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Francesca Perillo – University of Salerno, Italy (*fperillo(a)unisa.it
<fperillo(a)unisa.it>*)
Dear colleagues,
We are excited to announce that the *submission deadline* for our Mensch
und Computer (MuC) 2025 workshop, “GenAI and Well-Being: Designing for
Agency and Beyond,” *has been extended.* *You now have until June 27,
2025, to submit your position paper or statement of interest.*
Our workshop will explore how generative AI can support meaningful,
healthy lives and strengthen human agency in everyday contexts.
🎤 We are delighted to feature a keynote by Jasmin Niess, who will
discuss how AI-driven tools can foster empowerment and challenge
conventional ideas about autonomy, control, and decision-making.
Expect a hands-on and interactive format, bringing together voices from
HCI, design, ethics, psychology, and related disciplines. We aim to map
out opportunities, surface risks, and collaboratively shape future
research directions.
📌 Workshop Details & CFP:
https://sites.google.com/view/muc25-ai-wellbeing/home
📬 *NEW Submission Deadline (position paper OR statement of interest):
June 27, 2025*
✅ Notification Deadline: July 16, 2025
🗓️ Conference Dates: August 31 – September 3, 2025
📍 Location: Chemnitz, Germany
Feel free to share this invitation within your networks. We are looking
forward to your submissions and to seeing many of you in Chemnitz.
Best regards,
The organizing team: Nadine Wagener, Michael Burmester, Thomas Eßmeyer
(né Mildner), Lisa Hesselbarth, Laura Spillner, Carolin Stellmacher,
Samuel Tomczyk, and Evropi Stefanid
Call for Contributions
Framing Human-Machine Interactions: An edited collection celebrating the intellectual impact and legacy of Liam Bannon.
Editors: Gabriela Avram, Luigina Ciolfi, Trevor Hogan, Cristiano Storni
FramingInteractions(a)gmail.com<mailto:FramingInteractions@gmail.com>
Liam Bannon (1953-2024) was a leader in human-centred computing, studying the role of technologies in people’s lives and championing the design of better interactive systems. His academic homes were the disciplines of human-computer interaction and computer supported cooperative work, which he was instrumental in establishing.
From the beginning of his research career in the 1980s to the later stages of his life, he contributed significantly to the historical, theoretical, and methodological framing of HCI and CSCW: developing an activity theoretical lens in HCI, critically examining the history of computing and its intersection with design, the arts and humanities, proposing and refining key concepts, arguing for situated and participatory approaches to create more meaningful designs.
Across his body of work, his core argument was that human beings and their activities in the world must be a core concern of computer science.
Liam’s thinking flourished when moving and threading across disciplinary boundaries, and when following new and often unexpected trajectories, ever since his early studies across psychology and computer science. Similarly to his own way of thinking and writing, he was constantly making connections across people in various fields, contexts, and countries.
As the first anniversary of Liam’s death approaches in September 2025, we launch a new initiative to capture his impact and legacy into the future: an open-access, online edited collection that will bring together pieces by authors who have been influenced and inspired by Liam’s work.
The collection will be available to read for anyone (students, early career researchers, established scholars, etc) interested in the impact and critical discussion of Liam’s work and ideas. The collection will be open to contributions on a rolling basis, and will be updated yearly through annual open calls.
We invite anyone who has been influenced and inspired by Liam Bannon’s work to contribute to its first release, planned for the Winter 2025.
The format of contributions is open: articles, speculative essays, fictions, poems, personal reflections are all welcome. We also welcome contributions containing links to other media. We request that contributions do not exceed 15,000 words in length. There is no minimum length requirement.
Submitting:
Submissions should be made through this link: https://forms.gle/qQaFxhyXkB2KT6rD6
Reviewing Process:
All submissions will be reviewed by the editorial board for relevance, appropriateness and quality.
Publication:
Will be published online as open access (with ISSN and DOI) under Creative Commons license. Each published contribution will be assigned a unique identifier.
Timeline:
Deadline for submitting contributions for the first release: 01October 2025
First release available online: January 2026
Queries can be directed to:
FramingInteractions(a)gmail.com
The Editors
Gabriela Avram (Em., University of Limerick, Ireland)
Luigina Ciolfi (University College Cork, Ireland)
Trevor Hogan (Munster Technological University, Ireland)
Cristiano Storni (University of Limerick, Ireland)
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Call for Papers
Track 2 - Networking Solutions for Metaverse, Social Applications,
Multimedia, and Games
*Track Chairs*:
Ombretta Gaggi, University of Padua, Italy (email: gaggi(a)math.unipd.it
<mailto:gaggi@math.unipd.it>)
Manuela Montangero, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
(email: manuela.montangero(a)unimore.it
<mailto:manuela.montangero@unimore.it>)
*IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference
9–12 January 2026
Las Vegas, NV, USA*
https://ccnc2026.ieee-ccnc.org/call-technical-papers
*IMPORTANT DATES*
Conference Dates: 9 January - 12 January 2026
Technical Papers due: July 1, 2025
Acceptance Notification: July 31, 2025
*Summit at*: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=33771&track=130953
*SCOPE and MOTIVATION *
Social applications, multimedia, and games play a substantial role in
shaping Internet traffic and have emerged as dominant mode of social
interaction online. This recent trend has sparked significant research
interests, both at the network level and in terms of application and
service development. Moreover, with the advent of the metaverse,
research focus within these domains has expanded to encompass virtual
worlds, immersive experiences, and social interactions in virtual
environments. Given their increasing prevalence and interdisciplinary
nature, social applications, multimedia, and games have also garnered
research attention across diverse fields, including big data analytics,
cloud computing, artificial intelligence, data sensing, information
security, and privacy protection.
*MAIN TOPIC OF INTEREST*
The Networking solutions for social applications, multimedia, and games
track seeks original contributions in the following areas, as well as
others that are not explicitly listed but are closely related:
- Artificial Intelligence for social applications, multimedia, and games.
- Architectures, Platforms, and Protocols.
- Business models for social applications, multimedia, and games.
- Communication security for social applications, multimedia, and games.
- Data Sensing.
- Distributed games engines.
- Ethical considerations in social applications, multimedia, and games.
- Gamification and game-based learning in applications.
- Human-Computer Interfaces and Human-Machine Interfaces.
- Immersive storytelling and narrative techniques in multimedia and games.
- Knowledge discovery for social applications, multimedia, and games.
- Metaverse, virtual worlds, immersive experiences.
- Naming and routing of media streams.
- New paradigms of future communications networks.
- Non-visual Interfaces for accessibility and/or Virtual Reality.
- Novel applications for the social, multimedia, and games scenario.
- Smart moving and smart objects.
- Social computing and collective intelligence.
- Social influence and persuasion in multimedia and games.
- Social interactions in communication networks.
- Recommender algorithms.
- Rumor source localization in large-scale, real-world networking
solutions.
- User profiling and behavior analysis.
- User engagement and retention strategies in social applications and
games.
- Virtual reality and augmented reality applications.
🎉 *CALL FOR PAPERS - AIRCAD 2025 @ICIAP 2025* 🎉
*IMPORTANT: Deadline extended to 22 June 2025!*
🧠 *3rd International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Radiomics in
Computer-Aided Diagnosis (AIRCAD 2025)*
📅 Held with the 23rd International Conference on Image Analysis and
Processing (ICIAP 2025)
📍 Roma, Italy, September 2025
🔗 https://sites.google.com/view/aircad2025
🎯 *AIMS AND SCOPE*
In the modern era, healthcare systems predominantly operate with digital
medical data, facilitating a wide array of artificial intelligence
applications. There's a growing interest in quantitatively analysing
clinical images through techniques like Positron Emission Tomography,
Computerised Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, particularly in
the realms of texture analysis and radiomics. Through machine and deep
learning advancements, researchers can glean insights to enhance the
discovery of therapeutic tools, bolster diagnostic decisions, and aid in
the rehabilitation process. However, the huge volume of available data may
intensify the diagnostic effort, exacerbated by high inter/intra-patient
variability, diverse imaging techniques, and the necessity to incorporate
data from multiple sensors and sources, thus giving rise to the
well-documented domain shift issue.
To tackle these challenges, radiologists and pathologists employ
Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) systems, which assist in analysing
biomedical images. These systems mitigate or eradicate difficulties arising
from inter- and intra-observer variability, ensuring consistent assessments
of the same region by the same physician at various times and across
different physicians, thanks to adept algorithms.
Additionally, significant issues such as delayed or restricted data access,
driven by privacy, security, and intellectual property concerns, pose
considerable hurdles. Consequently, researchers are increasingly exploring
the use of synthetic data, both for model training and for simulating
scenarios not observed in real life.
Furthermore, the emergence of foundation models, such as Vision
Transformers and large multimodal models, represents a paradigm shift in
medical image analysis. These models, pre-trained on vast datasets,
demonstrate remarkable adaptability across various tasks, including
segmentation, classification, and multi-modal integration. Their ability to
generalise effectively offers promising avenues for addressing domain shift
issues and integrating heterogeneous data sources, enhancing diagnostic and
predictive accuracy.
This workshop aims to provide a comprehensive overview of recent
advancements in biomedical image processing, leveraging machine learning,
deep learning, artificial intelligence, and radiomics features. Emphasis is
placed on practical applications, including potential solutions to address
domain shift issues, the utilisation of synthetic images to augment CAD
systems, and the integration of foundation models into clinical workflows.
Ultimately, the aim is to explore how these techniques can seamlessly
integrate into the conventional medical image processing workflow,
encompassing image acquisition, retrieval, disease detection, prediction,
and classification.
📚 *TOPICS*
The workshop calls for submissions addressing, but not limited to, the
following topics:
- 🤖 Machine & Deep Learning for image segmentation/classification
(cells, tissues, lesions, diseases)
- 📐 Image Registration Techniques
- 🎨 Image Preprocessing (noise reduction, contrast enhancement)
- 🏗️ 3D Reconstruction
- 💡 Computer-Aided Detection & Diagnosis systems (CAD)
- 🧬 Radiomics & AI in personalized medicine
- 🔎 Content-based Image Retrieval
- 🌐 Remote biomedical image processing & transmission architectures
- 🥽 3D Vision, VR/AR/MR for remote surgery
- 🔒 Privacy-preserving AI in medicine
- 🧪 Synthetic medical images for model validation
- 🏥 Foundation models (Vision Transformers, GPT-based) for analysis &
multi-modal data integration
- 🛡️ Reliability and robustness of synthetic data
- ⚖️ Ethical & Regulatory Issues in AI medical imaging
- 📋 Frameworks for ethical AI & compliance with standards
- 🧑⚖️ Addressing bias, fairness, and transparency with explainable AI
📝 *SUBMISSION GUIDELINES*
Accepted papers will be included in the ICIAP 2025 proceedings, which will
be published by Springer as Lecture Notes in Computer Science series
(LNCS). When preparing your contribution, please follow the guidelines
provided on the ICIAP main conference website. The maximum number of pages
is 12 including references. Each contribution will be reviewed based on
originality, significance, clarity, soundness, relevance and technical
content. The submission will be handled electronically via the Conference's
CMT Website:
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/AIRCAD2025
Once accepted, the presence of at least one author at the event and the
oral presentation of the paper are expected. For more details about the
registration see the ICIAP main conference details.
📅 *IMPORTANT DATES*
- Paper Submission : 15 June, 2025 *22 June, 2025 *
- Notifications to Authors : 30 June 2025 *4 July, 2025 *
- Camera Ready Papers Due : 10 July, 2025
- Workshop Event: 15/16 September, 2025
🎤 *ABSTRACT OF THE TALK (Dr. Carsten Marr)*
Diagnosing hematologic malignancies still relies heavily on the subjective
visual assessment of cytological and histological images. Experts are
increasingly challenged by large volumes of data, the rarity of diagnostic
cell types, and the heterogeneous presentation of disease. Despite the
availability of comprehensive patient data, advanced deep learning
algorithms, and a solid understanding of hematopoiesis, there is currently
no robust model capable of automatically analyzing and predicting disease
dynamics from blood smears or bone marrow aspirates. In this talk, I will
present recent advances in AI-based hematopathology that aim to address key
challenges such as model robustness, generalization to real-world data,
bias mitigation, and the integration of multimodal sources. I will
highlight three promising directions: (1) efficient single-cell detection
using neural cellular automata, (2) interpretable feature learning via
sparse autoencoders, and (3) the integration of biomedical prior knowledge
into model training through customized loss functions. These developments
illustrate how tailored AI solutions can bridge the gap between machine
learning algorithms and clinical decision-making, paving the way toward
more accurate, scalable, and explainable diagnostics in hematology 🩸.
👥 *ORGANIZERS*
Albert Comelli, Ri.MED Foundation, acomelli(a)fondazionerimed.com
Cecilia Di Ruberto, University of Cagliari, dirubert(a)unica.it
Andrea Loddo, University of Cagliari, andrea.loddo(a)unica.it
Lorenzo Putzu, University of Cagliari, lorenzo.putzu(a)unica.it
Alessandro Stefano, IBSBC - CNR of Cefalù, alessandro.stefano(a)ibfm.cnr.it
Luca Zedda, University of Cagliari, luca.zedda(a)unica.it
___________
Andrea Loddo
PhD | Dept. Of Mathematics and Computer Science | University of Cagliari
Via Ospedale 72, Cagliari, Italy
Office: +39 070 675 8503
*And after all we're only ordinary men*
[CRISTAIN 2025] The “supporting CRIme reSolution Through Artificial
Intelligence” workshop explores the use of advanced technologies, such as
artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, and augmented
reality, to support professionals in the field of criminal investigation.
The initiative aims to introduce new methodologies that can enhance current
investigative practices. A key element is a human-centered approach which
ensures effective and ethical tools that can be easily used by
professionals in the field. Through discussion and dialogue among
participants, the workshop can foster the identification of effective
solutions to support the management of the investigation process. This
includes building trust in automated systems, supporting human oversight
and interpretability, and enabling collaborative decision-making between
humans and machines. Particular attention will be provided to how
human-centered methods can help in the mitigation risks and biases that
should be properly handled in AI-based systems. Such methods ensure that
professionals across various domains can confidently integrate AI tools
into their workflows, without requiring deep technical knowledge of the
underlying algorithms.
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The workshop *CRISTAIN* will be held at the conference *CHItaly 2025*
<https://chitaly2025.di.unisa.it/> - 16th Biannual Conference of the
Italian SIGCHI Chapter, *October 6-10*, Salerno, Italy.
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You can find all the information about the CRISTAIN workshop on the
website: https://cristain-ws.github.io/CHItaly25/
Important Dates
The *important dates* for paper submission have been divided into two
rounds.
*First round*
- Paper submission deadline: *June 13th June 20th*
- Paper acceptance notice: *July 11th*
- Camera-ready submission: *July 31st*
*Second round*
- Paper submission deadline: *September 5th*
- Paper acceptance notice: *September 12th*
- Camera-ready submission: *September 22nd*
Submission
- Short paper:* 5 - 9 pages*
Topics
Tuned to the field of crime, topics include, but are not limited to:
- Crime Scene Analyses
- Case-studies on Crime Analyses
- Context-aware decision making
- Decision support system
- Process management in complex domains
- Domain-specific data collection
- Data Extraction, Transformation and Loading
- Data preparation and processing
- Emotional AI
- Neuro-Symbolic AI
- Conversational AI and voice interfaces
- Personalization and predictive interaction
- Distributed interactions among intelligent systems
- AI-based adaptive systems
- Secure AI
- Unbiased AI systems
- Ethics and Trustworthy AI
- Awareness and transparency in technology usage
- Environmental impacts of technologies
- Immersive experiences and virtual environments
- Integration of technologies in complex domains
- Haptic and olfactory technologies
- New sensory dimensions for user experiences
- Redefining human capabilities through technology
Papers should be submitted in PDF format to easychair (
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cristain2025
<https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=cristain2025>) and final versions
of accepted papers will be published in the CEUR Workshop Proceedings (
http://ceur-ws.org/).
Organizers
- Eleonora Calò - ecalo(a)unisa.it - University of Salerno
- Loredana Caruccio - lcaruccio(a)unisa.it - University of Salerno
- Autilia Vitiello - autilia.vitiello(a)unina.it - University of Naples
Federico II
📣 Call for Submissions – Student Research Competition at Mensch und
Computer (MuC) 2025 📣
We invite students in Human-Computer Interaction and related fields to
showcase their research at the Student Research Competition (SRC) at MuC
2025. The SRC is a forum to present your work, get feedback from
experts, and connect with fellow researchers.
Whether you're just wrapping up a semester project or working on your
thesis, this is a great opportunity to share your ideas, practice your
presentation skills, and gain visibility for your work.
🗓️ Submission Deadline: 10 July 2025 (AoE)
📬 Notification of Acceptance: 17 July 2025
🖋️ Publication-Ready Deadline: 30 July 2025
📍 SRC at MuC: In-person only, in Chemnitz (conference dates: 31 Aug – 3
Sep 2025)
🔗 Submission site and details:
https://muc2025.mensch-und-computer.de/en/student-research-competition/
SRC submissions are reviewed for novelty, contribution, and clarity.
Accepted students receive a 300 EUR scholarship and free registration as
a Student Volunteer. The top three submissions will be awarded at the
conference dinner.
Questions? Reach out to us:
📧 src(a)mensch-und-computer.de
We look forward to seeing your research in Chemnitz!
Marion Koelle & Georg Regal
Student Research Competition Chairs
Mensch und Computer 2025
*We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this Call *
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*SENSE XR: The Feeling of Virtual, XR, Haptics, and 3D Graphics*
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1st International Workshop on Multisensory Immersion in Extended Reality
Co-located with the 16th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter
– “Technologies and Methodologies of Human-Computer Interaction in the
Third Millennium” (CHItaly 2025 <https://chitaly2025.di.unisa.it/>)
📍 Salerno, Italy
📅 6–10 October 2025
🌐 Website: https://sites.google.com/unisa.it/sense-xr/
*Call for Papers*
The rapid evolution of Extended Reality (XR) - encompassing Virtual Reality
(VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) - is reshaping how
people interact with digital environments, opening new frontiers in both
research and application. The inaugural edition of SENSE XR: The Feeling of
Virtual, XR, Haptics, and 3D Graphics is dedicated to investigating the
multisensory and affective dimensions of immersive technology, with a
particular focus on haptic feedback, 3D graphics, and videogame
applications.
The workshop’s primary goal is to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue
among researchers, designers, and practitioners, exploring the role of
sensory interfaces in XR. We aim to examine how multimodal interaction,
tactile technologies, and innovative interface design can enhance user
experience, amplify engagement, and redefine human-computer interaction
within immersive environments.
Structured as a platform for both critical reflection and hands-on
experimentation, SENSE XR combines theoretical discourse with live
demonstrations, design exploration, and collaborative activities. Inspired
by the concept of a scientific jam session, the workshop encourages
participants to co-create, prototype, and exchange insights in a
participatory setting that promotes cross-disciplinary collaboration and
the development of new international partnerships.
We welcome original contributions, including position papers, case studies,
design explorations, and theoretical reflections, addressing (but not
limited to) the following topics:
*Topics of interest*
• Haptic technologies and tactile feedback in XR
• Gamification and game design principles in immersive systems
• Innovative interaction techniques and interface design
• Multimodal and sensor-based interaction
• User experience (UX), accessibility, and usability in XR
• Immersive storytelling and narrative design
• Applied XR in healthcare, education, entertainment, and industry
• Evaluation methods and user-centered research
• Ethical implications in multisensory and immersive environments
*Important dates:*
Submission Deadline: *June 30, 2025*
Notification of Acceptance: *July 15, 2025*
*Submission guidelines*
We invite *position papers (4–6 standard pages)* that present novel ideas,
preliminary research findings, or design concepts. Submissions must follow
the CEUR-ART format, available at: *https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip
<https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip>*
All papers must be submitted via EasyChair:
*https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=sensexr2025
<https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=sensexr2025>*
Each submission will undergo single-blind peer review by at least two
reviewers based on relevance, originality, and potential to foster
discussion at the workshop.
*Organizing committee*
• Ignacio Aedo Cuevas – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain -
aedo(a)ia.uc3m.es
• Ilaria Amaro – University of Salerno, Italy - iamaro(a)unisa.it
• Paola Barra – University of Naples Parthenope, Italy -
paola.barra(a)uniparthenope.it
• Attilio Della Greca - University of Salerno, Italy -
adellagreca(a)unisa.it
For further information, please visit the workshop website:
*https://sites.google.com/unisa.it/sense-xr/
<https://sites.google.com/unisa.it/sense-xr/>*
We look forward to your contributions and hope you’ll join us at SENSE XR
2025!
Call for Abstracts
Workshop: “Robots for Humans: Empowerment Through Co-Creative and Social
Robots”
RO-MAN 2025 – The 34th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human
Interactive Communication
https://r4h-workshop.github.io/
August 25-29, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
We are pleased to invite abstract submissions for the workshop *“Robots
for Humans: Empowerment Through Co-Creative and Social Robots”*, which
will be held in conjunction with the *RO-MAN 2025 Conference*, in
Eindhoven, The Netherlands, on August 29^th , 2025.
The workshop aims to explore the intersection of social robotics,
creativity, and human empowerment. We focus on how co-creative and
social robots can support and enhance human agency, expression,
learning, and wellbeing, especially in vulnerable populations and
non-standard interaction contexts. As robotics moves beyond task
efficiency, we aim to reimagine robots as collaborative partners that
enrich human lives through co-creation, empathy, and mutual adaptation.
The workshop offers the opportunity to experiment, connect, and shape
the future of HRI to researchers, designers, artists, and developers.
Desired outcomes cover social robotics in the direction of designing
robots for empowerment and co-creativity, insights into how HRI design
choices affect the interaction, socialness, and outcomes on empowerment,
and co-creativity. The workshop will conclude with a panel discussion to
synthesize findings and discuss general issues related to the role and
perception of social robots, working towards guidelines for the design
of social robots for creative empowerment.
We invite contributions from researchers and practitioners in HRI, AI,
psychology, design, arts, education, healthcare, and other related
fields. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
* The role of (mini-c) creativity in the context of “everyday” HRI.
* The design of human-robot interactions in art settings.
* Social robots for creativity support.
* Designing for human-robot co-creativity.
* The design of robots with (verbal and non-verbal) social capabilities.
* The evaluation of socialness perception in human-robot interactions.
* The study of the relationship between human-likeness and socialness.
* The application of theoretical principles in applied robotics research.
* Design principles for empowerment and inclusion.
* Robot adaptive application for marginalized groups.
* Involvement of stakeholders’ perspective in design and implementation.
* AI and LLM application to empower and co-creation in HRI.
We particularly welcome interdisciplinary and speculative approaches
that challenge existing paradigms and propose new directions for
socially intelligent robotics.
We invite authors to submit an extended abstract (up to 2 pages,
excluding references) in IEEE format, outlining their research, ideas,
or ongoing work relevant to the workshop themes. Submissions will be
lightly peer-reviewed by the organizers based on relevance, originality,
and potential for discussion.
Please submit your abstract in PDF format via EasyChair
(https://easychair.org/cfp/RfH2025). Accepted abstracts will be
presented during the workshop as short talks or posters, depending on
the number and type of submissions. We aim to foster a lively,
inclusive, and interdisciplinary dialogue.
Important Dates
* Deadline for abstract submission: July 21^st , 2025.
* Notification of acceptance: August 1^st , 2025.
* Workshop date: August 29^th , 2025 (in person at RO-MAN 2025).
Warm regards,
The R4H Workshop Organizers
Contact: r4hworkshop(a)gmail.com