[Eeglablist] [Conferences] CFP: IEEE RO-MAN 2020 Special Session on Applied Emotion/Mind-Aware Neuroimaging in Real-world Human-Robot Symbiosis with Heart, Mind, and Soul

[Ker-Jiun (克鈞) Wang]

29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive
Communication(IEEE RO-MAN2020) *SPECIAL SESSION*

*Applied Emotion/Mind-Aware Neuroimaging in Real-world Human-Robot
Symbiosis with Heart, Mind, and Soul*

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*CALL FOR PAPERS*



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*Title*



*Applied Emotion/Mind-Aware Neuroimaging in Real-world Human-Robot
Symbiosis with Heart, Mind, and Soul*





*Motivation and goals*



Wearable technologies that connect human with the surrounding smart
environment could potentially replace the cellphone and other cumbersome
tablet/laptops to become the next generation human-computer interface. It
opens a new frontier of using stretchable, sticky and flexible body
sensors, galvanic skin response (GSR), photoplethysmogram (PPG), inertial
measurement unit (IMUs), and neurophysiological electrodes, such as
EEG/EMG/ECG/EKG to measure various brain and body activity signals, and
decode meaningful information for multi-modal interactions.



Such dramatic shift of paradigm can be manifested in many technology
development from big companies/startups, like Google, Apple, Microsoft,
Facebook, Samsung and Neuralink (Elon Musk), etc., to build more mobile,
invisible, ubiquitous, compact computing platforms, such as smart watches,
smart glasses, smart headphones, VR/AR headsets, and state-of-the-art
Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs), in which the devices embed various kinds
of sensors and electrodes to directly/indirectly interpret human body
states, intentions, emotions and/or even high level motivations from neural
signals, while other “out-of-body” sensors, like cameras, could not observe.



Along with the scientific and practical implementation challenges of such
technology, the personal big data collection also brings a lot of social
norms, privacy and ethical issues as well. In this Special Session, we want
to solicit impactful paper contributions to push the boundary to the limit,
in order to explore the most critical issues in applying this futuristic
technology to the real-world environment. Since our human have complex
behaviors, which involve multiple disciplinary explanations, the
technologies that closely-interact and solve the human-related problems
should also reflect such complex multidisciplinary nature. As part of
purely theoretical findings, we will also create a multidisciplinary
educational and discussion forum, in which we will have industrial
applications, art and design, consumer electronics, embedded system and
mobile computing, Human-Robot Neural Interaction (HRNI) user
experience/interface (UX/UI) design, and social norm and ethical paper
presentations to discuss the emotion/mind-aware data collection and the use
of AI to fully release the potential of this promising technology.
Hopefully our dedicated effort of organizing this Special Session focusing
on Emotion/Mind-Aware Neuroimaging could make such futuristic promising
technology more human-centered, with more human-like heart, mind, and soul
to interact with the people, the robot, and all other smart IoT devices, to
enable a seamless Human-Robot Symbiotic society.



Areas of interest include but are not limited to:



*List of Topics*



   - Affective Computing
   - Wearable Platform and Wearable Device Form Factor Design
   - Soft Robotics
   - AI, Big Data, IoT, Deep Learning
   - Machine Learning and Biosignal Processing
   - Brain-Computer Interface and Physiological Signal Measurement
   - Invasive and Non-Invasive Brain-Computer Interface
   - Wearable Computing and Embedded System, IC/SoC design
   - Consumer Electronics Applications
   - Cloud/Edge Computing
   - Human-Robot/Computer Interaction
   - Neuroprosthesis, Exoskeleton, Rehabilitation robot
   - Biofeedback/Neurofeedback Training
   - Human-Robot Neural Interaction (HRNI) User Experience/Interface Design
   - Human-Centered Natural Interaction Design
   - Social Norms and Ethical issues of Using Emotion-Aware Big Data




*PAPER SUBMISSIONS*



Authors are invited to submit a *6~8-page (regular) Special Session paper* via
RO-Man 2020 portal in *Papercept* (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ras.papercept.net/__;!!Mih3wA!RyQxcXWFj7pBj2Mf6wLIbxozFaiuEDni7T-P-Hp_RLmwKXnPlc2ZBVDATylkKwDc7MNNPQ$ ) using *Special
Session code* (Code: gxf38). Manuscripts are in double-column IEEE format
following the official IEEE Manuscript Formatting guidelines. Review will
be single-blind, so please retain all authors information in the
submissions. Also consider the IEEE policies for publications. The
conference proceedings will be included in the *IEEE Xplore Digital Library*
.


*Submission link*



https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ras.papercept.net/__;!!Mih3wA!RyQxcXWFj7pBj2Mf6wLIbxozFaiuEDni7T-P-Hp_RLmwKXnPlc2ZBVDATylkKwDc7MNNPQ$ 



*Submission Code*



*"gxf38"*


*SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT*


*Due to COVID-19, we are now accepting "Video Live Streaming" and/or "Video
Recording" presentations, so the accepted papers can be presented
remotely! **The paper submission deadline has been extended to the 29th of
April to provide authors of the time to produce their best work, despite
the many additional challenges we are facing at the moment. We are
considering alternatives to allow for remote participation to both the main
conference and workshops should disruptions still occur in September. All
accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and
uploaded to IEEE Xplore, regardless of whether a physical or virtual
presentation will be given.*



*IMPORTANT DATES*



   - *Submission deadline for full papers: April 29, 2020 (extended)*
   - Notifications: June 15, 2020
   - Final camera ready deadline: June 30, 2020
   - Conference: August 31 - September 4, 2020




*ORGANIZERS*





Ker-Jiun Wang (University of Pittsburgh)

Mohammad Shidujaman (Tsinghua University)

Caroline Yan Zheng (Royal College of Art)

Maitreyee Wairagkar (Imperial College of London)

Midori Sugaya (Shibaura Institute of Technology)

Zhi-Hong Mao (University of Pittsburgh)

Kai-Tai Song (National Chiao Tung University)


Kindest regards,
*Ker-Jiun Wang, PhD*
Department of Bioengineering
University of Pittsburgh

On Behalf of Organizing Committees of Applied Emotion/Mind-Aware
Neuroimaging in Real-world Human-Robot Symbiosis with Heart, Mind, and Soul