Multi-Cultural Human-Robot Interaction Workshop <https://culturaldrones.wixsite.com/welcome/> Date: December 4, 2018 Venue: Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia We are pleased to invite you to participate to this one-day workshop on Multi-Cultural Human-Robot Interaction, held on December 4th, 2018 as part as the AfriCHI conference <http://africhi.net> in Windhoek Namibia. *About the workshop: * This hands-on workshop brings together researchers and practitioners to discuss the cultural aspects of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) design. Recent work shows that the one fits all model of interaction might be obsolete, especially when considering natural interactions where people use gesture and voice, that are culturally dependent. In the morning, attendees will present position papers. We will discuss ideas around social robotics and leverage everyone’s expertise to discuss cultural aspects of interaction design. We encourage the exchange of results and ideas for future research. The second part of the workshop consists in a hands-on participatory design activity to build a multi-cultural social robot. This afternoon session is opened to all, including local students who want to learn more about interactive robotics. *To participate: * In order to be present at the workshop, the participant should write a 2-4 page position paper following the SIGCHI Extended Abstracts format ( https://sigchi.org/templates/) and submit it before *September 30th*, 2018 to: [log in to unmask] To attend the participatory design activity only, please send an email to [log in to unmask] with information about your background and why you would like to participate before *September 30th.* For proposals, we embrace a large variety of subjects and domains. Examples of topics include but are not limited to: - Cross-cultural differences and similarities in HRI - Challenges and Implications of HRI - Design aspects of social robots - Acceptability and Social Norms - Values, Ethics, and Policies - Novel enabling technologies - I/O techniques for HRI - Future applications for social robots More Information on our website: https://culturaldrones.wixsite.com/welcome/ *Workshop organizers*: Ms Anna Wojciechowska Dr. Jessica Cauchard Interdisciplinary Research Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------