Call for Papers

This workshop aims to bring together researchers from the fields of Social Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction, Affective Computing, Well-being, Design, Adaptive Machine Learning, Ethics, Social Sciences, etc. to discuss topics related to the use of robots as assistants/companions/coaches for well-being.

Important Dates

  • Call for papers deadline (EXTENDED): 22nd July 2022

  • Notification of acceptance: 7th August 2022

  • Camera-ready deadline: 15th August 2022

  • Workshop day: 17th October 2022

List of topics

Topics included in the workshop, but not limited to, are the following:

  • Affective robotics for well-being

  • Affective cognitive architectures

  • Socially assistive robots for well-being

  • Affective robotic design for well-being

  • User studies for well-being (both in lab and field)

  • Affective and social adaptation and personalization for well-being applications

  • Machine learning for well-being

  • Concept papers on affective robotics for well-being

  • Methods to measure well-being

  • Ethics, privacy, and security and responsible innovation considerations

Submission Details

We invite authors to submit their contributions either as regular paper (6-8 pages long) or position papers (2-4 pages long), using the format provided by ACII (https://acii-conf.net/2022/calls/).

All papers are to be submitted via the EasyChair submission system (https://easychair.org/cfp/ar4w2022).

In addition to this workshop, we have prepared a Special Issue for the International Journal of Social Robotics. Selected papers from the workshop will be considered for this special issue, in addition to an open call. Submissions to the special issue will go through a separate peer review process.