Apologies for cross-posting!

The extended deadline for submission is *March 25th, 2025 (PST)*!!!!!

best regards

Alessandra

On 14/03/25 12:00, a********i@gmail.com wrote:

Dear everyone,

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit your work at our special session on "*Theory of Mind in Human-Robot Interaction*" at the 34th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication 2025 (IEEE RO-MAN 2025), which will take place in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 25 to 29 August 2025.

Please note that the deadline for submissions has been extended at *March 20th, 2025*.

You can submit your works at our special sessions via https://ras.papercept.net/ by using the special session category and *code 'g19y9'*.

Do not hesitate to get in touch with us for further information! Below you can also find the CFP.

best regards

Alessandra

Dr Patrick Holthaus, University of Hertfordshire (UK), p********s@herts.ac.uk Dr Alessandra Rossi, University of Naples Federico II (IT), a**************i@unina.it

-- Alessandra Rossi, PhD Assistant Professor Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies - D.I.E.T.I. University of Naples Federico II Via Claudio, 21, 80125 - Naples, Italy

w-page:https://alessandrarossi.net e-mail address:a**************i@unina.it e-mail address:a*****i@herts.ac.uk X: @alhandra81

*SPECIAL SESSION @ RO-MAN 2025

*Theory of Mind in Human-Robot Interaction*

The ability to understand and acknowledge others' mental states is known as the Theory of Mind (ToM). Theory of Mind is a multi-modal system people use to communicate and understand each other naturally. A growing group of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) research focuses on investigating whether people form ToM towards robots, and what level of ToM a robot should have to communicate transparently with the humans in their shared environment in a sociable and accepted way. Robots that encounter humans should be able to perform transparent motions and behaviours, and, at the same time, be able to clearly recognise the humans’ intentions and behaviours. In this session, we want to explore which cognitive skills a robot needs and how ToM affects communications in all aspects of human-robot interaction. We further want to investigate the principal components that can contribute to this research direction. In particular, we aim to define and explore the needed level of shared mental models between people and robots for effectively planning, navigating, manipulating objects and the environment, and transparently communicating.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

Theory of Mind in HRI     Cognitive robotics     Mental models in HRI     Robot etiquette     Explainable AI in HRI     Cooperation and collaboration in human-robot teams     Detection and understanding of human activity     Monitoring of behaviour and internal states of humans     Motion planning and navigation in human-centred environments     Multi-modal situation awareness and spatial cognition     Social intelligence for robots in interactive and non-interactive tasks

PDF Submissions will be possible via https://ras.papercept.net/ using the special session category and code 'g19y9'. Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and submissions should follow the guidelines for regular paper submissions (https://www.ro-man2025.org/contributing/regularpaper), i.e. 6 (+2 paid extra) pages in the required IEEE US Letter format. Authors will have to declare that the research presented in the submitted papers complies with the IEEE Code of Ethics.

*Read more at https://www.ro-man2025.org/paper-submission-qa.*