Organizers
GENERAL CHAIRS
generalchairs2021@humanrobotinteraction.org
Cindy Bethel (Mississippi State University, USA)
Ana Paiva (INESC-ID, IST, UNiversity of Lisbon, Portugal)
PROGRAM CHAIRS
programchairs2021@humanrobotinteraction.org
Elizabeth Broadbent (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
David Feil-Seifer (University of Nevada Reno, USA)
Daniel Szafir (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIRS
local2021@humanrobotinteraction.org
Dan Grollman (Plus One Robotics, USA)
Brad Hayes (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
Tom Williams (Colorado School of Mines, USA)
FINANCE CHAIRS
financechairs2021@humanrobotinteraction.org
Henny Admoni (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Kate Tsui (Toyota Research Institute, USA)
Laura Hiatt (Naval Research Laboratory, USA)
WORKSHOP AND TUTORIAL CHAIRS
workshops2021@humanrobotinteraction.org
Tesca Fitzgerald (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Brittany Duncan (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
ALT.HRI CHAIRS
althri2021@humanrobotinteraction.org
Kerstin Fischer (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
Eduardo Benitez Sandoval (The University of New South Wales, Australia)
VIDEO CHAIRS (INCLUDING DEMOS)
videos2021@humanrobotinteraction.org
Ginevra Castellano (Uppsala University, Sweden)
Ho Seok Ahn (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
LATE BREAKING REPORT CHAIRS
lbr2021@humanrobotinteraction.org
Francois Ferland (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada)
Tariq Iqbal (University of Virginia, USA)
Marynel Vazquez (Yale University, USA)
FUNDRAISING AND VIRTUAL EXHIBITIONS CHAIRS
sponsorship2021@humanrobotinteraction.org
James Kennedy (Disney Research – USA)
André Pereira (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Randy Gomez (Honda Research Institute-Japan)
PUBLICITY CHAIRS
publicity2021@humanrobotinteraction.org
Heather Knight (Oregon State University, USA)
Fumihide Tanaka (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES CHAIRS
social2021@humanrobotinteraction.org
Matthew Gombolay (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Jamison Heard (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)
REGISTRATION CHAIRS
registration2021@humanrobotinteraction.org
Chris Crawford (University of Alabama, USA)
Sarah Sebo (University of Chicago, USA)
PUBLICATIONS CHAIRS
publication2021@humanrobotinteraction.org
Daniel Rea (University of New Brunswick, Canada; and Kyoto University, Japan)
Wafa Johal (University of New South Wales, Australia)
STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION CHAIRS
sdc2021@humanrobotinteraction.org
Patricia Alves-Oliveira (University of Washington, USA)
Séverin Lemaignan (Bristol Robotics Lab, United Kingdom)
PIONEER CHAIRS
general-chairs@hripioneers.
Siya Kunde (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
Elmira Yadollahi (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne/GAIPS, INESC-ID, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Switzerland/Portugal)
STUDENT VOLUNTEER CHAIR
volunteers2021@humanrobotinteraction.org
Kerstin Haring (University of Denver, USA)
ACCESSIBILITY CHAIRS
accessibility2021@humanrobotinteraction.org
Elaine Short (Tufts University, USA)
Abhijeet Agnihotri (Toyota Research Institute, USA)
WEB CHAIR
web2021@humanrobotinteraction.org
Nhan Tran (Robust AI, USA)
Program Committees
HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION USER STUDIES
Theme chairs: Takayuki Kanda and Friederike Eyssel
- Alex Barco
- Anara Sandygulova
- Bill Smart
- Chien-Ming Huang
- Elaine Short
- Greg Trafton
- Hae Won Park
- Henny Admoni
- Iolanda Leite
- James Kennedy
- Julie Shah
- Masahiro Shiomi
- Mark Neerincx
- Mary Ellen Foster
- Paul Bremner
- Sarah Sebo
- Sebastian Schneider
TECHNICAL ADVANCES IN HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION
Theme chair: Harold Soh
- Anca Dragan
- Brian Scassellati
- Banafsheh Rekabdar
- Carlos Cifuentes
- Chandimal Jayawardena
- Drazen Brscic
- Eric Wade
- Matthew Gombolay
- Yoonseob Lim
HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION DESIGN
Theme chair: Guy Hoffman
- Brittany Duncan
- Jan de Wit
- Jodi Forlizzi
- Mohammad Obaid
- Naomi Fitter
- Wendy Ju
THEORY AND METHODS IN HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION
Theme chair: Holly Yanco
- AJung Moon
- Astrid Rosenthal von der Putten
- Astrid Weiss
- Selma Sabanovic
- Mary-Anne Williams