General Chairs
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Lynne Baillie
Heriot-Watt University
Bill Smart
Oregon State University
Program Chairs
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Maartje De Graaf
Utrecht University
Matthew Gombolay
Georgia Institute of Technology
Ilaria Torre
Chalmers University of Technology
Finance Chairs
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Sarah Sebo
University of Chicago
Nicole Salomons
Imperial College London
Local Chairs
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Mary Ellen Foster
University of Glasgow
Marta Romeo
Heriot-Watt University
Alt.HRI Chairs
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Mathew Aylett
Heriot-Watt University
Tony Belpaeme
Ghent University
Frank Broz
TU Delft
Registration Chair
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Filipa Correia
Interactive Technologies Institute
Antonio Andriella
Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial
Publications Chairs
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Ho Seok Ahn
University of Auckland
Zhao Han
University of South Florida
Late-Breaking Report Chairs
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Masahiro Shiomi
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
Patrick Holthaus
University of Hertfordshire
Friederike Eyssel
Bielefeld University
Dimosthenis Kontogiorgos Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Short Contributions Chair
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Anara Sandygulova
Nazarbayev University
Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee
Cornell University
Community Engagement Chair
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Alistair McConnell
Heriot-Watt University
Industry Chairs
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Sara Cooper
PAL Robotics
Kate Tsui
Toyota Research Institute
Ingo Keller
National Robotarium
Interactivity (Video/Demo) Chairs
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Alessandro di Nuovo
Sheffield Hallam University
Elmira Yadollahi
Lancaster University
Mohan Sridharan
University of Edinburgh
Partnership/Sponsorship Chairs
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Nathan Kirchner
Presien Pty. Ltd.
Ross Mead
Semio, Inc.
Accessibility Chairs
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Emmanuel Senft
Idiap Research Institute
Raj Korpan
Hunter College, City University of New York
Sustainability Chair
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Maria Teresa Parreira
Cornell University
Moojan Ghafurian
University of Waterloo
Web/Publicity Chairs
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Bahar Irfan
Familiar Machines & Magic
Nathan Dennler
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Francesca Cocchella
Italian Institute of Technology
Student Volunteer Chairs
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Yan Zhang
University of Melbourne
Muneeb Ahmad
University of Swansea
Workshop Chairs
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Katie Winkle
Uupsala University
Micol Spitale
Politecnico di Milano & University of Cambridge
Student Competition Chairs
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Sonya Kwak
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Daniel Hernández García Heriot-Watt University
Jamison Heard
Rochester Institute of Technology
HRI Pioneers Chairs
Dakota Sullivan
University of
Wisconsin – Madison
Paige Tuttosi
Simon Fraser University
Program Committees
Technical
Track chairs: Paul Robinette and Silvia Rossi
Area chairs: Mattia Racca, Maya Cakmak, David Feil-Seifer, Chung Hyuk Park, Mary Ellen Foster, Hae Won Park, Ross Mead, Cynthia Matuszek, Kelilah Wolkowicz, Michael Hagenow, Christoforos Mavrogiannis, Rohan Paleja, Andreea Bobu, Manuel Giuliani
Theory and Methods
Track chairs: Alan Wagner and Katie Winkle
Area chairs: Tom Ziemke, Thomas Weisswange, Hannah Pelikan, Shelly Bagchi, Serena Booth, Mark Neerincx, Safina Ali, Thomas Arnold, Wendy Ju, Guy Laban, Franziska Babel
Design
Track chairs: Stela Seo and Hee Rin Lee
Area chairs: Hyungjun Cho, Damith C. Herath, Haipeng Mi, Stine Johansen, Daniel Rea, Alyssa Kubota, Jodi Forlizzi, David Sirkin, Ji Youn Shin, Yunkyung Kim, Rhim Jimin, Annette Masterson, Long-Jing Hsu, Anna Dobrosovestnova
Systems
Track chairs: Brittany Duncan and Emmanuel Senft
Area chairs: Pamela Carreno-Medrano, Dražen Brščić, Luis Figueredo, Alessandro Roncone, Joshua Peschel, Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee, David Porfirio, Daniel Rakita, Justin Hart, Satoru Satake, Jamison Heard
User studies
Track chairs: Astrid Rosenthal-von der Pütten, Anara Sandygulova, Greg Trafton and Takayuki Kanda
Area chairs: Boyoung Kim, Nicole Salomons, Merel Keijsers, Maike Paetzel, Selma Sabanovic, Laura Kunold, Laura Stegner, Bengisu Cagiltay, Jane Li, Theodoros Georgiou, Hidenobu Sumioka, Aike Horstmann, Wing-Yue Geoffrey Louie, Snehesh Shrestha, Matthew Aylett, Barbara Bruno, Mirjam De Haas, Paul Vogt, Maha Salem, Sarah Sebo, Goren Gordon, James Kennedy, Sachie Yamada, Wafa Johal, Brian Scassellati, Angelique Taylor, Christopher Crick, Hadas Erel, Samantha Reig, Maia Stiber, Tsung-Chi Lin, Cristina Wilson, Janie Busby Grant, Nakul Gopalan, Takahisa Uchida, Reuth Mirsky, Alessandra Rossi, Kantwon Rogers, Joe Michaelis, Alexis Block