{"id":101,"date":"2025-02-24T03:31:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T03:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humanrobotinteraction.org\/2026\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2025-12-02T20:18:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:18:45","slug":"organizers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/humanrobotinteraction.org\/2026\/organizers\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

General Chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Lynne Baillie
Heriot-Watt University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bill Smart
Oregon State University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Program Chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Maartje De Graaf
Utrecht University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Matthew Gombolay
Georgia Institute of Technology<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ilaria Torre
Chalmers University of Technology<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Finance Chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sarah Sebo
University of Chicago<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nicole Salomons
Imperial College London<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Local Chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Mary Ellen Foster
University of Glasgow<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Marta Romeo
Heriot-Watt University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alt.HRI Chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Mathew Aylett
Heriot-Watt University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tony Belpaeme
Ghent University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Frank Broz
TU Delft<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Registration Chair<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Filipa Correia
Interactive Technologies Institute<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Antonio Andriella
Institut de Rob\u00f2tica i Inform\u00e0tica Industrial<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Publications Chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Ho Seok Ahn
University of Auckland<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Zhao Han
University of South Florida<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Late-Breaking Report Chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Masahiro Shiomi
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Patrick Holthaus
University of Hertfordshire<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Friederike Eyssel
Bielefeld University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dimosthenis Kontogiorgos Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Short Contributions Chair<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Anara Sandygulova
Nazarbayev University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee
Cornell University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Community Engagement Chair<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Alistair McConnell
Heriot-Watt University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Industry Chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sara Cooper
PAL Robotics<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kate Tsui
Toyota Research Institute<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ingo Keller
National Robotarium<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Interactivity (Video\/Demo) Chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Alessandro di Nuovo
Sheffield Hallam University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Elmira Yadollahi
Lancaster University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mohan Sridharan
University of Edinburgh<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Partnership\/Sponsorship Chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Nathan Kirchner
Presien Pty. Ltd.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ross Mead
Semio, Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Accessibility Chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Emmanuel Senft
Idiap Research Institute<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Raj Korpan
Hunter College, City University of New York<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sustainability Chair<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Maria Teresa Parreira
Cornell University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Moojan Ghafurian
University of Waterloo<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Web\/Publicity Chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Bahar Irfan
Familiar Machines & Magic<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nathan Dennler
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Francesca Cocchella
Italian Institute of Technology<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Student Volunteer Chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Yan Zhang
University of Melbourn<\/em>e<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Muneeb Ahmad
University of Swansea<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Workshop Chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Katie Winkle
Uupsala University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Micol Spitale
Politecnico di Milano & University of Cambridge<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Student Competition Chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sonya Kwak
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Daniel Hern\u00e1ndez Garc\u00eda Heriot-Watt University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jamison Heard
Rochester Institute of Technology<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

HRI Pioneers Chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dakota Sullivan
University of <\/em>
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Paige Tuttosi
Simon Fraser University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Program Committees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Technical <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Track chairs: <\/strong>Paul Robinette and Silvia Rossi <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Area chairs:<\/strong> 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 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theory and Methods <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Track chairs: <\/strong>Alan Wagner and Katie Winkle <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Area chairs:<\/strong> Tom Ziemke, Thomas Weisswange, Hannah Pelikan, Shelly Bagchi, Serena Booth, Mark Neerincx, Safina Ali, Thomas Arnold, Wendy Ju, Guy Laban, Franziska Babel <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Track chairs:<\/strong> Stela Seo and Hee Rin Lee <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Area chairs:<\/strong> 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 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Systems <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Track chairs:<\/strong> Brittany Duncan and Emmanuel Senft <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Area chairs:<\/strong> Pamela Carreno-Medrano, Dra\u017een Br\u0161\u010di\u0107, Luis Figueredo, Alessandro Roncone, Joshua Peschel, Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee, David Porfirio, Daniel Rakita, Justin Hart, Satoru Satake, Jamison Heard <\/p>\n\n\n\n

User studies <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Track chairs: <\/strong>Astrid Rosenthal-von der P\u00fctten, Anara Sandygulova, Greg Trafton and Takayuki Kanda <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Area chairs:<\/strong> 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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

General Chairs gc2026@humanrobotinteraction.org Lynne Baillie Heriot-Watt University Bill SmartOregon State University Program Chairs pc2026@humanrobotinteraction.org Maartje De Graaf Utrecht University Matthew Gombolay Georgia Institute of Technology Ilaria Torre Chalmers University of Technology Finance Chairs finance2026@humanrobotinteraction.org Sarah Sebo University of Chicago Nicole Salomons Imperial College London Local Chairs local2026@humanrobotinteraction.org Mary Ellen Foster University of Glasgow Marta Romeo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-101","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanrobotinteraction.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanrobotinteraction.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanrobotinteraction.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanrobotinteraction.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanrobotinteraction.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/humanrobotinteraction.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":532,"href":"https:\/\/humanrobotinteraction.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101\/revisions\/532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanrobotinteraction.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}