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Special Session on
Artificial Empathy: models, applications, social,
ethical and theoretical
implications
@ ICSR 2012
Chengdu, China
October
29-31, 2012
Website: http://icsoro.org
Contact: luisa....@unibg.it
Important Dates:
Paper Due - June 7, 2012
Call for papers:
We would
like to invite you to submit papers on original HRI and Social
Robotics
research, or research in related fields relevant to the topic of
“Artificial Empathy”.
Papers (6 to 10 A4 size pages, Springer format,
for further instructions
please see http://icsoro.org/paper.php) should
be related to the
investigation of one or more specific aspects of
emotional and empathic
HRI (e.g. theoretical, epistemological,
applicative, social, ethical
aspects) within the context of HRI, Social
Robotics or related fields. In
particular, they should present original
research works dealing with
questions such as:
- What is the relevance
of the emotional and empathic dimension in HRI
within the context(s) of
Social Robotics?
- What are emotions and empathy for a robot? Which
conditions are required
in order for them to be able to participate
competently in emotional and
empathic dynamics with human beings?
-
What theoretical models of emotions and empathy can be successfully
applied in the context(s) of Social Robotics (e.g. in Assistive
Robotics,
in Educational Robotics, etc.)?
- What features of robotic
embodiment(s) can facilitate robots in
participating competently in
emotional and empathic dynamics with human
beings?
- To be effective,
has the affective interaction between robots and humans
to imitate
human affective interaction, or to develop its own
specificities?
-
Under which conditions can the creation of robots with affective
competence positively contribute to the scientific study of human
affective development and interactive dynamics?
- What are the
implications of introducing robots with affective
competence into our
social environment(s)?
- How can/should we think about the (co-)
evolution of human and robotic
emotional systems in possible mixed (i.
e. human and robotic) future social
ecologies?
- Does handing over
aspects of social care to robots mean abandoning
vulnerable individuals
(elderly persons, children, persons with special
needs…) to inauthentic
affective relations?
- Under which conditions can affective and
empathic relations with robots
be considered authentic?
About the
special session on “Artificial Empathy”
One central issue of Social
Robotics research is the question of the
affective (emotional)
involvement of users. The problem of creating a
robot able to establish
and to participate competently in dynamic
affective exchanges with
human partners has been recognized as
fundamental, especially for the
success of projects involving Assistive or
Educational Robotics. This
locates Social Robotics at the crossroad of
many interconnected issues
related to various disciplines, such as
Epistemology, Cognitive
Science, Sociology and Ethics.
Among the crucial issues we find, for
example, the epistemological and
theoretical problems of defining what
emotions are for a robot and under
which conditions robots could be
able to participate competently in
emotional and empathic dynamics with
human beings. Can robots experience
emotions, or only express them? If
we identify robotic ‘emotions’ as ‘pure
simulations’, to which no
actual experience corresponds, are there
conditions in which we can
consider robots as partners in emotional and
empathic relations?
On the
one hand these questions are related to basic scientific research,
to
which Robotics can contribute through operational models and
experimentation carried out with the help of social robots. On the
other
hand these questions are inseparable from the technical issue of
the
efficient implementation of theoretical models in the diverse
contexts in
which social robots are called upon to interact. Which are
the current
technically feasible models? Which are the results?
The
issue of application raises also problems connected to the social and
ethical dimension of Robotics. What are the implications of introducing
robots with affective competence into our social world(s)? To what
extent
and in what way will supportive relations be improved if robots
gain
affective competences? Does handing over aspects of social care to
robots
mean abandoning vulnerable individuals (such as elderly persons,
children,
or people with disabilities) to inauthentic affective
relations?
These issues lead back to epistemological and theoretical
questions. Under
which conditions can affective and empathic relations
with robots be
considered authentic?
This special session aims at
offering an interdisciplinary forum in which
the different dimensions
of Artificial Empathy can be connected and
enriched through scientific
exchange of ideas. Most of the invited
participants have a Social
Robotics background or come from scientific
disciplines dealing with
the questions mentioned above. Our goal is to
stimulate the interaction
between applied research and theoretical and
epistemological
reflections, and to promote a front line in Social
Robotics research
that takes all the complex aspects of its endeavor
(epistemological,
theoretical, technical, social and ethical) into
consideration, without
losing sight of its fundamental question: Under
which conditions can a
robot become a social partner for humans?
How to submit a paper
Prepare your full paper following the instructions at
http://icsoro.
org/paper.php;
Log in the paper submission system
(https://cmt.research.
microsoft.com/ICSR2012/Default.aspx);
Select your role: "Author";
Click
"create a new Paper Submission";
Please select the special session
topic as your primary subject area when
you select the "Subject Areas".
Enquiry: sec....@gmail.com; luisa....@gmail.com; luisa.
dam...@unibg.it
Organizing committee:
Luisa Damiano, University of
Bergamo (Bergamo, Italy)
Paul Dumouchel, Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto,
Japan)
Hagen Lehmann, University of Hertfordshire (Hatfield, United
Kingdom)
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Artificial Empathy: models, applications, social,
ethical and theoretical
implications
@ ICSR 2012
Chengdu, China
October
29-31, 2012
Website: http://icsoro.org
Contact: luisa....@unibg.it
Important Dates:
Paper Due - June 7, 2012
Call for papers:
We would
like to invite you to submit papers on original HRI and Social
Robotics
research, or research in related fields relevant to the topic of
“Artificial Empathy”.
Papers (6 to 10 A4 size pages, Springer format,
for further instructions
please see http://icsoro.org/paper.php) should
be related to the
investigation of one or more specific aspects of
emotional and empathic
HRI (e.g. theoretical, epistemological,
applicative, social, ethical
aspects) within the context of HRI, Social
Robotics or related fields. In
particular, they should present original
research works dealing with
questions such as:
- What is the relevance
of the emotional and empathic dimension in HRI
within the context(s) of
Social Robotics?
- What are emotions and empathy for a robot? Which
conditions are required
in order for them to be able to participate
competently in emotional and
empathic dynamics with human beings?
-
What theoretical models of emotions and empathy can be successfully
applied in the context(s) of Social Robotics (e.g. in Assistive
Robotics,
in Educational Robotics, etc.)?
- What features of robotic
embodiment(s) can facilitate robots in
participating competently in
emotional and empathic dynamics with human
beings?
- To be effective,
has the affective interaction between robots and humans
to imitate
human affective interaction, or to develop its own
specificities?
-
Under which conditions can the creation of robots with affective
competence positively contribute to the scientific study of human
affective development and interactive dynamics?
- What are the
implications of introducing robots with affective
competence into our
social environment(s)?
- How can/should we think about the (co-)
evolution of human and robotic
emotional systems in possible mixed (i.
e. human and robotic) future social
ecologies?
- Does handing over
aspects of social care to robots mean abandoning
vulnerable individuals
(elderly persons, children, persons with special
needs…) to inauthentic
affective relations?
- Under which conditions can affective and
empathic relations with robots
be considered authentic?
About the
special session on “Artificial Empathy”
One central issue of Social
Robotics research is the question of the
affective (emotional)
involvement of users. The problem of creating a
robot able to establish
and to participate competently in dynamic
affective exchanges with
human partners has been recognized as
fundamental, especially for the
success of projects involving Assistive or
Educational Robotics. This
locates Social Robotics at the crossroad of
many interconnected issues
related to various disciplines, such as
Epistemology, Cognitive
Science, Sociology and Ethics.
Among the crucial issues we find, for
example, the epistemological and
theoretical problems of defining what
emotions are for a robot and under
which conditions robots could be
able to participate competently in
emotional and empathic dynamics with
human beings. Can robots experience
emotions, or only express them? If
we identify robotic ‘emotions’ as ‘pure
simulations’, to which no
actual experience corresponds, are there
conditions in which we can
consider robots as partners in emotional and
empathic relations?
On the
one hand these questions are related to basic scientific research,
to
which Robotics can contribute through operational models and
experimentation carried out with the help of social robots. On the
other
hand these questions are inseparable from the technical issue of
the
efficient implementation of theoretical models in the diverse
contexts in
which social robots are called upon to interact. Which are
the current
technically feasible models? Which are the results?
The
issue of application raises also problems connected to the social and
ethical dimension of Robotics. What are the implications of introducing
robots with affective competence into our social world(s)? To what
extent
and in what way will supportive relations be improved if robots
gain
affective competences? Does handing over aspects of social care to
robots
mean abandoning vulnerable individuals (such as elderly persons,
children,
or people with disabilities) to inauthentic affective
relations?
These issues lead back to epistemological and theoretical
questions. Under
which conditions can affective and empathic relations
with robots be
considered authentic?
This special session aims at
offering an interdisciplinary forum in which
the different dimensions
of Artificial Empathy can be connected and
enriched through scientific
exchange of ideas. Most of the invited
participants have a Social
Robotics background or come from scientific
disciplines dealing with
the questions mentioned above. Our goal is to
stimulate the interaction
between applied research and theoretical and
epistemological
reflections, and to promote a front line in Social
Robotics research
that takes all the complex aspects of its endeavor
(epistemological,
theoretical, technical, social and ethical) into
consideration, without
losing sight of its fundamental question: Under
which conditions can a
robot become a social partner for humans?
How to submit a paper
Prepare your full paper following the instructions at
http://icsoro.
org/paper.php;
Log in the paper submission system
(https://cmt.research.
microsoft.com/ICSR2012/Default.aspx);
Select your role: "Author";
Click
"create a new Paper Submission";
Please select the special session
topic as your primary subject area when
you select the "Subject Areas".
Enquiry: sec....@gmail.com; luisa....@gmail.com; luisa.
dam...@unibg.it
Organizing committee:
Luisa Damiano, University of
Bergamo (Bergamo, Italy)
Paul Dumouchel, Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto,
Japan)
Hagen Lehmann, University of Hertfordshire (Hatfield, United
Kingdom)
Segui la strada del risparmio e il rispetto dell’ambiente.
Cerca il fotovoltaico adatto alle tue esigenze su Tiscali Search
http://search.tiscali.it/?tiscalitype=pg&collection=pg&cosa=fotovoltaico&dove=
Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html.
Discussions should be moved to chora: enrol via
http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/chora.html.
Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at http://www.liv.ac.uk/pal.
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