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SCOPE
ICRES 2024 is the 9th issue of the International Conference Series on Robot Ethics and Standards.
The conference will be organized in collaboration with the Keio University, Japan, during 29-31 July 2024.
ELSI
HRI
Standardization
Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
• Autonomy and liability
• Ethical principles in robotics
• Enhancement technologies: ethical issues
• Defining ethical guidelines for the design, use, and operation of robots
• Privacy & management of personal data
• Ethical frameworks: universal or region-specific?
• The role of industry and society in the definition of safety standards
• AI technology to block unethical/mendacious social-media communication
• Accountability in autonomous systems
• Embedding values and norms into intelligent systems
• Ethics and standardization
• Raising ethical awareness among stakeholders
• Transparency in autonomous systems
• Political and legal frameworks
• Formal and mathematical frameworks for robot ethics
• Implementations and engineering studies
• User and HCI/HRI studies at the intersection of the above issues
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Committees
General Co-Chairs of ICRES 2024
Satoshi Kurihara (Keio University, Vice President of JSAI, Japan)
Etsuko Kobayashi (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Mohammad Osman Tokhi (London South Bank University, UK)
Maria Isabel A. Ferreira (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
International Advisory Committee
Minoru Asada (Osaka University, Japan)
Gurvinder S. Virk (CLAWAR Association)
Endre E. Kadar (University of Portsmouth, UK)
International Scientific Committee
Chairs
Tatsuhiko Inatani (Kyoto University, Japan)
Hideaki Takeda (NII, Japan)
Naveen Sundar G (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY, USA)
Manuel Silva (ISEP & INESCTEC, Portugal)
Members
TBD
National Organising Committee
Chairs
Satoshi Kurihara (Keio University, Japan)
Etsuko Kobayashi (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Members
Yueh-Hsuan Weng (Kyushu University, Japan)
Minao Kukita (Naogya University, Japan)
Arisa Ema (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Hiroshi Yamakawa (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Hiromitsu Hattori (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
Hirotaka Osawa (Keio University, Japan)
Takamitsu Matsubara (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
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SCOPE
ICRES 2024 is the 9th issue of the International Conference Series on Robot Ethics and Standards.
The conference will be organized in collaboration with the Keio University, Japan, during 29-31 July 2024.
ELSI
HRI
Standardization
Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
• Autonomy and liability
• Ethical principles in robotics
• Enhancement technologies: ethical issues
• Defining ethical guidelines for the design, use, and operation of robots
• Privacy & management of personal data
• Ethical frameworks: universal or region-specific?
• The role of industry and society in the definition of safety standards
• AI technology to block unethical/mendacious social-media communication
• Accountability in autonomous systems
• Embedding values and norms into intelligent systems
• Ethics and standardization
• Raising ethical awareness among stakeholders
• Transparency in autonomous systems
• Political and legal frameworks
• Formal and mathematical frameworks for robot ethics
• Implementations and engineering studies
• User and HCI/HRI studies at the intersection of the above issues
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Important Dates
Proposals for Workshops / Special Sessions 1 March 2024
Submission of Full Draft Papers 30 April 2024
(postponed from 15th April)
Notification of Paper Acceptance 30 May 2024
Submission of Final Papers 10 June 2024
Author and Early-bird Registration 10 June 2024
Preliminary program 1 July 2024
Workshops/Special Sessions
Potential organizers are invited to submit their workshop/special session proposals to the conference secretariat by the key deadline date. The proposals will include the title, aim and scope of the session with a list of potential contributions. All papers submitted for inclusion in the session will go through the conference peer review process.
Sponsored by
• Clawar Association
• Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ)
• Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI)
• SISReC, OTRI, Osaka University
• IEEE Standards Association
• IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology
