From cgleason at cs.cmu.edu  Wed Jan 15 15:14:31 2020
From: cgleason at cs.cmu.edu (Cole Gleason)
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 15:14:31 -0500
Subject: [Access Lunch] No accessibility lunch tomorrow
Message-ID: <CAGBq0bYhQ0V9_zP4f0VONWdc0V1WYxePm_--W+DeGXJpG34G2g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi everyone!

We won't have an accessibility lunch tomorrow. I will plan to have the
first one of the semester next week!

Thanks,
Cole
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From cgleason at cs.cmu.edu  Thu Jan 23 10:36:15 2020
From: cgleason at cs.cmu.edu (Cole Gleason)
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 10:36:15 -0500
Subject: [Access Lunch] Meeting today!
Message-ID: <CAGBq0bbK9wWnWXtctkd+YH-UExzTbE8MVjZUkNAzYbGsE7qdXg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi everyone!

We will have our first accessibility lunch today at 12pm in NSH 1109. No
speaker today, but we can have lunch together and enjoy each other's
company!

Cole
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From cgleason at cs.cmu.edu  Thu Jan 30 10:05:06 2020
From: cgleason at cs.cmu.edu (Cole Gleason)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:05:06 -0500
Subject: [Access Lunch] No access lunch today
Message-ID: <CAGBq0bZ4n4WDUwVZg3cq4rVrN_7mxgN_tsXWWjJLD3vrMtefSQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi everyone,

We don?t have a speaker for Access lunch today, and many of us are unable
to attend. So we won?t meet today, but we will have a talk next week (by
me!)

See you next week,
Cole
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From cgleason at cs.cmu.edu  Wed Feb  5 21:36:36 2020
From: cgleason at cs.cmu.edu (Cole Gleason)
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 21:36:36 -0500
Subject: [Access Lunch] Talk tomorrow at noon! Cole Gleason on "Accessible
 Social Media for People with Vision Impairments"
Message-ID: <CAGBq0ba63g_bKxFN++feyw3RA3pwqNGrQxKXda362ottykHq8Q@mail.gmail.com>

Hi everyone!

I'll be giving a talk tomorrow (Thursday) at accessibility lunch in NSH
1109 at 12pm!

Talk title: Accessible Social Media for People with Vision Impairments
Speaker: Cole Gleason

See you soon!
Cole
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From cgleason at cs.cmu.edu  Thu Feb 13 09:54:09 2020
From: cgleason at cs.cmu.edu (Cole Gleason)
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 09:54:09 -0500
Subject: [Access Lunch] No Access Lunch today
Message-ID: <CAGBq0bY83RetO4Z2mwgx6Wa_=2SBA7h8DJvHp2fkYzRRqrD_LQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi everyone,

We will not be having accessibility lunch today.

However, please mark your calendars for 3/26. We will be visiting HERL that
day for a tour of their space.

Thanks!
Cole
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From hofmann.megan at gmail.com  Fri Feb 14 12:58:07 2020
From: hofmann.megan at gmail.com (Megan Hofmann)
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 12:58:07 -0500
Subject: [Access Lunch] Fwd: Call for volunteers to help make CHI pdfs more
	accessible
In-Reply-To: <OF3A566F37.36FE7D9F-ON0025850E.0050666C-8525850E.005162E6@notes.na.collabserv.com>
References: <OF3A566F37.36FE7D9F-ON0025850E.0050666C-8525850E.005162E6@notes.na.collabserv.com>
Message-ID: <CA+yrCB+Ovc-=W-NpGpFOxHEj8TXrn4nUk-8s05Yyq1nWT3nHxw@mail.gmail.com>

Hey folks,

Please forward this widely to CHI-Accessibility folks. We are looking
for more sustainable solutions in the coming years but the effor to
make all 2020 chi papers accessible is going to fully rely on
volunteer efforts this year.

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Shari Trewin <trewin at us.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 9:49 AM
Subject: Call for volunteers to help make CHI pdfs more accessible
To: Megan Hofmann <hofmann.megan at gmail.com>
Cc: <pdfaccessibility at chi2020.acm.org>


Hi there,

Kyle Rector and I, the CHI 2020 accessibility chairs, are aiming to
make this year's CHI proceedings the most accessible ever. To achieve
this, we are calling for help from the SIGCHI community.

If you have access to Adobe Acrobat Pro, and would be willing to spend
a couple of hours making sure the figure descriptions provided by
authors make it into their final published papers, please contact us
at pdfaccessibility at chi2020.acm.org.

Thank you!

Shari Trewin
IBM Accessibility
T.J. Watson Research Center
P.O. Box 218, Yorktown, NY 10598



--
Megan Hofmann
Human Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University

Here is information about my research lab: https://make4a11.org/
Here is information about me:https://www.megan-hofmann.com/

From apavel at cs.cmu.edu  Wed Feb 19 17:21:42 2020
From: apavel at cs.cmu.edu (Amy Pavel)
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 22:21:42 +0000
Subject: [Access Lunch] Accessibility lunch tomorrow (12-1pm in 1109 Newell
	Simon Hall)
Message-ID: <7fd6bf72b7374f2688850ec1a217f98c@cs.cmu.edu>

Hi everyone,


We'll have accessibility lunch tomorrow (Thursday 2/20) from 12-1pm in 1109 NSH. We do not have a speaker tomorrow but we will gather to eat pizza and converse! We may spend some of the time chatting about ideas for an ASSETS literature review.


Looking forward to seeing you soon!
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From apavel at cs.cmu.edu  Thu Feb 27 10:04:46 2020
From: apavel at cs.cmu.edu (Amy Pavel)
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:04:46 +0000
Subject: [Access Lunch] Accessibility lunch chat today 12-1p in NSH 1109
Message-ID: <8b8dc5b9ef644256b40a4fc1e417c840@cs.cmu.edu>

Hi everyone!


Today we'll have a pizza chat for accessibility lunch. There will be free pizza and we'll talk about accessibility topics. We'll have a speaker for next week's talk.


Looking forward to seeing you all soon!
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From baraka.kim at gmail.com  Mon Mar  2 16:08:44 2020
From: baraka.kim at gmail.com (Kim Baraka)
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 16:08:44 -0500
Subject: [Access Lunch] Fwd: Special Issue on Robots and Autism
In-Reply-To: <CAEer7qQ8JC3jekwExk6RN0rE3cXjPKP+RsuqVMbJELMGnBB3Zw@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAEer7qS0qfUrtZxdZ8+FaLF16b-0RKAOTi+Bsdfn5v4QC7r-jQ@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all,

As a follow up to my earlier email, I would like let you know that the
deadline for the Special Issue on Robots and Autism I am co-organizing has
been extended to *March 31*. I would appreciate if you could circulate the
call (PDF in attachment; plain text below).

Best!
Kim
_____________

We cordially invite you to submit a manuscript to the Special Issue in
Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics (
https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/pjbr), entitled *"Robots and Autism:
Conceptualization, Technology, and Methodology"*. (Deadline: *March 31,
2020)*

Link to the official CfP:
https://www.degruyter.com/view/supplement/s20814836_CFP_Robots_and_Autism.pdf
.

*Call for Papers:*
Increasing prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) emphasizes the
need for impactful research into more advanced and effective technology and
strategies used for intervention, assessment, and training. Social robots
are one technological domain that has been suggested as potentially
effective for individuals with ASD, due to robots? repeatable and
controllable social behavior, as well as their ability to engage
individuals with ASD. Although existing research has demonstrated promising
results in this domain, many challenges remain to be addressed. From a
design perspective, a better understanding of suitable robot
characteristics, scenarios, and tasks for intervention and assessment is
needed. From a technological perspective, more algorithmic advances in
modeling, sensing, decision-making, and adaptation over interactive
scenarios may unlock more powerful and flexible solutions. From an
empirical perspective, more evidence is required to evaluate deployment,
efficacy, and usability of these technologies in different settings and by
different users (caregivers, teachers, clinicians). Finally, ethical and
philosophical considerations when designing and adopting such technologies
are also notable areas of research needing further examination.

This thematic special issue in Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics aims
at gathering the latest research addressing some of the above challenges.
It was launched as a follow-up to a web panel discussion (
https://bit.ly/2N568Hr) on the current state of socially assistive robotics
in ASD, held on June 27 and organized by Chartacloud | Robotteca. We
welcome high-quality submissions from authors, regardless of their
affiliation(s) and relationship to the panel. Full paper submissions may
include: original research, focused review papers, and opinion papers. In
addition to full papers, we will also consider submissions of brief
research reports in the form of a communication/note.

Contributions to the Special Issue may address (but are not limited) to the
following aspects:

   - intervention (clinical, school, and home settings)
   - assessment, diagnosis, and monitoring
   - clinician support and training
   - robot embodiment and behavior design
   - algorithms for intelligent robot behavior, including AI and machine
   learning for modeling, perception, and planning of social behavior
   - autonomy and shared control
   - programming interfaces for robot behavior (expert and non-expert)
   - ethical and philosophical issues
   - evaluation studies (hypothesis-driven, exploratory, and long-term)
   - novel applications of robots in the ASD domain

Authors are requested to submit their full research papers, complying with
the general scope of the journal. The submitted papers will undergo the
standard peer-review process before they can be accepted. Notification of
acceptance will be communicated as we progress with the review process.

*Guest editors:*
Kim Baraka (lead GE), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA /
Instituto Superior T?cnico, Lisbon, Portugal
Rebecca Beights, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA / Irabina, Melbourne,
Australia
Marta Couto, INESC-ID, Lisbon, Portugal
Mike Radice (advisory editor), ChartaCloud | ROBOTTECA, Kensington, USA

*How to submit:*
Before submission authors should carefully read the Instruction for
Authors: www.degruyter.com/view/supplement/s20814836_Instructions_for_Authors.pdf
Manuscripts can be written in TeX, LaTeX (strongly recommended) - the
journal?s LATEX template. Please note that we do not accept papers in Plain
TEX format. Text files can be also submitted as standard DOCUMENT (.DOC)
which is acceptable if the submission in LATEX is not possible. For an
initial submission, the authors are strongly advised to upload their entire
manuscript, including tables and figures, as a single PDF file. All
submissions to the Special Issue must be made electronically via online
submission system Editorial Manager: www.editorialmanager.com/paladyn/ All
manuscripts will undergo the standard peer-review process (single blind, at
least two independent reviewers). When entering your submission via online
submission system please choose the option ?SI on Robots and Autism:
Conceptualization, Technology, and Methodology?. Submission of a manuscript
implies that the work described has not been published before and it is not
under consideration for publication anywhere else. The deadline for
submissions is February 29, 2020, but individual papers will be reviewed
and published online as they arrive. Contributors to the Special Issue will
benefit from:

   - indexation in SCOPUS
   - NO submission and publication FEES in 2019*
   - fair and constructive peer review provided by experts in the field
   - no space constraints
   - convenient, web-based paper submission and tracking system ? Editorial
   Manager
   - quick online publication upon completing the publishing process
   (continuous publication model)
   - better visibility due to Open Access
   - long-term preservation of the content (articles archived in Portico)
   - extensive post-publication promotion for selected papers

*There are no publication or processing fees for papers submitted till the
end of December 2019. Starting 2020, the journal will be subject to an
Article Processing Charge (APC) (only for accepted manuscripts ? there
still will be no submission fees). Nevertheless, the journal will be able
to offer high discounts and also the possibility to apply for a waiver,
particularly for authors who do not have funds for publication in an open
access model.

We are looking forward to your submission !!! In case of any questions
please contact Dr. Justyna ?uk (Managing Editor of Paladyn.JBR;
Justyna.Zuk at degruyter.com).

Best regards,


*Kim Baraka, *PhD candidate
Robotics Institute, *Carnegie Mellon University* (Pittsburgh, USA)
Group on Artificial Intelligence for People and Society (GAIPS),* Instituto
Superior T?**cnico* (Lisbon, Portugal)
he/him, they/them
kimbaraka.com


On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 10:30 AM Kim Baraka <baraka.kim at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Below is the call for papers for a special issue I am co-organizing on
> robots and autism. I would appreciate if you can spread the word to
> potentially interested parties!
>
> Best,
> Kim
>
> ------------------
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> We cordially invite you to submit a manuscript to the Special Issue in
> Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics (
> https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/pjbr), entitled "Robots and Autism:
> Conceptualization, Technology, and Methodology". (Deadline: March 31, 2020;
> no fees for submissions received before 2020.)
>
> Link to the official CfP:
> https://www.degruyter.com/view/supplement/s20814836_CFP_Robots_and_Autism.pdf
> .
>
> *Call for Papers:*
> Increasing prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) emphasizes the
> need for impactful research into more advanced and effective technology and
> strategies used for intervention, assessment, and training. Social robots
> are one technological domain that has been suggested as potentially
> effective for individuals with ASD, due to robots? repeatable and
> controllable social behavior, as well as their ability to engage
> individuals with ASD. Although existing research has demonstrated promising
> results in this domain, many challenges remain to be addressed. From a
> design perspective, a better understanding of suitable robot
> characteristics, scenarios, and tasks for intervention and assessment is
> needed. From a technological perspective, more algorithmic advances in
> modeling, sensing, decision-making, and adaptation over interactive
> scenarios may unlock more powerful and flexible solutions. From an
> empirical perspective, more evidence is required to evaluate deployment,
> efficacy, and usability of these technologies in different settings and by
> different users (caregivers, teachers, clinicians). Finally, ethical and
> philosophical considerations when designing and adopting such technologies
> are also notable areas of research needing further examination.
>
> This thematic special issue in Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics
> aims at gathering the latest research addressing some of the above
> challenges. It was launched as a follow-up to a web panel discussion (
> https://bit.ly/2N568Hr) on the current state of socially assistive
> robotics in ASD, held on June 27 and organized by Chartacloud | Robotteca.
> We welcome high-quality submissions from authors, regardless of their
> affiliation(s) and relationship to the panel. Full paper submissions may
> include: original research, focused review papers, and opinion papers. In
> addition to full papers, we will also consider submissions of brief
> research reports in the form of a communication/note.
>
> Contributions to the Special Issue may address (but are not limited) to
> the following aspects:
>
>    - intervention (clinical, school, and home settings)
>    - assessment, diagnosis, and monitoring
>    - clinician support and training
>    - robot embodiment and behavior design
>    - algorithms for intelligent robot behavior, including AI and machine
>    learning for modeling, perception, and planning of social behavior
>    - autonomy and shared control
>    - programming interfaces for robot behavior (expert and non-expert)
>    - ethical and philosophical issues
>    - evaluation studies (hypothesis-driven, exploratory, and long-term)
>    - novel applications of robots in the ASD domain
>
> Authors are requested to submit their full research papers, complying with
> the general scope of the journal. The submitted papers will undergo the
> standard peer-review process before they can be accepted. Notification of
> acceptance will be communicated as we progress with the review process.
>
> *Guest editors:*
> Kim Baraka (lead GE), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA /
> Instituto Superior T?cnico, Lisbon, Portugal
> Rebecca Beights, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA / Irabina, Melbourne,
> Australia
> Marta Couto, INESC-ID, Lisbon, Portugal
> Mike Radice (advisory editor), ChartaCloud | ROBOTTECA, Kensington, USA
>
> *How to submit:*
> Before submission authors should carefully read the Instruction for
> Authors: www.degruyter.com/view/supplement/s20814836_Instructions_for_Authors.pdf
> Manuscripts can be written in TeX, LaTeX (strongly recommended) - the
> journal?s LATEX template. Please note that we do not accept papers in Plain
> TEX format. Text files can be also submitted as standard DOCUMENT (.DOC)
> which is acceptable if the submission in LATEX is not possible. For an
> initial submission, the authors are strongly advised to upload their entire
> manuscript, including tables and figures, as a single PDF file. All
> submissions to the Special Issue must be made electronically via online
> submission system Editorial Manager: www.editorialmanager.com/paladyn/
> All manuscripts will undergo the standard peer-review process (single
> blind, at least two independent reviewers). When entering your submission
> via online submission system please choose the option ?SI on Robots and
> Autism: Conceptualization, Technology, and Methodology?. Submission of a
> manuscript implies that the work described has not been published before
> and it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else. The
> deadline for submissions is February 29, 2020, but individual papers will
> be reviewed and published online as they arrive. Contributors to the
> Special Issue will benefit from:
>
>    - indexation in SCOPUS
>    - NO submission and publication FEES in 2019*
>    - fair and constructive peer review provided by experts in the field
>    - no space constraints
>    - convenient, web-based paper submission and tracking system ?
>    Editorial Manager
>    - quick online publication upon completing the publishing process
>    (continuous publication model)
>    - better visibility due to Open Access
>    - long-term preservation of the content (articles archived in Portico)
>    - extensive post-publication promotion for selected papers
>
> *There are no publication or processing fees for papers submitted till the
> end of December 2019. Starting 2020, the journal will be subject to an
> Article Processing Charge (APC) (only for accepted manuscripts ? there
> still will be no submission fees). Nevertheless, the journal will be able
> to offer high discounts and also the possibility to apply for a waiver,
> particularly for authors who do not have funds for publication in an open
> access model.
>
> We are looking forward to your submission !!! In case of any questions
> please contact Dr. Justyna ?uk (Managing Editor of Paladyn.JBR;
> Justyna.Zuk at degruyter.com).
>
> Best regards,
>
> *Kim Baraka, *PhD candidate
> Robotics Institute, *Carnegie Mellon University* (Pittsburgh, USA)
> Group on Artificial Intelligence for People and Society (GAIPS), *INESC-ID
> / Instituto Superior T?**cnico* (Lisboa, Portugal)
> kimbaraka.com
> _______________________________________________
> Accessibility-lunch mailing list
> Accessibility-lunch at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/accessibility-lunch
>
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From apavel at cs.cmu.edu  Mon Mar  2 17:08:51 2020
From: apavel at cs.cmu.edu (Amy Pavel)
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 22:08:51 +0000
Subject: [Access Lunch] Accessibility lunch talk by Kim Baraka (12-1p in NSH
	1109)
Message-ID: <d5e2f6360150475c87f342dbdbb0e09d@cs.cmu.edu>

Hi everyone!


For accessibility lunch this week, Kim Baraka will speak about his work on expanding robot roles and capabilities in socially assistive domains with a focus on autism therapy.  Kim is a dual Ph.D. candidate in Robotics between CMU and the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal. The full title and description of the talk is included below. As always, there will be lunch provided.


Look forward to seeing you all there!


--------------------


Title: Expanding the Assistive Capabilities of Robots by Leveraging Standardized Interactive Tools

Speaker: Kim Baraka

Description: In this talk, I will outline our efforts into expanding robots' capabilities and roles in socially assistive domains, with a focus on autism therapy. I will present two research directions related to social assistance. The first is concerned with having the robot automatically personalize its social behavior using decision-theoretic methods in order to accommodate for individual differences in autism severity. The second is concerned with developing a simulation platform for complementing the training of autism professionals, where the robot emulates a range of responses of autistic individuals in standardized interactions. Our work is expected to contribute to technological advances for a richer set of interactions with robots in assistive contexts.
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From cgleason at andrew.cmu.edu  Thu Mar  5 12:06:27 2020
From: cgleason at andrew.cmu.edu (Cole Gleason)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 12:06:27 -0500
Subject: [Access Lunch] Accessibility lunch talk by Kim Baraka (12-1p in
 NSH 1109)
In-Reply-To: <d5e2f6360150475c87f342dbdbb0e09d@cs.cmu.edu>
References: <d5e2f6360150475c87f342dbdbb0e09d@cs.cmu.edu>
Message-ID: <CAGBq0bYM+j5VZCjF_Qd_jBmijnrhm+RA2n4fkXXCkz-n84gR1Q@mail.gmail.com>

Hi everyone!

A reminder that this is now in NSH 1109! Hope to see you there!

Cole

On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 5:09 PM Amy Pavel <apavel at cs.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
>
> For accessibility lunch this week, Kim Baraka will speak about his work
> on expanding robot roles and capabilities in socially assistive domains
> with a focus on autism therapy.  Kim is a dual Ph.D. candidate in
> Robotics between CMU and the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal. The
> full title and description of the talk is included below. As always, there
> will be lunch provided.
>
>
> Look forward to seeing you all there!
>
>
> --------------------
>
>
> *Title*: Expanding the Assistive Capabilities of Robots by Leveraging
> Standardized Interactive Tools
>
> *Speaker: *Kim Baraka
>
> *Description*: In this talk, I will outline our efforts into expanding
> robots' capabilities and roles in socially assistive domains, with a focus
> on autism therapy. I will present two research directions related to social
> assistance. The first is concerned with having the robot automatically
> personalize its social behavior using decision-theoretic methods in order
> to accommodate for individual differences in autism severity. The second is
> concerned with developing a simulation platform for complementing the
> training of autism professionals, where the robot emulates a range of
> responses of autistic individuals in standardized interactions. Our work is
> expected to contribute to technological advances for a richer set of
> interactions with robots in assistive contexts.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Accessibility-lunch mailing list
> Accessibility-lunch at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/accessibility-lunch
>
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From baraka.kim at gmail.com  Thu Mar  5 13:32:39 2020
From: baraka.kim at gmail.com (Kim Baraka)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 13:32:39 -0500
Subject: [Access Lunch] Fwd: Special Issue on Robots and Autism
In-Reply-To: <CAEer7qQ8JC3jekwExk6RN0rE3cXjPKP+RsuqVMbJELMGnBB3Zw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAEer7qS3jQ=xu4OJCE+=kd-J3VoZM6poF35eLMDZ9KrxnOYh=Q@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAEer7qQjesjLir3_rBEtBrGY2mz2h+6UX6gxTN2Lk-bdTBQCUA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAEer7qS9-+S8uwn_siJfRLb7PYrKQP9zxcAS37B_hbx6C2DDbQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAEer7qRLK_QQy3yV41CS57Y0zpWhsLye9AR6vY9Z3QderZADLQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAEer7qSRGUc+sLoTJcCvJ7+p+a=Q4KWxmW9Tj4Xctb6AAQxKMw@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAEer7qQ8JC3jekwExk6RN0rE3cXjPKP+RsuqVMbJELMGnBB3Zw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAEer7qTNG3Sy-FSZeZYEz-2AqYyApbGNX2E2_5Dry_iFCoQXgA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

As some of you requested after my talk today, I am sharing again the call
for papers for the special issue on Robots and Autism that I am
co-organizing. I would be grateful if you could spread the word or consider
submitting if you think your research is relevant.

Thanks!

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Dear Colleagues,

We cordially invite you to submit a manuscript to the Special Issue in
Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics (
https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/pjbr), entitled "Robots and Autism:
Conceptualization, Technology, and Methodology". (Deadline: February 29,
2020; no fees for submissions received before 2020.)

Link to the official CfP:
https://www.degruyter.com/view/supplement/s20814836_CFP_Robots_and_Autism.pdf
.

*Call for Papers:*
Increasing prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) emphasizes the
need for impactful research into more advanced and effective technology and
strategies used for intervention, assessment, and training. Social robots
are one technological domain that has been suggested as potentially
effective for individuals with ASD, due to robots? repeatable and
controllable social behavior, as well as their ability to engage
individuals with ASD. Although existing research has demonstrated promising
results in this domain, many challenges remain to be addressed. From a
design perspective, a better understanding of suitable robot
characteristics, scenarios, and tasks for intervention and assessment is
needed. From a technological perspective, more algorithmic advances in
modeling, sensing, decision-making, and adaptation over interactive
scenarios may unlock more powerful and flexible solutions. From an
empirical perspective, more evidence is required to evaluate deployment,
efficacy, and usability of these technologies in different settings and by
different users (caregivers, teachers, clinicians). Finally, ethical and
philosophical considerations when designing and adopting such technologies
are also notable areas of research needing further examination.

This thematic special issue in Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics aims
at gathering the latest research addressing some of the above challenges.
It was launched as a follow-up to a web panel discussion (
https://bit.ly/2N568Hr) on the current state of socially assistive robotics
in ASD, held on June 27 and organized by Chartacloud | Robotteca. We
welcome high-quality submissions from authors, regardless of their
affiliation(s) and relationship to the panel. Full paper submissions may
include: original research, focused review papers, and opinion papers. In
addition to full papers, we will also consider submissions of brief
research reports in the form of a communication/note.

Contributions to the Special Issue may address (but are not limited) to the
following aspects:

   - intervention (clinical, school, and home settings)
   - assessment, diagnosis, and monitoring
   - clinician support and training
   - robot embodiment and behavior design
   - algorithms for intelligent robot behavior, including AI and machine
   learning for modeling, perception, and planning of social behavior
   - autonomy and shared control
   - programming interfaces for robot behavior (expert and non-expert)
   - ethical and philosophical issues
   - evaluation studies (hypothesis-driven, exploratory, and long-term)
   - novel applications of robots in the ASD domain

Authors are requested to submit their full research papers, complying with
the general scope of the journal. The submitted papers will undergo the
standard peer-review process before they can be accepted. Notification of
acceptance will be communicated as we progress with the review process.

*Guest editors:*
Kim Baraka (lead GE), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA /
Instituto Superior T?cnico, Lisbon, Portugal
Rebecca Beights, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA / Irabina, Melbourne,
Australia
Marta Couto, INESC-ID, Lisbon, Portugal
Mike Radice (advisory editor), ChartaCloud | ROBOTTECA, Kensington, USA

*How to submit:*
Before submission authors should carefully read the Instruction for
Authors: www.degruyter.com/view/supplement/s20814836_Instructions_for_Authors.pdf
Manuscripts can be written in TeX, LaTeX (strongly recommended) - the
journal?s LATEX template. Please note that we do not accept papers in Plain
TEX format. Text files can be also submitted as standard DOCUMENT (.DOC)
which is acceptable if the submission in LATEX is not possible. For an
initial submission, the authors are strongly advised to upload their entire
manuscript, including tables and figures, as a single PDF file. All
submissions to the Special Issue must be made electronically via online
submission system Editorial Manager: www.editorialmanager.com/paladyn/ All
manuscripts will undergo the standard peer-review process (single blind, at
least two independent reviewers). When entering your submission via online
submission system please choose the option ?SI on Robots and Autism:
Conceptualization, Technology, and Methodology?. Submission of a manuscript
implies that the work described has not been published before and it is not
under consideration for publication anywhere else. The deadline for
submissions is February 29, 2020, but individual papers will be reviewed
and published online as they arrive. Contributors to the Special Issue will
benefit from:

   - indexation in SCOPUS
   - NO submission and publication FEES in 2019*
   - fair and constructive peer review provided by experts in the field
   - no space constraints
   - convenient, web-based paper submission and tracking system ? Editorial
   Manager
   - quick online publication upon completing the publishing process
   (continuous publication model)
   - better visibility due to Open Access
   - long-term preservation of the content (articles archived in Portico)
   - extensive post-publication promotion for selected papers

*There are no publication or processing fees for papers submitted till the
end of December 2019. Starting 2020, the journal will be subject to an
Article Processing Charge (APC) (only for accepted manuscripts ? there
still will be no submission fees). Nevertheless, the journal will be able
to offer high discounts and also the possibility to apply for a waiver,
particularly for authors who do not have funds for publication in an open
access model.

We are looking forward to your submission !!! In case of any questions
please contact Dr. Justyna ?uk (Managing Editor of Paladyn.JBR;
Justyna.Zuk at degruyter.com).

Best regards,

*Kim Baraka, *PhD candidate
Robotics Institute, *Carnegie Mellon University* (Pittsburgh, USA)
Group on Artificial Intelligence for People and Society (GAIPS), *INESC-ID
/ Instituto Superior T?**cnico* (Lisboa, Portugal)
kimbaraka.com
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From apavel at cs.cmu.edu  Thu Mar 12 11:00:27 2020
From: apavel at cs.cmu.edu (Amy Pavel)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:00:27 +0000
Subject: [Access Lunch] Accessibility lunch today 12-1pm in NSH 1109
Message-ID: <beeb825607c8437e99a18a6a689b33e0@cs.cmu.edu>

Hello everyone,


We'll have an accessibility lunch chat today from 12-1p in NSH 1109. There will be lunch, see you there!


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From apavel at cs.cmu.edu  Thu Mar 19 10:42:29 2020
From: apavel at cs.cmu.edu (Amy Pavel)
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:42:29 +0000
Subject: [Access Lunch] Accessibliilty lunch today 12-1pm on Zoom
Message-ID: <5e35a72c37c04fd1a7f013c5183d4454@cs.cmu.edu>

Hi everyone,


We'll be holding accessibility lunch today from 12-1p remotely! We'll continue to hold remote accessibility lunch meetings for the rest of the semester. Unfortunately, you'll be responsible for your own lunch as no pizza will be made available :)


Today the topic of accessibility lunch will be a conversation and brainstorming session around accessible technology when going remote, and responses from from the disability community.


The zoom link for the meeting is here: https://cmu.zoom.us/j/702967805


Hope to see you there!

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From cbennet2 at andrew.cmu.edu  Fri Mar 27 17:10:28 2020
From: cbennet2 at andrew.cmu.edu (Cynthia Bennett)
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 21:10:28 +0000
Subject: [Access Lunch] Invitation: Accessibility Lunch with Emily Ackerman
 on Delivery Robots & People with Disabilities, Thu 4/2 12 P
Message-ID: <e07b67bc77b248458a9a7327c9d35269@andrew.cmu.edu>

Hello,

Please join the Human Computer Interaction Institute's accessibility researchers for a talk by Emily Ackerman,<https://emilyeackerman.netlify.com/> author of this recent piece<https://www.citylab.com/perspective/2019/11/autonomous-technology-ai-robot-delivery-disability-rights/602209/> on delivery robots, people with disabilities, and the greater questions they raise around AI and the tech industry.

The Accessibility Gap for Tech Users and Developers

Thursday, April 2, 12-1 PM on Zoom, join details below

Historically, the tech industry (much like many others) lacks representation of disabled voices in both The products it develops and the workforce it employs. In this talk, I will provide just one example of the material impacts low representation can have on people with disabilities, through a personal recounting of my introduction to one of Pittsburgh's new delivery robots. I will trace the robots failure to recognize myself and my wheelchair to larger, systematic consequences. In so doing, I will explore the current trajectory of tech, protections needed to ensure that new solutions are both safe and beneficial for the disabled, and some next steps for creating an equitable technological future.

Emily Ackerman is a 5th year PhD student in the University of Pittsburgh's Chemical and Petroleum Engineering program.  She spends her free time (and sometimes, working hours) on disability activism and the advancement of underrepresented minorities in STEM.

To get regular invitations to our Accessibility Lunch talks, join our email list.<https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/accessibility-lunch>

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