Selection Procedure for Best (Student) Paper Awards
- The lead Program Chair handles the nomination process of best paper finalists based on the merits of the papers and the reviews received.
- Only papers with full scores by all reviewers are considered.
- The manuscripts were sent to the Award Chairs for evaluation and selection.
- The Award Committee evaluated each paper based on significance, motivation, problem statement, technical contribution, impact, and clarity of writing and presentation before making recommendations to the General Chairs and Programme Chairs for final approval.
Award Chair
Leopoldina Fortunati, University of Udine
Award Committee
Silvia Rossi, University of Naples
Alessandro Di Nuovo, University of Sheffield
Kerstin Haring, University of Denver
John-John Cabibihan, Qatar University
Francesco Ferro, PAL robotics
Best Paper Award
Affect Display Recognition through Tactile and Visual Stimuli in a Social Robot
Sara Marques-Villarroya, Juan Jose Gamboa-Montero, Cristina Jumela-Yedra, Jose Carlos Castillo, and Miguel Angel Salichs
- Certificate
- 500€ Cash prize
- 1 voucher for Springer.com (Sponsored by IJSR)
Finalists
- 33 – Socially-Aware Mobile Robot Trajectories for Face-to-Face Interactions, Yalun Wen, Xingwei Wu, Katsu Yamane, and Soshi Iba
- 130 – Speech-driven Robot Face Action Generation with Deep Generative Model for Social Robots, Chuang Yu, Heng Zhang, Zhegong Shangguan, Xiaoxuan Hei, Angelo Cangelosi, and Adriana Tapus
Best Student Paper Award
I designed it, so I trust it: the influence of customization on psychological ownership and trust toward robots
Dimitri Lacroix, Ricarda Wullenkord, and Friederike Eyssel
- Certificate
- 300€ Cash prize
Finalists
- 56 – Affective Human-Robot Interaction with Multimodal Explanations, Hongbo Zhu, Chuang Yu, and Angelo Cangelosi
- 106 – The Effects of Dyadic vs Triadic Interaction on Children’s Cognitive and Affective Gains in Robot-Assisted Alphabet Learning, Zhansaule Telisheva, Aida Zhanatkyzy, Nurziya Oralbayeva, Aida Amirova, Arna Aimysheva, and Anara Sandygulova
Robot Design Competition Awards
The following categories have been awarded:
– Category A: Innovation in software, applications, and interaction modalities
– Category B: Innovation in hardware, design, and interfaces
All the submissions will be considered for both categories (software and hardware).
Award Chairs
Amit Kumat Pandey, Rovial Space, beingAI Limited
Elisabetta Cianfarelli, University of Florence
Award Committee
Elmer van Grondelle, Delft University
Margherita Tufarelli, University of Florence
Shruti Chandra, University of Waterloo
Katrin Lohan, OST-Schweiz
Category A Award
RoPi: Robotic assistant for the emotional support of hospitalized children for burns
Sebastian Caballa, Manuel Aranda, Diego Zegarra, David Lizano, Hector Oscanoa, Diego Arce
- Certificate
- 200€ Cash prize
Runner up
Mosu Buddy: Mourning Support robot
Sebastian Chion, Itala Latorre, Karol Surco, Roberto Raez
- Certificate
Finalists:
- Cogui: Interactive Social Robot for ASD Children, Roberto Taez, William Meza, Adrian Anhuaman, Carlos Grandos
- AMI MASK, Antonio Zaccariello, Matteo Palagi, Ruben Bertini
Category B Award
CollaBot: Collaborative Human-Robot Interaction Design for Robotic Library
Dahyun Kang, Minhee Kim, Juhan Choi, Wonil Lee, Sonya S. Kwak
- Certificate
- 200€ Cash prize
Runner up
Bubble Worlds: How Did Refugees Experience the Covid-19 Lockdown?
Azadeh Shariati, Duncan Paterson, Helge Wurdemann
- Certificate
Finalists:
- Bumbles, Bonfanti Fabio, Bonfanti Ilaria, Di Gaetano Elisa, Zhao Caiyu
- Octosuit, Pietro Muzi, Francesco Palmerini
- Smisto, Samia Becagli, Corsi, Chaabane
Metrics Award
Winner: Lu Xiangzhe, Netease (China)
- Certificate
- Full-day workshop registration at ICSR 2022
Finalists
- Junhwa Kim and NAMHO, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Dongguk university, Seoul, South Korea
- Soonyong Son, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, South Korea
- Olmer Garcia-Bedoya, Jose Tomas Lorente, Sebastian Murcia, Ekumenlabs, Argentina