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Day 1: Wed 13 Oct

CEST (UTC+2)

1330-1345

VIHAR Welcome session

1345-1400

1400-1415

Keynote #1

Animal-Computer Interaction: Future Directions for Animals Interacting with Computers

Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas

1415-1430

1430-1445

1445-1500

Papers 1a

Representation learning for orca calls classification

Best Paul, Marxer Ricard, Paris Sébastien, Glotin Hervé [LIS CNRS Université de Toulon]

1500-1515

Investigating Automatic Audio Laughter Detection in a Mother-Child Interaction

El Haddad, Kevin [ISIA Lab, University of Mons]; Meunier, Gabriel [Aix-Marseille University]; Mazzocconi, Chiara [ILCB, LPL, Aix-Marseille University]; Fourtassi, Abdellah [ILCB, LIS, Aix-Marseille University]

1515-1530

An Interactive Human—Animal—Robot Approach to Distance Sampling in Bioacoustics

Lostanlen, Vincent [université de Nantes; Centrale Nantes; CNRS; LS2N]; Pierrick Arnaud [École navale]; Marc du Gardin [École navale]; Laurent Godet [université de Nantes; CNRS; LETG]; Mathieu Lagrange [université de Nantes; Centrale Nantes; CNRS; LS2N]

1530-1545

Vocal interactions in meerkat groups on the move

Demartsev, Vlad [Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, Germany; Biology Department, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany; Kalahari Research Centre, Kuruman River Reserve, Van Zylsrus, South Africa]; Thomas, Mara [Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, Germany; Biology Department, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany; Kalahari Research Centre, Kuruman River Reserve, Van Zylsrus, South Africa]; Averly, Baptiste [Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, Germany; Biology Department, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany; Kalahari Research Centre, Kuruman River Reserve, Van Zylsrus, South Africa]; Manser, Marta [Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich; Kalahari Research Centre, Kuruman River Reserve, Van Zylsrus, South Africa]; Strandburg-Peshkin, Ariana [Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, Germany; Biology Department, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany; Kalahari Research Centre, Kuruman River Reserve, Van Zylsrus, South Africa]

1545-1600

Break

1600-1615

Discussants #1

Signal processing of animal vocalisations/AI/robotics

Jennifer Cunha, Reiji Suzuki, Lisa Gill

1615-1630

1630-1645

1645-1700

Papers 1b

Decadal frequency shift in blue whale song could be explained by dynamical social network analysis or flocking models

MALIGE, Franck [équipe DYNI; Laboratoire LIS; Université de Toulon]; PATRIS, Julie [Université d'Aix-Marseille]; HAURAY, Maxime [Institut de mathématiques de Marseille; Université d'Aix-Marseille]; GIRAUDET, Pascale [équipe DYNI; Laboratoire LIS; Université de Toulon]; GLOTIN, Hervé [équipe DYNI; Laboratoire LIS; Université de Toulon];

1700-1715

TamagoPhone: Augmented incubator to maintain vocal interaction between bird parents and egg during artificial incubation.

Kleinberger, Rebecca [Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory]; Sands, Janelle [Massachusetts Institute of Technology]; Sareen Harpreet [Parson School of Design The New School]; Baker, Janet M. [Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory]

1715-1730

Could Animals be Taught to Communicate their Emotions? A Potential Behavior Training Protocol Modeled in Parrots

Cunha, Jennifer [Parrot Kindergarten, Inc.]

1730-1745

A complete vocal learning model for canary syllables

Pagliarini, Silvia [University of California Los Angeles]

1745-1800

Virtual Social Event - Discussion

1800-1815

1815-1830

Day 2: Thu 14 Oct

CEST (UTC+2)

1400-1415

Keynote #2

Verbal and Non-Verbal Human-Robot Interaction: Where are we and what’s next?

Nikolaos Mavridis

1415-1430

1430-1445

1445-1500

Papers 2a

Can a Voice be Uncanny?

Coldren, Ian T. [University of Sheffield]; Moore, Roger K. [University of Sheffield]

1500-1515

Should I stay or should I go? -- Humans’ perception of social valence in artificially generated sounds

Korcsok, Beáta [Department of Mechatronics, Optics and Mechanical Engineering Informatics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary]; Faragó, Tamás [Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary]; Ferdinandy, Bence [MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary]; Miklósi, Ádám [Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary]; Korondi, Péter [Department of Mechatronics, University of Debrecen, Hungary]; Gácsi, Márta [Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary]

1515-1530

From vocal prosody to movement prosody, from HRI to understanding humans

Scales, Philip [LIG, Université Grenoble Alpes]; Aubergé, Véronique [LIG, Université Grenoble Alpes; CNRS]; Aycard, Olivier [LIG, Université Grenoble Alpes]

1530-1545

1545-1600

Break

1600-1615

Discussants #2

Human communication/robotics

Marie Postma, Véronique Aubergé, David Cohen

1615-1630

1630-1645

1645-1700

Papers 2b

Early-life stress affects Mongolian gerbil interactions with conspecific vocalizations in a sex-specific manner

Hardy, Kate A. [Hearing Research Group, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED); Biomedical Sciences, Kent State University]; Hart, Denise [Hiram College]; and Rosen, Merri J. [Hearing Research Group, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, NEOMED; Brain Health Research Institute, Kent State University]

1700-1715

Give a Robot a Voice

Klintefors, Pierre [Lund University]; Grendeus, Simon [Lund University]; Boyner, Edvin [Lund University]; Pettersson, Alexander [Lund University]

1715-1730

Quietly angry: declared customer satisfaction vs. automatically detected emotion in contact center calls

BOLO, Eric [Batvoice AI]; SAMOUL, Muhammad [Batvoice AI]; SEICHEPINE, Nicolas [Batvoice AI]; CHETOUANI, Mohamed [Batvoice AI; Sorbonne Université]

1730-1745

Vocal response of the male serin, Serinus serinus, to interactive playback

Mamede, Ana [FCTUC; UC; PT]

1745-1800

Virtual Social Event - Discussion

1800-1815

1815-1830

Day 3: Fri 15 Oct

CEST (UTC+2)

1400-1415

Keynote #3

“Who’s a good dog?” The influence of dog directed speech on human-dog interactions

Katie Slocombe

1415-1430

1430-1445

1445-1500

Papers 3a

Variations and Behavioral Correlates of the Usage of Territorial and Threat Calls in a Tropical Songbird, the Pied Bush Chat (Saxicola caprata): A filed study

Navjeevan Dadwal [Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Chandigarh University, Punjab, India], Dinesh Bhatt [Avian Diversity and Bioacoustics Laboratory, Department of Zoology and Environmental Science, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India], and Vinay Kumar Seth [Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Modern Studies, Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India]

1500-1515

Universal emotional translators: a machine learning adventure to explore acoustic correlates of emotional valence in domestic animals

Lefèvre, Romain Adrien. [Behavioural Ecology Group, Section for Ecology & Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark], Sypherd, Ciara Cleo Rose. [Behavioural Ecology Group, Section for Ecology & Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark], Mandel-Briefer, Elodie Floriane [Behavioural Ecology Group, Section for Ecology & Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark]

1515-1530

Dogs react to the social valence of conspecific but not of human vocalizations

Faragó, Tamás [Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary]; Atares, Irene Rojas [MTA-ELTE ‘Lendület’ Neuroethology of Communication Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences – Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary]; Pérez Fraga, Paula [MTA-ELTE ‘Lendület’ Neuroethology of Communication Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences – Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary]; Kocsis, Lilla [Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary]; Audiguier, Morgane [Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary]; Bel Rhali, Soufiane [Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary]; Andics, Attila [Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; MTA-ELTE ‘Lendület’ Neuroethology of Communication Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences – Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary]

1530-1545

1545-1600

Break

1600-1615

Discussants #3

Human-animal communication

Piera Filippi, Andrey Anikin, Kasia Pisanski

1615-1630

1630-1645

1645-1700

Papers 3b

The Efficacy of Choice and Control in Developing Human-Dolphin Communicative Transactions

Reiss, Diana [Hunter College, City University of New York]; Kanagat, Rita [Hunter College, City University of New York]; Magnasco, Marcelo [The Rockefeller University].

1700-1715

Why Socially Interactive Instruction Is Necessary for Nonhuman Acquisition of Communicative Competence

Pepperberg, Irene M. [The Alex Foundation]

1715-1730

Behavioral experiments for gathering labeled animal vocalization data

Ross, Andrew [Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University]; Kim, Su Jin [Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University]

1730-1745

Cross-lingual, cross-species laughter? Automatic detection of human laughter and hyena calls

Stowell, Dan [Tilburg University, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre]; Hough, Julian [Queen Mary University of London]; Rasala, Jack [Queen Mary University of London]; Schlangen, David [University of Potsdam]; Tian, Ye [MediaTek Research]; Ginzburg, Jonathan [Université Paris-Diderot (Paris 7)]; Jensen, Frants [Syracuse University]; Strandburg-Peshkin, Ariana [Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour]

1745-1800

VIHAR Closing session

1800-1815

1815-1830