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Twelfth International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, December 1-4, 2025, Bloomington, Indiana, US 

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This edition of the conference was hosted by Bloomington University. The conference was held in cooperation with the SIGCHI of the ACM. The proceedings were published in the ACM Digital Library.

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General Chair


Program Co-Chairs​

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Workshops and Tutorials Co-Chairs

Emerging Work Co-Chairs 

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Proceedings Chair

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Local and Accessibility Co-Chairs

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​​Associate Chairs

  • Yoram Chisik, Goldsmiths University, UK

  • Melody Jackson, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

  • Dmitrii Kaplun, China University of Mining and Technology, China

  • Rebecca Kleinberger, Northeastern University, USA

  • Dirk van der Linden, University of Northumbria, UK

  • Sebastian Meller, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany

  • David Roberts, North Carolina State University, USA

  • Charlotte Robinson, University of Sussex, UK

  • Luisa Ruge, pH-auna, Colombia

  • Yifan Wu, North Carolina State University, USA

  • Anna Zamansky, University of Haifa, Israel

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Program Committee​

  • Ceara Byrne, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

  • Yoram Chisik, Goldsmiths University London, UK

  • Fiona French, London Metropolitan University, UK

  • Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas, University of Glasgow, UK

  • Melody Jackson, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

  • Dmitrii Kaplun, China University of Mining and Technology, China

  • Rebecca Kleinberger, Northeastern University, USA

  • Dirk van der Linden, University of Northumbria, UK

  • Clara Mancini, The Open University, UK

  • Christopher F. Martin, Indianapolis Zoo, USA

  • Sebastian Meller, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany

  • Eleonora Nannoni, University of Bologna, Italy

  • Christena Nippert-Eng, Indiana University Bloomington, USA

  • David Roberts, North Carolina State University, USA

  • Charlotte Robinson, University of Sussex, UK

  • Mandy Roshier, University of Nottingham, UK

  • Luisa Ruge, pH-auna, Colombia

  • Patrick Shih, Indiana University Bloomington, USA

  • Yifan Wu, North Carolina State University, USA

  • Anna Zamansky, University of Haifa, Israel

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2025 Conference Program

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Keynotes

  • ​Dr. Erica Cartmill, IU – "Computer-aided assessments of physical and social cognition"

  • Dr. Christopher Flynn Martin, Indianapolis Zoo/IU – "Functionally Naturalistic Design for Zoos: ACI Methods for Science and Wellbeing"

  • Dr. Joe Caudell, Indiana Department of Natural Resources – "Giving Science a Story: Enhancing Communication Using Compelling Narratives"​

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Workshops

  • "ApeJam" (Fiona French, Christopher Flynn Martin and Fay Clark)

  • "Design Fiction for Animal-Robot Interaction: In the New Era of Artificial Intelligence" (Haruka Kasuga, Masashi Takeshita and Yuichiro Kasuga) 

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