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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 the Bloomington University, in co-operation with with the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and SIGCHI (Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction). The conference proceedings are 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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