[Amdnl] CFP: First International Workshop on Wide Spectrum Social Signal Processing (WS³P 2012) at SocialCom 2012

[Mohamed Chetouani]

Dear Colleagues,

Please find below a Call for Papers for WS³P 2012.

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First International Workshop on Wide Spectrum Social Signal Processing  
(WS³P2012)
Held in conjunction with ASE/IEEE International Conference on Social  
Computing (SocialCom 2012)
Amsterdam (The Netherlands), September 3-6, 2012

Website: http://ws3p-socialcom2012.isir.upmc.fr/
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Description:
A large part of users of Social Computing and Social Signal Processing  
technology have special needs owing to their special mental conditions  
such as Autism Spectral Condition or physical limitations. At the same  
time, Social Computing offers great potential in particular for these  
users: Many target groups show high affinity to technical systems and  
practically all of these can be assumed to benefit from social  
networks and social and affective technical solutions tailored to  
their needs. As a consequence, there has been a growing interest  
within the computing community in becoming more engaged in social  
sciences and more particularly in psychopathologies such as Autism.  
The WS³P 2012 workshop aims to gather researchers and practitioners in  
the field of Social Computing, Social Signal Processing, Social  
Robotics and Psychopathology. Joint research across these communities  
will have a major impact on methodologies, problems and issues related  
to users with development or abilities on a wide spectrum.

The workshop fosters discussions covering topics such as (but not  
limited to):
. Processing of Wide Spectrum Social Signals and Wide Spectrum  
Emotions and Affect
. Corpora of Wide Spectrum Social Signals, Emotion and Affect
. Machine Learning Techniques for Interaction Modelling
. Inclusive User Interfaces
.Targeted Social Networks for User Groups with Special Requirements
. Digital Socio-Emotional Gaming for Empowerment and Inclusion
. Case Studies and Applications in Real-life Contexts
. Long-term Modelling of Wide Spectrum Behaviours
. Data Acquisition, Annotation, Protocols and Ethics
. Impact of Social Signal Processing in the Psycho-Pathology


Organization:
This event is organized as a satellite workshop of the ASE/IEEE  
International Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom) that will  
take place in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), September 3-6, 2012.

Organizers:
Mohamed Chetouani (primary contact), Institut des Systèmes  
Intelligents et de Robotique (ISIR) Université Pierre et Marie Curie  
(UPMC)
Björn Schuller, Technische Universität München (TUM)
Peter Robinson, University of Cambridge

Information:
ws3p-socialcom2012 at isir.upmc.fr

Important dates:
Paper submission                        15 June 2012
Notification of acceptance         10 July 2012
Camera ready paper                    25 July 2012
Workshop                                   3-6 September 2012 (one-day  
workshop, date t.b.d.)

Sponsors:
The workshop will be co-sponsored by the European projects ASC- 
Inclusion (www.asc-inclusion.eu) and Michelangelo (www.michelangelo-project.eu/) 
  and the HUMAINE Association.


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Mohamed Chetouani
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique
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