<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">(Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message.)<br><br>** Call for Papers **<div>Affective Agents Workshop (AAW) <br>Workshop homepage: <a href="http://gaips.inesc-id.pt:8081/iva14-waa/">http://gaips.inesc-id.pt:8081/iva14-waa/</a></div>
<div><br><div>To be held in conjunction with IVA 2014 in Boston, MA, USA, 27-29 August 2014<br>Conference homepage: <a href="http://www.ccs.neu.edu/iva2014/">http://www.ccs.neu.edu/iva2014/</a><div><br></div><div>** Scope **<br>
Many researchers in the virtual agents and social robotics communities are exploring the integration of affective computing into their systems. However, the majority of this research focuses on only one aspect of affective computing, such as the detection, modeling, or expression of emotion. The goal of this workshop is to create collaborations between the experts in each of these areas to share their latest findings so as to shape the picture of how all of these systems can be integrated together to create an Affective Agent that senses, models, expresses and responds to a user's affective state in real time.<br>
<br>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<br>- Agents and robots that respond to a user’s affective state<br>- Real time sensing of affect<br>- Expressing emotions in embodied agents<br>- Multimodal affective detection and expression<br>
- Evaluation of affective systems<br>- Computational models of emotion, empathy and emotional contagion<br>- Perception-action affective loops in agents and robots<br>- Affective interactions in real-world environments<br>
- Applications for affective interactive games, robots and virtual agents<br>- Techniques for handling multimodal and noisy data in real world scenarios<br><br>** Important Dates **<br>June 13, 2014: Paper submission deadline (extended)<br>
June 27, 2014: Notification of paper acceptance<br>July 11, 2014: Camera ready versions due<br>August 26, 2014: Workshop date (half-day)<br>August 27-29, 2014: Main conference</div><div><div><p class=""><span class="">** Submission instructions **<br>
Authors are asked to submit papers in Springer format, with a limit of 8 pages. MS Word and LaTeX templates can be found in the Workshop Website. Submissions should be uploaded through easychair using the following link:<a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aawiva14">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aawiva14</a></span></p>
** Workshop Organizers **<div>Lazlo Ring, Northeastern University - <a href="mailto:lring@ccs.neu.edu">lring@ccs.neu.edu</a><br>João Dias, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon - <a href="mailto:joao.dias@gaips.inesc-id.pt">joao.dias@gaips.inesc-id.pt</a><br>
Iolanda Leite, Yale University - <a href="mailto:iolanda.leite@yale.edu">iolanda.leite@yale.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div>
** Program Committee ** <div>Joost Broekens, TU Delft, NL<br>Frank Dignum, Utrecht University, NL<br>Sidney D'Mello, University of Notre Dame, USA<br>Dirk Heylen,Twente University, NL<br>Kate Hone, Brunel University, UK<br>
Ian Horswill, Northwestern University, USA<br>Eva Hudlicka, University of Massachusetts, USA <br>Arvid Kappas, Jacobs University, Germany<br>James Lester, North Carolina State University, USA<br>Margot Lhommet, Northeastern University, USA<br>
Stacy Marsella, Northeastern University, USA<br>Catherine Pelachaud, Paristech Telecom, FR<br>Laurel Riek, University of Notre Dame, USA<br>Stefan Scherer, USC Institute for Creative Technologies. USA<br>Daniel Schulman, Veterans Health Administration, USA<br>
Adriana Tapus, ENSTA-ParisTech, France<br>Janneke van der Zwaan, TU Delft, NL</div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div><font color="#666666"><br class="">-- </font></div><div><font color="#666666">Iolanda Leite</font></div>
<div><font color="#666666">Postdoctoral Associate</font></div><div><font color="#666666">Socially Assistive Robotics: An NSF Expedition in Computing</font></div><div><font color="#666666">Department of Computer Science</font></div>
<div><font color="#666666">Yale University</font></div><div><font color="#666666"><a href="http://robotshelpingkids.com/" target="_blank">robotshelpingkids.com</a> • <a href="http://scazlab.yale.edu/" target="_blank">scazlab.yale.edu</a> • <a href="http://iolandaleite.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">iolandaleite.com</a></font></div>
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