The First International Conference on Affective Computing & Intelligent Interaction

October 21-23, 2005  Beijing, China

URL: http://www.affectivecomputing.org/2005/

Submission DeadlineMarch 15, 2005

E-mailacii2005@nlpr.ia.ac.cn

 

Traditional human machine interaction is normally based on passive instruments such as keyboard, mouse, etc. It’s impossible for them to understand and express emotions. Without the ability of emotion processing, computers cannot be expected to be a human-like machine, and also cannot be expected to communicate with humans in a natural and harmonious way. Emotion is one of the most important features of humans. We therefore expect that computers should have the ability to process emotion and to interact with human users in a natural way. Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction is a key technology to enable computers to observe, understand and synthesize emotions, and to behave vividly.

      In order to provide an opportunity for scientists, engineers, and graduate students to present and discuss new problems, solutions, and technologies in the area, we decide to hold the 1st International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII2005). The Conference is sponsored by Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASIA), Tsinghua University, Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Psychology, Chinese Association of Automation (CAA), China Computer Federation (CCF), Chinese Information Processing Association (CIPA), China Society of Image and Graphics ( CSIG), International Speech Communication Asscociation (ISCA), National Natural Science Foundation of  China (NSFC) and the National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China (863). It will be held on October 22-24, 2005 in Beijing, China. Leading researchers will be invited to give keynote speeches.

    Again, with that genuine international and interdisciplinar perspective, you are kindly invited to actively participate in this First International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII2005) as presenter, reviewer, attendee, sponsor, exhibitor, etc.

     The working language of ACII2005 is English. Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length papers (maximum 8 pages in Springer LNCS format) for presentation in any of the areas listed below. All ACII2005 papers will be handled and reviewed electronically and details can be found in the conference web-site http://www.affectivecomputing.org/2005. The conference proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in LNCS/LNAI series.

 

Topics:

Contributed papers are invited on, but are not limited to, the following topics

 Affective Face and Gesture Processing

Psychology & Cognition of Affect

  + Face (Gesture) Animation

Affective Music Processing

  + Affect Recognition from face (gesture)

Affective Interaction

  + Motion Capture

  + Affective Understanding

  + 3D modeling of face (gesture)

  + Affective Multimodal Systems

  + Face (Body) Detection

  + Affective Agents

  + Face (Gesture) Recognition

  + Affective Dialogue Systems

Affective Speech Processing

  + Affective User Interface

  + Affective Speech Analysis

  + Affective Markup Language

  + Affective Speech Recognition and Synthesis

  + Affective Tutoring Systems

  + Voice Quality of Affective Speech

Systems and Applications

  + Prosody Processing of Affective Speech

  + Wearable Systems

  + Affective Text Processing and Annotation

  + Virtual Reality

  + Multilingual Processing of Affective Speech

  + Games

Evaluation of Affective Expressivity

  + Others

Affective Database, Annotation and Tools

Other Topics Related to Affect

 

The ACII2005 also welcomes exhibitions of products and demos of research prototypes within the areas relevant to the conference. Enquiry for exhibitions and demos should be addressed to Ms. Wei Zhao ( acii2005@nlpr.ia.ac.cn ).

     Beijing, better known as the Pearl of the Orient, is a place where East meets West. Shopping, dining, sightseeing, as well as world-class events and attractions are all conveniently available within a short distance. You are cordially invited to attend ACII2005 and to experience the fascination of Beijing that is unmatched any where in the world. Please note the following important dates and plan your schedule well in advance.

 

Important Dates

Submit Papers Here!

Final Full paper submission

March 15, 2005

Notification of paper acceptance

April 30,  2005

Early Registration

June 1,  2005

Conference

Oct. 22-24, 2005

 

 

Contact Info:

Dr. Jianhua Tao

Ms. Wei Zhao

National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition,

Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Tel: 010-82614523   Fax: 010-62551993

Post: 2728#,Beijing (100080)  E-mailacii2005@nlpr.ia.ac.cn