6th Workshop at KI2012 - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

The workshop series 'emotion and computing - current research and future impact' has been providing a platform for discussion of emotion related topics of computer science and AI since 2006. In recent years computer science research has shown increasing efforts in the field of software agents which incorporate emotion. Several approaches have been made concerning emotion recognition, emotion modelling, generation of emotional user interfaces and dialogue systems as well as anthropomorphic communication agents. Motivations for emotional computing are manifold. From a scientific point of view, emotions play an essential role in decision making, as well as in perception and learning. Furthermore, emotions influence rational thinking and therefore should be part of rational agents as proposed by artificial intelligence research. Another focus is on human computer interfaces which include believable animations of interface agents. From a user perspective, emotional interfaces can significantly increase motivation and engagement which is of high relevance to the games and e-learning industry. Moreover, motivational and emotional aspects may play a key role in persuasive technologies, which intend to influence the user behaviour.

The workshop focusses on the role of affect and emotion in computer systems including emotion recognition, emotion generation and emotion modeling with special attention to AI specific problems and applications. Both shallow and deep models of emotion are in the focus of interest. The goal is to provide a forum for the presentation of research as well as of existing and future applications and for lively discussions among researchers and industry. The presented papers should discuss theories, architectures and applications which are based upon emotional aspects of computing.

The workshop series started six years ago and was held in the framework of the KI 2006, KI 2007, KI 2008, KI 2009 and KI 2011 conference.

This year the workshop will take place at the KI 2012 at Saarbruecken, September 24th 2012.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Contributions are solicited from the following fields:

  • Artificial Intelligence Research
  • Cognitive Sciences and Cognitive Robotics
  • Multi-agent System Technology
  • Speech Synthesis and Speech Recognition
  • Dialogue Systems and Communication
  • Modeling Uncertainty and Vagueness
  • Computer Game Development
  • User Modeling and Personalization
  • Applications using models of emotion
  • Persuasive Computing/Technologies
  • Affective Computing

Contributions are expected in the following form:

  • Presentations should have a duration of 15-20 minutes. Each presenter is required to submit a short paper on the presented topic. Papers are subject to regular peer review and subsequent publication within the workshop proceedings (4-8 pages).
  • Demonstrations are documented by an extended abstract which should not exceed 1 page in total
  • Workshop submission is electronic. Submitted papers should conform Springer LNCS style and must be written in English. Papers will be published on the workshop website. Further publication is in discussion and depends on submitted papers.

Important Dates:

Workshop paper submission deadline: June 18th, 2012
Notification of workshop paper acceptance: July 2nd, 2012
Workshop camera ready copy submission: August 3rd, 2012

Organization and Scientific Committee

Prof. Dr. Dirk Reichardt, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Stuttgart (main contact)
Dr. Christian Becker-Asano, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
Dr. Patrick Gebhard, DFKI Saarbruecken
Apl-Prof. Dr. Nicola Henze, University of Hannover
Prof. Dr. Michael Kipp, Hochschule Augsburg
Prof. Dr. Paul Levi, University of Stuttgart
Prof. Dr. John-Jules Charles Meyer, University of Utrecht
Dipl.-Ing. Christian Peter, Fraunhofer-Institut fuer Graphische Datenverarbeitung, Rostock
Dr. Goetz Renner, Daimler AG, Customer Research Center
Prof. Dr. Michael M. Richter, University of Calgary
Dr.-Ing. Bjoern Schuller, TU Muenchen
Prof. Dr. David Suendermann, DHBW Stuttgart