*ACII 2011 - Call for Workshops, Doctoral Consortium, & Interactive Event Proposals* *October 9-12, 2011, Memphis, TN USA http://www.acii2011.org * Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2011) is the fourth international conference and premier forum for state of the art in research on affective and multimodal intelligent systems. This year we are encouraging papers on a range of topics from the interdisciplinary arena encompassing Computer Science, Engineering, Virtual Agents, Psychology, and the Affective, Cognitive, Learning, and Social Sciences. In addition to regular papers (which are due April 1, 2011), ACII 2011 will also feature a Doctoral Consortium, an Interactive Event, and a number of Workshops (please see below and attached flyer) * Doctoral Consortium* The ACII 2011 Doctoral Consortium (DC) serves as forum for PhD students to share ideas about the theories behind affective computing, its development, and its application. The goal of this Special Session of the Conference is to compare approaches, discuss future research problems, and receive feedback from the international community. *Papers of the Doctoral Consortium will be published in the Conference Proceedings.* *Papers are due June 1, 2011*. Aims of the Doctoral Consortium - to provide PhD students with a friendly and lively atmosphere for presenting their research ideas, exchanging experiences with peers, and receiving constructive feedback on their work from the international research community; - to help students and doctoral candidates to formulate research questions and organize their research; - to help to forge new relationships and collaborations within the International ACII community in order to promote collaborative research - to support a new generation of researchers with information and advice on academic, research, industrial, and non-traditional career paths. Submission Instructions Submissions should describe PhD research that is at a stage where feedback from the international community might be of value. Thus, it is expected that students who will submit papers should be close to making a PhD research proposal, or have made it already but have at least a year of work remaining to complete their PhD thesis. Submissions must not exceed eight pages (including references)*. **Please see website for more information and to submit your proposal * https://sites.google.com/a/acii2011.org/www/call-for-doctoral-consortium-papers * *Important Dates - Doctoral Consortium Proposal Submission: June 1, 2011 - Doctoral Consortium Notification: July 1, 2011 - Camera-Ready Version Submissions: July 21, 2011 Organizing Committee - Jean-Claude Martin, *LIMSI-CNRS, France *[martin_at_limsi.fr] - Kostas Karpouzis, *National Technical University of Athens, Greece *[ kkarpou_at_cs.ntua.gr] - Roddy Cowie, *Queen's University, UK *[r.cowie_at_qub.ac.uk] * Interactive Event (Demos)* The ACII 2011 Interactive Event Session serves as a forum for researchers and practitioners to showcase recent advances in affective computing applications. The goal for the demonstrations is to illustrate the range of applications and technical advances in the state of the art of affective computing, in particular (but not only) regarding the main conference topics<https://sites.google.com/a/acii2011.org/www/call-for-papers>. The demos will showcase both mature systems and innovative prototypes and the presenters will have the opportunity to discuss their systems with the broader international scientific community and the public at large. *Two-page Interactive Event papers will be published in the the Conference Proceedings.* *Papers are due June 1, 2011.* Submission InstructionsDemos of research prototype and commercial products in the area of affective computing are welcome. They should be accompanied by reasonably detailed technical explanations of the methods used. Demos will be selected based on a number of factors including scientific contribution, originality and innovation, social impact, and potential for widespread use and acceptance. *Please see website for more information and to submit your proposal:* https://sites.google.com/a/acii2011.org/www/interactive-demos Important Dates - Interactive Events Proposal Submission: June 1, 2011 - Interactive Events Notification: July 1, 2011 - Camera-Ready Version Submissions: July 21, 2011 Organizing Committee - Rafael Calvo, *University of Sydney, Australia *[ [log in to unmask]] - Sidney D'Mello, *University of Memphis, USA *[[log in to unmask]] - Tanner Jackson, *University of Memphis, USA *[[log in to unmask]] * Workshops* The ACII 2011 Workshops aim to facilitate lively discussions, comparison of methods, synthesis of results on particular topics of interest to Affective Computing. The workshops will be held on the first day of the main conference, Sunday, October 9th, 2011.* * We invite workshop proposals on any current or emerging topic of relevance for the fields of Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction. Evaluation of workshop proposals will be based on the quality of the proposal, the level of details, the workshop theme, and its relevance to ACII 2011. *A one page description of the accepted workshops will be published as part of the main conference proceedings. Workshop proceedings themselves will either be published as part of the conference proceedings or in a separate volume. **Proposals are due April 15, 2011*. Proposal Submission Instructions Proposals should not exceed 3 pages and must be emailed to Björn Schuller ( schuller_at_tum.de) and Ginevra Castellano (ginevra_at_dcs.qmul.ac.uk). Please use [ACII2011] Workshop Proposal in the subject line. Please see website for more information and submission instructions: https://sites.google.com/a/acii2011.org/www/workshops Important Dates - *Workshop Proposal Submission:* April 15, 2011 - *Workshop Acceptance Notification:* May 1, 2011 - *Date of the Workshops:* October 9, 2011 Workshop Chairs - Björn Schuller, * TUM, Germany *[schuller_at_tum.de] - Ginevra Castellano, Queen Mary University of London [ ginevra_at_dcs.qmul.ac.uk] *also remember that regular papers are due April 1, 2011* (see CFP here<https://sites.google.com/a/acii2011.org/www/call-for-papers> ) * http://www.acii2011.org * Sidney Keith D'Mello Research Assistant Professor Institute for Intelligent Systems The University of Memphis Phone:(901)-[378-0531] Fax: (901)-678-1336 http://www.cs.memphis.edu/~sdmello * *