CfPs IEEE VR 2023 Workshop MASSXR: Multi-modal Affective and Social Behavior Analysis and Synthesis in Extended Reality (Submission deadline: January 9)

December 29th, 2022 Daniela Lopez de Luise

IEEE VR 2023 Workshop on Multi-modal Affective and Social Behavior Analysis and Synthesis in Extended Reality (MASSXR)

Location and date

The workshop IEEE-MASSXR will take place during the 30th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR 2023) conference, which will be held from March 25-29, 2023, in Shanghai, China.

IEEE-MASSXR is a half-day workshop, and it will be held online on 25th March. For more information, please visit the workshop’s website:

https://sites.google.com/view/massxrworkshop2023 

Description

With the recent advances in immersive technologies such as realistic digital humans, off-the-shelf XR devices with capabilities to capture users’ speech, faces, hands, and bodies, and the development of sophisticated data-driven AI algorithms, there is a great potential for automatic analysis and synthesis of social and affective cues in XR.  Although affective and social signal understanding and synthesis are studied in other fields (e.g., for human-robot interaction, intelligent virtual agents, or computer vision), it has not yet been explored adequately in Virtual and Augmented Reality. This demands extended-reality-specific theoretical and methodological foundations. Particularly, this workshop focuses on the following research questions:

  • How can we sense the user’s affective and social states using sensors available in XR?
  • How can we collect users’ interaction data in immersive situations?
  • How can we generate affective and social cues for digital humans/avatars in immersive interactions enabled by dialogue, voice, and non-verbal behaviors?
  • How can we develop systematic methodologies and techniques to develop  plausible, trustable, personalized behaviors for social and affective interaction in XR?

The objective of this workshop on Multi-modal Affective and Social Behavior Analysis and Synthesis in Extended Reality is to bring together researchers and practitioners working in the field of social and affective computing with the ones on 3D computer vision and computer graphics/animation and discuss the current state and future directions, opportunities, and challenges. The workshop aims to establish a new platform for the development of immersive embodied intelligence at the intersection of Artificial intelligence (AI) and Extended Reality (XR). We expect that the workshop will provide an opportunity for researchers to develop new techniques and will lead to new collaboration among the participants. 

Scope

This workshop invites researchers to submit original, high-quality research papers related to multi-modal affective and social behavior analysis and synthesis in XR. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Analysis and synthesis of multi-modal social and affective cues in XR
  • Data-driven expressive character animation (e.g., face, gaze, gestures, …)
  • AI algorithms for modeling social interactions with human- and AI-driven virtual humans
  • Machine learning for dyadic and multi-party interactions
  • Generating diverse, personalized, and style-based body motions
  • Music-driven animation (e.g., dance, instrument playing)
  • Multi-modal data collection and annotation in and for XR (e.g., using VR/AR headsets, microphones, motion capture devices, and 4D scanners)
  • Efficient and novel machine learning methods (e.g., transfer learning, self-supervised and few-shot learning, generative and graph models)
  • Subjective and objective analysis of data-driven algorithms for XR
  • Applications in healthcare, education, and entertainment (e.g., sign language)

Important Dates

  • Submission deadline: January 9, 2023 (Anywhere on Earth)
  • Notifications: January 20, 2023
  • Camera-ready deadline: January 27, 2023
  • Conference date: March 25-29, 2023
  • Workshop date: March 25, 2023 (Shanghai time TBD)

Instructions for Submissions

Authors are invited to submit a:

  • Research paper: 4-6 pages + references
  • Work-in-progress paper: 2-3 pages + references

Organizers:

  • Zerrin Yumak (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
  • Funda Durupinar (University of Massachusetts Boston, USA)
  • Oya Celiktutan (King’s College London, UK)
  • Pablo Cesar (CWI and TU Delft, The Netherlands)
  • Aniket Bera (Purdue University, USA)
  • Mar Gonzalez-Franco (Google Labs, USA)
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Call for Paper 📄 CVR 2023 ✒ Proceedings in Springer Book Series AIS | February 24-25, 2023

December 29th, 2022 Daniela Lopez de Luise

Dear Professor/Researcher, 

Greetings from Babu Banarasi Das University Lucknow and Soft Computing Research Society, India

We are pleased to inform you that BBDU Lucknow, India is organizing the 3rd International Conference On Computer Vision and Robotics (CVR 2023). The conference is technically sponsored by the Soft Computing Research Society. The details of the CVR 2023 are as follows:

After Conference Proceedings:  Springer Book Series “Algorithms for Intelligent Systems” (Approval Pending).

Indexing of the Proceedings:  Indexed by zbMATH. All books published in the series are submitted for consideration in the Web of Science..

Date of the conference: February 24-25, 2023, Mode of the Conference: In-person and Online (Hybrid Mode) 

Submission: All submissions need to be submitted through the Microsoft CMT using the link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CVR2023

Venue:  Babu Banarasi Das University Lucknow, India and online.

Topics to be covered (but are not limited to): Computer Vision: Artificial Intelligence for Computer Vision, Imaging Sensors Technology, Robotics: Robotic devices and systems, Autonomous vehicles, Intelligent control systems

Important Dates: 
             Last date of full paper submission: January 5, 2023
             Notification of acceptance: February 5, 2023
             Registration and final paper submission of accepted Paper: February 15, 2023

Contact us through email: cvr.scrs@gmail.com if you have any queries.

With Best Regards, 
Dr. Himanshu Mittal, Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, India 
Dr. Praveen K. Shukla, BBD University, Lucknow, India 
Dr. Andries Engelbrecht, Department of Industrial Engineering, and Division of Computer Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
(General Chairs, CVR 2023)
Join us on Telegram: SCRSIndia Telegram Channel
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Submit Articles: International Conference (ICOECA 2023): 9-10 February 2023: Bengaluru, India

December 29th, 2022 Daniela Lopez de Luise

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3rd International Conference on Expert Clouds and Applications
[ICOECA 2023]

ISSN:2367-3370
Dear Researcher

We RV College of Engineering, happy to announce the next successive conference event in ICOECA conference series, 3rd International Conference on Expert Clouds and Applications (ICOECA 2023) organized by RV Institute of Technology and Management, Bangalore, India on 2023, February 09-10.  The proceedings of 3rd ICOECA 2023 will be strictly subjected for inclusion into Springer Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems.

Mode of Presentation: Hybrid (In-person / Virtual)

All accepted and registered papers of ICOECA 2023 will be indexed in Springer LNNS
[Publication Time: 2 to 3 months from the Conference Date]

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Series Ed.: Kacprzyk, Janusz
ISSN: 2367-3370

https://www.springer.com/series/15179

** Indexing: The books of this series are submitted to SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago **

LNNS Scopus Source Details: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100901469

ICOECA Series @ Springer
ICOECA 2022 Publication Link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-19-2500-9
ICOECA 2021 Publication Link: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811621253

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To visit 3rd ICOECA 2023 Conference Website – Click Here

To download 3rd ICOECA 2023 Conference Brochure – Click Here

3rd ICOECA 2023 Paper Submission
Send full paper to conference Email: info.icoeca@gmail.com
or
Submit via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icoeca2023

For Queries: +91 9790041578 / info.icoeca@gmail.com

Regards
Conference Team – 3rd ICECA 2023
RV College of Engineering,
Bangalore, India

3rd ICOECA 2023 Publication Partner
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call for papers for NAFIPS’2023

December 28th, 2022 Daniela Lopez de Luise

NAFIPS'2023


2023 North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society Conference
Wednesday, May 31 – Thursday, June 2, 2023
Digital Futures, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
(The conference will take place in-person)
Website: coming soon

CALL FOR PAPERS

The aim of NAFIPS 2023 is to bring together researchers, engineers, and practitioners working in fuzzy logic and related areas to present their latest achievements and innovations. The meeting offers a unique platform for the exchange of ideas, discussion of thought-provoking developments and challenges, consideration of potential future directions.  The scope of this conference covers all aspects of theory and applications in fuzzy systems, soft computing methods, and fuzzy information processing including, but not limited to:

–       mathematical foundations of fuzzy sets and fuzzy systems

–       approximate reasoning, fuzzy inference models, and soft computing

–       fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic

–       fuzzy decision analysis, decision making, optimization, and design

–       fuzzy system architectures and hardware

–       fuzzy methods in data analysis, statistics and imprecise probability\

–       fuzzy databases and information retrieval

–       fuzzy pattern recognition and image processing

–       fuzzy control and robotics

–       possibility theory

–       fuzzy sets and logic in ontology, web, and social networks

–       fuzzy preference modeling

–       fuzzy sets in operations research and manufacturing

–       fuzzy database mining and financial forecasting

–       fuzzy neural networks

–       fuzzy systems in machine learning

–       fuzzy systems in video games

–       fuzzy systems in bio-medical applications

–       evolutionary and hybrid systems

–       explainable AI, trustworthy AI and responsible AI

–       Human-AI interactions and collaboration

–       intelligent agents and ambient intelligence

–       learning, adaptive, and evolvable fuzzy systems
 

 

PROCEEDINGS

Proceedings will be published as a Springer volume. The conference proceedings will be available in SpringerLink.
 

SUBMISSIONS

Authors should prepare a manuscript of no more than 12 pages, including results, figures, and references, using the Springer Verlag contributed book style in LaTeX (SVMult) or MS Word. Authors should submit a PDF file through the EasyChair submission link. If accepted, the final version of the submission will include either the LaTeX source or MS Word, with all figures, and the generated PDF.

EasyChair submission link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=nafips2023


If the manuscript is meant for a special session, the title you enter into the EasyChair system must have the name of the special session at the beginning (session_title: paper_title). For instance, if you are submitting a paper entitled “An Image Processing Algorithm to Detect Defects in Optical Fibers” to a special session on “Image and Signal Processing”, the title you enter into the EasyChair system should be: “IMAGE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING: An Image Processing Algorithm to Detect Defects in Optical Fibers”. In addition, please submit your contribution to the organizers of the Special Session.
 

STUDENT PAPERS
 
We strongly encourage students to submit papers under the mentorship of their faculty advisors. Special best paper awards will be presented at the conference banquet to recognize the accomplishments of students. To qualify, a student or a group of students must be the first or second author(s) of the paper. The papers will be judged based on both manuscript content and presentation quality. When you submit a paper to NAFIPS 2023, please indicate, in an email to Vladik Kreinovich vladik@utep.edu, which of the authors are students

SPECIAL SESSIONS

 

Proposals for special sessions concentrating on fundamentals, algorithms, and innovative        applications of fuzzy sets and systems are welcome. Submission of proposals should include a short description of the session, its relevance to the NAFIPS meeting, and a list of potential    contributors. Special sessions will be open to all participants. Organizers of Special Sessions will be responsible for the reviewing process of papers within their session. Please send special session proposals to Prof. Vladik Kreinovich. Email: vladik@utep.edu

 

 

IMPORTANT DATES


– Special session proposal deadline: January 30, 2023
– Special session notification: February 15, 2023
– Regular papers deadline: March 1, 2023
– Regular paper notification deadline: March 30, 2023
– Author registration deadline: April 15, 2023
– Conference dates: May 31 – June 2, 2022

 

CONFERENCE VENUE

The conference will be held at the University of Cincinnati’s new Digital Futures complex. https://ucdigitalfutures.com/

 

The University of Cincinnati will serve as the venue for NAFIPS 2023. Founded in 1819, the University of Cincinnati ranks among the nation’s best urban public research universities. Home to more than 47,000 students, 10,500 faculty and staff and 330,000 alumni, UC combines a Top 35 research university with a physical setting The New York Times calls “the most ambitious campus design program in the country.” With the launch of Next Lives Here, the Cincinnati Innovation District, a $100 million JobsOhio investment, eight straight years of record enrollment, worldwide leadership in cooperative education, a dynamic academic health center and entry into the Big 12 athletic conference, UC’s momentum has never been stronger. UC’s annual budget tops $1.6 billion and its endowment totals $1.9 billion.

 

The organizers are continuously monitoring Covid-19 related travel restrictions. We wish to proceed cautiously and within the parameters of public health guidelines to ensure health and safety of all the participants. NAFIPS 2023 will take place in-person and may move on to hybrid mode depending on a surge in Covid-19 cases.

 

Hotels

–     Graduate Cincinnati – 0.4 miles (0.6 Km) away

–     Hampton Inn & Suites Cincinnati/Uptown University Area – 0.2 Miles (0.3 Km) away

–     For additional possibilities

https://www.tripadvisor.com/HotelsNear-g60993-d5790027-University_of_Cincinnati-Cincinnati_Ohio.html

 

 

NAFIPS 2023 COMMITTEES

General Co-Chairs:
Kelly Cohen, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Anca Ralescu, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Dan Ralescu, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
 
Program Committee Chair:
Nick Ernest, Thales Avionics, USA

Awards Committee Chairs:
Vladik Kreinovich, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas, USA
Martine Ceberio, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas, USA

 
Program Committee (In Alphabetical Order):

Tim Arnett, Thales Avionics, USA

Ildar Batyrshin, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico

Barnabas Bede, NAFIPS President, DigiPen, Washington, USA

Oscar Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico

Martine Ceberio, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas, USA

Brandon Cook, NASA Ames, California, USA

Scott Dick, University of Alberta, Canada

Fernando A. C. Gomide, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Rick Graves, Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB, Ohio, USA (to be confirmed)

Steve Harbour, South West Research Institute, Dayton, Ohio, USA (to be confirmed) Donghoon Kim, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Sam King, Intramotev, Covington, Kentucky, USA (to be confirmed)

Vladik Kreinovich, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas, USA

Owen Macmann, Optimal Efficiency, Laguna Niguel, California, United States

Julia Rayz Taylor, Purdue University, Indiana, USA

Juan Carlos Figueroa Garcia, Universidad Distrital, Bogota, Colombia 

Marek Reformat, University of Alberta, Canada (to be confirmed)

Anoop Sathyan, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Javier Viaña Pérez, MIT, Massachusetts, USA

Alex Walker, Sierra Lobo, Milan, Ohio, USA

 

Local Organization Chair:
Anoop Sathyan, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

 

Local Organization Committee:

         Jared Burton, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Anirudh Chhabra, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

         Lynn Pickering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

         Wilhelm Louw, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

 

Student Activities Committee:

Tim Arnett, Thales Avionics, USA

Sam King, Intramotev, Covington, Kentucky, USA

Lynn Pickering, University of Cincinnati

Javier Viaña Pérez, MIT, Massachusetts, USA

 

SPONSORS
* North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society
* University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
* Thales Avionics, USA

* CBS Fuzzy, Brazilian Congress on Fuzzy Systems (to be confirmed)

 

CONFERENCE FEES

Conference fees are $550 USD (covers 2 papers) for regular attendees and $300 for students (covers 1 paper)


How to Contact the Organizers:
Email to Kelly.Cohen@uc.edu are the best way to reach us. The conference website (to go online in January) also provides an opportunity to sign for the conference newsletter. The phone is available for emergency +1-513-556-3523


Mailing address:
NAFIPS'2023 Organizing Committee
Prof. Kelly Cohen, NAFIPS 2023 Conference Co-Chair

Director, AI Bio Lab, Suite #300, Digital Futures,

University of Cincinnati, 3080 Exploration Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206
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Journals – Space Mission Planning & Operations (SMPO)

December 27th, 2022 Daniela Lopez de Luise
 Dear all, 

We are inviting original manuscripts to the 
Space Mission Planning & Operations (SMPO)  journal.

Space Mission Planning & Operations (SMPO) publishes high quality, peer-reviewed papers that are intended for space scientists, engineers, computer scientists, operations researchers, management scientists, information scientists, and technology managers. The journal sources theoretical, empirical, and analytical research, real-world applications and case studies in space science and business, and space science and technology.  
Details are available on:
For additional information, please contact:
Kind regards
Mila

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