The organizing committee of Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII) 2023 invites proposals for tutorial. ACII is the
annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Affective Computing (AAAC) which is the premier international forum for research on affective, physiological, and multimodal human-computer/robot/machine interaction and systems. ACII 2023 will
be held in person at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, the birthplace of affective computing, between 10-13 September 2023.
The theme of ACII 2023 is “Affective Computing: Context and Multimodality”. Fully understanding, predicting, and generating
affective processes undoubtedly requires the careful integration of multiple contextual factors (e.g., gender, personality, relationships, goals, environment, situation, and culture), information modalities (e.g., audio, images, text, touch, and smells) and evaluation in ecological environments. We welcome tutorial proposals which cover topics related to the ACII 2023 theme in introductory or advanced levels to complement the conference’s program. Particularly of interest are tutorials on tools that provide integrated capabilities across multiple modalities, on advanced topics in multimodal machine learning, and on user experience methods for contextualized/multimodal system testing.
In general, tutorials may introduce an uprising issue to the related research discussed at previous ACIIs, or reflect an overview of an
important, but already established topic, both presented in an illustrative fashion. For this, we expect that the tutors focus on the
state-of-the-art or the main ideas of the proposed topic rather than primarily on the presenters’ own research interests. The tutorials can be organised as either half-day (preferred) or full-day events and will take place at the same venue as the main conference. The
proposals will be evaluated based on the impact, quality, interdisciplinary character, presentation format as well as the theme
and relevance to the conference.
Proposal Submission Instructions
Tutorial proposals should not exceed 4 pages (Arial font size: 11, no template provided) and have to be emailed to the tutorial chairs (emilykmp@umich.edu and a.a.salah@uu.nl). Please use “[ACII2023] Tutorial Proposal” in the subject line. All proposals should be prepared in PDF providing the following information:
- Tutorial Title
- Duration: half-day, full-day (Note: Half-day (3h) tutorials are preferred and are the common ACII tutorial format; Full-day (6h) tutorial proposals have to justify for the additional value)
- Presenter(s) Name and Affiliation
- Contact Information of the Tutorial Organiser
- Description of the Proposal (including a few relevant references and links to material useful for review)
- Explanation of Relevance of the Proposed Tutorial
- Description of Presentation Format and Style (several presenters, video conferencing, specific media, etc.)
- Equipment required for the Tutorial
- CV of Presenter(s)
- Key Publications of Presenter(s) (especially on the Tutorial Topic)
- Target Audience (e.g. early-stage or advanced researchers in the field, students, etc.)
- Provided accompanying Material (specific requirements)
- Other Considerations/Comments related to the Proposal or the Reviewing
We encourage tutorial presenters to publicly share tutorial materials if possible (eg. presenters’ webpage and/or ACII2023 website).
Important Dates
Tutorial Proposal Deadline: June 16, 2023 (please feel free to submit tutorial ideas early on to receive feedback)
Tutorial Acceptance Notification: June 30, 2023
Contact
Please send correspondence and proposals to both Emily
Mower Provost (emilykmp@umich.edu) and Albert Ali Salah (a.a.salah@uu.nl).