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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>A Preliminary Call for Papers
for:</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL WORKING CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT VIRTUAL
AGENTS</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>September 12-14, 2005 Kos, Greece<BR><A
href="http://iva05.unipi.gr/">http://iva05.unipi.gr/</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>*** Submission Deadline: May 2, 2005</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>SYMPOSIUM
DESCRIPTION:<BR>------------------------------------------</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) are autonomous, graphically
embodied <BR>agents in an interactive, 2D or 3D virtual environment. They are
able <BR>to interact intelligently with the environment, other IVAs, and
especially <BR>with human users. Previous IVA workshops brought together people
studying <BR>computer graphics, animation and virtual environments on the one
hand, and <BR>on the other hand people working in AI, NLP, cognitive modelling
and A-life. </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>Since the first IVA back in 1999 firm lines of research have
been established <BR>but there is much that the graphics and AI communities have
to learn from <BR>each other. Moreover, the domain of Intelligent Virtual Agents
has become <BR>much more diverse and now encompasses a wide range of disciplines
including <BR>in particular psychology (emotion modelling, non-verbal
communication), <BR>sociology (modelling human / IVA societies), HCI
(intelligent user interfaces, <BR>gesture/body tracking interfaces), design and
arts (e.g., interactive <BR>installations with IVAs), and all kinds of
application fields. While initial <BR>research often focused on the use of IVAs
in virtual environments, they are <BR>now increasingly used across many media
such as the web, wireless devices <BR>and interactive television. IVAs can
provide appealing characters for games <BR>and entertainment. They can be novel
user interfaces for software or guides <BR>in factual and e-commerce web sites.
They can be tools of psychological<BR>research. Some see them as the key to
engaging educational software or <BR>as an exciting new way for us to
communicate with each other on the web. <BR>The rapid advances in the field have
enabled it to be applied in practice <BR>to these areas both in research and
industrial contexts. </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>The target audience for IVA'05 includes people from multiple
disciplines, <BR>coming from academia or industry with an interest in the
design, <BR>implementation, and evaluation of IVAs and IVA applications. We aim
for a <BR>lively programme of timely, high-quality presentations and
demonstrations <BR>to discuss the state of the art and future of Intelligent
Virtual Agents. </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>TOPICS OF INTEREST:<BR>----------------------------------</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>* IVA design and modelling <BR> - design criteria and
methodologies <BR> - nature inspired IVAs/A-life for IVAs <BR> -
models of affect and personality for IVAs <BR> - models for IVAs with
awareness of their social context <BR> - modelling conversational skills
and multi-modal interaction <BR> - non-verbal expressiveness in IVAs -
gesture, facial expression, posture <BR> - media-specific design
considerations, e.g., IVAs for VR, AR, web, and <BR> mobile
applications <BR> - deployment of novel interaction modalities (e.g.,
vision, touch, <BR> phycons etc.) <BR> - IVAs with
physical embodiment: lessons from and for robotics <BR> - ethical
considerations, e.g., what human-qualities can / should IVAs
<BR> have / never have </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>* Conceptual architectures, e.g. for <BR> - learning IVAs
<BR> - improvisational IVAs <BR> - multi-user /multi-IVA interaction
<BR> - crowd simulations with IVAs </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>* IVA application fields, pilot systems, and experience
reports<BR> - education and training with IVAs <BR> - psychological
modelling and experimentation<BR> - games <BR> - interactive
narrative with IVAs <BR> - telepresence <BR> - case studies and
evaluation reports on IVA pilots etc. </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>* Evaluation of IVAs and IVA applications<BR> -
evaluation methodologies / evaluation frameworks<BR> - reports on user
studies and their outcomes<BR> - evaluation and data collection tools for
IVAs</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>* Software engineering issues <BR> - standards and
measures to support interoperability, portability, and reuse <BR> - tools
and toolkits for building IVAs and IVA applications <BR> - advanced 3D
modelling and animation technologies for IVAs</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>SUBMISSION FORMAT:<BR>-----------------------------------</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>We distinguish between the following categories of submissions:
<BR>- Long papers, 6-8 pages, are reserved for reports on mature research
results.<BR>- Short papers, not exceeding four pages, are for smaller case
studies or <BR> ongoing but interesting and original research efforts.
<BR>- Demo submissions, not exceeding four pages, are for authors who wish to
<BR> demonstrate their system. The submission should provide a
description of <BR> their system, installation, or demo.<BR>- Poster
submissions should consist of either a one-page description of the <BR>
poster content, or a one-page sketch of the poster. </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>Final versions of papers (long, short, demo/system, poster
descriptions) <BR>will appear in the published IVA conference proceedings.
</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>TIMELINE:<BR>-----------------</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>May 2: Deadline for submissions of contributions<BR>May
30: Reviews complete<BR>June 6: Authors notification<BR>July 1: Submission of
camera ready contribution for the workshop notes </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE:<BR>----------------------------------------</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>Ruth Aylett, Heriot-Watt University<BR>e-mail: <A
href="mailto:ruth@macs.hw.ac.uk">ruth@macs.hw.ac.uk</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>Daniel Ballin, Chief Technology Office, BT Group<BR>e-mail: <A
href="mailto:daniel.ballin@bt.com">daniel.ballin@bt.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>Jonathan Gratch, University of Southern California<BR>e-mail:
<A href="mailto:gratch@ict.usc.edu">gratch@ict.usc.edu</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>Patrick Olivier, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne<BR>e-mail:
<A href="mailto:P.L.Olivier@ncl.ac.uk">P.L.Olivier@ncl.ac.uk</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>Themis Panayiotopoulos, University of Piraeus (Local
Chair)<BR>email: <A href="mailto:themisp@unipi.gr">themisp@unipi.gr</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>Thomas Rist, University of Applied Sciences Augsburg and
DFKI<BR>e-mail: <A
href="mailto:tr@rz.fh-augsburg.de">tr@rz.fh-augsburg.de</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>PROGRAM
COMMITTEE:<BR>-----------------------------------------------------</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>Jan Allbeck<BR>Elisabeth André<BR>Norman Badler<BR>Josep
Blat<BR>Joanna Bryson<BR>Lola Cañamero<BR>Justine Cassell<BR>Marc
Cavazza<BR>Kerstin Dautenhahn<BR>Angélica de Antonio<BR>Fiorella de
Rosis<BR>Patrick Gebhard<BR>Marco Gillies<BR>Barbara Hayes-Roth<BR>Randy
Hill<BR>Kristina Höök <BR>Katherine Isbister<BR>Mitsuru Ishizuka<BR>Ido
Iurgel<BR>Lewis Johnson<BR>Martin Klesen<BR>Stefan Kopp<BR>John Laird<BR>James
Lester<BR>Brian Loyall<BR>Craig Lindley<BR>Andrew Marriot<BR>Stacy
Marsella<BR>Michael Mateus<BR>Alexander Nareyek<BR>Anton Nijholt<BR>Gregory
O'Hare<BR>Sharon Oviatt<BR>Ana Paiva<BR>Catherine Pelachaud<BR>Paolo
Petta<BR>Tony Polichroniadis<BR>Helmut Prendinger<BR>Matthias Rehm<BR>Daniela
Romano<BR>Anthony Steed<BR>Matthew Stone<BR>Daniel Thalmann<BR>Kris
Thórisson<BR>Demetri Terzopoulos<BR>David Traum<BR>Hannes Vilhjalmsson<BR>Spyros
Vosinakis<BR>Michael Young<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2><FONT
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face="Courier New"><FONT size=3> <BR></FONT><FONT size=2>Jonathan
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