<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">====================================================</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII) 2021</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">28 Sep – 1 Oct 2021, Virtual event</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.acii-conf.net/2021/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">http://www.acii-conf.net/2021/</font></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">====================================================<br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><b><u><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Call for Workshop and Challenge Proposals</font></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-indent:36pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-indent:36pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">The organizing committee of Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII) 2021 is now inviting proposals for workshops and challenges. The biennial conference is the flagship conference for research in Affective Computing, covering topics related to the study of intelligent systems that read, express, or otherwise use emotion.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-indent:36pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Workshops at ACII allow a group of scientists an opportunity to get together to network and discuss a specific topic in detail. Examples of past workshops include: Emotions in Games, Affective Brain-Computer Interfaces, Affective Touch, Group Emotions, Affective Computing for Affective Disorders, etc. We want to encourage workshop proposals that draw together interdisciplinary perspectives on topics in affective computing. We also welcome Challenge-type workshops, where workshop participants would work on a shared task. Proposals are also encouraged that make a connection to the theme of the conference on “Ethical Affective Computing”, and consider issues around the ethical use of affective computing technologies.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-indent:36pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Workshops should focus on a central question or topic, and will be held the day before the conference. Workshop organizers will be responsible for soliciting and reviewing papers, and putting together an exciting schedule. We also encourage workshop organizers to allow for time for networking and discussion. Workshop organizers are also expected to present a short summary of the workshop during the main conference to allow the dissemination of the workshop outcomes to the wider community.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">**Submission Procedures**</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Please submit proposals as a single PDF via email to Desmond Ong (<a href="mailto:dco@comp.nus.edu.sg" target="_blank">dco@comp.nus.edu.sg</a>) AND Luke Chang (<a href="mailto:luke.j.chang@dartmouth.edu" target="_blank">luke.j.chang@dartmouth.edu</a>) with the following information:</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;border:none"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Title of Workshop</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;border:none"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Organizers and affiliations, with a main contact person identified if there are multiple organizers</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;border:none"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Rationale for the workshop, which should cover the importance and timeliness of the proposed topic to ACII, as well as the scope of the workshop.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;border:none"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Expected outcomes and impact of the workshop</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;border:none"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Length of workshop (full-day or half-day)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;border:none"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Proposed format of workshop (e.g., oral presentations, poster session, breaks).</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN-US">List of tentative and confirmed PC members (mention, per PC member, whether tentative or confirmed)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">   </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Workshop PC members are in charge of the peer review process, and the workshop organizer will collate and recommend acceptance of the papers to ACII Workshop Chairs.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Expected number of submissions, planned acceptance rate, and paper length, review process (with schedule)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">   </span></span><span lang="EN-US">We recommend a workshop paper submission deadline sometime in May, with notifications due back to authors by June or early July, in time for Camera-Ready papers due July 30, 2021</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">   </span></span><span lang="EN-US">We will work with workshop organizers to have access to the conference submission system that we will be using for the main conference (details TBA to accepted workshops).</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><a name="m_421621534309134564__heading=h.gjdgxs" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></a><span lang="EN-US">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">   </span></span><span lang="EN-US">For challenge-type workshops, please include details on the shared task/dataset and on the schedule (e.g., the timeline for release of training data, baseline model results, etc).</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;border:none"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Advertising plan (e.g. listserves or conferences or other communities that you will advertise the workshop call to). Also, include where you plan to host the workshop website.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;border:none"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Tentative/confirmed keynote speaker(s): please include short biographical details and details on the topic.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;border:none"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Any logistical requirements.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;border:none"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN-US">List of related and previous workshops/conferences on this/related topics.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">**Important Dates**</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000"><b>Feb 23, 2021</b>: Workshop proposal submission deadline (extended </font></span>deadline<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Mar 7, 2021: Notification of acceptance of Workshop proposal</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">May (TBD by workshop organizers): Workshop paper submission deadline</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">June/July (TBD by workshop organizers): Workshop paper notification</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">July 30, 2021: Workshop Camera-Ready Papers Due (same as main conference)</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">September 28, 2021: Date of Workshops</font></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>