Connectionists: Final call for Special Sessions (ACII21)

[Monica Perusquia Hernandez]

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Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII) 2021
28 Sep – 1 Oct 2021, Nara, Japan
http://www.acii-conf.net/2021/
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The organising committee of the 2021 Affective Computing and Intelligent
Interaction (ACII) is now inviting for special session proposals.
Interested parties will need to provide sufficient evidence in support of
their proposed special session topic explaining why it deserves distinct
focus, how it relates to the theme of the conference “Ethical Affective
Computing” (technologies and applications including but not limited to
mental health monitoring/diagnosis, lie detection, and social/assistive
robots which consider the full range of human diversity with respect to
ability, language, culture, gender, age and other forms of human
difference). It should demonstrate that there is sufficient interest to
attract papers on this topic.

Once accepted, the organizers of the special session will be expected to
attract sufficient papers to make up one session, 1hr 40min, at the
conference even after a rigorous peer review of submissions. Note, if a
special session fails to receive an adequate number of accepted papers, the
special sessions will be cancelled and the accepted papers will be included
in regular sessions. Also, at least one of the special session organizers
will be expected to attend the conference.

**Submission format**
Proposals must be submitted as a single PDF  via email to
hongying.meng at brunel.ac.uk   AND youngjun.cho at ucl.ac.uk

Your proposal should include the following items:
• Title of the session
• Rationale of the need for the Special Session at ACII 2021. The rationale
should highlight the novelty of the topic and how it relates to the theme
of the conference: Ethical Affective Computing
• Potential candidates for submission
• Potential structure of session i.e., oral, posters, mix of oral and
poster, or other structure relevant for the special session
• Short biography of the organizers

**Review Process of Special Session Submissions**
Papers will be treated as regular papers from both the perspective of the
review process and of the proceedings (e.g., length, timeline). The special
session will have its own keyword and session organizers will be asked to
nominate reviewers.

**Key Dates for Special Session Proposal (23:59pm GMT)**
Submission of Special Session proposals: January 11, 2021
Notification of acceptance for the Special Sessions: January 18, 2021
Paper Submission to the accepted Special Sessions Deadline: April 9, 2021
(regular paper submission deadline)
Notification of acceptance for the papers: 25 June, 2021
Camera-ready papers due: 30 July, 2021
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