Connectionists: ICMI 2023 2nd Call for Papers

Thu Apr 20 17:41:26 EDT 2023

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ACM ICMI 2023 2ND CALL FOR PAPERS    

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9-13 October 2023, Paris - France

https://icmi.acm.org/2023/

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The 25th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2023) will
be held in Paris, France. ICMI is the premier international forum that
brings together multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) and social
interaction research. Multimodal AI encompasses technical challenges in
machine learning and computational modeling such as representations, fusion,
data and systems. The study of social interactions englobes both human-human
interactions and human-computer interactions.  A unique aspect of ICMI is
its multidisciplinary nature which values both scientific discoveries and
technical modeling achievements, with an eye towards impactful applications
for the good of people and society. 

This year, the conference is pleased to welcome 3 keynote speakers:

* Maja Mataric (Interaction Lab, University of Southern California)

* Sophie Scott (Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College
London)

* Simone Natale (University of Turin)

We are keen to showcase novel input and output modalities and interactions
to the ICMI community. ICMI 2023 will feature a single-track main conference
which includes: keynote speakers, technical full and short papers (including
oral and poster presentations), demonstrations, exhibits, doctoral spotlight
papers, and late-breaking papers. The conference will also feature workshops
and grand challenges. The proceedings of all ICMI 2023 papers, including
Long and Short Papers, will be published by ACM as part of their series of
International Conference Proceedings and Digital Library, and the adjunct
proceedings will feature the workshop papers.

Novelty will be assessed along two dimensions: scientific novelty and
technical novelty. Accepted papers at ICMI 2023 will need to be novel along
one of the two dimensions:

* Scientific Novelty: Papers should bring new scientific knowledge about
human social interactions, including human-computer interactions. For
example, discovering new behavioral markers that are predictive of mental
health or how new behavioral patterns relate to children's interactions
during learning. It is the responsibility of the authors to perform a proper
literature review and clearly discuss the novelty in the scientific
discoveries made in their paper.

* Technical Novelty: Papers reviewed with this sub-criterion should include
novelty in their computational approach for recognizing, generating or
modeling data. Examples include: novelty in the learning and prediction
algorithms, in the neural architecture, or in the data representation.
Novelty can also be associated with new usages of an existing approach.

Please see the Submission Guidelines for Authors
https://icmi.acm.org/2023/guidelines-for-authors/ for detailed submission
instructions.

This year's conference theme: The theme for this year's conference is
"Science of Multimodal Interactions". As the community grows, it is
important to understand the main scientific pillars involved in deep
understanding of multimodal and social interactions. As a first step, we
want to acknowledge key discoveries and contributions that the ICMI
community enabled over the past 20+ years. As a second step, we reflect on
the core principles, foundational methodologies and scientific knowledge
involved in studying and modeling multimodal interactions. This will help
establish a distinctive research identity for the ICMI community while at
the same time embracing its multidisciplinary collaborative nature. This
research identity and long-term agenda will enable the community to develop
future technologies and applications while maintaining commitment to
world-class scientific research.

Additional topics of interest include but are not limited to:

* Affective computing and interaction

* Cognitive modeling and multimodal interaction

* Gesture, touch and haptics

* Healthcare, assistive technologies

* Human communication dynamics

* Human-robot/agent multimodal interaction

* Human-centered A.I. and ethics

* Interaction with smart environment

* Machine learning for multimodal interaction

* Mobile multimodal systems

* Multimodal behaviour generation

* Multimodal datasets and validation

* Multimodal dialogue modeling

* Multimodal fusion and representation

* Multimodal interactive applications

* Novel multimodal datasets

* Speech behaviours in social interaction

* System components and multimodal platforms

* Visual behaviours in social interaction

* Virtual/augmented reality and multimodal interaction

Submissions:

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Please note that the instructions were updated as of March 17th, 2023. All
submissions are expected for reviewing in PDF. The submission format is the
double column ACM conference format (see
https://icmi.acm.org/2023/guidelines-for-authors/) The length depends on the
different submission categories:

* Long paper: The maximum length is 8 pages using latex or Word (excluding
references).

* Short paper: The maximum length is 4 pages using latex or Word (excluding
references).

The submissions can be submitted online on:
https://new.precisionconference.com/submissions/icmi23a

ACM Publication Policies

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By submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you are hereby
acknowledging that you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM
Publications Policies, including ACM's new Publications Policy on Research
Involving Human Participants and Subjects. Alleged violations of this policy
or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated by ACM and may result in
a full retraction of your paper, in addition to other potential penalties,
as per ACM Publications Policy.

Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID ID, so you can
complete the publishing process for your accepted paper. ACM has been
involved in ORCID from the start and we have recently made a commitment to
collect ORCID IDs from all of our published authors. The collection process
has started and will roll out as a requirement throughout 2022. We are
committed to improve author discoverability, ensure proper attribution and
contribute to ongoing community efforts around name normalization; your
ORCID ID will help in these efforts.

Important Dates

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Paper Submission                            May 1, 2023 

Rebuttal period                                June 26-29, 2023

Paper notification                            July 21, 2023

Camera-ready paper                      August 14, 2023

Presenting at main conference    October 9-13, 2023

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