[humaine news] Reminder: ACII 2009 Call for Demos, deadline approaching

[Marc Schroeder]

                        ACII 2009
   Call for Demos and Affective Computing Installations
         2009 International Conference on
AFFECTIVE COMPUTING & INTELLIGENT INTERACTION (ACII 2009)
    September 10-12, 2009 – Amsterdam, the Netherlands
                http://www.acii2009.nl
           Submission Deadline: 8 June 2009

The 2009 International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent
Interaction (ACII 2009) invites researchers, practitioners, and industry
for demonstrations to showcase both mature systems and innovative
prototypes of affective computing, and to discuss them with the broader
international scientific community and the public at large. The goal for
the demonstrations is to illustrate the range of applications and
technical advances in the state of the art of affective computing, in
particular (but not only) regarding the main conference topics
(http://www.acii2009.nl).

Demos of commercial products in the area of affective computing are
explicitly welcome. They should be accompanied by reasonably detailed
technical explanations of the methods used. Demos will be selected based
on factors including scientific contribution, originality and
innovation, social impact, engagingness, and technical requirements.

Requirements for Submission

1. A two-page document for inclusion in the ACII 2009 proceedings,
   providing the following information: a.A brief description of the
   demonstration set-up; b.A summary of the technical content of the
   demonstration; c.A short storyboard (possibly including of a set of
   commented images) describing the important stages of a typical
   demonstration session. d.[optional] A URL of a currently active
   web-based demonstration or of a video clip. Please make sure this web
   site is active and accessible during the review process (until 15 June
   2009).

2.  A detailed description of the technical set-up and requirements.
   By default, the conference will provide a table and two chairs for
   each demo. Special requirements regarding the hardware and software,
   used modalities, space, ambience (illumination, noise sensitivity,
   etc.), and infrastructure (such as power supplies, network access,
   etc) need to be explicitly mentioned in the submission. ACII 2009 will
   attempt to provide necessary equipment and infrastructure, but
   demonstrators will be required to provide their own special-purpose
   equipment.

All proposals should be submitted by electronic mail to the Demo Chairs
(see below) in PDF format, following the style guide for regular ACII
2009 papers available at http://www.acii2009.nl.

Important Note

Please note that by default, authors are required to show live demos
of their systems. Other formats of demonstration, such as video clips
or slide shows may be accepted in exceptional cases only.

Important Dates

Demo submissions due: 8 June 2009
Notification of acceptance: 15 June 2009
Camera-ready description of the demo due: 1 July 2009

Submission and Inquiries Demo proposals should be submitted using the
online submission system (instructions will follow).
Please send your inquiries to all three ACII 2009 Demos co-chairs:

Jonathan Gratch, University of Southern California, USA – 
gratch at ict.usc.edu
Ioannis Patras, Queen Mary University of London, UK – 
i.patras at elec.qmul.ac.uk
Marc Schröder, DFKI, Germany – schroed at dfki.de



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Coordinator EU FP7 Project SEMAINE http://www.semaine-project.eu
Portal Editor http://emotion-research.net
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