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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>**********************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>************ EXTENDED SUBMISSION
DEADLINE: 26 April ****************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>3rd Call For Papers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Ninth International Conference on
Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA'09)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>http://iva09.dfki.de/ <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>September 14-16, 2009 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Amsterdam, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>**********************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) are interactive
characters that<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>exhibit human-like qualities and
communicate with humans or each other<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>using natural human modalities such as
speech and gesture. They are<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>capable of real-time perception, cognition
and action that allow them<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>to participate in a dynamic social
environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>IVA'09 is an interdisciplinary annual
conference and the main forum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>for presenting research on modeling,
developing and evaluating<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>intelligent virtual agents with a focus on
communicative abilities and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>social behavior. In addition to
presentations on theoretical issues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>the conference encourages the showcasing of
working applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Researchers from the fields of human-human
and human-robot interaction<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>are also welcome to share work which has a
bearing on intelligent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>virtual agents. IVA'09 is held in
cooperation with the Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>for the Advancement of Artificial
Intelligence (AAAI), the European<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Association for Computer Graphics (EG) and
the Association for<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Computing Machinery (ACM SIGART and
SIGCHI).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>SPECIAL TOPIC: GAMES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>IVA'09 particularly encourages submissions
on this year's<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>special topic of games. The game
industry is the source of the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>world's largest selection of interactive
characters. To date, the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>creation of these characters and their
social behaviors has largely<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>relied on carefully hand crafted techniques
rather than automation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>With larger environments, grander stories,
more players and a greater<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>demand for realism, hand crafted approaches
are unlikely to scale.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Imbuing characters with more intelligence
and self-determination is an<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>ongoing and so far unfulfilled goal of the
game industry. IVA'09<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>is an opportunity to reveal, tackle and
discuss the issues that relate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>to using intelligent virtual agents in
games and aims to strengthen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>links and the exchange of knowledge between
academia and the game<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>industry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>TOPICS OF INTEREST<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Design and modeling of IVAs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- design criteria and design methodologies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- evaluation methodologies and user studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- ethical considerations and social impact<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- applicable lessons from other fields
(e.g. robotics)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- dimensions of intelligence, cognition and
behavior<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- models of personality and cultural
awareness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- models of social competence <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- models of multimodal perception and
action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- models of emotional communicative
behavior<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Implementation of IVAs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- software engineering issues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- real-time integrated systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- portability and reuse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- standards / measures to support
interoperability<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- specialized tools, toolkits and tool
chains<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- specialized modeling and animation
technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Applications of IVAs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- future role and/or current experience in
various fields including<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - computer games<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - art and entertainment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - education and training<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> - simulation and
visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- delivery platforms: desktop,
single/multi- user, virtual/augmented/mixed reality<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Conceptual Frameworks for IVAs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- learned, evolved or emergent behavior<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- improvisational or dramatic interaction<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- stages of autonomy (from avatars to
agents)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- massive simulations of crowds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>SUBMISSION DETAILS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Prospective authors are invited to submit
full papers (12-14 pages),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>short papers (6-7 pages), or poster papers
(1-2 pages) in Springer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
format. For details on how<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>to submit your paper, consult the
conference web site:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>http://iva09.dfki.de<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>26 April,
2009
Submission of short and long IVA09 papers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>30 May,
2009
Notifications of acceptance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>19 June,
2009
Camera-ready copies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>01 June,
2009
GALA video submission<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>14-16 September,
2009
Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>ORGANIZATION
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Chairs
Zsófia Ruttkay, University of Twente, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>
Michael Kipp, DFKI, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>
Anton Nijholt, University of Twente, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>
Hannes Högni Vilhjálmsson, Reykjavík University, Iceland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Best Paper
Chair
Thomas Rist, FH Augsburg, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Submissions Chair
Patrick Gebhard, DFKI, Germany <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Poster and Demo
Chair
Dirk Heylen, University of Twente, The Netherlands <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Local Organization <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Chair
Betsy van Dijk, University of Twente, The Netherlands <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Senior Program Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>
Elisabeth André, University of Augsburg, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>
Ruth Aylett, Heriot-Watt University, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>
Marc Cavazza, University of Teesside, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>
Jonathan Gratch, University of Southern California, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>
Stefan Kopp, Bielefeld University, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>
Jean-Claude Martin, LIMSI-CNRS, France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>
Patrick Olivier, Newcastle University, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>
Catherine Pelachaud, CNRS, TELECOM-ParisTech, France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>
Helmut Prendinger, National Institute of Informatics, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>MORE INFORMATION<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Please visit the conference web site:
http://iva09.dfki.de/ <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Contact conference chair:
iva09@dfki.de<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>GALA 2009 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The Gathering of Animated Lifelike Agents
will take place at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>IVA'09. Demonstrate your agent in action,
or develop a sensitive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>viewer of a tennis match - and win the 350
Euro Jury Award!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>NEW this year is that each GALA submission
should have a 2 page paper,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>which will be published in the IVA09
Springer proceedings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>For details, see: http://irgen.ncl.ac.uk/gala<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>GALA 2 page paper
deadline 1 May 2009 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>GALA video
deadline
1 June 2009 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>CO-LOCATION WITH ACII'09<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>IVA'09 will be co-located in Amsterdam with
the complementary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Affective Computing & Intelligent
Interaction International Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>(ACII'09) (http://www.acii2009.nl/), held
10-12 September<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>2009. While this is a great opportunity to
make the most of a trip to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Amsterdam, the same paper cannot be
submitted to both conferences:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>papers with a primary focus on embodied
conversational agents and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>virtual agents are encouraged to submit to
IVA'09; papers with a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>primary focus on emotion are encouraged to
submit to ACII'09.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>LATEST NEWS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Paper submission site opened on
31.March<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Accomodation may be reserved now. BE ON
TIME to assure your hotel,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> as September will be overbooked in
Amsterdam.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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