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IVA 2009 : International Conference on Intelligent Virtual AgentsConference Series : Intelligent Virtual Agents | |||||||||||||||
Link: http://iva09.dfki.de/ | |||||||||||||||
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Intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) are interactive characters that exhibit human-like qualities and communicate with humans or with each other using natural human modalities such as speech and gesture. They are capable of real-time perception, cognition and action that allows them to participate in a dynamic social environment.
IVA-09 is an interdisciplinary annual conference and the main forum for presenting research on modeling, developing and evaluating intelligent virtual agents with a focus on commu-nicative abilities and social behavior. In addition to pre-sentations on theoretical issues, the conference encourages the showcasing of working applications. Researchers from the fields of human-human and human-robot interaction are also welcome to share work which has a bearing on intelligent virtual agents. Co-location with ACII-09 IVA-09 will be co-located in Amsterdam with the complemen tary Affective Computing & Intelligent Interaction International Conference (ACII-09), held 10-12 Sep 09. While this is a great opportunity to make the most of a trip to Amsterdam, the same paper should not be submitted to both conferences: papers with a primary focus on intelligent virtual agents are encouraged to be submitted to IVA, papers with a focus on emotion are encouraged to be submitted to ACII. Topics Design and modeling of IVAs * design criteria and design methodologies * evaluation methodologies and user studies * ethical considerations and social impact * applicable lessons from other fields (e.g. robotics) * dimensions of intelligence, cognition and behavior * models of personality and cultural awareness * models of social competence * models of multimodal perception and action * models of emotional communicative behavior Implementation of IVAs * software engineering issues * real-time integrated systems * portability and reuse * standards / measures to support interoperability * specialized tools, toolkits and tool chains * specialized modeling and animation technologies Applications of IVAs * future role and/or current experience in various fields including: o computer games o art and entertainment o education and training o simulation and visualization * delivery platforms: o desktop o single/multi-user o virtual/augmented/mixed reality Conceptual frameworks for IVAs * learned, evolved or emergent behavior * improvisational or dramatic interaction * stages of autonomy (from avatars to agents) * massive simulations of crowds Special topic: Games IVA-09 particularly encourages submissions on this year’s special topic of games. Read more. Papers and Posters * Submission of all papers: 17 April 09 * Notification of acceptance: 22 May 09 * Camera-ready copies: 12 June 09 * GALA video submission: 01 June 09 * Conference: 14-16 September 09 |
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