<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div>Please distribute. With apologies for cross-postings.<div><br></div><div><div>--------------------- IVA 2012 CFP (1st) --------------------<br>Twelfth International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents<br><a href="http://iva2012.soe.ucsc.edu/home">http://iva2012.soe.ucsc.edu/home</a><br>September 12-14 Santa Cruz, California, USA<br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) are interactive characters that <br>exhibit human like qualities and communicate with humans <br>or with each other using natural human modalities such as facial <br>expressions, speech and gesture. They are capable of realtime <br>perception, cognition and action that allows them to participate <br>in dynamic social environments.<br><br>IVA 2012 is an interdisciplinary annual conference and the <br>main leading scientific forum for presenting research on modeling, <br>developing and evaluating intelligent virtual agents with a focus <br>on communicative abilities and social behavior. In addition to <br>presentations on theoretical issues, the conference encourages<br>the showcasing of working applications. Researchers from the fields <br>of human-human and human-robot interaction are also encouraged <br>to share work with a relevance to intelligent virtual agents.<br><br>SPECIAL TOPIC: "Virtual Agents and Narrative". In 2012 the IVA<br>conference will have a special theme on narrative. This topic will <br>touch on many aspects of Intelligent Virtual Agent theory and <br>application. To name a few areas, we will especially encourage <br>submissions that deal with spoken language interaction with agents, <br>including dialog and story-telling agents. Application areas include <br>language and culture training, heritage preservation and entertainment. <br>Issues include how systems deal with a variety of languages, <br>linguistic and cultural modeling, and cultural differences in human-agent <br>interaction.<br><br>TOPICS OF INTEREST<br><br>Conceptual Frameworks and Models for IVAs<br> * learned, evolved or emergent behavior in agents<br> * improvisational or dramatic interaction<br> * stages of autonomy (from avatars to agents)<br> * simulations of groups and crowds<br> * cognitive models for behaviour generation<br> * theoretical foundations and formal models for virtual agents<br><br>Design, Modeling and Evaluation of IVAs<br> * design criteria and design methodologies<br> * evaluation methodologies and user studies<br> * ethical considerations and social impact<br> * applicable lessons from other fields (e.g. robotics)<br> * dimensions of intelligence, cognition and behavior<br> * models of personality and cultural awareness<br> * models of social competence<br> * models of multimodal perception and action<br> * models of emotional communicative behavior<br><br>Implementation and Applications of IVAs<br> * software engineering issues<br> * real-time integrated systems<br> * portability and reuse<br> * standards / measures to support interoperability<br> * specialized tools, toolkits and tool chains<br> * specialized modeling and animation technologies<br> * applications in games, education, art, etc.<br> * delivery platforms: desktop, single vs. multi-user, virtual or augmented <br> or mixed reality, robots<br> * future or current experience in various fields, e.g.: computer games, <br> art and entertainment, education and training, simulation and <br> visualization<br><br>Special Topic: Storytelling and Games<br> * conversational and story-telling agents<br> * intelligent agents for serious games<br> * improvisational or dramatic interaction<br> * multi-modal interaction with intelligent virtual agents<br> * applications for heritage preservation<br> * applications for films and animation<br><br>SUBMISSION DETAILS<br>Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers (12 pages), <br>short papers (6 pages), or poster papers (1-2 pages) in Springer <br>Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) format. <br>For details on how to submit your paper, consult the conference web <br>site: <a href="http://iva2012.soe.ucsc.edu/home">http://iva2012.soe.ucsc.edu/home</a><br><br>Important Dates<br> * Submission of all papers: April 30th<br> * Notification of acceptance: June 10th<br> * Camera-ready copies: June 24th<br> * Conference: September 12-14<br><br>ORGANIZATION<br>Conference Chairs<br> - Marilyn Walker, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA<br> - Michael Neff , University of California, Davis, USA<br> - Ana Paiva, INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Te´cnico, Portugal<br> - Yukiko I. Nakano, Seikei University, Japan<br><br>Poster and Demo Chair<br> - Arnav Jhala, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA<br><br>MORE INFORMATION<br><br>Please visit the conference web site at: <a href="http://iva2012.soe.ucsc.edu/home">http://iva2012.soe.ucsc.edu/home</a><br>Or contact the conference chairs at: <a href="mailto:iva2012@googlegroups.com">iva2012@googlegroups.com</a><br><br><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>-----------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>Ana Paiva Associate Professor</div><div>GAIPS, INESC-ID and Instituto Superior Técnico</div><div>Lisboa, Portugal Tel: +351.214233223</div><div><a href="http://gaips.inesc-id.pt/~apaiva/">http://gaips.inesc-id.pt/~apaiva/</a></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></body></html>