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FIRST CALL FOR POSITION PAPERS
HUMAN-ANIMATED CHARACTERS INTERACTION
6th September, 2005 Kos, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
as part of HCI 2005: The Bigger Picture
The 19th British HCI Group Annual Conference
(http://www.hci2005.org/)
*** Submission Deadline: 20th May 2005
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
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The purpose of this one day workshop is to bring together researchers and
developers interested in issues related to the use of animated virtual
characters as a means for human computer interaction. This has increasingly
become an area of interest bridging together various areas of research, from
technology to language, from graphic to emotions.
From text based applications such as the chat bot, and word processing, to
full immersive virtual reality worlds, all have thought of using synthetic
characters to engage the user in the task. We live in a world made of social
interaction and we feel is natural to aim to replicate such social need in
our synthetic environments especially if they are for everyday use or for
educational purposes (Silverman et al, 2002).
In particular this workshop aims to provide a means to share the latest
findings from various disciplines to exchange ideas and experiences on the
interaction modalities, paradigms and technological solutions for a
human-animated characters interaction. These include theoretical models of
interaction, capture of human signals, those being speech, language,
behavioural or physiological; and synthetic characters expressions and
language aimed to engage human responses.
Keywords Animated Characters, personality, emotion, speech, language,
interaction modalities, interaction technology
Participants
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We welcome researchers from academia and industry, in particular those
involved with the design, development and evaluation of human - animated
character interaction. Their expertise could be in a range of areas,
including HCI, technology design, psychology, speech, language generation
and recognition, 3D graphic and any other relevant background for the
session proposed.
The workshop will be limited to max 20 participants.
Potential participants will be asked to submit a four-page position paper
describing their research in this area, as well as (optionally) selected
data extracts (e.g. video recording, or transcripts). In their submission
the participants should identify the workshop themes addressed. Participants
will be selected to ensure the coverage of these themes
TOPICS OF INTEREST:
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Specific question we would like to address are:
- What is the importance of visual realism in an animated character?
- How does speech (voice - or text-mediated) facilitate the interaction with
animated characters?
- What is the effect of creating an emotional bond with the animated
characters?
- Does synthetic personality matter?
- How does the human social interaction paradigm change during the
interaction with animated characters?
- How can characters features - including gestures, movements, personality
and mood expressions and look - be - designed to support better
interactions?
- How should animated character features be evaluated?
- We will accept papers, posters and demos of :
- Theoretical models of Human-Animated Characters interaction
- Capture of human signals (speech, language, behavioural, physiological)
- Animated character's expressions and/or language aimed to engage human
responses.
- Human-Animated Characters interaction systems
In their submission the participants should identify the workshop themes
addressed in priority order.
WORKSHOP THEMES:
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The workshop will focus on the presentation of previously unpublished
research on the various topics identified above.
Session 1: Interaction modalities and Technology for Interaction.
Position papers are sought describing the design and evaluation of various
modalities of interaction between humans and animated characters and the
related technology.
Session 2: Graphical Depiction of Synthetic Characters
This session of the workshop will seek submission of research papers that
speculate on the appearance of animated characters.
Session 3: Personality and Emotions
This session will explore how the believability of animated characters can
be enhanced through displaying recognisable personality traits, and focus on
what aspects of interaction can facilitate the development of emotional
bonds.
Session 4: Speech and Language
Position papers describing the state-of-the-art of language understanding,
generation and speech of animated characters will be presented in this
session.
SUBMISSION FORMAT:
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We seek:
- Position papers, 4 pages, are for including case studies, ongoing but
interesting and original research efforts and mature research.
- Demo submissions, not exceeding four pages, are for authors who wish to
demonstrate their system. The submission should provide a description of
their system, installation, or demo.
- Poster submissions should consist of either a one-page description of the
poster content, or a one-page sketch of the poster.
Position papers will be peer reviewed and appear in volume 2 of the
proceedings, to be published with a full ISBN. Submissions must include the
following:
1. A four page paper prepared using the format for Volume 2 of the
conference proceedings
2. A 30 word summary that will be suitable for inclusion in the programme
and on the website to introduce and promote the paper.
Note that short Papers must include author and affiliation details - the
reviewing process for short papers will NOT be anonymous due to the
restricted timescales for revision and creation of camera-ready copy.
Workshop papers will be peer reviewed and appear in volume 2 of the
proceedings, to be published with a full ISBN.
For the format for Volume 2 of the conference proceedings see "Vol2
instructions & template" on the HCI2005 web site:
http://www.bcs-hci.org.uk/hci2005/sub-overview.asp
TIMELINE:
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May 20: Submissions deadline
May 30: Reviews complete
June 24: Authors notification of acceptance
July 1 : Submission of camera ready contribution for the workshop notes
ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
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Daniela M. Romano, University of Sheffield (main contact)
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Lynne Hall, University of Sunderland
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Ruth Aylett, Heriot-Watt University
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Roger Moore, University of Sheffield
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Marilyn Walker, University of Sheffield
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE (Tentative)
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Ruth Aylett, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Daniel Ballin, BT Group, UK
Ahmed BinSubaih, University of Sheffield, UK
Ron Cole, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Fiorella de Rosis, Universita' degli Studi di Bari, ITALY
Nadja De Carolis, Universita' degli Studi di Bari, ITALY
Vania Dimitrova, Univeristy of Leeds, UK
Vanessa Evers, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Andrew Faulkner, University College London, UK
Marco Gilles, University College London, UK
Bjorn Granstrom, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Phil Green, University of Sheffield, UK
Alan H. Bond EXSO company, UK
Thomas Hain, Unievrsity of Sheffield, UK
Lynne Hall, University of Sunderland, UK
Mirella Lapata, University of Edinburgh, UK
Steve Maddock, University of Sheffield, UK
Roger Moore, University of Sheffield, UK
Partick Oliver, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Ana Paiva, INESC-ID / Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Bernard Pavard, GRIC -IRIT Université P. Sabatier, France
Catherine Pelachaud, IUT de Montreuil - Universite de Paris 8, France
Daniela Petrelli, University of Sheffield, UK
Daniela Romano, University of Sheffield, UK
Roy Ruddle, University of Leeds, UK
Vinoba Vinayagamoorthy, University College London, UK
Marilyn Walker, University of Sheffield, UK
Steve Wittacker, University of Sheffield, UK
Elena Zudilova, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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