14-16 September 2009
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ninth International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA'09)
http://iva09.dfki.de
(DEADLINE: 17:04:2009)
Call for Papers
Ninth International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA'09)
September 14-16, 2009
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) are interactive characters that exhibit
human-like qualities and communicate with humans or each other using natura
l
human modalities such as speech and gesture. They are capable of real-time
perception, cognition and action that allow them to participate in a dynami
c
social environment.
IVA?09 is an interdisciplinary annual conference and the main forum for
presenting research on modeling, developing and evaluating intelligent virt
ual
agents with a focus on communicative abilities and social behavior. In
addition to presentations on theoretical issues, the conference encourages
the
showcasing of working applications. Researchers from the fields of human-h
uman
and human-robot interaction are also welcome to share work which has a bear
ing
on intelligent virtual agents. IVA?09 is held in cooperation with the
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), the Euro
pean
Association for Computer Graphics (EG) and the Association for Computing
Machinery (ACM SIGART and SIGCHI).
SPECIAL TOPIC: ?GAMES?
IVA?09 particularly encourages submissions on this year?s special topic of
games. The game industry is the source of the world?s largest selection of
interactive characters. To date, the creation of these characters and thei
r
social behaviors has largely relied on carefully hand crafted techniques ra
ther
than automation. With larger environments, grander stories, more players a
nd a
greater demand for realism, hand crafted approaches are unlikely to scale.
Imbuing characters with more intelligence and self-determination is an ongo
ing
and so far unfulfilled goal of the game industry. IVA?09 is an opportunity
to
reveal, tackle and discuss the issues that relate to using intelligent virt
ual
agents in games and aims to strengthen links and the exchange of knowledge
between academia and the game industry.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
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
- computer games
- art and entertainment
- education and training
- simulation and visualization
- delivery platforms: desktop, single/multi- user, 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
SUBMISSION DETAILS
Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers (12-14 pages), short
papers (6-7 pages), or poster papers (1-2 pages) in Springer Lecture Notes
in
Computer Science (LNCS) format. For details on how to submit your paper,
consult the conference web site: http://iva09.dfki.de
IMPORTANT DATES
17 April, 2009 Submission of all papers
22 May, 2009 Notifications of acceptance
12 June, 2009 Camera-ready copies
01 June, 2009 GALA video submission
14-16 September, 2009 Conference
ORGANIZATION
Chairs Zsfia Ruttkay, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Michael Kipp, DFKI, Germany
Anton Nijholt, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Hannes Hgni Vilhjlmsson, Reykjavk University, Iceland
Best Paper Chair Thomas Rist, FH Augsburg, Germany
Submissions Chair Patrick Gebhard, DFKI, Germany
Poster and Demo Chair Dirk Heylen, University of Twente, The
Netherlands
Local Organization Chair Betsy van Dijk, University of Twente,
The
Netherlands
Senior Program Committee
Elisabeth Andr, University of Augsburg, Germany
Ruth Aylett, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Marc Cavazza, University of Teesside, UK
Jonathan Gratch, University of Southern California, USA
Stefan Kopp, Bielefeld University, Germany
Jean-Claude Martin, LIMSI-CNRS, France
Patrick Olivier, Newcastle University, UK
Catherine Pelachaud, University of Paris 8, INRIA, France
Helmut Prendinger, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
MORE INFORMATION
Please visit the conference web site: http://iva09.dfki.de/
Contact conference chair: z.m.ruttkay@ewi.utwente.nl
GALA 2009
The Gathering of Animated Lifelike Agents will take place at IVA?09, see:
http://hmi.ewi.utwente.nl/gala//
CO-LOCATION WITH ACII?09
IVA?09 will be co-located in Amsterdam with the complementary Affective
Computing & Intelligent Interaction International Conference (ACII?09)
(http://www.acii2009.nl/), held 10-12 September 2009. While this is a great
opportunity to make the most of a trip to Amsterdam, the same paper cannot
be
submitted to both conferences: papers with a primary focus on embodied
conversational agents and virtual agents are encouraged to submit to IVA?09
;
papers with a primary focus on emotion are encouraged to submit to ACII?09.