CALL FOR PAPERS EAA'24
Emotion and Affective Agents ICAART'24 Special Session

SCOPE
The "Emotion and Affective Agents" ICAART Special Session aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and experts in the fields of artificial intelligence, psychology, computer science, and human-computer interaction to explore the multifaceted realm of emotions and their integration into intelligent systems. This session will explore cutting-edge topics such as emotion recognition, affective computing, the design and development of affective agents, and their application in various domains including healthcare, gaming, education, and more. Articles examining the latest advancements, challenges, and ethical considerations in understanding and modeling human emotions for computational applications are welcome. This session will provide a platform for attendees to gain insights, exchange ideas, and collectively shape the future of affective computation.

TOPICS
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Affective Agents, virtual assistants, and chatbots that can recognize and respond to user emotions effectively.
• Affective Computing: Emotion detection, recognition, and expression.
• Computational Cognitive Modelling
• Emotion Recognition
• Human-Computer Emotional Interaction
• Sentiment analysis
• Ethical considerations, bias, and fairness in AI systems designed to perceive and generate emotions.

SPECIAL SESSION PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Vicente Botti, Valencian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (VRAIN), Spain
Georgia Casanova, INRCA (IRCCS) - National Institute of Health & Science on Ageing, Italy
Isabel Neto, NESC-ID & Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Juan Carlos Nieves, Umeå University, Sweden
Paolo Rosso, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

PAPER SUBMISSION
Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the topics listed above.
Instructions for preparing the manuscript (in Word and Latex formats) are available at: Paper Templates
Please also check the Guidelines.
Papers must be submitted electronically via the web-based submission system using the appropriated button on this page.

PUBLICATIONS
After thorough reviewing by the special session program committee, all accepted papers will be published in a special section of the conference proceedings book - under an ISBN reference and on digital support - and submitted for indexation by SCOPUS, Google Scholar, DBLP, Semantic Scholar, EI and Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index.
SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library.

PAPER SUBMISSION
Submissions must be anonymous and follow the ICAART 2024 formatting guidelines