<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">*** 3rd Int. Workshop on <b class="">Virtual Social Interaction</b> (VSI 2017) ***<br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class="">Date: July 6-7, 2017, CITEC, University of Bielefeld, Germany<br class="">Website: <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/vsi2017/home" class="">https://sites.google.com/view/vsi2017/home</a><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">Social interaction is at the core of being human, but the scientific</div>study of social interaction is challenging. We have only a limited<br class="">understanding of the behavioral patterns and the brain and cognitive<br class="">mechanisms which allow interactions. New technologies like Virtual<br class="">Reality, motion tracking, virtual humans and 3D avatars, can help us<br class="">probe and measure human social behaviour without sacrificing the<br class="">validity of the interaction. The data we gain allows us to develop and<br class="">test new theories and models of the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying<br class="">human sociality.<br class=""><br class="">This interdisciplinary workshop will highlight new methods and new </div><div class="">theories in the domain of social interaction, with a focus on the potential </div><div class="">of VR and AI technology, and work towards a scientific understanding of </div><div class="">how people interact. It aims to bring together researchers from Psychology, </div><div class="">Cognitive Science, Computer Science (VR, AI, HCI), Neuroscience, clinical</div><div class="">fields and other related areas. It is the third after two successful preceding</div><div class="">events held at UCL (London, 2014) and at the University of Salford</div><div class="">(Manchester, 2016).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">======================================================================<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><b class="">Due to frequent request we have extended the deadline for submission.</b></div><div class=""><div class="">Submissions of extended abstracts (up to 3 pages, single column, font size 10pt)</div><div class="">should be sent in PDF form to <a href="mailto:vsi2017@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de" class="">vsi2017@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de</a> by </div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">** May 2nd, 2017 **</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Note that this will also postpone the notification date to May 17, 2017.</div><div class="">The remaining timeline will stay untouched:</div><div class=""><div class="">Camera Ready: June 6, 2017<br class="">Registration: June 6, 2017<br class="">Conference Date: July 6 & 7, 2017<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Accepted abstracts will be made available on the workshop’s webpage (default), </div><div class="">contingent on the author's choice. If you wish your submission not be made </div><div class="">accessible we will adhere to this.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div class="">======================================================================</div></div><div class=""><br class="">Organizers:<br class=""><br class="">Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Kopp (CITEC, Bielefed University)<br class="">Prof. Dr. Mario Botsch (CITEC, Bielefed University)<br class="">Prof. Dr. Dr. Kai Vogeley (University Hospital Cologne)<br class="">Dr. Stephan de la Rosa (MPI for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen)<br class="">Dr. Iwan de Kok (CITEC, Bielefed University)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">__________________________________________________________________________</div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div> </div> <br class=""></div></body></html>