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17th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2017) <br>
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August 27-30 <br>
Stockholm, Sweden <br>
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http://iva2017.org <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">REGISTRATION<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Registration for the 17th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2017) is now open. Early bird registration fee applies until July 25<sup>th</sup> 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For more information on registration rates and the link to the online registration form visit: http://iva2017.org/registration.html
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">CONFERENCE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">IVAs are interactive digital characters that exhibit human-like qualities and can communicate with humans and each other using natural human modalities like facial expressions, speech and gesture. They are capable of
real-time perception, cognition, emotion and action that allow them to participate in dynamic social environments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA) is an interdisciplinary annual conference and the main leading scientific forum for presenting research on modeling, developing and evaluating intelligent
virtual agents (IVAs) with a focus on communicative abilities and social behavior.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">SPECIAL TOPIC <br>
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IVA 2017's special topic is 'Situated Intelligent Agents', that is, agents that have awareness of and/or make use of their environment (physical or virtual). The theme will address the synergies between agents with different embodiments, from embodied virtual
characters to social robots. Advances in both domains require the development of computational capabilities that allow robots and virtual characters to engage in those direct, unstructured and dynamically evolving social interactions that characterise humans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Bilge Mutlu, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Iain Matthews, Oculus Research, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Petra Wagner, Bielefeld University, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">VENUE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The conference will be held in Stockholm in the Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology (Tekniska museet: http://www.tekniskamuseet.se/) and on the campus of KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Specifically,
day 1 (workshops and tutorials) will take place on the KTH campus, while day 2-4 (i.e. the main conference) will take place at the museum.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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