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<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> The annual ACM Conference on Intelligent Virtual
Agents (IVA) is the premier international event for </span></font><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> interdisciplinary
research on the development, application, and evaluation
of Intelligent Virtual Agents </span><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">with the specific
focus on the ability to socially interact. Such agents can
be embodied graphically (e.g.</span><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> virtual
characters, embodied conversational agents) or physically
(e.g. robots). They are capable of real-</span><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">time perception,
cognition, emotion and action allowing them to participate
in dynamic social </span><span style="font-size: 14px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif;"> environments. This includes
human-like interaction qualities such as multimodal
communication using</span><span style="font-size: 14px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif;"> facial expressions, speech, and
gesture, conversational interaction, socially assistive
and affective</span><span style="font-size: 14px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif;"> interaction, interactive
task-oriented cooperation, or social behaviour simulation.
IVAs are highly relevant </span><span style="font-size:
14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif;">and widely applied in many important
domains including health, tutoring, training, games, or
assisted </span><span style="font-size: 14px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif;">living.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">We invite submissions of research on a broad
range of topics, including but not limited to:
theoretical foundations of intelligent virtual agents,
agent and interactive behaviour modelling, evaluation,
agents in simulations, games, and other applications.
Please see the detailed list of topics below.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">IVA 2023 will take place in Würzburg, Germany.
Würzburg is a vibrant town located by the river Main in
northern Bavaria, between Frankfurt and Nuremberg. The
mix of stunning historical architecture and the young
population is what makes the atmosphere so unique,
including 35,000 students from three different
universities. The mild and sunny climate is ideal to
enjoy the many activities Würzburg has to offer:
visiting a beer garden next to the river, attending a
sporting or cultural event or taking a stroll through
one of the parks. </span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">IVA is targeted to be an in-person conference. In
case of extraordinary circumstances, such as visa </span></font><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">problems or
health issues, video presentation will be possible.
However, there is no digital or hybrid </span><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">conference system
planned, thus it is not possible to attend this year’s IVA
conference remotely.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> IMPORTANT DATES</span></font></div>
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255);"> ===================</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> Abstract submission: April 14, 2023</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> Paper submission: April 18, 2023</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> Review notification / start of rebuttal: May 31,
2023</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> Notification of acceptance: June 23, 2023</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> Camera ready deadline: July 18, 2023</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> Conference: September 19-22, 2023</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> All deadlines are anywhere on earth (UTC−12).</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> TYPES OF SUBMISSION</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Full Papers (7 pages + 1 additional page for
references):</span></font><span style="font-size: 14px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif;"> Full papers should present
significant, novel, and substantial work of high quality.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Extended Abstracts (2 pages + 1 additional
page for references): </span></font><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Extended
abstracts may contain early results and work in progress.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Demos (2 pages + 1 additional page for
references +1 one page with demo requirements):</span></font><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Demos
submissions focus on implemented systems and should
contain a link to a video of the system</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> with a maximum length of 5 minutes.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> All submissions will be double-blind
peer-reviewed by a group of external expert reviewers.
All accepted</span></font><span style="font-size: 14px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif;"> submissions will be published in
the ACM proceedings and the ACM Digital Library.</span><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Accepted full
papers will be presented either in oral sessions or as
posters during the conference</span><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> (depending on
the nature of the contribution), extended abstracts will
be presented as posters, and</span><span style="font-size:
14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif;"> demos will be showcased in
dedicated sessions during the conference. For each
accepted contribution, at </span><span style="font-size:
14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif;"> least one of the authors must
register for the conference.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> IVA 2023 will also feature workshops and a
doctoral consortium. Please visit the website</span></font><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> (<a
href="https://iva.acm.org/2023"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://iva.acm.org/2023</a>) </span><span
style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">for more details
and updates.</span></div>
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style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> TRACKS</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">For full paper submissions, IVA will have
different paper tracks with different review criteria.
Authors</span></font><span style="font-size: 14px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif;"> need to indicate which one of the
following tracks they want to submit their paper to:</span></div>
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style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span
style="font-size: 14px;">1. Empirical Studies — </span></span></font><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">criteria:
methodology, theoretical foundation, originality of result
etc.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span
style="font-size: 14px;">2. Computational Models and
Methods —</span></span></font><span style="font-size:
14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif;"> criteria: technical soundness,
novelty of the model or approach, proof of concept, etc.</span></div>
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style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span
style="font-size: 14px;">3. Operational Systems and
Applications — </span></span></font><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> criteria:
innovation of the application, societal relevance,
evaluation of effects, etc.</span></div>
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style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> SCOPE AND LIST OF TOPICS</span></font></div>
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style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> IVA invites submissions on a broad range of
topics, including but not limited to:</span></font></div>
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style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> AGENT DESIGN AND MODELING:</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Cognition (e.g. task, social, other)</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Emotion, personality and cultural differences</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Socially communicative behaviour (e.g., of
emotions, personality, relationship)</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Conversational and dialog behavior</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Social perception and understanding of other’s
states or traits</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Machine learning approaches to agent modeling</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Adaptive behavior and interaction dynamics</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Models informed by theoretical and empirical
research from psychology</span></font></div>
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style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
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style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> MULTIMODAL INTERACTION:</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Verbal and nonverbal behavior coordination
(synthesis)</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Multimodal/social behavior processing</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Face-to-face communication skills</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Interaction qualities engagement, rapport,
etc.)</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Managing co-presence and interpersonal
relation</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Multi-party interaction</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Data-driven modeling</span></font></div>
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style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> SOCIALLY INTERACTIVE AGENT ARCHITECTURES:</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Design criteria and design methodologies</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Engineering of real-time human-agent
interaction</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Standards / measures to support
interoperability</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Portability and reuse</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Specialized tools, toolkits, and toolchains</span></font></div>
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style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
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style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> EVALUATION METHODS AND EMPIRICAL STUDIES:</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Evaluation methodologies and user studies</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Metrics and measures</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Ethical considerations and societal impact</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Applicable lessons across fields (e.g. between
robotics and virtual agents)</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Social agents as a means to study and model
human behavior</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> APPLICATIONS:</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Applications in education, skills training,
health, counseling, games, art, etc.</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Virtual agents in games and simulations</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Social agents as tools in psychology,
neuroscience, social simulation, etc</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> - Migration between platforms</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">In addition to the traditional IVA topics, this
year’s conference plans a special session on “</span></font><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">IVAs in future</span><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> mixed
realities”, e.g., in social VR and potential incarnations
of a Metaverse. Immersive and potentially</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> distributed artificial virtual worlds provide
new forms of full-size embodied human-human interaction
via</span></font><span style="font-size: 14px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif;"> avatars of arbitrary looks,
enabling interesting intra- and interpersonal effects.
They also enable hybrid</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> avatar-agent interactions between humans and
A.I.s, unlocking the full potential of non-verbal
behavior</span></font><span style="font-size: 14px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif;"> in digital face-to-face encounters,
significantly enhancing the design space for IVAs to
assist, guide, help</span></div>
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style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"> but also to persuade and affect interacting
users. We welcome all kinds of novel research on</span></font><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> technological,
psychological, and sociological determinants of such
immersive digital avatar-agent</span><span
style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> encounters for
this special session.</span></div>
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255);">Paper submissions should be anonymous and
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255);">This event is sponsored by SIGAI.</span></font></div>
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