[iva] Final call and extended deadline: cfp IEEE CG&A Special Issue on Animation of Natural Virtual Characters

[Michael Neff]

Dear Colleagues,

Please find attached the final call for the IEEE CG&A special issue on
animation of natural virtual characters.  Note, due to requests, we have
EXTENDED THE DEADLINE to November 8th.

Thanks,
Michael

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Michael Neff
Director, Cinema and Digital Media
Associate Professor, Computer Science & Cinema and Digital Media
University of California, Davis


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*Special Issue on Animation of Natural Virtual Characters*

*Final submissions due: 8 November 2016 *

*Publication date: July/August 2017*

Virtual characters are used in a range of applications—from interfaces to
games to tutors—where they must effectively employ human nonverbal
communication. Often these characters must hold conversations with either
human users or other characters and must appropriately utilize arm
gestures, head movements, posture changes, and facial expressions. Building
systems that can support these interactions involves both the automatic
specification and generation of appropriate character motion as well as
coordination across communication modes and between multiple characters.
Challenges include expressing a range of socio-emotional signals,
maintaining consistent character personalities, and communicating intended
messages clearly.

This special issue of *IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications *will
provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners in both the
character animation and virtual agents fields to publish their latest work.
For this special issue, we solicit papers describing innovative character
animation techniques and models. Topics of interest include, but are not
limited to, the following:

_ Expressive character animation (animation reflecting emotion,
personality, and style)

_ Models of gesture and nonverbal communication

_ Relevant perceptual studies of character motion

_ Multimodal communicative behavior planning and coordination

_ Capturing the behavior/animation style of particular people

_ Specification and generation of conversational character models

_ Multicharacter conversational interaction

_ Machine learning techniques applied to these problems

_ Evaluations of expressive conversational character systems



*Guest Editors*

Please direct any correspondence before submission to the guest editors:

_ Michael Neff, mpneff at ucdavis.edu, University of California, Davis

_ Catherine Pelachaud, catherine.pelachaud at telecomparistech.fr, CNRS-LTCI,
Telecom-ParisTech



*Submission Guidelines*

Nondepartment articles submitted to *IEEE CG&A *should not exceed 8,000
words, including the main text, abstract, keywords, bibliography,
biographies, and table text, where a page is approximately 800 words.
Articles should include no more than 10 figures or images. Each 1/4 page
figure, image, and table counts for approx. 200 words. Note that all
tables, images, and illustrations must be appropriately scaled and legible;
larger elements should be accounted for accordingly with respect to word
count. Please limit the number of references to the

most relevant and ensure to delineate your work from relevant past articles
in *CG&A*. Furthermore, avoid an excessive number of references to
published work that might only be marginally relevant. Consider instead
providing such pertinent background material in sidebars for non-expert
readers. Visit the *CG&A *style and length guidelines at_www.computer.org/
web/peer-review/magazines. We also strongly encourage you to submit
multimedia (videos, podcasts, and so on) to enhance your article.
Visit the *CG&A
*supplemental guidelines at_www.computer.org/web/ peer-review/magazines.



Please submit your paper using the online manuscript submission service at
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cs-ieee. When uploading your paper, select
the appropriate special issue title under the category “Manuscript Type.”
Also, include complete contact information for all authors. If you have any
questions about submitting your article, contact the peer review
coordinator at cga-ma at computer.org.
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