[iva] CfP 2018 AAAC/4TU.H&T/SIKS Winterschool on Affective Computing and Social Signal Processing

k.p.truong at utwente.nl k.p.truong at utwente.nl
Mon Jan 29 14:09:42 CET 2018


Call for Participation

2018 AAAC/4TU.H&T/SIKS Winterschool on Affective Computing and Social Signal Processing, March 12th - March 16th 2018, Noordwijk, the Netherlands
https://www.4tu.nl/ht/en/events/winter-school-2018/
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We would like to invite you to participate in the 2018 AAAC 4TU.H&T Winterschool on Affective Computing and Social Signal Processing with the special theme "(Serious) Games and Training", to be held March 12th - March 16th, 2018 in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. The venue is nicely located in a hotel in the Dutch dunes and close to the sea.

The goal for this winterschool is to educate PhD students and talented MSc students into the different aspects of affect and social signal processing, while at the same time providing an opportunity to meet and network with junior and senior researchers.

For the most recent news about the winterschool, please visit https://www.4tu.nl/ht/en/events/winter-school-2018/

What is it?
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The character of the winterschool will be research challenge driven. To focus the week, we decided on the theme (Serious) Games and Training. The activities of the winterschool will include lectures, brainstorming around a research challenge, and practical group-based work focussed on making a rough solution for a challenge. In addition, there will be plenty of opportunity to meet your international peers, and to mingle with junior and senior researchers. The following researchers have already confirmed to be present at the winterschool (more will follow):

* Prof.dr. Mohamed Chetouani (ISIR-UPMC, FR)
* Prof.dr. Björn Schuller (University of Augsburg, DE)
* Dr. Jonathan Gratch (Institute for Creative Technologies, USA)
* Dr. Hayley Hung (Delft University of Technology, NL)
* Dr. Joost Broekens (Delft University of Technology, NL)
* Dr. Khiet Truong (University of Twente, NL)
* Prof. dr. Dirk Heylen (University of Twente, NL)

For who?
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The winterschool is geared towards PhD students working on topics related to Affective Computing and Social Signal Processing. We also welcome MSc students who are in the process of finishing their MSc thesis. However, priority is given to PhD students. There are max. 30 places available. If the number of participants exceeds the number of places available, we will make a selection based on your CV, your motivation letter, whether you are a PhD or MSc student, and whether you are able to attend the school for the whole week or not.

How to participate?
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To attend the winterschool, please prepare the following information (in ONE pdf):

- your CV (max. 1 page)
- a motivation letter (max. 1 page) including a short description of your PhD project.

Please name the pdf with your full name and send it to Joost Broekens (joost.broekens at gmail.com<mailto:joost.broekens at gmail.com>), Khiet Truong (k.p.truong at utwente.nl<mailto:k.p.truong at utwente.nl>), and Dirk Heylen (d.k.j.heylen at utwente.nl<mailto:d.k.j.heylen at utwente.nl>) with the topic [AC SSP School] in the email header (verbatim!).

DEADLINE: Sunday 11-feb-2018

Fees?
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This winterschool is heavily sponsored by 4TU and SIKS. However, a small fee is asked covering the whole week:

150 euros if you are a SIKS or 4TU student (double room occupancy)
300 euros for all other students (double room occupancy)
If you want a single room, you pay 100 euros extra (first come first serve).

After acceptance of your application, you will be provided with payment details.

This fee includes registration, accommodation (4 nights hotel arriving on Monday March 12th and leaving Friday March 15th), breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks and all lectures, materials, etc..

Where?
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Hotel-Restaurant De Witte Raaf
Duinweg 117
2204 AT Noordwijk
The Netherlands
https://www.fletcherhoteldewitteraaf.nl/en/

Organisation
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The 2018 AAAC/4TU.H&T/SIKS Winterschool on Affective Computing and Social Signal Processing is organised and supported by the AAAC Association for the Advancement of Affective Computing (http://emotion-research.net/), the 4TU Center on Humans and Technology (https://www.4tu.nl/ht/en/) and SIKS Netherlands Research School for Information and Knowledge Systems (http://www.siks.nl/). The main organizers are Dr. Joost Broekens (Delft University of Technology), Dr. Khiet Truong (University of Twente), and Prof.dr. Dirk Heylen (University of Twente).





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Dr. Khiet Truong, Assistant Professor
Human Media Interaction, University of Twente
Office: Zilverling room 2096
Phone: +31 (0) 53 - 489 3683
http://khiettruong.space
https://twitter.com/khiettruong





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