[iva] [ACII2021 Virtual Workshop] Functions of Emotions for Socially Interactive Agents (Func-E): Deadline Extended ***June 14***

[Patrick Gebhard]

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Dear Colleagues,

We would like to inform you that the submission deadline is extended by two weeks: NEW DEADLINE **June 14**

With this opportunity, we would like to inform you that we much welcome your work in progress in emotion, making the connection to the particular function-/s of emotion that your research is drawing on.

Workshop website: http://func-e.dfki.de 
Conference website: https://www.acii-conf.net/2021/

We hope to openly discuss different views to achieve a broader view of the functions of emotions necessary for developing socially interactive agents!

Best regards,
Elisabeth Andre, Ruth Aylett, Patrick Gebhard (contact), Dimitra Tsovaltzi, Tanja Schneeberger
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== Overview ==
This interdisciplinary workshop explores the challenges and the possibilities that come with the view that emotions are not universally unique patterns (internally and externally) and always connected to individual experiences. The focus is on exploring the concept of functions of emotions because we believe that this approach holds great potential for empathic systems.

Emotions have intrapersonal functions (e.g., motivational purposes, guidance of perception, and decision making), interpersonal functions (e.g., signaling of the nature of a relationship or a topic, providing incentives for specific behaviors and underline meanings, illustrating the communicated topic), and socio-cultural functions (e.g., coordinate social situations through the connection of norms to values, beliefs, and behavior).

Empathic and socially interactive agents would benefit from such a view with regard to understanding the dialog partner on an emotional level and showing appropriate behavior. Such agents can play into each of these functions and purposes by, e.g., complying with suitable situational dependent behavioral norms, mirroring behavior. Relying only on the interpretation of social signals might not be enough for every social context. Contextual information, individual differences of the users, and group characteristics are indeed crucial for this process. A computational representation of functions of emotions might be the key to next-gen empathic, socially interactive agents. Foremost, a representation of emotions that integrates individual subjective experience is required. Based on such a representation, individual and social functions of emotions can be modeled. Within that context, it is of most interest how these functions can be related to observable social signals (e.g., voice, gaze, gesture, body movements) and displayed emotions between, at least, two individuals. Moreover, empathic systems in various fields of application (e.g., therapeutic assistance, autonomous driving cars, learning social skills, learning, and working in groups) could be improved by incorporating computational models for functions of emotions.

== Topics == 
This workshop intends to bring researchers from diverse research areas together to share recent advances and discuss research directions and opportunities for the next generation of computational models and human-computer-interaction that take functions of emotions into account. We invite submissions of research papers and position papers that address the following areas (but not limited to):

    - Theoretical work on functions of emotions and their relation to 1) social signals and their exchange between humans and 2) higher-level social constructs such as trust, relationship, and cultural and social norms. Moreover, innovative or cross-disciplinary methodological approaches to research functions of emotions.

    - Computational models of functions of emotions and their relation to observable social signals as well as their use in empathic or socially interactive agents (virtual and physical).

    - Computational models of emotions that come with a representation of individual subjective experience and functions of emotions.

    - Models defining the relation of emotional functions to learning processes, feedback strategies, and their impact on the social relationship in learning contexts.

    - Empirical studies to develop or evaluate computational models considering functions of emotions.

    - Empirical studies on functions of emotions and their relation to social signals in human-human-interaction including pilot studies applying new methodological approaches.

    - Applications that employ a computational representation of functions of emotions and demonstrate the benefit of such by showing empathic behavior.

== Submission == 
We invite submissions of research papers from authors with diverse backgrounds (e.g., computer science, psychology, sociology, learning science, behavioral science). Submissions can be on completed work, work-in-progress, position papers, posters, or demos. Authors are asked to submit papers up to 6 pages (excluding references) following the submission guidelines from the ACII 2021 conference. The conference’s EasyChair system is used for submissions. All submissions will be reviewed double-blind.

== Dates ==
June 14 May 31, 2021: Paper Submission 
June 30, 2021: Notification 
July 30, 2021: Camera Ready 
September 28, 2101: Workshop

== Organizers and Contact ==
Elisabeth André, Augsburg University
Ruth Aylett, Heriot Watt University
Patrick Gebhard, DFKI, workshop contact, patrick.gebhard at dfki.de <mailto:patrick.gebhard at dfki.de>
Dimitra Tsovaltzi, DFKI
Tanja Schneeberger, DFKI
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