The 1st Workshop on Crossmodal Social Animation (https://sites.google.com/view/xs-anim/) is co-located with the International Conference on Computer Vision to held from October 11-17, 2021 in Montreal, Canada (held virtually this year)
We are in the middle of a revolution for artificial intelligence where new technologies are becoming more interactive (e.g., virtual assistants such as Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, Cortina). The next generation of these interactive technologies is likely to present some embodiment, such as a virtual character or social robot. It is essential to better understand the link between human body motion and other communicative channels such as language and speech. This research has the potential to enable more realistic and engaging social interactions, which are central in sharing knowledge, ideas and important parts of successful collaborations and teamwork. Furthermore, it also encourages the study of effective communication by intelligent tutoring systems in classroom settings, empathy in clinical psychology and tools to aid animation generation. It is also a key building block for forging new relationships through self-expression as well as understanding others' emotions and thoughts.
Topics
We are accepting papers in the following broad areas of Crossmodal Social Animation. A more detailed list can be found at https://sites.google.com/view/xs-anim/#h.7wg0x8a1zon0
Generative animation models
Vision-Language-Speech Grounding
Gesture and Animation Styles
Privacy and ethical issues
Data Efficiency and Resources
Application domains
Submission Guidelines
We are accepting papers for two tracks
· Main Track (8 pages): to be included in the ICCV 2021 Workshop Proceedings
· Late Breaking Results (4 pages)
Submissions are handled through Microsoft CMT: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/XSAnim2021. We will follow the submission guidelines specified by ICCV 2021 which can be found here: http://iccv2021.thecvf.com/node/4#submission-guidelines
Organizing Committee
· Chaitanya Ahuja, Carnegie Mellon University, US
· Louis-Philippe Morency, Carnegie Mellon University, US
· Yukiko I. Nakano, Seikei University, Japan
· Ryo Ishii, NTT, Japan
Publication Committee
· Dong Won Lee, Carnegie Mellon University, US
Publication
Papers from the Main Track will be included in the workshop proceedings of ICCV 2021.
Contact
Questions regarding submissions of papers should be emailed to Chaitanya Ahuja (cahuja+xsanim2021 [at] andrew.cmu.edu)
Important Dates
Main Track
Abstract Submission: July 20, 2021
Paper submission: July 24, 2021
Notification of acceptance: August 10, 2021
Camera-ready submission: August 16, 2021
Late Breaking Results
Abstract Submission: September 3, 2021
Paper submission: September 7, 2021
Notification of acceptance: September 27, 2021
Camera-ready submission: October 7, 2021
Workshop Date: October 16, 2021
For new updates please check the workshop website: https://sites.google.com/view/xs-anim/