25th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction Call for Papers
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ACM ICMI 2023 2ND CALL FOR PAPERS
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9-13 October 2023, Paris - France
https://icmi.acm.org/2023/
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The 25th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI
2023) will be held in Paris, France. ICMI is the premier international
forum that brings together multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) and
social interaction research. Multimodal AI encompasses technical
challenges in machine learning and computational modeling such as
representations, fusion, data and systems. The study of social
interactions englobes both human-human interactions and human-computer
interactions. A unique aspect of ICMI is its multidisciplinary nature
which values both scientific discoveries and technical modeling
achievements, with an eye towards impactful applications for the good
of people and society.
This year, the conference is pleased to welcome 3 keynote speakers:
* Maja Mataric (Interaction Lab, University of Southern California)
* Sophie Scott (Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London)
* Simone Natale (University of Turin)
We are keen to showcase novel input and output modalities and
interactions to the ICMI community. ICMI 2023 will feature a
single-track main conference which includes: keynote speakers,
technical full and short papers (including oral and poster
presentations), demonstrations, exhibits, doctoral spotlight papers,
and late-breaking papers. The conference will also feature workshops
and grand challenges. The proceedings of all ICMI 2023 papers,
including Long and Short Papers, will be published by ACM as part of
their series of International Conference Proceedings and Digital
Library, and the adjunct proceedings will feature the workshop papers.
Novelty will be assessed along two dimensions: scientific novelty and
technical novelty. Accepted papers at ICMI 2023 will need to be novel
along one of the two dimensions:
* Scientific Novelty: Papers should bring new scientific knowledge
about human social interactions, including human-computer
interactions. For example, discovering new behavioral markers that are
predictive of mental health or how new behavioral patterns relate to
children’s interactions during learning. It is the responsibility
of the authors to perform a proper literature review and clearly
discuss the novelty in the scientific discoveries made in their paper.
* Technical Novelty: Papers reviewed with this sub-criterion should
include novelty in their computational approach for recognizing,
generating or modeling data. Examples include: novelty in the learning
and prediction algorithms, in the neural architecture, or in the data
representation. Novelty can also be associated with new usages of an
existing approach.
Please see the Submission Guidelines for Authors
https://icmi.acm.org/2023/guidelines-for-authors/ for detailed
submission instructions.
This year’s conference theme: The theme for this year’s
conference is “Science of Multimodal Interactions”. As the
community grows, it is important to understand the main scientific
pillars involved in deep understanding of multimodal and social
interactions. As a first step, we want to acknowledge key discoveries
and contributions that the ICMI community enabled over the past 20+
years. As a second step, we reflect on the core principles,
foundational methodologies and scientific knowledge involved in
studying and modeling multimodal interactions. This will help
establish a distinctive research identity for the ICMI community while
at the same time embracing its multidisciplinary collaborative
nature. This research identity and long-term agenda will enable the
community to develop future technologies and applications while
maintaining commitment to world-class scientific research.
Additional topics of interest include but are not limited to:
* Affective computing and interaction
* Cognitive modeling and multimodal interaction
* Gesture, touch and haptics
* Healthcare, assistive technologies
* Human communication dynamics
* Human-robot/agent multimodal interaction
* Human-centered A.I. and ethics
* Interaction with smart environment
* Machine learning for multimodal interaction
* Mobile multimodal systems
* Multimodal behaviour generation
* Multimodal datasets and validation
* Multimodal dialogue modeling
* Multimodal fusion and representation
* Multimodal interactive applications
* Novel multimodal datasets
* Speech behaviours in social interaction
* System components and multimodal platforms
* Visual behaviours in social interaction
* Virtual/augmented reality and multimodal interaction
Submissions:
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Please note that the instructions were updated as of March 17th,
2023. All submissions are expected for reviewing in PDF. The
submission format is the double column ACM conference format (see
https://icmi.acm.org/2023/guidelines-for-authors/) The length depends
on the different submission categories:
* Long paper: The maximum length is 8 pages using latex or Word
(excluding references).
* Short paper: The maximum length is 4 pages using latex or Word
(excluding references).
The submissions can be submitted online on:
https://new.precisionconference.com/submissions/icmi23a
ACM Publication Policies
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acknowledging that you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM
Publications Policies, including ACM's new Publications Policy on
Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects. Alleged violations
of this policy or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated by
ACM and may result in a full retraction of your paper, in addition to
other potential penalties, as per ACM Publications Policy.
Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID ID, so you
can complete the publishing process for your accepted paper. ACM has
been involved in ORCID from the start and we have recently made a
commitment to collect ORCID IDs from all of our published authors. The
collection process has started and will roll out as a requirement
throughout 2022. We are committed to improve author discoverability,
ensure proper attribution and contribute to ongoing community efforts
around name normalization; your ORCID ID will help in these efforts.
Important Dates
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Paper Submission May 1, 2023
Rebuttal period June 26-29, 2023
Paper notification July 21, 2023
Camera-ready paper August 14, 2023
Presenting at main conference October 9-13, 2023