Call for Papers
IVA 2012
Twelfth International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
http://iva2012.soe.ucsc.edu/home
September 12-14 Santa Cruz, California, USA
Intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) are interactive characters that exhibit human like qualities and communicate with humans or with each other using natural human modalities such as facial expressions, speech and gesture. They are capable of realtime perception, cognition and action that allows them to participate in dynamic social environments.
IVA 2012 is an interdisciplinary annual conference and the main leading scientific forum for presenting research on modeling, developing and evaluating intelligent virtual agents with a focus on communicative abilities and social behavior. In addition to presentations on theoretical issues, the conference encourages the showcasing of working applications. Researchers from the fields of human-human and human-robot interaction are also encouraged to share work with a relevance to intelligent virtual agents.
SPECIAL TOPIC: “Virtual Agents and Narrative”.… read more. “Call: IVA 2012 – Twelfth International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents”