EMORE@BI2021:
International Workshop on Emotion Recognition

Padova University, Padova, Italy, September 17-19 2021

Official websites	Brain Informatics (BI): https://www.bi2021.org ; EMORE: WS08-EMORE2021
Submission deadline	May 31, 2021 (please write to the program chair if you need a short extension)
Introductory slides	EMORE Introductory slides

Topics: emotion recognition cognitive computing artificial intelligence social robots

Emotion Recognition became a key scenario for Artificial Intelligence and Affective Computing, in particular human robot interaction, data mining systems, and social network analysis.

Various emotion-mining techniques can be exploited for creating and automating personalized interfaces or subcomponent technology for larger systems, i.e., in business intelligence, affective tutoring and e-learning, social robots, and recommender systems.

Different from sentiment analysis, this approach works at a deeper level of abstraction,

aiming at recognizing specific emotions and not only the positive/negative sentiment; in order to extract, manage and predict emotions in limited sets, based on novel models of emotions, or on well-accepted models.

The aim of the international workshop EMORE is to present, discuss and ideate new emotion recognition techniques in any AI-related task, bringing together researchers and practitioners for stimulating cooperation and cross-fertilization between different communities focused on research, development and applications of emotion recognition. Since the cooperation among disciplines, e.g., computer science, psychology, neurology, is of great interest and benefit for this research area, we particularly invite submissions with an interdisciplinary view and participation of authors. ACER-EMORE also welcomes papers on ongoing projects and PhD showcases, as well as applications, data sets, novel techniques, and multimodal or interdisciplinary approaches to emotion recognition.

The ACER-EMORE co-located workshop aims also to create a network of research

for future events and publications on Affective Computing, as already established in

the previous editions:

ACER-EMORE2020 @ICCSA Cagliari, Italy (online for covid)

ACER-EMORE2019@ICCSA Saint Petersburg, Russia;

EMORE2018@ICCSA Melbourne, Australia;

EMORE2017@ICCSA Trieste, Italy.

Topics

Topics include, but are not limited to:

Affective computing and Emotion Recognition in Web Intelligence
Models of emotions, measuring emotions on the Web
Multidimensional emotion recognition
Emotional/affective process miningEmotions in the crowds, emotions and sentiments in social networks, link prediction
Affective tagging and emotion recognition in Recommender Systems
Emotion recognition across cultural variations, local-culture emotion
recognition
Semantic Emotion Recognition, Linked Data in affective spaces,
affective ontologies, and sentic computing
Natural Language Processing, Emotion extraction from text
Automated emotion/mood tagging with emoji/memes
Facial/gestures/visual emotion recognition and synthesis, emotion
recognition in video streaming
Emotional, affective states associated with music, audio or speech
Recognition of emotions elicited by artistic stimuli e.g. paintings
Affective computing, emotion recognition from Brain -Interfaces or sensors e.g.
EMG sensors, motion sensors, GPS tracking
Biomimetic modeling of emotions, models of emotionally communicative behavior,
evolved or emergent emotional behavior
Emotion recognition in social robots, intelligent interfaces, symbiotic
cognitive systems
Affective states or emotions expressed by web-based/cloud robots, web[1]based Artificial intelligence, affective human-computer interfaces
Online Human-Bot emotional interactions, real-time integrated systems
Novel technologies using emotional elements that can better engage
disabled people, e.g. with ASC (Autism Spectrum Conditions), in learning
and communication
Assertive robots, assertive artificial intelligence, artificial empathy and emotional
intelligence in human-robot interactions
Emotion recognition in business/government intelligence and marketing strategies
Applications using web-based machine learning services e.g. IBM Watson, Google
TensorFlow
Specialized interfaces and animation technologies, applications in games
and education, e.g. affective tutoring
Ethical challenges on affective computing and emotion recognition in
Web Intelligence, e.g. deception in emotions-aware HRI, emotional privacy,
side effects and evolution of humanity using affective-intelligent web services
Applicable lessons from other fields (e.g. robotics, AI, psychology)

Important dates

May 31, 2021 Papers and Abstract submission deadline

June 24, 2021 Notification of Papers and Abstract acceptance

July 15, 2021 Final paper and abstract submission deadline

August 1, 2021 Paper registration deadline

September 17 - 19, 2021 Main conference and workshops

Committees

EMORE Organizers:

Valentina Franzoni, University of Perugia, Italy (valentina.franzoni@dmi.unipg.it)

Alfredo Milani, University of Perugia, Italy (alfredo.milani@unipg.it)

Giulio Biondi, University of Florence, Italy (giulio.biondi@unifi.it)

EMORE Program Committee:

Valentina Franzoni, University of Perugia, Italy, PROGRAM CHAIR

Jordi Vallverdú, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cataloňa, Spain

Alfredo Milani, University of Perugia, Italy

Giulio Biondi, University of Florence, Italy

James Deng, MindSense Technologies, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

BI2021

The Brain Informatics (BI) conference series has established itself as the world's premier research forum on Brain Informatics, which is an emerging interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research field with joint efforts from neuroscience, cognitive science, medicine and life sciences, data science, artificial intelligence, neuroimaging technologies, and information and communication technologies.

The 14th International Conference on Brain Informatics (BI2021) provides a premier international forum to bring together researchers and practitioners from diverse fields for presentation of original research results, as well as exchange and dissemination of innovative and practical development experiences on Brain Informatics research, brain-inspired technologies and brain/mental health applications.

The theme of BI2021 is: Innovative Computational Approaches for Understanding Brain Functions and Treat its Disorders.

Submission guidelines

Paper Submission:

Full paper submissions should be limited to a maximum of 10 pages including figures and references. Additional pages will be charged.
High quality paper submissions with up to 6 pages are also welcome and will be accepted as short papers based on their originality, significance of contribution to the field, technical merit, and presentation quality.

Abstract Submission: Authors are encouraged to submit research abstracts of their original work. Research abstracts will be accepted for presentations in an oral presentation format and/or poster presentation format. Authors can indicate their presentation preferences during online submission. Abstracts accepted for oral presentation will be given an option to also be considered for a poster presentation for more demonstrations and discussions. Each abstract submission should include the title of the paper, an abstract body within 500 words , and up to 5 keywords. Abstract presentations are scheduled at the sole discretion of the BI Program Committee.
Paper & Abstract Submission Site: BI2021_EMORE_SubmissionSite
Paper Format: All paper submissions MUST follow Springer LNCS format.
Questions and Suggestions: Concerning paper submissions, conference registrations, suggestions for the program, please feel free to contact BI2021 chairs.

Publication of proceedings and Best Papers

Accepted full papers will be selected to publish in the Springer Open Access Brain Informatics Journal upon significant revision.

Workshop and Special Session full papers will be published at the same BI proceedings at the Springer-Nature LNAI Brain Informatics Book Series.

Organizers of Workshops and Special Sessions will be invited to prepare a book proposal based on the topics of the workshop/special session for possible book publication in the Springer-Nature Brain Informatics & Health Book Series.

High quality BI conference papers may be nominated to submit an extended version for a free fast track review and publication at the Brain Informatics Journal, an international, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary open-access journal published by Springer, and to the Open-Access Sensors journal fully or partially discounted fast track special issue "Multimodal Emotion Recognition in Artificial Intelligence".

Venue

The 14th edition of the Brain Informatics international conference will be held in fully virtual mode to grant participation despite the Covid-19 pandemics limitation, organized by University of Padova, Italy.