Affective Computing aims at the study and development of systems and devices that use emotion, in particular in human-computer and human-robot interaction. It is an interdisciplinary field spanning computer science, psychology, and cognitive science. At the biennial gathering of the Association for the Advancement Of Affective Computing’s (AAAC), Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Conference (ACII 2022), the Doctoral Consortium (DC) will serve as a forum for PhD students to share ideas about their research, developments, and applications in the area of affective computing. The goal is to provide PhD students with an opportunity to present their work to a group of mentors and peers from an international community, to receive feedback on their doctoral research plan and progress, and to build a cohort of young researchers interested in affective computing. We invite students from all PhD granting institutions who are in the process of forming or carrying out a plan for their PhD research in the area of affective computing to apply for participation in the ACII 2022 DC.
Who should apply?Students from any PhD granting institution whose research falls within the area of affective computing are encouraged to apply. Whereas we encourage applications from students at any stage of doctoral training, the DC will most benefit students who are in the process of forming or developing their doctoral research. These students will have passed their qualifiers or have completed the majority of their coursework, will be planning or developing their dissertation research proposal, and will not be very close to completing their dissertation research.
Submissions guidelinesPhD students in an area related to affective computing are invited to submit the following materials:
Paper topics should be related to the conference topics, which are given in the general call for papers (see http://acii-conf.org/2022/). The Proceedings of the Doctoral Consortium will be published as part of the main Conference Proceedings. Papers should be submitted through the conference submission system.
Review processThe Doctoral Consortium submissions will be evaluated on several factors including (1) the quality of the submission, (2) the expected benefits of the DC towards the student’s PhD research, and (3) the student’s contribution to the diversity of topics, backgrounds, and institutions, in order of importance. More particularly, the quality of the submission will be evaluated based on the potential contributions of the research to the field of affective computing and its impact on the field and beyond. Finally, we hope to achieve a diversity of research topics, disciplinary backgrounds, methodological approaches, and home institutions in the ACII 2022 Doctoral Consortium cohort.
AttendanceAll authors of accepted submissions are expected to register, attend the virtual conference and present their work at the Doctoral Consortium. They will also have to identify a mentor (from a list provided by the chairs) and schedule a one-to-one online meeting with the mentor during the conference. Information about this process will be provided in due course.
Important DatesFor questions and comments, please contact the Doctoral Consortium co-chairs:
Magda Rychlowska m.rych...@qub.ac.uk
Wafa Johal wafa....@unimelb.edu.au