[UAI] [Conference] AFFECTIVE COMPUTING AND INTELLIGENT INTERACTION 2026

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AFFECTIVE COMPUTING AND INTELLIGENT INTERACTION 2026

https://acii-conf.net/2026/

The Association for the Advancement of Affective Computing (AAAC)
invites you to join us at our 14th International Conference on Affective
Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII), which will be held which
will be held as an in-person event in Puebla, Mexico on September 7th –
10th, 2026. Accepted papers must be presented by one of the paper’s
authors.

The ACII conference series is the premier international venue for
interdisciplinary research on the design of systems that can recognize,
interpret, and simulate human emotions and, more generally, affective
phenomena. The conference is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE
Computer Society (PAMI-TC). All accepted papers will be included in IEEE
Xplore and indexed by EI. A selection of the best articles at ACII 2026
will be invited to submit extended versions to the IEEE Transactions on
Affective Computing. The conference will be co-located with IVA
(Intelligent Virtual Agents Conference) 2026.

Main track submission deadline: 27 March 2026
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ACII 2026

14th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent
Interaction

September 7-11, 2026
Puebla, Mexico
URL: https://
acii-conf.net/2026/

Dear colleagues,
The organising committee of Affective Computing and Intelligent
Interaction (ACII) 2026 is now inviting proposals for workshops and
challenges. ACII is the flagship conference for research in Affective
Computing, covering topics related to the study of intelligent systems
that perceive, express, or otherwise use affect.
Workshops at ACII provide opportunities for researchers to get together
to connect and exchange ideas on a specific topic in detail. Example
workshops from previous years are available here: ACII 2025 and ACII
2024. We encourage workshop proposals that draw together
interdisciplinary perspectives on topics in affective computing. We also
welcome Challenge-led workshops, where workshop participants would work
on a shared task (e.g., building a multicultural affective computing
avatar for mental health) in advance and present the results at a
workshop.
The ACII 2026 conference theme is "Emotions beyond borders:
Multicultural Affective Computing". Workshop organisers will be
responsible for soliciting and reviewing papers and putting together an
exciting schedule, including time for networking and discussion. Papers
accepted by workshops will be published in the conference's companion
proceedings.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Please email your proposal to the workshop chairs: workshop-
cha...@acii-conf.net (max. 3 pages, PDF format). Your mail must use
(mandatory) a subject line in the following format: "WS-ACII 2026 |
[Your Workshop Title]".
Please address the following points in your proposal:
1. Technical Information
a. Title of the Workshop/Challenge.
b. Topics to be covered, with explanations of their relevance.
c. Relation to previous workshops/challenges at ACII, highlighting
similarities and differences with respect to the proposed event.
d. A draft call for papers.
2. Organisers and Speakers
a. Full names, titles, affiliations (with one, potentially two, contact
emails) of the organizers.
b. A summary of the organizers' background and experience that make them
well suited for organizing the event, including brief bios.
c. In case this event is part of a series, please provide URLs to
relevant past events and/or any related information.
d. A preliminary list of invited speakers (if applicable). Important:
Please list only speakers who have confirmed or tentatively confirmed
their attendance, clearly indicating whether each confirmation is
tentative or final.
3. Logistics
a. Duration preference (full-day or half-day event).
b. List of tentative and confirmed PC members (mention the status per PC
member).
c. Specify the primary nature of your event:
i. Challenge.
ii. Peer reviewed paper event (orals/posters).
iii. Combination of invited speakers and peer reviewed papers.
iv. Affinity workshop to create and strengthen communities (suchas"Women
in Affective Computing").
d. A review timeline for papers or competitions.
e. If posters will be presented, provide a number estimate. Note that
the conference may limit the number of posters based on space
availability.
f. Any special space or equipment requirement.
g. Extended abstract making the scientific case for the
workshop/challenge (why, why now, why at ACII, expected outcomes,
impact).
4. Additional information
a. For Challenges, include detailed task instructions as well as
information on any restrictions, requirements, and available resources
such as datasets, benchmarks, open-source models, and open-source tools.
In addition, specify the metrics used to evaluate how well the challenge
has been addressed, and provide clear instructions for submitting
participants' results.
b. Expected number of submissions, paper length, review process, and
format.
c. Publication plan if beyond ACII companion proceedings (e.g., Special
Issue, whether contact was made with the publisher already).
Proposals will be reviewed in a confidential manner, and acceptance will
be decided by the ACII 2026 Workshop and Program Chairs. Decisions about
acceptance are final.

IMPORTANT DATES

- Submission deadline for workshop proposals: 21 February 2026 07 March
2026 (Extended!)
- Notification for workshop proposals: 7 March 2026
- Paper submission deadline for workshops: 30 May 2026
- Workshop papers decision notification: 3 July 2026
- Workshop camera-ready deadline: 24 July 2026
- Workshops, tutorials, and DC: 7 September 2026

WORKSHOP CHAIRS
- Luigi Celona (luigi....@unimib.it)
- Octavio Gutiérrez (octavio....@itam.mx)
You can find more information in the ACII2026 webpage at:

https://acii-conf.net/2026/

We would like to meet you in Puebla, Mexico!

Sincerely yours,
The organizing committee


APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE COPIES OF THIS MESSAGE
PLEASE CIRCULATE this CFP among your colleagues and students.

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ACII 2026
14th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent
Interaction
September 7-11, 2026
Puebla, Mexico
URL: https://acii-conf.net/2026/

- Main track full paper submission
deadline: extended to 10 April 2026


Dear colleagues,

The Association for the Advancement of Affective Computing (AAAC)

invites you to submit your original research for presentation at the

14th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent

Interaction (ACII), which will be held as an in-person event in Puebla,
Mexico, 7-11 September 2026. Accepted papers must be presented by one of

the paper's authors.

The ACII conference series is the premier international venue for

interdisciplinary research on the design of systems that can recognise,

interpret, and simulate human emotions and, more generally, affective
phenomena. The conference is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE
Computer Society (PAMI-TC). All accepted papers will be included in IEEE
Xplore and indexed by EI. A selection of the best articles at ACII 2026
will be invited to submit extended versions to the IEEE Transactions on
Affective Computing. The conference will be co-located with IVA

(Intelligent Virtual Agent Conference) 2026.

The theme for ACII 2026 is Emotions beyond borders: Multicultural
Affective Computing.Multicultural affective computing is the study and
development of systems that can recognize and respond to human emotions
across different cultural contexts. It considers how cultural norms,
expressions, and interpretations of emotions vary, ensuring that
emotion-aware technologies interact appropriately and accurately with
users from diverse backgrounds.


See topics of interest below and the Main Track, Special Track, and
Workshop Papers submission guidelines for more details. ACII 2026 also
offers a paper-to-demo fast track for authors of main track papers that
include an interactive system, prototype, simulator, or tool. If authors
opt in and their main track papers are accepted, the work in the
accepted paper will be additionally considered for the demo track. Due
to space and logistics constraints, there will be a final selection of
demos (from both the paper-to-demo fast track and the standard demo
track submissions). This will be done by demo chairs and based on
relevance to the conference, technical robustness, and diversity of
topics. Please see the Call for Interactive Demos for more details.

IMPORTANT DATES

- Main track full paper submission deadline: extended to 10 April 2026
- Rebuttal notification for the main track: 21 May 2026
- Rebuttal period: 25-29 May 2026
- Paper notification for the main track: 13 June 2026
- Camera-ready paper submission deadline: 3 July 2026
- Early-bird registration deadline: 3 July 2026
- Conference (including workshops and tutorials, and DC): 7-11 September
2026


TOPICS OF INTEREST (include, but are not limited to):

Recognition and Synthesis of Human Affect from ALL Modalities
- Multimodal Modeling of Cognitive and Affective States
- Contextualized Modeling of Cognitive and Affective States
- Facial and Body Gesture Recognition, Modeling and Animation
- Affective Speech Analysis, Recognition and Synthesis
- Recognition and Synthesis of Auditory Affect Bursts (Laughter, Cries,
etc.)
- Motion Capture for Affect Recognition
- Affect Recognition from Alternative Modalities (Physiology, Brain
Waves, etc.)
- Affective Text Processing and Sentiment Analysis
- Multimodal Data Fusion for Affect Recognition
- Synthesis of Multimodal Affective Behaviour
- Summarisation of Affective Behaviour

Affective Science using Affective Computing Tools
- Studies of affective behavior perception using computational tools
- Studies of affective behavior production using computational tools
- Studies of affect in medical/clinical settings using computational
tools
- Studies of affect in context using computational tools

Psychology & Cognition of Affect in Designing Computational Systems
- Computational Models of Affective Processes
- Issues in Psychology & Cognition of Affect in Affective Computing
Systems
- Cultural Differences in Affective Design and Interaction

Affective Interfaces
- Interfaces for Monitoring and Improving Mental and Physical Well-Being
- Design of Affective Loop and Affective Dialogue Systems
- Human-Centred Human-Behaviour-Adaptive Interfaces
- Interfaces for Attentive & Intelligent Environments
- Mobile, Tangible and Virtual/Augmented Multimodal Proactive Interfaces
- Distributed/Collaborative Multimodal Proactive Interfaces
- Tools and System Design Issues for Building Affective and Proactive
Interfaces
- Evaluation of Affective, Behavioural, and Proactive Interfaces

Affective, Social and Inclusive Robotics and Virtual Agents
- Artificial Agents for Supporting Mental and Physical Well-Being
- Emotion in Robot and Virtual Agent Cognition and Action
- Embodied Emotion
- Biologically-Inspired Architectures for Affective and Social Robotics
- Developmental and Evolutionary Models for Affective and Social
Robotics
- Models of Emotion for Embodied Conversational Agents
- Personality in Embodied Conversational Agents
- Memory, Reasoning, and Learning in Affective Conversational Agents

Affect and Group Emotions
- Analyzing and modeling groups taking into account emergent states
and/or emotions
- Integration of artificial agents (robots, virtual characters) in the
group life by leveraging its affective loop: interaction paradigms,
strategies, modalities, adaptation
- Collaborative affective interfaces (e.g., for inclusion, for
education, for games and entertainment)

Open Resources for Affective Computing
- Shared Datasets for Affective Computing
- Benchmarks for Affective Computing
- Open-source Software/Tools for Affective Computing

Fairness, Accountability, Privacy, Transparency and Ethics in Affective
Computing
- Bias, imbalance and inequalities in data and modeling approaches in
the context of Affective Computing
- Bias mitigation in the context of Affective Computing
- Explainability and Transparency in the context of Affective Computing
- Privacy-preserving affect sensing and modeling
- Ethical aspects in the context of Affective Computing

Applications
- Health and well-being
- Education
- Entertainment
- Consumer Products
- User Experience

You can find more information in the ACII2026 webpage at:
https://acii-conf.net/2026/

We would like to meet you in Puebla, Mexico!

Sincerely yours,

The organizing committee