Computer Models of Affective States

------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: Stevan Harnad <harnad(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk> Date sent: Thu, 13 Oct 94 19:50:21 BST To: pg(a)ucs.uucp, staff(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk Subject: Computer Models of Affective States Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 16:21:50 +0000 (WET-DST) From: KAISER(a)ch.unige.uni2a Subject: Program of GEW'95 Call for Applications GENEVA EMOTION WEEK '95 April 8 to April 13, 1995 University of Geneva, Switzerland The Emotion Research Group at the University of Geneva announces the third GENEVA EMOTION WEEK (GEW '95), consisting of a colloquium focusing on a major topic in the psychology of emotion, and of a series of workshops designed to introduce participants to advanced research methods in the field of emotion. The colloquium consists of extensive presentations of theoretical and methodological approaches as well as recent empirical work by a group of invited speakers and faculty members of the University of Geneva. Ample time is allotted for discussion. The colloquium lasts 3 days. The theme chosen for the GEW '95 is: Artificial Emotions The intention of GEW'95 is to bring together researchers in diverse disciplines, including AI, neurosciences, philosophy, and psychology, who share an interest in architectures and mechanisms underlying emotion, motivation, and intelligence. The focus is on architectural requirements for an autonomous agent, combining the various sub- functions and sub-mechanisms normally studied separately in AI and Psychology. GEW'95 is organized in collaboration with the Cognition and Affect Group under the direction of Prof. Aaron Sloman at the Cognitive Science Research Center, University of Birmingham. This group organized the first Workshop on Architectures for Understanding Motivation and Emotions (WAUME93) at Birmingham and is pleased that WAUME95 is to be merged with GEW'95. Speakers and Topics of the colloquium: -------------------------------------- Prof. Joseph Le Doux, New York University: - Neural Computation of Emotional Meaning by the Brain. Prof. Stevan Harnad, University of Southampton: - Measuring and Modelling Performance Capacities and Qualitative States. Prof. Aaron Sloman, University of Birmingham: - Architectures for Emotional Agents. Prof. Klaus Scherer, University of Geneva: - Computer Modeling of Appraisal Processes. Discussant: Prof. Nico Frijda, Univ. Amsterdam The workshops will be dedicated to practical work, e.g. simulation models, tools, problems, etc. The workshops listed below will be held by the organizers and the invited speakers. In addition, 2 or 3 workshop proposals from participants for workshops lasting between 1.5 and 3 hours will be selected on a competitive basis. At the end of each workshop day there will be a session (3 x 2h) for posters, demonstrations, videos, and individual discussions. The topics of the invited workshops, each lasting approx. 3 hours are: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Jorge Armony, Center for Neuroscience, New York: - An Anatomically Constrained Connectionist Model of Fear Conditioning. Prof. Stevan Harnad, Southampton: - Turing Testing and the Causal Status of Affect. Prof. Aaron Sloman, Cognition and Affect Group, Birmingham: - Exploring Motivated Agent Design. Dr. Prem Kalra, Prof. Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, Miralab, Geneva: - Simulating Facial Expressions and Phonemes for Virtual Humans. Dr. Thomas Wehrle, Prof. Klaus Scherer, Emotion Research Group, Geneva: - Computational Models: Open Issues. - A Psychological Modeling Environment for Autonomous Agents. Prospective participants are researchers or doctoral students working in AI, neurosciences, philosophy, or psychology. Admission for the limited number of places is decided on the basis of prior application. People interested in participating are asked to fill in the enclosed application form as soon as possible and before January 31, 1995 ========================================================================= APPLICATION FORM (please append a short Curriculum Vitae) GENEVA EMOTION WEEK (GEW'95): April 8 to 13, 1995 Name:.................................................................... First Name:.............................................................. .. Affiliation:............................................................. Address:................................................................. ......................................................................... ......................................................................... Telephone:............................................................... Fax:..................................................................... E-Mail:.................................................................. Highest academic degree received (university, title, year):............................................... Present position:........................................................ Reasons for interests in GEW'95:......................................... ......................................................................... ......................................................................... ......................................................................... ......................................................................... ......................................................................... ......................................................................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I plan to submit a contribution: yes.... no.... Tentative title of contribution:......................................... ......................................................................... Form of Contribution: Poster.... Demonstration.... Video.... Workshop..... Equipment needed:........................................................ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- A limited number of workshops (each lasting approx. 1.5 hours) are selected competitively. Workshop proposals should include the workshop title, a description of the background in the research area, a brief resume of the organizer(s), references to published work and relevant experience. Proposals must be received by December 31, 1994. The preferred maximum number of attendees is 36. In order to enable us to plan arrangements for the workshop it will be useful to know soon whether there will be a significantly larger number of well qualified applicants. If you think there is a real chance that you will be applying, please send in a note as soon as possible to the address below, saying so and indicating whether you are likely to submit a workshop proposal or not. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The colloquium will start on Saturday, April 8, 1995 at 14:00 and end on Monday, April 10, 1995 at 12:00. The workshops will start on Monday, April 10, 1995 at 14:00 and end on Thursday, April 13, 1995 at 12:00. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arrival Date*:................... Departure Date*:........................ Full colloquium/workshop fee with all lunches including accommodation for April 8 to April 13, 1995 (5 nights)*: Category A:..... Hotel de l'Etoile (Sw.frs. 1'200.--) Category B:..... Cite Universitaire (Sw.frs. 600.--) Fee for colloquium only including accommodation for April 8 to April 10, 1995 (2 nights)*: Category C:..... Hotel de l'Etoile (Sw.frs. 300.--) Category D:..... Cite Universitaire (Sw.frs. 200.--) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Participants who want to come earlier or leave later have to organize their accommodation for these days themselves. Full colloquium/workshop fees: A) Researchers holding an academic position: Sw.frs. 1'200 (including hotel accommodation) B) Doctoral students and assistants: Sw.frs. 600.-- (including students' hostel accommodation) Colloquium only: C) Researchers holding an academic position Sw.frs. 300.-- (including hotel accommodation) D) Doctoral students and assistants: Sw.frs. 200.-- (including students' hostel accommodation) Upon acceptance of your participation, you will receive a confirmation letter and payment instructions. Organizers of an accepted workshop (one person per workshop) will be informed before January, 31, 1995 and pay a reduced fee of Sw.frs. 1'050.-- (Sw.frs. 400.-- for doctoral students). Please return to: Dr. Susanne Kaiser - University of Geneva, FPSE, Section de Psychologie 9, route de Drize, CH-1227 Carouge Fax: +41/22/300 1482; E-mail: kaiser(a)uni2a.unige.ch ======================================================================= -- Gabor Ujvari | Institute for Psychology, Budapest, HUNGARY ujvari(a)cogpsyphy.hu | Tel.: (36) 1 153-3244 Fax: (36) 1 269-2972