Subject: Geneva Emotions Week April 95 -- Revised call Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.ai.philosophy,uk.ikbs,comp.ai.neural-nets,comp.cog-eng Distribution: world Summary: Colloquium and Workshop. Participation invited Keywords: AI, architecture, cognition, motivation, modelling Reply-To: kaiser@fapse.unige.ch From Aaron Sloman Tue Dec 13 13:35:37 GMT 1994 To: cognition_affect Subject: Geneva Emotions Week April 95 -- Revised call Please reply to Dr. Susanne Kaiser at kaiser@fapse.unige.ch Thanks Aaron ======================================================================= Revised Call for Applications GENEVA EMOTION WEEK '95 Saturday, April 8 to Thursday, 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 (3 days), and of a series of workshops designed to introduce participants to advanced research methods in the field of emotion (3 days). The colloquium consists of extensive presentations of theoretical and methodological approaches and of 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 underlying Motivation and Emotion (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 workshops (of 1.5 to 3 hours) will be held by participants. Proposals for workshops will be selected on a competitive basis. Each day of workshops will end with a session (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 February 15, 1995 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 should be received by January 3, 1995 (It may be possible to accept proposals that are a few days late). ========================================================================= APPLICATION FORM (please append a short Curriculum Vitae) GENEVA EMOTION WEEK (GEW'95): April 8 to 13, 1995 Name:.................................................................... First Name:.............................................................. . Affiliation:............................................................. Address for correspondence:.............................................. ......................................................................... ......................................................................... 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:........................................................ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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@fapse.unige.ch =======================================================================