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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Dear colleagues,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The IEEE-MASSXR Workshop will take place during the 31st IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR 2024) conference, which will be held on March 16-17, 2023,
in Orlando, Florida USA. IEEE-MASSXR is a half-day in-person workshop.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The workshop invites researchers to submit original, high-quality research, survey, or position papers related to multi-modal affective and social behavior analysis and synthesis
in XR. For more information, please visit the workshop’s website: <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/massxrworkshop2024" title="https://sites.google.com/view/massxrworkshop2024"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">https://sites.google.com/view/massxrworkshop2024</span></a></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Description</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The 2nd MASSXR Workshop will explore the intersection of immersive technologies and social-affective computing, with a focus on the advances and challenges in creating truly user-aware
interaction systems within XR environments. As the field continues to advance, we focus on key research questions and emerging topics such as:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What are the newest developments in using XR sensors to capture users' affective and social states? How can these methods be made more accurate and sensitive?</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What are the current best practices for ethically and responsibly collecting user interaction data in XR?</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How can we improve the generation of nuanced affective and social cues for digital avatars? What roles do advanced dialogue, voice modulation, and non-verbal behaviors play?</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How can we create individualized, trustworthy, and believable social and affective interactions in XR? What are the latest methodologies and techniques in this area?</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Similar to last year, our objective remains to bring together a diverse group of researchers and practitioners from fields like AI, 3D computer vision/graphics, computer animation,
and social-affective computing. We aim to discuss the current state, future directions, challenges, and opportunities in developing immersive embodied intelligence. This year, we particularly emphasize the integration of recent AI advancements with XR technologies
to forge more immersive, responsive, and human-centric experiences. We encourage innovative perspectives, experimental results, and theoretical advancements in these areas. We believe that the workshop will continue providing collaboration opportunities for
researchers and set the stage for future innovations in social XR. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Scope </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Analysis and synthesis of multi-modal social and affective cues in XR</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Data-driven expressive character animation (e.g., face, gaze, gestures, ...)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">AI algorithms for modeling social interactions with avatars and virtual humans</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Machine learning for dyadic and multi-party interactions</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Generating diverse, personalized, and style-based body motions</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Music-driven animation (e.g., dance, instrument playing)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Multi-modal data collection and annotation in and for XR (e.g., using VR/AR headsets, microphones, motion capture devices, and 4D scanners)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Efficient and novel machine learning methods (e.g., transfer learning, self-supervised and few-shot learning, generative and graph models)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Subjective and objective analysis of data-driven algorithms for XR</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Applications in healthcare, education, culture, and entertainment (e.g., sign language)</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Important Dates</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Submission deadline: January 10, 2023 (Anywhere on Earth) </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;margin-top:2.3pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Notifications: January 19, 2023 </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;margin-top:2.3pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Camera-ready deadline: January 24, 2023 </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;margin-top:2.3pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Conference date: March 16-20, 2023 </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;margin-top:2.3pt;margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Workshop date: March 16-17, 2023 </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Instructions for Submission </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Authors are invited to submit research, survey, work-in-progress, or position papers:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">Research or survey papers: 4-6 pages + references</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">Work-in-progress papers: 2-3 pages + references</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">Position papers: 1-2 pages + references</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Papers will be included in the IEEE Xplore library. Authors are encouraged to submit videos to aid the program committee in reviewing their submissions. Please anonymize
your submissions, as the workshop uses a double-blind review process. Authors of accepted papers are expected to register and present their papers at the workshop. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white"> Papers should use the IEEE VR formatting guidelines and be submitted through the IEEE VR 2024 Precision Conference System (PCS). When starting your submission,
please select the relevant track for the workshop "IEEE VR 2024 - Multi-modal Affective and Social Behavior Analysis and Synthesis in Extended Reality".</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Workshop Format </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The workshop will be in-person. The program will have two keynote speakers, 3-4 research paper presentations, and a panel discussion including the keynote speakers, organizers, and
the audience in an interactive manner. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Organizers</span></i><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Funda Durupinar, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Zerrin Yumak, Utrecht University, The Netherlands</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Oya Celiktutan, King’s College London, UK<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Pablo Cesar, CWI and TU Delft, The Netherlands</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Aniket Bera, Purdue University, USA</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Chirag Raman, TU Delft, The Netherlands</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Aline Normoyle, Bryn Mawr College, USA</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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