
<html><body><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div id="zimbraEditorContainer" style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000" class="2"><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="cid:e6d7826bc28be97cff68777e8b733098af124f47@zimbra" data-mce-src="cid:e6d7826bc28be97cff68777e8b733098af124f47@zimbra" width="373" height="118" style="display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin:0px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px" id="docs-internal-guid-0952a9e3-7fff-4735-fbfe-00b493f842ef"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear colleagues,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The </span><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ACM Symposium on Applied Perception (ACM SAP)</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> provides an intimate forum for researchers who combine knowledge, methods, and insights from perception research and computer science disciplines. ACM SAP 2026 will be held </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">in person </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">at Inria, Rennes, France, on </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">August 26th and 27th</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  </span></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We welcome submissions in all areas of applied perception, including all sensory modalities (vision, haptics, acoustics, proprioception, etc.). Short and long papers of up to 4 and 8 pages may be submitted, respectively (not including references or appendices). Additional details can be found here: </span><a href="http://sap.acm.org/2026/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span style="color:#0000ff;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://sap.acm.org/2026/</span></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Submission deadlines</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">April 21: Abstract submission</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">April 28: Paper submission</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">June 02: Notifications</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">June 19: Camera-ready version due for SAP papers</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Invited ACM TAP Journal Publication</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Under an agreement with the ACM Transactions on Applied Perception (TAP) and the ACM Publications Board, the strongest accepted papers will be offered publication as full papers in the ACM journal TAP (instead of appearing in the proceedings) after an additional review cycle.</span></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Information for authors</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please have a look at the </span><a href="https://sap.acm.org/2026/cfp.php" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span style="color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CfP section on the symposium website</span></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for submission guidelines. In particular, be aware of an important update on ACMs new open access publishing model for 2026 ACM Conferences! </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">While publishing is not for free anymore, ACM grants a 65% discount off the regular APC list prices for our Symposium</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Topics of interest</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SAP welcomes submissions related to topics relevant to both perception and computer science summarized as follows. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Application of perceptual research to any area of computer science, including but not limited to:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">modeling, rendering, animation</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">virtual environments, characters, embodied conversational agents, avatars</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">processing information from artificial sensors</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">representation of data, communication of data, interaction with data</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Applications of computer science to any area of perception, including but not limited to:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">perceptually motivated algorithms (e.g., foveated rendering, image and video compression, tone mapping)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">perceptual topics in displays (luminance, contrast, depth perception, frame rate)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">modeling natural perceptual systems</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">simulating natural perceptual systems</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Emerging topics such as:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">animal perception</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">privacy and security</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">novel sensors</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">studies that combine perception and computing research toward applications to healthcare, deep space exploration, cultural and ecological preservation</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are looking forward to your contributions.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sincerely,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><em><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Program Chairs</span></em></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nuria Pelechano, Universitat Polit�cnica de Catalunya, Spain, npelechano@cs.upc.edu </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Torsten Kuhlen, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, kuhlen@vr.rwth-aachen.de</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><em><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Conference Chairs</span></em></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ludovic Hoyet, Inria Rennes, France, ludovic.hoyet@inria.fr</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Katja Zibrek, Inria Rennes, France, katja.zibrek@inria.fr</span></p><br><br><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>