<div dir="ltr">** First Call for Papers **<br><br>3rd Workshop on Affective Brain-Computer Interfaces (aBCI) Workshop at<br>ACII 2013 (September 2-5), Geneva, Switzerland, September 2, 2013<br>
<br><a href="http://hmi.ewi.utwente.nl/abci2013" target="_blank">http://hmi.ewi.utwente.nl/abci2013</a> (coming soon)<br><a href="http://www.acii2013.org" target="_blank">http://www.acii2013.org</a><br><br>During
the last decade, brain computer interface (BCI) research has developed
into a major research field establishing methodological frameworks,
guidelines and a core community of established researchers. Besides
proving valuable as a communication channel that bypasses impeded
muscular pathways, the novel technology also spurred the investigation
of applications for able-bodied users, foremost in the fields of
entertainment, health and lifestyle.<br>
<br>Affective BCI systems allowing users to control computer games,
support relaxation training, or trigger your alarm clock during a
shallow sleep stage have been proposed, implemented, and sold. Moreover,
the affordable hardware and software tools also encouraged artists to
play with the idea of a direct access to people’s most private
information: their affective and cognitive states. From these
explorations followed a number of interesting installations, suggesting
novel ways of human-computer as well as human-human interaction:
neurotechnology-based systems that encourage affective self-reflection,
the synchronization and empathizing between or the competition of
different minds, and the collaborative creation and manipulation of
digital multimodal content.<br>
<br>The third workshop on affective brain-computer interfaces will
explore the advantages and limitations of using neuro-physiological
signals as a modality for the automatic recognition of affective and
cognitive states, and the possibilities of using this information about
the user state in applications for domains like health, arts, and
entertainment. The goal is to bring researchers, artists, and
practitioners together to present state-of-the-art progress and their
visions, and thus to spur the development of guidelines and frameworks
for affective BCI.<br>
<br><br>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<br><br>• emotion elicitation and data collection for affective BCI<br>• detection of affect and mental state via BCI and other modalities<br>• innovative concepts for adaptive interfaces and affective BCI<br>
• demos of aBCI systems and artworks<br><br><br>Submission Instructions:<br><br>*
The papers should feature original empirical work, theoretical work, or
a well defendable but arguable position of the authors.<br>* Papers
will be published in the proceedings of ACII 2013 by IEEE. Papers should
be limited to 6 + max 2 additional pages (to be charged €100 per page)<br>
* Further details about the submission instructions and format will appear on the ACII 2013 website soon.<br><br><br>Important Dates:<br>
<br>April 20, 2013: Submission of manuscripts<br>May 20, 2013: Acceptance/Rejection notification<br>June 17, 2013: Submission of camera-ready papers and presenting author’s registration<br>September 2, 2013: Date of the Workshop<br>
<br><br>Programme Chairs:<br><br>* Brendan Allison, University of California, San Diego, USA<br>* Guilliaume Chanel, Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland,<br>* Christian Mühl, INRIA Bordeaux - Sud-Ouest, France<br>
* Anton Nijholt, Universiteit Twente, the Netherlands<br><br><br>Programme Committee:<br><br>* Egon L. van den Broek, TNO Technical Sciences, Delft, the Netherlands<br>* Anne-Marie Brouwer, TNO Perceptual and Cognitive Systems, Soesterberg, the Netherlands<br>
* Stephen Fairclough, John Moores University, Liverpool, UK<br>* Didier Grandjean, Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland<br>* Hayrettin Gürkök, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands<br>* Jonghwa Kim, University of Augsburg, Germany<br>
* Brent Lance, Army Research Laboratory/TNB, Aberdeen Proving Ground, USA,<br>* Fabien Lotte, INRIA Bordeaux - Sud-Ouest, France<br>* Winfried Menninghaus, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany<br>* Gary Garcia Molina, Philips Research North America, Briarcliff, USA<br>
* Christopher Honey, Princeton University, USA<br>* Olga Sourina, NanYang Technological University, Singapore<br>* Ioannis Patras, Queen Mary University, London, UK<br>* Mannes Poel, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands<br>
* Thorsten Zander, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany</div>