The field of Affective computing is defined as “computing that relates to, arises from, and deliberately influences emotion” (Picard, 1997).
Meeting 27th April 2017
Conference call Thursday 27th April at 12:00 to 12:45 local Ireland (Dublin) time.
DRAFT - Conference call minutes bullet points:
#1 AAAC – LIG Web site plan for development
- Development of an AC content area
- Published papers
- Videos of AC research
- AAAC-LIG Members log-in area
#2 Expanding the group: Academic and Industry
- First have something to offer new members such as relevant content on the site
- Develop commercial and industry contacts via the Irish and British Computer Society and other membership groups
#3 Presentations and demonstrations & #4 Showcase event
- Proposal to conduct AC workshops
- Funding opportunities to be investigated for such events.
- Funding for cross border initiatives also to be investigated
- Discussed targets include:
- 2017 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM)
- 2018 HCI Conference to be held at Ulster University
- Other TBA
#5 ACII 2017 (San Antonio, Texas on October 23-26, 2017) & 2019 (London September)
- Aim to target ACII 2019 London for papers and workshops