Special Session
Special Session on
Emotions and Affective Agents -
EAA
2027
23 - 25 February, 2027 - Valletta, Malta
Within the 19th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - ICAART 2027
CO-CHAIRS
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Emilio Vivancos
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
Spain
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Short Bio
Emilio Vivancos holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Universitat Politècnica de València (Valencia - Spain), 2004. He received a Best Ph.D. Award by Consejo Social Universidad Politécnica de Valencia.
He is an Associate Professor at Department of Information Systems and Computation at Universitat Politècnica de València.
Member of the Valencian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (VRAIN)
His research areas include Artificial Intelligence, Multi-agent Systems, and Affective Computing.
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Joaquin Taverner
Universitat Politècnica de València
Spain
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Short Bio
Joaquin Taverner received the PhD degree in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) in 2022. He is a pos-doctoral researcher in Computer Science at VRAIN, UPV, Spain. His main research interests include multi-agent systems, computational argumentation, and affective computing.
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SCOPE
The Emotion and Affective Agents ICAART Special Session aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and experts from artificial intelligence, psychology, computer science, and human–computer interaction to explore the multifaceted role of emotions and their integration into intelligent systems.
This session will explore cutting-edge topics such as emotion recognition, affective computing, and the design and development of affective agents, along with their applications across diverse domains including healthcare, education, and gaming. In particular, there is growing interest in the application of AI to mental health, driven by an increasing awareness of emotional well-being and the need for accessible, technology-supported solutions.
Articles examining recent advances, challenges, and ethical considerations in understanding and modeling human emotions for computational applications are welcome.
This session will provide a platform for participants to share insights, exchange ideas, and collaboratively shape the future of affective computing.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Affective Agents
- Affective Computing
- Mental Health AI
- Computational Cognitive Modelling
- Emotion Recognition
- Human-Computer Emotional Interaction
- Sentiment Analysis
- Ethical and Legal Implications of Affective Computing
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission:
December 3, 2026
Authors Notification:
December 21, 2026
Camera Ready and Registration:
January 8, 2027
SPECIAL SESSION PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Available soon.
PAPER SUBMISSION
Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the topics listed above.
Instructions for preparing the manuscript (in Word and Latex formats) are available at: Paper Templates
Please also check the Guidelines.
Papers must be submitted electronically via the web-based submission system using the appropriated button on this page.
PUBLICATIONS
After thorough reviewing by the special session program committee, all accepted papers will be published in a special section of the conference proceedings book - under an ISBN reference and on digital support - and submitted for indexation by SCOPUS, Google Scholar, DBLP, Semantic Scholar, EI and Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index.
SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library