[agents] [Journals] [CFP] IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing - Special Issue on Affective Robotics

[Silvia Rossi]

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IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing
https://www.computer.org/csdl/journal/ta

Call for Papers for the Special Issue on Affective Robotics

Building an affective robot is a scientific and technological challenge:
affective robotics is a research field aimed at a unified view of
approaches inspired by neuroscience, psychology, cognitive science,
developmental and behavioral science, artificial intelligence, and
robotics. Today, robots at the state of the art can recognize simple
emotions in the human user and mimic simple emotions. However, no robot
state of the art is considered a genuinely affective robot. Scholars agree
that a genuinely affective robot would change the current views on
technology: it would not be a “nice companion” but a novel artifact.
Moreover, facing the problem of robot emotions would be significant in
studying emotions in humans and animals.

The special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing on
Affective Robotics will concern the theoretical studies, the computational
models, and the case studies of affective robotics. Topics related to this
are:
-       the role of a body in an affective robot;
-       cognitive robotics and affective robotics;
-       software and hardware issues for affective robotics;
-       learning and developmental approaches in affective robotics;
-       symbolic and neural representations in affective robots;
-       LLMs for an affective robot;
-       theory of mind for an affective robot;
-       measurements and assessments of emotions in an affective robot;
-       ethical and trust issues in affective robotics;
-       empirical studies and industrial applications of affective robotics.

Guest Editors
Angelo Cangelosi, University of Manchester, UK
Antonio Chella, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Cinzia Di Dio, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
Silvia Rossi, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Tentative schedule
Call opening: November 1, 2023
Submission deadline: April 30, 2024
Acceptance deadline: July 30, 2024
Expected publication: end of 2024

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Silvia Rossi, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology - D.I.E.T.I.

University of Naples Federico II
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