Long papers
8-page papers following the double-column ACM conference format; accepted papers will be included in the ICMI companion proceedings.
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GENEA Workshop 2026
GENEA: Generation and Evaluation of Non-verbal Behaviour for Embodied Agents Workshop 2026
The GENEA Workshop 2026 is the seventh installment of a workshop series focused on the generation and evaluation of non-verbal behaviour—such as gestures, facial expressions, and gaze—in embodied agents like virtual agents and social robots. It brings together researchers from human-computer interaction, machine learning, robotics, computer graphics, and social sciences to advance techniques and methodologies in multimodal behaviour synthesis and assessment.
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Short papers
4-page papers following the double-column ACM conference format; accepted papers will be included in the ICMI companion proceedings.
Posters
Non-archival poster submissions for late-breaking or published work; no paper submission required; posters are not part of proceedings and require ICMI registration to present.
Research areas in scope
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Topics of Interest
Automated synthesis of facial expressions, gestures, and gaze movements, including multimodal synthesisClosed-loop / end-to-end non-verbal behaviour generation (from perception to action)Use of LLMs/VLMs in the context of non-verbal behaviour synthesisNew datasets, annotation methods, and analyses of existing datasets related to non-verbal behaviourCross-cultural and multilingual influences on non-verbal behaviour generationCognitive and affective models for non-verbal behaviour generationEthical considerations and biases in non-verbal behaviour synthesisSubjective and objective evaluation methods for any of the above topicsAudio-, music- and emotion-driven or stylistic non-verbal behaviour synthesisNon-verbal behaviour synthesis in two-party and group interactionsSocial perception and attribution of synthesised non-verbal behaviour
Policies worth checking twice
- Submissions must follow the double-column ACM conference format.
- Pages containing only references do not count toward the page limit.
- Papers must be submitted in PDF format via OpenReview.
- Submissions are prepared for double-blind review.
- Accepted papers will be presented at the workshop and included in the ICMI companion proceedings.
- Poster submissions do not require a paper and are non-archival.
- Poster format: 1-page poster (no larger than A0 size; portrait recommended); no specific template required.
- Reproducibility Award eligibility: All short and long papers are eligible; evaluation is based on the camera-ready version.
Official sources
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Last verified September 9, 2026