Short research papers
4 pages, excluding references; can describe work in progress, position papers, datasets, or previously published work (within last 12 months) relevant to the workshop topics.
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LaugHSMI'26 2026
First Workshop on Laughter Humour and Smiles in Multimodal Interactions @ ICMI26
LaugHSMI'26 is a workshop collocated with ICMI 2026 in Naples, Italy, focused on advancing research on laughter, smiles, and humor in multimodal human-computer interaction. It brings together experts from affective computing, NLP, computer vision, and social signal processing to address challenges in detecting, modeling, and generating these socially significant signals.
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Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Full-length papers
8 pages, excluding references; standard research papers on the workshop topics.
Research areas in scope
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Detection and Analysis
Automatic detection of laughter, smiles, and humor in multimodal dataAcoustic, visual, and linguistic features of laughter and smilingTemporal dynamics and synchronization of laughter in conversationsCross-cultural variations in laughter, smiling, and humor expressionSpontaneous vs. posed laughter and smiles
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Understanding and Modeling
Computational models of humor comprehension and generationFunctions of laughter in social interaction and conversation managementEmotional and pragmatic aspects of laughter and smilingMultimodal fusion approaches for laughter and smile recognitionDeep learning and transformer-based models for humor and laughter
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Applications
Laughter and humor in human-agent and human-robot interactionAffective dialogue systems incorporating laughter and humorTherapeutic applications: laughter yoga, humor therapyEntertainment and gaming applicationsSocial robotics and embodied conversational agentsDetection of genuine vs. social laughter in mental health assessment
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Datasets and Evaluation
Corpora and datasets of natural laughter, smiles, and humorAnnotation schemes and inter-rater reliability challengesEvaluation metrics for laughter detection and humor generationEthical considerations in laughter and humor research
Policies worth checking twice
- Submission is double-blind
- Papers must follow standard ACM ICMI paper format
- Short papers can include previously published work (summarized to 4 pages)
- All submissions reviewed by at least two non-conflicting reviewers
- At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present
- Online presentations allowed for those unable to attend in person due to visa or personal constraints
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026