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Click here to go to the workshop site<\/a><\/p>\n The GENEA (Generation and Evaluation of Non-verbal Behaviour for Embodied Agents) Workshop 2026 aims to bring together researchers from diverse disciplines working on different aspects of non-verbal behaviour generation, facilitating discussions on advancing both generation techniques and evaluation methodologies. We invite contributions from fields such as human-computer interaction, machine learning, multimedia, robotics, computer graphics, and social sciences.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n Click here to go to the workshop site<\/a><\/p>\n Abstract concepts pose a fundamental challenge for multimodal interactive systems, as they cannot be grounded in single perceptual features or fixed motor patterns; instead, they require abstraction across perception, action, language, and affect. Examples include superordinate categories (e.g., animal, tool), generalised actions (e.g., use, make), and evaluative concepts (e.g., good, appropriate) that depend on the interaction context. This workshop focuses on computational and interactional mechanisms for grounding abstract concepts beyond concrete sensory inputs, bringing together work on multimodal representation learning, embodied and developmental models, robotics, and hybrid cognitive architectures. The workshop aims to consolidate approaches, datasets, and evaluation strategies for abstract concept grounding, identify shared modelling assumptions, and clarify open challenges. Expected outcomes include a comparative discussion of architectures and benchmarks and a post-workshop summary outlining research gaps and future directions, supporting multimodal interactive systems with improved generalisation and interpretability.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n Click here to go to the workshop site<\/a><\/p>\n This workshop marks the inaugural edition of \u201cInclusive AI\u201d, an initiative focused on addressing social interaction challenges in AI systems, with a particular emphasis on inclusivity for diverse and underrepresented user populations. It builds on a growing recognition across the HCI, HRI, and AI communities of the need for cross-disciplinary venues to advance socially interactive AI that is equitable, adaptive, and user-aware.<\/span><\/p>\n —<\/p>\n Click here to go to the workshop site<\/a><\/p>\n Many blind and visually impaired individuals still struggle to use computers due to the increasing complexity of modern-day user interfaces. Screen-reader workflows often break and require slow, unreliable workarounds. Recent progress in multimodal machine learning, web automation, and other fields is making it possible to build assistive agents that seamlessly integrate with users’ experiences. In line with ICMI 2026\u2019s theme of context and cultural awareness for multimodal interaction, this workshop focuses on assistive agents for accessible computing in real-world interfaces, where language and cultural variation can affect what works in practice. We bring together researchers working on accessibility, multimodal interaction, and human-centered AI for interactive systems. The workshop includes keynotes, panels, paper presentations, posters, and structured breakout discussions. To further accelerate progress, we also host the Navigate-and-Explain Community Project, a unique ACCESS-MI initiative where participants contribute to an assistive agent that will ultimately be deployed and distributed to visually impaired people in the real world.<\/span><\/p>\n —<\/strong><\/p>\n Click here to go to the workshop site<\/a><\/p>\n LaugHSMI (Laughter, Humour, Smiles in Multimodal Interactions) is a workshop dedicated to advancing research on the role of laughter, smiles, and humor in human-computer interaction and multimodal communication. These phenomena are fundamental aspects of human social interaction, yet they remain challenging to detect, interpret, and generate in computational systems.<\/span><\/p>\n Laughter and smiling serve multiple communicative functions beyond expressing amusement\u2014they facilitate social bonding, regulate conversation flow, signal understanding, and convey complex emotional states. Humor adds another layer of complexity, involving cognitive, linguistic, and cultural dimensions. Understanding and modeling these phenomena is crucial for creating more natural, engaging, and socially intelligent interactive systems.<\/p>\n This workshop brings together researchers from affective computing, natural language processing, computer vision, speech processing, human-computer interaction, and social signal processing to address the unique challenges posed by laughter, smiles, and humor in multimodal interactions. We aim to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and advance the state-of-the-art in detecting, analyzing, and generating these important social signals.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n Click here to go to the workshop site<\/a><\/p>\n This workshop explores how multimodal sensing and AI techniques can be utilized to detect and interpret the collective states that emerge in group interactions, in conjunction with individual participant states.<\/span><\/p>\n —<\/p>\n Click here to go to the workshop site<\/a><\/p>\n This ICMI 2026 workshop aims to establish an international research platform to explore how linguistic and cultural differences shape nonverbal behavior and interaction dynamics. Building on the success of our first workshop, this second edition shifts the focus from problem identification to concrete action and methodological evaluation. This year’s discussion-centric workshop focuses on two key themes: (1) Concrete Data Collection & Case Studies: Sharing practical “Case Reports” to overcome the logistical hurdles of multi-site data collection, with the goal of drafting a roadmap for truly cross-cultural multimodal datasets. (2) Evaluating MLLMs in Cultural Contexts: Developing methodologies to benchmark Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) for cultural sensitivity, specifically examining their ability to handle cultural nuances in gestures, facial expressions, and turn-taking.<\/span><\/p>\n —<\/p>\nOrganisers:<\/h5>\n
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Beyond a Concrete: Workshop on Grounding Abstract Concepts in Multimodal Interaction<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
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Inclusive AI: Rethinking AI-based Multimodal Interaction for Diverse and Underrepresented Users<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
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ACCESS-MI: Context-Aware Assistive Agents for Accessible Computing<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
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LaugHSMI: Laughter, Humour, Smiles in Multimodal Interactions<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
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Collective States in Multimodal Interaction<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
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Cross-Cultural Multimodal Interaction (CCMI)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
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The Sixth International Workshop on Automated Assessment of Pain (AAP)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n