MEEC: First Workshop on Momentary Emotion Elicitation and Capture

Abstract

Recognizing human emotions and responding appropriately has the potential to radically change the way we interact with technology. However, to train machines to sensibly detect and recognize human emotions, we need valid emotion ground truths. A fundamental challenge here is the momentary emotion elicitation and capture (MEEC) from individuals continuously and in real-time, without adversely affecting user experience. In this first edition of the one-day CHI 2020 workshop, we will (a) explore and define novel elicitation tasks (b) survey sensing and annotation techniques (c) create a taxonomy of when and where to apply an elicitation method.

MEEC: Second Workshop on Momentary Emotion Elicitation and Capture

“…Similar to the previous MEEC workshop [16], results will be made available on the workshop website (https://meec-ws.com) as well as in dedicated proceedings. This will help attract higher quality submissions and allow for increased exposure and impact of the workshop before and after the event.…”

“…Several factors contribute to this temporal resolution mismatch: different awareness (interoception) levels across individuals [9]; non-linearity in time perception [36]; and how emotions themselves alter time perception [14]. In this second (virtual) workshop 1 [16], we again address this challenge of Momentary Emotion Elicitation and Capture (MEEC) from individuals continuously and in real-time, without adversely affecting user experience. Specifically, we seek to more closely examine and define this wave of momentary emotion elicitation and capture.…”

The Future of Emotion in Human-Computer Interaction

“…We believe that this combination of advances in technology, renewed interest in the relationship between technology and emotion, and variation in approaches to emotion, warrant discussion at CHI. There have already been CHI workshops on particular aspects of emotion [6,8,10,37], CHI symposia on Computing and Mental Health [42], and emotion workshops at related conferences [29,40]. However, there have been few HCI workshops that discussed emotion more broadly.…”