[IEEE FG2026] [Deadline Extension] - Call for papers: 1st Workshop on Behavioral and Emotion Analysis through wearable Technology
** Apologies for cross-posting **
[Update]
The paper registration deadline for the 1st BEAT Workshop (co-located
with IEEE FG 2026) has been extended to April 3, 2026, in line with the
submission deadline. Both tracks (original research and
non-archival/published work) remain open for submissions until then.
We encourage researchers working with wearable devices for human
behavioral and affective computing to submit their work.
Dear all,
We are pleased to announce the 1st Workshop on Behavioral and Emotion
Analysis through Wearable Technology (BEAT), to be held in conjunction
with FG 2026.
Wearable movement and physiology sensors offer lightweight,
non-invasive, and ecologically valid means to monitor human activity,
affective state, and social behavior. With the rise of commercially
deployed devices and new wearable foundation models, opportunities for
scalable human behavior analysis continue to grow. However, challenges
such as personalized modeling, on-device integration, or multimodal
fusion prevail, limiting in-the-wild deployment of wearable devices.
The 1st Workshop on Behavioral and Emotion Analysis through wearable
Technology (BEAT) aims to foster collaboration between researchers from
various backgrounds (ML, HCI, biomedical engineering) around the topic
of wearable devices for human behavioral analysis. The workshop will be
held in Kyoto as part of the 20th IEEE International Conference on
Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG 2026), taking place on May
25-29, 2026.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* Machine Learning and computational models for movement and
physiological wearables
* Resource-efficient and lightweight models
* Multimodal fusion and synchronization strategies
* Methods for irregularly sampled or missing data
* Individual differences, personalization, and context-awareness
* Ethical and privacy-preserving AI in wearable systems
* Novel wearables and applications
* Experimental methods for validation of wearable systems
* Lab-controlled experiments and In-the-wild deployment
* Datasets and Benchmarks
* Responsible data management and user consent
* Applications in Affective Computing / Mobile Health / Action
Recognition / Social Interaction / HRI
Submission Details:
(1) Main Track (Original Research): 4 up to 8-pages work
(2) Non-Archival Track (Published Work): 1-page summary
Important Dates:
Main track:
* Paper registration deadline: April 3, 2026 (Extended)
* Paper submission deadline: April 3, 2026
* Notification to authors: April 15, 2026
* Camera-ready paper deadline: April 20, 2026
Non-archival track:
* Summary submission deadline: April 3, 2026
* Notification to authors: April 15, 2026
For more details, please visit our website:
https://beat-workshop.github.io/ [1]
For further questions, contact us via beat-workshop@googlegroups.com
BEAT Workshop General Chairs: Louis Simon, Arianna De Vecchi, Cristina
Palmero, Felix Dollack, Ting Dang, Mohamed Chetouani