Social Influence in Conversations
Co-located with ACL 2023 (July 14, 2023)
Social influence is the change in an individual's thoughts, feelings, attitudes, or behaviors that results from interaction with another individual or a group. For example, a buyer uses social influence skills to engage in trade-offs and build rapport when bargaining with a seller. A therapist uses social influence skills like persuasion to motivate a patient towards physical exercise. Social influence is a core function of human communication, and such scenarios are ubiquitous in everyday life, from negotiations to argumentation to behavioral interventions. Consequently, realistic human-machine conversations must reflect these social influence dynamics, making it essential to systematically model and understand them in dialogue research. This requires perspectives not only from NLP and AI research but also from game theory, emotion, communication, and psychology.
We are excited to host the First Workshop on Social Influence in Conversations (SICon 2023). SICon 2023 will be a one-day hybrid event, co-located with ACL 2023. It would be the first venue that uniquely fosters a dedicated discussion on social influence within NLP while involving researchers from other disciplines such as affective computing and the social sciences. SICon 2023 features keynote talks, panel discussions, poster sessions, and lightning talks for accepted papers. We hope to bring together researchers and practitioners from a wide variety of disciplines to discuss important problems related to social influence, as well as share findings and recent advances. We encourage researchers of all stages and backgrounds to share their exciting work!
News
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July 18, 2023: Thanks to everyone who contributed for making SICon 2023 a success: Best Paper Awards, Photo Gallery
July 7, 2023: The list of accepted papers at the workshop is now available.
July 5, 2023: Join the SICon 2023 Slack workspace for live annoncements during the workshop and to connect with other researchers working on social influence.
June 19, 2023: We updated the schedule for the workshop.
May 24, 2023: Paper decision notifications and all the reviews are now out!
April 17, 2023: Deadline extension by a week: Direct paper submissions are now due on April 24, 2023 (11:59 PM AoE).
February 23, 2023: We released the Invitation for Sponsorship. Please reach out to us if your organization can support our workshop at the earliest.
February 19, 2023: Second Call for Papers is out!
January 16, 2023: Workshop date finalized: SICon 2023 will be hosted on July 14, 2023.
January 23, 2023: The OpenReview Submission Portal is now up and allows both direct and ARR submissions!
January 10, 2023: First Call for Papers is out!
Important Dates
Direct paper submissions
Anonymity period start date: March 17, 2023
Direct paper submission deadline: April 24, 2023
Through ACL Rolling Review (ARR)
Anonymity period start date for paper submission: January 15, 2023
Paper submission deadline to ARR: February 15, 2023
Anonymity period start date for ARR papers to be committed to SICon 2023: March 24, 2023
Commitment deadline for ARR papers (with reviews): April 24, 2023
Notification of acceptance: May 22, 2023 May 24, 2023
Camera-ready paper due: May 30, 2023 June 1, 2023
Presentation material due (e.g. poster, video, etc.): June 12, 2023
Workshop date: July 14, 2023
All deadlines are 11:59 PM UTC-12:00 (or AoE, “Anywhere on Earth”).
Invited Speakers
Invited Panelists
Sponsors
SICon 2023 is sponsored by LivePerson. A brief introduction about the company can be found here.
