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The ACM Multimedia 2025 Grand Challenge of Avatar-based Multimodal Empathetic Conversation

  • Han Zhang
  • , Hao Fei
  • , Hong Han
  • , Lizi Liao
  • , Erik Cambria
  • , Min Zhang
  • Xidian University
  • National University of Singapore
  • Singapore Management University
  • Nanyang Technological University
  • Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen

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Abstract

The Ava-MERG Challenge at ACM Multimedia 2025 explores avatar-based multimodal empathetic response generation by advancing dialogue systems that respond with emotional awareness across text, speech, and talking-face video. To support this goal, we constructed a high-quality dataset featuring aligned multimodal responses in diverse conversational scenarios. The challenge comprises two progressively complex subtasks centering around multimodal-aware empathetic response generation. We aim to promote research in empathetic AI and affective computing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMM 2025 - Proceedings of the 33rd ACM International Conference on Multimedia, Co-Located with MM 2025
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages14004-14005
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9798400720352
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Oct 2025
Externally publishedYes
Event33rd ACM International Conference on Multimedia, MM 2025 - Dublin, Ireland
Duration: 27 Oct 202531 Oct 2025

Publication series

NameMM 2025 - Proceedings of the 33rd ACM International Conference on Multimedia, Co-Located with MM 2025

Conference

Conference33rd ACM International Conference on Multimedia, MM 2025
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityDublin
Period27/10/2531/10/25

Keywords

  • affective computing
  • empathetic response generation

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