Call for Papers The ICCASA 2016 : 18th International Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents is the premier interdisciplinary forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of Computer Animation and Social Agents. The conference will bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars in the domain of interest from around the world. Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to: Computer Animation Motion Control Motion Capture and Retargeting Path Planning Physics-based Animation Vision-based Techniques Behavioral Animation Artificial Life Deformation Facial Animation Image-based Animation Multi-Resolution and Multi-Scale Models Knowledge-based Animation Social Agents Social Agents and Avatars Emotion and Personality Virtual Humans Autonomous Actors AI-based Animation Social and Conversational Agents Inter-Agent Communication Social Behavior Crowd Simulation Other Related Topics Animation Compression and Transmission Semantics and Ontologies for Virtual Humans/Environments Animation Analysis and Structuring Anthropometric Virtual Human Models Acquisition and Reconstruction of Animation Data Level of Details Semantic Representation of Motion and Animation Cultural Heritage Interaction for Virtual Humans 3D Physiological Humans 3D Telepresence Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality