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Manuscript Submission Deadline: April 2026
Art design serves as a vital medium for emotional expression and communication, distinguished by its rich emotional representation and profound impact on human emotions. It transcends being merely a visual and sensory experience; it is an important means to evoke emotional resonance and facilitate deeper emotional connections. In the realm of health and well-being as well, art design has been increasingly recognized for its therapeutic potential, particularly in the context of art therapy. By engaging individuals in creative processes, art design can help them explore and express emotions, thereby promoting emotional healing and mental health.
With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, the intersection of affective intelligence and art design has emerged as a highly promising field. Through natural language processing, multimedia analysis, and emotion analysis, AI can now identify and simulate human emotions with remarkable accuracy. This capability significantly enhances the integration of affective computing and art design, opening new avenues for creative expression and emotional engagement.
Art design has the potential to create multi-sensory emotional experiences for audiences, helping them better understand and express their emotions. By leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and other dynamic effects, art design can create immersive emotional experiences that further enhance the diversity and depth of emotional expression. This interdisciplinary fusion not only advances the theoretical development of affective intelligence but also provides robust technological support for the innovation of art design.
This special issue aims to gather cutting-edge research at the intersection of affective intelligence and art design, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation. We invite high-quality papers from scholars and practitioners in psychology, computer science, art design, and related fields to explore the theoretical and practical prospects of affective intelligence and art design. Consequently, potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
Types of Contributions:
The TAC recognizes novel contributions of the following types within its area:
These fascinating research topics will attract the interest of researchers. We hope that new methods and application will be inspired and devised. And this Special Issue can be considered as a contribution in this evolving field.
For author information and guidelines on submission criteria, visit the TAC Author Information page. When submitting your paper, please be sure to select the special issue or special section name. Manuscripts should not be published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Please submit only full papers intended for review, not abstracts, to the IEEE Author Portal submission system and must select the article type: "Can AI Care? Affective LLMs for the Future of Mental Health."
In addition to submitting your paper to TAC, you are also encouraged to upload the data related to your paper to IEEE DataPort. IEEE DataPort is IEEE's data platform that supports the storage and publishing of datasets while also providing access to thousands of research datasets. Uploading your dataset to IEEE DataPort will strengthen your paper and will support research reproducibility. Your paper and the dataset can be linked, providing a good opportunity for you to increase the number of citations you receive. Data can be uploaded to IEEE DataPort prior to submitting your paper or concurrent with the paper submission. Thank you!
All submissions will undergo rigorous peer review in accordance with IEEE TAC standards.
