The International Journal of Synthetic Emotions (IJSE) covers the main issues relevant to the generation, expression, and use of synthetic emotions in agents, robots, systems, interfaces, and devices. Providing unique, interdisciplinary research from across the globe, this journal covers a wide range of topics such as emotion recognition, sociable robotics, emotion behavior, human-computer communication, human senses, and emotion-based control systems useful to field practitioners, researchers, and academicians.