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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Greetings,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>We are pleased to announce the second call for papers for the fifth annual workshop on Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies (SLPAT), to be co-located with ACL 2014 in Baltimore in June 2014 (<a href="http://www.cs.jhu.edu/ACL2014/">http://www.cs.jhu.edu/ACL2014/</a>). The deadline for submission of papers and demo proposals is 21 March. Full details on the workshop, topics of interest, timeline, and formatting of regular papers can be found here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> <a href="http://www.slpat.org/slpat2014">http://www.slpat.org/slpat2014</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>This 1-day workshop will bring together researchers from all areas of speech and language technology with a common interest in making everyday life more accessible for people with physical, cognitive, sensory, emotional, or developmental disabilities. This workshop will provide an opportunity for individuals from various research communities, and the individuals with whom they are working, to assist in and share research findings, and to discuss present and future challenges and opportunities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>General topics include but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Automated processing of sign language<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Speech synthesis and speech recognition for physical or cognitive impairments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Speech transformation for improved intelligibility<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Speech and language technologies for assisted living<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Translation systems; to and from speech, text, symbols and sign language<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Novel modeling and machine learning approaches for AAC/AT applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Text processing for improved comprehension, e.g., sentence simplification or text-to-speech<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Silent speech: speech technology based on sensors without audio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Symbol languages, sign languages, nonverbal communication<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Dialogue systems and natural language generation for assistive technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Multimodal user interfaces and dialogue systems adapted to assistive technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • NLP for cognitive assistance applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Presentation of graphical information for people with visual impairments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Speech and NLP applied to typing interface applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Brain-computer interfaces for language processing applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Speech, natural language and multimodal interfaces to assistive technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Assessment of speech and language processing within the context of assistive technology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Web accessibility; text simplification, summarization, and adapted presentation modes such as speech, signs or symbols<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Deployment of speech and NLP tools in the clinic or in the field<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Linguistic resources; corpora and annotation schemes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Evaluation of systems and components, including methodology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Anything included in this year's special topic<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> • Other topics in Augmentative and Alternative Communication<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Please contact the conference organizers at <a href="mailto:slpat2014-workshop@googlegroups.com">slpat2014-workshop@googlegroups.com</a> with any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Important dates:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>21 March: Paper/demo submissions due<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>11 April: Notification of acceptance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>28 April: Camera-ready papers due<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>26 - 27 June: SLPAT workshop<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>We look forward to seeing you!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>The organizing committee of SLPAT 2014,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Jan Alexandersson, DFKI, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Dimitra Anastasiou, University of Bremen, Gernany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Cui Jian, SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition, University of Bremen, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Ani Nenkova, University of Pennsylvania, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Rupal Patel, Northeastern University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Frank Rudzicz, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and University of Toronto, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Annalu Waller, University of Dundee, Scotland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Desislava Zhekova, University of Munich, Germany</span><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Frank Rudzicz, PhD<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Assistant professor, Department of Computer Science,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> University of Toronto;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Thotra Incorporated<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>|| Website: <a href="http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~frank"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~frank</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>|| Phone (office) : 416 597 3422 x7971 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>|| Fax : 416 597 3031<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>