13.19, Calls: Computational Intelligence,Multi-Modal Dialogue

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Subject: 13.19, Calls: Computational Intelligence,Multi-Modal Dialogue

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1)
Date:  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 23:06:18 +0100 (CET)
From:  asespec at serg.ing.unisannio.it
Subject:  Call for Papers: Annals of Software Engineering Special Volume

2)
Date:  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:22:13 +0100
From:  <Wolfgang.Minker at DaimlerChrysler.com>
Subject:  2nd Call for Papers - Multi-Modal Dialogue in Mobile Environments          (ISCA-ITRW: IDS'02)

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 23:06:18 +0100 (CET)
From:  asespec at serg.ing.unisannio.it
Subject:  Call for Papers: Annals of Software Engineering Special Volume


CALL FOR PAPERS

Annals of Software Engineering:

Special Volume on "Computational Intelligence In Software Engineering"

     http://manta.cs.vt.edu/ase


The Annals  of Software  Engineering journal seeks  articles for  a special
volume on "Computational Intelligence In Software Engineering".

The constantly  evolving technological  infrastructure of the  modern world
presents a  great challenge of developing software  systems with increasing
size  and complexity. Software  engineers and  researchers are  striving to
meet  these and  other continuously  growing challenges  by  developing and
implementing  useful software  engineering methodologies.  However, despite
the introduction  of some  important and useful  paradigms in  the software
engineering discipline, their technological transfers on a larger scale has
been extremely gradual and limited.

The recent  emergence of  the field of  Computational Intelligence  (CI) in
Software  Engineering   provides  a  software  development   team  with  an
opportunity by taking advantage of the currently developed, documented, and
mature  CI technologies such  as fuzzy  logic, artificial  neural networks,
genetic  and artificial  intelligence based  computational  systems, expert
knowledge  based  systems,  and  case  based  reasoning.  These  and  other
computational intelligence  technologies have  been used to  resolve issues
arising from the ever-increasing complexity and size of software systems.

The aim and scope of this  special issue is focused on the current research
trends of introducing and implementing CI techniques to address the various
software  engineering needs  arising  during different  phases of  software
development  and analysis. This  special issue  is intended  to serve  as a
comprehensive  collection of  some of  the current  state-of-the-art  CI in
software engineering technologies.


Topics of Interest

Topics of particular interest on "Computational Intelligence In Software
Engineering" include but are not limited to:

* Neural Networks
* Fuzzy Logic
* Genetic Algorithms & Programming
* Case Based Reasoning
* Data Mining Techniques
* Adaptive Computing Systems
* Knowledge Based Systems
* Software Cost Estimation
* Software Reliability Modeling
* Formal Verification Methods
* Software Testing & Software Validation
* Expert Software Systems
* Software Requirements & Specifications Engineering
* Machine Learning Techniques
* Hybrid Intelligent Systems


Editor

Professor Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Florida 33433, U.S.A.
Tel:   +1-561-297-3994
Fax:   +1-561-297-2800
Email: taghi at cse.fau.edu

Annals of  Software Engineering imposes  virtually no length  limitation on
the  submitted papers.  A  paper's length  is  judged with  respect to  the
quality  of its  content. Submitted  papers must  not have  been previously
published or  be currently  under consideration for  publication elsewhere.
All papers will  be rigorously refereed. The complete  manuscript in PDF or
postscript format should  be submitted to the editor on  or before April 1,
2002.


Submission

Submission of a manuscript to the Annals of Software Engineering journal
is a representation that the manuscript:
(a) has not been previously published,
(b) is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere, and
(c) will not be submitted elsewhere until a decision is made regarding
    its suitability for publication in Annals of Software Engineering.

Submission is also the representation that the work has been approved for
open publication if performed under an official sponsorship requiring
such an approval.




-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:22:13 +0100
From:  <Wolfgang.Minker at DaimlerChrysler.com>
Subject:  2nd Call for Papers - Multi-Modal Dialogue in Mobile Environments          (ISCA-ITRW: IDS'02)


                          2nd Call for Papers

              ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop (ITRW)

                                  on

                 MULTI-MODAL DIALOGUE IN MOBILE ENVIRONMENTS

                                IDS'02

                       June 17 through June 21, 2002

                       http://www.sigmedia.org/ids02



INTRODUCTION

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in this ISCA Tutorial
and Research Workshop (ITRW) on MULTI-MODAL DIALOGUE IN MOBILE
ENVIRONMENTS, which will be held at the Kloster Irsee in southern
Germany from June 17 through June 21, 2002.

The workshop will cover all aspects of spoken, but also multi-modal
interaction in mobile environments and will emphasise design issues
and applications. Moreover, the workshop will focus on research and
results, give information on tools and run prototype demonstrators of
the expected future application.

After the successful ETRW on Interactive Dialogue in Multi-Modal
Systems at Kloster Irsee, Germany in June 1999, it is our belief that
it is now the time to arrange a workshop, where the latest
developments within the area of multi-modal dialogue in mobile
environments will be discussed among researchers and industrialists
active in the area.

The workshop is organised as a collaboration between the University of
Southern Denmark, DaimlerChrysler AG and the University of Augsburg.

We welcome you to the workshop.


Laila Dybkjær
Natural Interactive Systems Laboratory
University of Southern Denmark
Denmark
laila at nis.sdu.dk

Paul Heisterkamp, Wolfgang Minker
Speech Understanding Systems
DaimlerChrysler AG
Germany
paul.heisterkamp at daimlerchrysler.com
wolfgang.minker at daimlerchrysler.com

Elisabeth Andre
University of Augsburg
Germany
andre at informatik.uni-augsburg.de


WORKSHOP THEMES

The workshop focuses on research issues, applications and tools
concerned with the following interdisciplinary topics which are all
part of general research and development of the main areas of
multi-modal dialogue in mobile environments.

Papers may discuss theories, applications, evaluation, limitations,
general tools and techniques. Discussion papers that critically
evaluate approaches or processing strategies and prototype
demonstrations are especially welcome.

1.) Speech Recognition for Multi-Modal Dialogue in Mobile Environments
      * robust algorithms for automatic speech recognition and
        understanding
      * spontaneous, conversational and disfluent speech
      * speech and language modelling
      * microphone and processing devices
      * spoken dialogue processing

2.) Advanced Multi-Modal Systems
      * role of multi-modality in mobile environments
      * dialog centric vs. visual centric approaches
      * transition from monomodal dialogue systems towards
        fully multi-modal systems
      * gesture and gaze tracking/recognition
      * integration of different  in- and output-modes (alternative,
        complementary, redundant)
      * adapted use of modalities in the systems response
      * context- and location dependency of modalities
      * multimodality and safety considerations

3.) Design Issues for Mobile Environments
      * dialogue control
      * context handling
      * situation awareness
      * pro-activeness
      * geo-position awareness
      * spatial reference (input and output)
      * attention raising

4.) User Interface Issues
      * ergonomics and usability of multi-modal applications
      * cognitive aspects of multi-modal human-machine communication
      * user adaptation and profiling
      * role of usability tests
      * role of industry

5.) Applications for Mobile Environments
      * types of applications
      * coordination of multiple applications
      * conflict description and solving
      * industrial applications and commercialized products

6.) Systems Architecture
      * technical integration management
      * integration of local and server-based dialogue
      * distributed/embedded/network architecture
      * use of markup languages to design and develop
      * multi-modal applications
      * standards: voiceXML and HTML
      * reusability of individual system components

7.) Evaluation of Multi-Modal Dialogue Strategies and Systems
      * strategies and paradigms for evaluating multi-modal
        dialogues systems in mobile environments
      * field trials
      * role of corpora


SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

The format of the workshop will be a non-overlapping mixture of oral
and poster sessions. A number of tutorial lectures will be given by
internationally recognised experts from the area of multi-modal
dialogue systems.

All poster sessions will be opened by an oral summary by the session
chair. A number of poster sessions will be succeeded by a discussion
session focussing on the subject of the session. It is our belief that
this general format will ensure a lively and valuable workshop.

The organisers would like to encourage researchers and industrialists
to take the opportunity to bring their applications as well as their
demonstrator prototypes and design tools for demonstration to the
workshop. If sufficient interest is shown, a special
demonstrator/poster session will be organised and followed by a
discussion session.

The official language of the workshop is English. At the opening of
the workshop hardcopies of the abstracts and proceedings on CD-ROM
will be available. A book edition collecting the full-paper versions
presented at the workshop is planned.


INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

The Scientific Committee consists of the following group of
internationally recognised researchers:

Jan Alexandersson       DFKI, Germany                  janal at dfki.de
Niels Ole Bernsen       University of Southern         nob at nis.sdu.dk
                        Denmark, Denmark
Peter Boda              Nokia, Finland                 Peter.Boda at nokia.com
Louis Boves             University of Nijmengen,       boves at let.kun.nl
                        The Netherlands
Rolf Carlson            KTH, Sweden                    rolf at speech.kth.se
Lin Chase               SpeechWorks                    lin.chase at speechworks.com
                        International, UK
Paul Dalsgaard          Center for                     pd at cpk.auc.dk
                        PersonKommunikation,
                        Denmark
Morena Danieli          Loquendo, Italy
morena.danieli at loquendo.com
Sadaoki Furui           Tokyo Institiute of            furui at cs.titech.ac.jp
                        Technology, Japan
Ludwig Hitzenberger     University of
ludwig.hitzenberger at sprachlit.uni-regensburg.de
                        Regensburg, Germany
Andreas Kellner         Philips, Germany
Andreas.Kellner at philips.com
Chin-Hui Lee            National University of         chl at comp.nus.edu.sg
                        Singapore, Singapore
Lin-Shan Lee            National Taiwan                lsl at iis.sinica.edu.tw
                        University, Taiwan
Helmut Mangold          DaimlerChrysler, Germany
helmut.mangold at daimlerchrysler.com
Joseph Mariani          Ministry of Research,
joseph.mariani at technologie.gouv.fr
                        France
Renato de Mori          University of Avignon,
renato.demori at lia.univ-avignon.fr
                        France
Satoshi Nakamura        ATR, Japan                     nakamura at slt.atr.co.jp
Sharon Oviatt           Oregon Health &                oviatt at cse.ogi.edu
                        Science University,
                        USA
Patrick Paroubek        LIMSI-CNRS, France             pap at limsi.fr
Roberto Pieraccini      SpeechWorks                    roberto at speechworks.com
                        International, USA
David Sadek             CNET, France
david.sadek at rd.francetelecom.fr
Gary Strong             National Science               gstrong at nsf.gov
                        Foundation, USA
Michael Wagner          University of Canberra,
michael.wagner at canberra.edu.au
                        Australia


REGISTRATION FEE

The fee for the workshop, including booklet of Abstracts, Proceedings
on CD-Rom, full board from Monday lunch, June 17 to Friday lunch, June
21, is as follows

Non-ISCA Member                   955 Euro
ISCA or GI Member                 910 Euro
Non-ISCA Member - Students        745 Euro
ISCA or GI Member - Students      730 Euro
Late registration supplement
(after May 15, 2002)               50 Euro

Attendees who are willing to share a double room can deduct 55 Euro
from the above fees.


SUBMISSION OF PAPER SUMMARIES

A 2-3 page extended paper summary including figures and references can
be submitted electronically. Please refer to
http://www.sigmedia.org/ids02 for details on the submission process.
Workshop registration of the presenting author(s) is required.


TIMING AND DATES

-> February 15, 2002:  Deadline for submission of summary
-> April 1, 2002:      Notification of acceptance/rejection
-> May 15, 2002:       Deadline for submission of accepted paper
                       and advance registration
-> June 7, 2002:       Final programme available on web
-> June 17 - 21, 2002: Workshop


CONTACT INFORMATION

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