[Slling-l] 2nd CFP: 6th Workshop on Sign Language Translation and Avatar Technology

[Thomas Hanke]

Hamburg, Germany, Sept 29, 2019
Recent advances in virtual character technology and a common trend toward the 3D internet have the potential to achieve full accessibility for the deaf in the internet and to provide key tools to facilitate participation in a hearing world. Prior work on the topic of sign language translation using avatars has explored an impressive range of methods in various languages and application domains.
Future projects will profit from a joint effort of international experts to look back on the work done and identify and specify the remaining problems (or those only partially solved) in specific areas, such as symbolic translation and sign language animation. The motivation is threefold: First, discussing problems in detail will reveal potential solutions and, second, will lead to an exchange of ideas across sign language boundaries. Third, a common agreement on problems hopefully leads to a higher comparability of results and even objective benchmarks.
We focus on three main topics: symbolic translation of sign language, animation of sign language using avatars, and usability evaluation of practical translation and animation systems.
The format encourages discussion and collaboration between researchers. We have a mix of oral/signed presentations as well as poster presentations covering active work and proposed research. There are opportunities for demonstration of existing work and presentation of videos.
The workshop takes place directly after TISLR <http://tislr.de/> at the Institute of German Sign Language and Communication of the Deaf, Gorch-Fock-Wall 7, 20354 Hamburg.
Workshop languages are English and International Sign.
Links to the workshop site <https://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/dgs-korpus/index.php/SLTAT.html>
Link to the workshop series <http://sltat.cs.depaul.edu/>
 
2nd Call for Papers

This workshop seeks papers on topics relevant to sign language translation and avatar technology such as the ones listed below. Authors are encouraged to submit extended abstracts. All submissions will be peer-reviewed.
 
Topics
SYMBOLIC TRANSLATION
Lexicographic and linguistic approaches
Use of corpora to inform translation
Modelling of signing space for translation
Handling of productive signs, classifier constructions, and constructed action
Incorporation of non-manual features in production
Consideration of emotional and prosodic aspects
AVATAR ANIMATION
Requirements for signing avatar technology
Linguistically-informed notations for gestural animation
Use of corpora to inform animation
Realistic animation of manual and bodily gestures
Flexibility in animation of facial gestures and mouthing
USABILITY
Evaluation results for practical translation systems
Evaluation methodologies for signing translation systems
Realism and acceptability of signing avatars
Efficient content creation and editing tools for signing texts
Submission
Submit extended abstracts as PDF files via EASY CHAIR at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sltat2019 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sltat2019> no later than August 30, 2019. Use the ACM Proceedings format <http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates>. All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Notifications will be sent on or near September 6, 2019.
For more information, or to be included on the mailing list, contact sltat (at) dgs-korpus.de <mailto:sltat at dgs-korpus.de>.
To register for participation, click here <https://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/dgs-korpus/index.php/index.php/registration-sltat.html>. (Admission to the workshop is free but registration is required. Conference languages are English and International Sign.)


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Thomas Hanke
University of Hamburg
Institute of German Sign Language and Communication of the Deaf
Gorch-Fock-Wall 7
20354 Hamburg - Germany
Phone ++ 49 40 428 38 6742
Fax ++49 40 428 38 6109
mailto:thomas.hanke at sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de
http://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de
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