<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><h2 style="margin: 0px 0px 6px; padding: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: sans-serif; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); letter-spacing: 0.08em; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class="">Hamburg, Germany, Sept 29, 2019</h2><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class="">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.</div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class="">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.</div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class="">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.</div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class="">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.</div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class="">The workshop takes place directly after <a href="http://tislr.de/" class="">TISLR</a> at the Institute of German Sign Language and Communication of the Deaf, Gorch-Fock-Wall 7, 20354 Hamburg.</div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class="">Workshop languages are English and International Sign.</div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class=""><a href="https://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/dgs-korpus/index.php/SLTAT.html" class="">Links to the workshop site</a></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class=""><a href="http://sltat.cs.depaul.edu/" class="">Link to the workshop series</a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class=""> </p><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); letter-spacing: 0.05em; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">2nd Call for Papers</h1><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class="">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.</div><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class=""> </p><h2 style="margin: 0px 0px 6px; padding: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: sans-serif; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); letter-spacing: 0.08em; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class="">Topics</h2><ul style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class="">SYMBOLIC TRANSLATION<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Lexicographic and linguistic approaches</li><li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Use of corpora to inform translation</li><li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Modelling of signing space for translation</li><li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Handling of productive signs, classifier constructions, and constructed action</li><li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Incorporation of non-manual features in production</li><li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Consideration of emotional and prosodic aspects</li></ul><ul style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class="">AVATAR ANIMATION<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Requirements for signing avatar technology</li><li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Linguistically-informed notations for gestural animation</li><li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Use of corpora to inform animation</li><li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Realistic animation of manual and bodily gestures</li><li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Flexibility in animation of facial gestures and mouthing</li></ul><ul style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class="">USABILITY<li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Evaluation results for practical translation systems</li><li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Evaluation methodologies for signing translation systems</li><li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Realism and acceptability of signing avatars</li><li style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5;" class="">Efficient content creation and editing tools for signing texts</li></ul><h2 style="margin: 0px 0px 6px; padding: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: sans-serif; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); letter-spacing: 0.08em; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class="">Submission</h2><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class="">Submit extended abstracts as PDF files via <strong class="">EASY CHAIR at </strong><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sltat2019" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sltat2019</a><strong class=""> </strong>no later than August 30<strong class="">, 2019</strong>. Use the <a href="http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates" class="">ACM Proceedings format</a>. All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Notifications will be sent on or near September<strong class=""> 6, 2019</strong>.</div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class="">For more information, or to be included on the mailing list, contact <a href="mailto:sltat@dgs-korpus.de" class="">sltat (at) dgs-korpus.de</a>.</div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class="">To register for participation, click <a href="https://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/dgs-korpus/index.php/index.php/registration-sltat.html" class="">here</a>. (Admission to the workshop is free but registration is required. Conference languages are English and International Sign.)</div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(71, 71, 71); color: rgb(71, 71, 71);" class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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