CfP: ISUC 2008, 2nd International Symposium on Universal Communication, Dec. 15-16, 2008 Osaka, Japan

[Helene Mazo]

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                CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
                            ISUC 2008
2nd International Symposium on Universal Communication

December 15-16, 2008
Osaka, Japan
http://www.is-uc.org/2008/index.html
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* On-line registration
  http://www.is-uc.org/2008/regist/index.html
  Registration due date: November 28, 2008

* Program
  http://www.is-uc.org/2008/program/index.html

* Contact
  Email: isuc2008 at khn.nict.go.jp
  TEL: +81-6-6372-3053   FAX: +81-6-6376-2362

The development of information network systems enables us to communicate 
with people in remote places "anytime and anywhere", enriching human
knowledge, affection and sensibility. However, there are various 
barriers which stand in our way to using these systems freely and flexibly.
In order to discuss how to overcome these barriers and create a more 
human-centered communication environment, in 2007 the first International
Symposium on Universal Communication was held in Kyoto, Japan featuring 
discussions with well-known researchers from around the world. Following its
success, the Second International Symposium on Universal Communication 
(ISUC 2008) will be held at the Osaka International Convention Center,
5-3-51, Nakanoshima Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0005 Japan on December 15-16, 2008.

Symposium highlights include the following.

* Keynote Speech
Dec. 15, 2008
1. Overcoming the Language Barrier: Makoto Nagao (National Diet Library)
2. The UCSD/Calit2 GreenLight Project: Thomas DeFanti (University of 
California, San Diego, USA)
3. Very Large Information Integration and Application Platform - CSTP 
Coordination Program of Science and Technology Projects - Shojiro Nishio 
(Osaka University)

* Invited Talks
<Dec. 15, 2008>
Speech Processing in Support of Human-Human Communication
Alex Waibel
Carnegie Mellon University, USA and University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Wave Field Synthesis: History, State-of-the-Art and Future
Diemer de Vries
Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

On Distributed Run-Time Software Evolution Driven by Stakeholders of Smart
Home Development
Carl K. Chang
Iowa State University, USA

<Dec. 16, 2008>
The Maximum Entropy based Rule Selection Model for Statistical Machine
Translation
Qun Liu
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Depth Estimation and Object Recognition using Integral Imaging
Seokwon Yeom
Daegu University, Korea

DISG: A DIStributed Graph Repository for Web Infrastructure
Aoying Zhou
East China Normal University, China

Compilation of the Balanced Corpus of Contemporary Written Japanese in the
KOTONOHA Initiative
Kikuo Maekawa
The National Institute for Japanese Language

Perception of Depth, Motion, and Stability with Motion Parallax
Hiroshi Ono
York University, Canada

Understanding Events Relationally and Temporally Related: Context Assessment
Strategies for a Smart Home
Fulvio Mastrogiovanni
University of Genova, Italy

Wireless Sensor Network and Sensor Fusion Technology for Ubiquitous Smart
Living Space Applications
Ming-Whei Feng
Institute for Information Industry, Taiwan

We are looking forward to your participation.
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