12.2244, Calls: Applied Ling, Multimodal Interactive Systems

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Subject: 12.2244, Calls: Applied Ling, Multimodal Interactive Systems

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Date:  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:16:12 +0930
From:  "Antonella Strambi" <antonella.strambi at flinders.edu.au>
Subject:  Language Learning is Everybody's Business

2)
Date:  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 19:19:22 +0200
From:  Massimo Zancanaro <zancana at irst.itc.it>
Subject:  Information Presentation & Natural Multimodal Dialogue

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

Date:  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:16:12 +0930
From:  "Antonella Strambi" <antonella.strambi at flinders.edu.au>
Subject:  Language Learning is Everybody's Business

International Colloquium
Language Learning is Everybody's Business
Research trends in Second Language Acquisition and Institutional Contexts
The Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
February 13-16, 2001

CALL FOR PAPERS

Due date: October 1st, 2001

Contributions are invited in the following areas:

- institutional language-learning contexts and their influence on
second-language acquisition;
- the relationship between various forms of language teaching and
language-learning processes; and
- the contributions of classroom-based research to theories of second-language
acquisition and bilingualism

Abstract for papers or workshops, not exceeding 200 words, should be
sumbitted as email attachments, in MS Word version 6.0 or RTF format,
to the following address:

LLIEB at flinders.edu.au

Full name and address of contributors should be clearly indicated in
the abstract.


It is envisaged that a selection of the papers and workshops presented
at the Colloquium will be published as refereed conference
proceedings.

For further information, please visit the Colloquium website:

http://wwwehlt.flinders.edu.au/deptlang/conferences/LLIEB/

Keynote Speakers:

Rod Ellis, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Marie Noelle Lamy, Open University, United Kingdom


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Date:  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 19:19:22 +0200
From:  Massimo Zancanaro <zancana at irst.itc.it>
Subject:  Information Presentation & Natural Multimodal Dialogue


DEADLINE EXTENDED TO THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2001

Due to several requests, the deadline for submitting abstracts has
been extended to Thursday, September 20, 2001.

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		  Call for papers and participation
	(Extended deadline for submission: September 20, 2001)

		      International Workshop on
       Information Presentation and Natural Multimodal Dialogue

		  Verona, Italy  14-15 December 2001
	    http://i3p-class.itc.it/events/ipnmd2001.html

Recently, the   two   research  areas  of    Intelligent   Interactive
Information Presentation and Natural and Multimodal Interactivity have
emerged as  key requirements  for  the usability  and effectiveness of
information systems.

* Intelligent  Interactive Information   Presentation   relates to the
  ability  of a  computer  system to  automatically produce multimodal
  information presentations, taking  into account  the specifics about
  the user, such as needs, interests, or  knowledge, and engaging in a
  collaborative interaction    that helps the  retrieval  of  relevant
  information and its understanding on the part  of the user. In order
  to build   intelligent multimodal interactive  presentation systems,
  different technologies   must be exploited  synergistically, such as
  natural language generation, language-based interaction and advanced
  user modelling.  Also, the media  and modalities used impose further
  constraints.  For instance,    the  same meaning  can  be   conveyed
  differently according to   the communication channels  available for
  the specific application setting.  In particular, when several media
  and modalities are involved, presentations require their appropriate
  co-ordination.

* Natural and  Multimodal Interactivity has   the  goal of  ultimately
  supporting people in communicating with an information system in the
  same ways  in  which they would communicate   with one another. This
  requires  not only natural output   presentation but also that users
  are able to present input to the computer in ways which feel natural
  to them, e.g.  by talking to the  computer whilst also pointing with
  the hand/arm  and  wrinkling the eyebrows,   all  of which  is being
  understood by  the  system. The construction of  natural interactive
  and  multimodal systems requires equal  focus on input and output so
  that  technologies such as  natural language understanding, dialogue
  management, speech and other signal processing techniques are needed
  in addition to those required for output presentation. Moreover, the
  issue  of  choosing  the appropriate media   and  modalities for the
  application  at hand increases   in  complexity when both input  and
  output must be taken into account.

Workshop Goal

The aim of  the  workshop is to  bring  together researchers  from the
fields of Natural Language Generation, Conversational Spoken Dialogue,
Multimodal Communication,  Life-like  Characters, Adaptive Hypermedia,
User   Modelling, and  technologists   interested   in new  media  and
modalities. Submitted  abstracts should present innovative  results or
introduce  challenging  issues  in at  least   one  of the  two  areas
mentioned above in order  to stimulate discussion.  The  workshop will
include short  presentations and  brainstorming sessions initiated  by
invited speakers.
Authors  of some selected abstracts will  be  invited to submit a full
version of their papers to be published in an international journal.

The  workshop is sponsored by  the CLASS Project,  funded by the Human
Language Technologies (HLT), which is part  of the Information Society
Technologies   Programme   of   the    EC's  5th   Framework.    CLASS
(http://www.class-tech.org) was created on the request of the European
Commission for the purpose of stimulating cross-project collaborations
among HLT   projects and between  HLT  projects and  relevant projects
world-wide,  and for suggesting how  the Commission can better support
and  meet  the needs of advanced   HLT research projects.  Researchers
working on European   projects are particularly  encouraged  to submit
abstracts to the workshop.


Instruction for Authors

* Authors  are requested to send  an extended abstract of three pages,
  including a list of keywords and most relevant references.
* Abstracts should be sent in PDF or PS formats to class-ws at itc.it

Important Dates:

Paper Submission:		20 September 2001
Acceptance Notification:	5 October 2001
Workshop:			14-15 December 2001

Workshop Co-Chairs:

Niels Ole Bernsen, NISLab, Denmark
Oliviero Stock, ITC-irst, Italy

Program Committee:

Elisabeth André, University of Augsburg, Germany
Justine Cassell, MIT, USA
Phil Cohen, OGI, USA
Laila Dybkjær, NISLab, Denmark
Elena Not, ITC-irst, Italy
Catherine Pelachaud, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy
Fiorella de Rosis, University of Bari, Italy
Donia Scott, University of Brighton, UK
Wolfgang Wahlster, DFKI, Germany
Massimo Zancanaro, ITC-irst, Italy

Venue:

The  workshop will   be  held  in  the   heart  of  historical  Verona
(http://tourism.verona.it), located  only a few  minutes from Verona's
International Airport and only an hour and a  half by train from Milan
and Venice.

The workshop  will take place at the  prestigious Due Torri Hotel (+39
045  595 044)  (http://www.baglionihotels.com),  set  on a  thirteenth
century  mansion and  located adjacent   to  the city's major  tourist
attractions, cultural centre, and shopping areas.  A limited number of
rooms have been reserved until 31 October 2001, at the special rate of
approximately 114 Euros/single occupancy and 95 Euros/double occupancy
per person, per night.

All workshop  participants are requested  to  register, however, there
will be no fee for  participation.  Conference costs, lunch and coffee
breaks at the hotel will be covered by CLASS.

The workshop will be inaugurated with  a welcome dinner  to be held on
Thursday, 13 December 2001, followed by a talk by an invited speaker.

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