Appel: Fourth International Workshop on Human-Computer Conversation

[Thierry Hamon]

Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 08:35:47 +0100
From: Yorick Wilks <yorick at dcs.shef.ac.uk>
Message-Id: <FCDEED26-DCAA-43D0-8966-6B51FDDBACF3 at dcs.shef.ac.uk>
X-url: http://icon.shef.ac.uk/meetings/bellagio/
X-url: http://www.villaserbelloni.com/
X-url: http://www.companions-project.org/downloads/Bellagio08_template.doc
X-url: http://www.companions-project.org/events/200810_bellagio.cfm
X-url: http://www.hotelflorencebellagio.it/




                   FOURTH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON
                     HUMAN-COMPUTER CONVERSATION

              FOURTH CIRCULAR: DETAILED CALL FOR PAPERS


                                                                 
                          6-7 October, 2008

                    Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni,
                               Bellagio



The purpose of the workshop is to bring together academic researchers
and industrialists concerned with all aspects of human- computer
conversation and the associated research issues of emotion,
relationships, companionship, embodiment, ECAs, memory, evaluation
etc. that persistent, personalised computational agents will need
solutions for if they are to exist, as they will, in the reasonably
near future. The earlier workshops in this series (see the first at
http://icon.shef.ac.uk/meetings/bellagio/) were highly successful at
getting industry groups to display their interests and prototypes as
did university and independent researchers.



Since 2000, there has been a great upsurge in research funding, and
another aim of the meeting will be to bring together members of
currently active research consortia in the EU and US, such as CALLAS,
CALO, COSY, AMIDA, INDIGO, SOPRANO and others; the workshop is being
held under the auspices of the EU 6FP IP COMPANIONS (www.
companions-project.org)(2006-2010). Bellagio and the Villa Serbelloni
are among the finest spots in the world for thought and reflection:
see http://www.villaserbelloni.com/


IMPORTANT DATES:

Abstracts due:  1 July 2008
Authors notified: 31 July 2008
Registration opens on-line: 27 August 2008
Final papers due: 5 September 2008

Abstracts should use a simple template (modelled on two-column AISB
format) at (Word version):
http://www.companions-project.org/downloads/Bellagio08_template.doc
Abstracts should not exceed two pages. Final papers should not exceed
five pages. Abstracts should be sent to events at oii.ox.ac.uk WITH THE
SUBJECT LINE CONTAINING THE WORDS ÒBELLAGIO ABSTRACTÓ.


GENERAL CHAIR
Yorick Wilks (U. Sheffield)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
James Allen (U. West Florida)
Ellizabeth Andre (U. Augsburg)
David Benyon (Napier U.)
Christopher Brewster (U. Sheffield)
Harry Bunt ( U. Tilburg)
Marc Cavazza (U. Teessside)
Emmet Coin (ejTalk, USA)
Oliver Lemon (U. Edinburgh)
Bjorn Gamback (SICS, Stockholm)
Louise Guthrie (U. Sheffield)
Aravind Joshi (U. Pennsylvania)
Anton Nijholt (U. Twente)
Catherine Pelachaud (U. Paris)
Steve Pulman (U. Oxford)
Akira Shimazu (JAIST, Japan)
Tomek Strzalkowski (U. Albany)
Markku Turunen (U. Tampere)
Mats Wiren (U. Stockholm)

INVITED SPEAKERS
James Allen (U. West Florida)
Harry Bunt ( U. Tilburg)
Marc Cavazza (U. Teessside)
Oliver Lemon (U. Edinburgh)
Tim Paek (Microsoft Research, Redmond)

REGISTRATION

Information and an online payment method will be posted on the project
site http://www.companions-project.org/events/200810_bellagio.cfm and
an email circular will tell you registration is open on 27 August. At
that time we shall also post travel and hotel information etc.  Those
wishing to ensure that they get rooms in the Villa Serbelloni itself
should book now at the website above, mentioning the workshop and
asking for the special price.

For those not wanting the stay in the Villa itself, the Hotel Florence
is at the gates, only metres from the Workshop, with excellent rooms
over the lake. Rooms should be booked there now:
http://www.hotelflorencebellagio.it/

The registration fee (under 400 euro and 200 euro for 10 full-time
students) will include a welcome reception in the Villa as well as a
special lunch on the terrace over Lake Como. Registration will be
limited to 100 participants, to include invited speakers and
officials, so registration is recommendedÑespecially by successful
authorsÑimmediately after its opening.



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