Fwd: [access-announcements] Third International SLTAT Symposium Call for Papers

[Nancy Frishberg]

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> From: "R. J. Wolfe" <wolfe at CS.DEPAUL.EDU>
> Date: January 24, 2013 2:31:25 PM PST
> To: access-announcements at ACM.ORG
> Subject: [access-announcements] Third International SLTAT Symposium Call for Papers
> Reply-To: ACCESS-ANNOUNCEMENTS <access-announcements at ACM.ORG>
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> The Third International Symposium  on Sign Language Translation and Avatar Technology [SLTAT 2013] seeks papers on topics relevant to sign language translation and avatar technology such as the ones listed below. Authors are encouraged to submit papers of eight single-spaced pages or less. All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Selected revised papers will be included in a dedicated special issue of the International Journal of Universal Access in the Information Society (http://www.springer.com/computer/hci/journal/10209) .
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> Topics
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> SYMBOLIC TRANSLATION
> Lexicographic and linguistic approaches
> Use of corpora to inform translation
> Modeling 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
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> Submit papers via the conference Web at https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?timeout=1;conf=sltat2013  site no later than July 15th, 2013. All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Notifications will be sent on or near August 19th, 2013.
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> For more information, see http://sltat.cs.depaul.edu   To be included on the mailing contact sltat at cs.depaul.edu.
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