Call for Participation
*** Deadline for Special Sessions and Workshop Proposals: APRIL 15, 2008
Deadline for Abstract submission: MAY 9, 2008
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10^th International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces (ICMI 2008)
Chania, Crete, Greece, October 20-22, 2008
http:www.icmi2008.org
Organized by ACM and sponsored by IEEE
Proceedings to be produced by ACM and included in the ACM DL** ***
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The main aim of ICMI 2008 is to further scientific research within the
broad field of
multimodal interaction and systems. The conference will focus on major
trends and
challenges in this area, including help identify a roadmap for future
research and
commercial success. ICMI 2008 will feature a main conference with
keynote speakers,
panel discussions, technical paper presentations and discussion
(single track), poster
sessions, and demonstrations of state-of-the-art multimodal concepts
and systems as
well
as workshops. Organized on the island of Crete, ICMI-08 provides
excellent conditions
for brainstorming and sharing the latest advances about multimodal
interaction and
systems in an inspired setting full of history, mythology and art.
*Paper Submission *
There are two different submission categories: regular paper and short
paper. The page
limit is 8 pages for regular papers and 4 pages for short papers. The
presentation
style (oral or poster) will be decided based on suitable delivery of
the content. Full
or short papers may also be submitted as part of a Special Session submission.
Special Session Submission
The Program Committee of ICMI 2008 invites proposals for special
sessions to address
emergent issues in the multimodal interface research community.
Proposals for special
sessions (e.g., a panel session) are to be submitted to the special
sessions chair
electronically. Especially encouraged are cross-disciplinary special
sessions, and
sessions focusing on new and emerging areas.
Workshop Submission
Proposals for workshops on all topics of multimodal interaction and
its applications
are sought. Especially encouraged are cross-disciplinary workshops,
and workshops
focusing on
new and emerging areas.
Demo Submission
Proposals for demonstrations shall be submitted to demo chairs
electronically. A 1-2
page description of the demonstration is required.
Doctoral Spotlight
Doctoral Student Travel Support and Spotlight Session. Funds are
anticipated to
support participation of doctoral candidates at ICMI 2008, and a
spotlight session is
planned to showcase ongoing thesis work. Students interested in travel
support should
submit a short or long paper as specified above.
Topics of interest include
? Multimodal and Multimedia processing
? Multimodal input and output interfaces
? Multimodal applications
? Multimodal Architectures, Tools and Standards
? Evaluation of Multimodal Interfaces
*Important Dates: *
Special session proposal: April 15, 2008
Abstract submission: May 9, 2008
Paper submission: May 16, 2008
Author notification July 14, 2008
Camera ready deadline: August 15, 2008
Conference: October 20-22, 2008
Organizing Committee
General Co-Chairs
Vassilis Digalakis, TU Crete, Greece
Alex Potamianos, TU Crete, Greece
Matthew Turk, UC Santa Barbara, USA
Program Co-Chairs
Roberto Pieraccini, SpeechCycle, USA
Jian Wang, Microsoft Research, China
Workshops & Special Sessions
Fabio Pianesi, FBK-irst, Italy
Katerina Mania, Technical University of Crete, Greece
Finance Chair
Rainer Stiefelhagen, U. Karlsruhe, Germany
Publicity Chair
Rana el Kaliouby, MIT Media Lab, USA
Demo Chair
Joakim Gustafson, KTH, Sweden
Poster & Web
Ilias Iosif, TU Crete, Greece
Local Arrangements
Lida Dimitropoulou, TU Crete, Greece
ICMI Advisory Board
Matthew Turk, Chair, UCSB, USA
Jim Crowley, INRIA, France
Trevor Darrell, MIT, USA
Kenji Mase, Nagoya Univ., Japan
Eric Horvitz, Microsoft Research, USA
Sharon Oviatt, Adapx, USA
Fabio Pianesi, FBK-irst, Italy
Wolfgang Wahlster, DFKI, Germany
Jie Yang, Carnegie Mellon Univ., USA
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