CALL FOR PAPERS (with apologies for cross-posting)
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LTPC - Language Technology and Pervasive Computing
http://ltpc2012.blogspot.com/
Workshop at PERVASIVE 2012, Newcastle, UK, June 19th
Submission Deadline: March 9th, 2012
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We invite you to submit a paper to the 1st Workshop on
Language Technology and Pervasive Computing (LTPC 2012),
to be held at the 10th International Conference on Pervasive Computing
(PERVASIVE 2012: http://pervasiveconference.org/2012/index.php)
at Newcastle University in the UK, June 19th.
The main objective of the workshop is to consider the intersection of
two research domains which have been separated the past years: NLP and
pervasive computing. In pervasive and ubiquitous computing scenarios,
spoken language is in many cases the ideal modality for human beings to
interact with a “disappearing” computer, i.e. to directly formulate
their intentions and to receive feedback from the system. However,
despite recent advances in speech technology, many developers still have
objections to employ NLP due to concerns of low recognition rates and
issues of disambiguation etc. These limitations of NLP components are
not surprising, considering that even human beings can only make sense
of spoken language by contextual knowledge. Sensing context however is
one of the key topics of the Pervasive Computing conference series,
particularly location sensing and activity recognition. We believe that
the pervasive computing community can make an important contribution to
the field of NLP.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
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* Location awareness in speech-enabled systems
* Adapting speech systems to the user’s activity
* Multimodal interaction in intelligent environments, e.g. speech and
gesture combined
* Interacting through speech with smart devices in the Internet of Things
* Personalizing devices and services through speaker recognition
* Multilingualism, localization, and translation in pervasive computing
The location of users within the environment and the surrounding objects
are of major importance for dialogue between the user and a system. It
is more likely that the user refers to objects that are nearby and
visible, so the speech system should consider this. The challenge is to
sense and represent the position of the user and other objects in a
location model, and to incorporate this model into the language
processing. Likewise, utterances are likely to refer to the current
actions of the user. Much effort has been spent in recognizing and
representing activity and NLP components should make use of such
contextual information. Gesture recognition is another pervasive
technology that can improve speech-enabled systems through
multimodality, with manifold applications. Smart energy scenarios drive
the connection of objects with the Internet in order to measure and
reduce power consumption. This development offers new chances to
remotely control and even interact with objects through speech.
Likewise, our ageing society requires technological solutions that allow
elderly users to live independently at home (Ambient Assisted Living).
Such assistance systems require intuitive user interfaces, i.e. based on
speech, to keep the humans in the loop. The quality of user interfaces
may be further increased by personalization through speaker recognition.
Finally, user interfaces of pervasive computing systems must be
translated and localized to different languages and cultures in order to
be successful on global markets. Hence NLP frameworks should include
tool support for efficient and correct translation of resources, such as
grammars.
We welcome ongoing work on LT-Pervasive Computing, but also theoretical
discussions on how to integrate these areas.
PAPER SUBMISSION
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The submission deadline is March 9th, 2012. Submissions should describe
relevant experience or ongoing research in the field and include a short
biographyof the authors. The submitted manuscripts should be between 2
to 8 pages. To submit a paper, use our EasyChair website at
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ltpc2012
IMPORTANT DATES
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Submission Deadline: March 9, 2012
Notification of Acceptance: April 2, 2012
Camera-ready deadline: April 20, 2012
Workshop day: June 19, 2012
CONTACT
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Primary contact: Christoph Stahl, DFKI, Germany
Email: [log in to unmask]
ORGANISERS
Dimitra Anastasiou, Bremen University, Germany
Christoph Stahl, DFKI, Germany
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Lars Bo Larsen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Nikolaos Mavridis, MIT and United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Mice McTear, University of Ulster, Ireland
Michael Feld, DFKI, Germany
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Dr. Christoph Stahl
DFKI GmbH
Forschungsbereich Sichere Kognitive Systeme
Cartesium
Enrique-Schmidt-Str. 5
D-28359 Bremen
Tel.: +49-421-218-64259
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Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH
Firmensitz: Trippstadter Strasse 122, D-67663 Kaiserslautern
Geschaeftsfuehrung:
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Wolfgang Wahlster (Vorsitzender)
Dr. Walter Olthoff
Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates:
Prof. Dr. h. c. Hans A. Aukes
Amtsgericht Kaiserslautern, HRB 2313
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