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Wed 23 Nov 1994

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 CMC/95

 International Conference on Cooperative Multimodal Communication,

 Theory and Applications
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 Sponsored by the Universities of Brabant
 Joint Research Organization (SOBU)

 Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 24-26 May 1995
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 FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
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The Eindhoven University of Technology, in collaboration with the
Institute for Perception Research in Eindhoven and the Institute for
Language Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Tilburg, will host
an international conference on the theory and applications of

 COOPERATIVE MULTIMODAL COMMUNICATION

to take place in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 24-26 May 1995.

The aim of the conference is to bring together scientists involved
in research concerning the design, implementation, and application of
forms of cooperative human-computer communication where natural language
(typed or spoken) is used in combination with other modalities, such as
visual feedback and direct manipulation.

 TOPICS OF INTEREST
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The conference will focus on formal, computational, and user aspects
of building cooperative multimodal dialogue systems. Papers are sought
in areas which include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

* cooperativity in multimodal dialogue
* natural language semantics in a multimodal context
* formal and computational models of dialogue context
* incremental knowledge representation and dialogue
* interacting with visual domain representations
* collaborative problem solving
* constraint-based approaches to animation and visual modelling
* effective use of different interactive modalities
* modelling temporal aspects of multimodal communication
* type theory and natural language interpretation
* knowledge sharing technologies

All submitted papers will be refereed by an international programme
committee.

 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
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Authors are asked to submit an extended abstract of their paper of
minimally 4 and maximally 7 pages, including references and keywords,
by December 15, 1994. Only electronical submission will be possible.
Submitted extended abstracts should be emailed to denkkub.nl; they
should preferably be in standard LaTeX format.

If, for whatever reason, electronic submission is not possible, please
contact the organization committee secretariat (phone +31-13.66.23.80,
fax +13 - 13.66.29.48).

 IMPORTANT DATES
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Submission of extended abstracts 15 December, 1994
Notification of acceptance 1 February, 1995
Final papers due 15 March, 1995

 ORGANIZATION
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Programme Committee: Harry Bunt (ITK, Tilburg) (chair)
 Norman Badler (UPenn, Philadelphia)
 Jeroen Groenendijk (UvA, Amsterdam)
 Walther von Hahn (Hamburg)
 Dieter Huber (Mainz)
 Hans Kamp (Stuttgart)
 John Lee (EdCAAD, Edinburgh)
 Joseph Mariani (LIMSI, Paris)
 Mark Maybury (MITRE, Bedford)
 Paul McKevitt (University of Sheffield)
 Rob Nederpelt (TUE, Eindhoven)
 Kees van Overveld (TUE, Eindhoven)
 Ray Perrault (Stanford)
 Donia Scott (Brighton)
 Wolfgang Wahlster (Saarbruecken)
 Bonnie Webber (UPenn, Philadelphia)
 Kent Wittenburg (Bellcore)

Organization Committee: Robbert-Jan Beun (chair)
 Tijn Borghuis
 Harry Bunt
 Rob Nederpelt
 Marianne Wagemans


 FURTHER INFORMATION
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CMC/95 is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
in 1995, week 21. These dates have been chosen in view of the fact
that two other, somewhat related conferences will take place elsewhere
in Europe between Monday, May 29 and Saturday, June 3; one in
Montpellier, France (on virtual reality and human-computer
interaction), and one in Hanstholm, Denmark (on spoken dialogue
systems). It will thus be possible to combine participation in CMC/95
with that of (one of) the other conferences.

The participation fee for CMC/95 is expected to be around Dfl 250, or
$ 150. Registration information will be provided in the forthcoming
Call for Participation.

Further information: For questions concerning the scientific content:
 Harry Bunt
 ITK
 Tilburg University
 P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg
 Phone +31 - 13.66.30.60, fax +31-13.66.25.37
 email: Harry.Buntkub.nl
 For questions concerning the organization:
 Robbert-Jan Beun
 IPO
 P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven
 Phone +31 - 40.77.38.73, fax +31 - 40.77.38.76
 email: rjbeunprl.philips.nl
 For general questions:
 SOBU
 Tilburg University
 P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg
 Phone +31-13.66.23.80, fax +13 - 13.66.29.48.
 email: denkkub.nl