[dbjapan] CFP:IUCS 2009: Submission due extended to July 1st

[Yutaka Kidawara <kidawara [at] nict.go.jp>]

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先般ご案内しておりますIUCS2009の論文募集について，
Extended Abstractの提出期限を 7月1日（水）まで延期する
ことになりました．皆様からのご投稿をお待ち申しあげます．


Important Dates
Papers:
Extended abstract due		July 1, 2009
Notification of acceptance	August 13, 2009
Camera-ready papers due	September 10, 2009

Demos:
Submission of description due	August 7, 2009
Notification of acceptance	August 31, 2009


===============  IUCS 2009 Call for Papers/Demos ===============
				Call for Papers/Demos

3rd International Universal Communication Symposium (IUCS 2009)
				http://www.i-uc-s.org/2009/
				December 3 - 4, 2009

National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Tokyo, Japan

In today’s world, ICT infrastructure capable of distributing massive amounts
of information anytime, anywhere is becoming more abundant. However,
from the viewpoint of the potential to exchange “any kind of information with
anyone” as we like, we have come to recognize various barriers such as
those of language, mistrust and distance. In order to discuss how to overcome
these barriers and create a more human-centered communication environment,
we have held two International Symposia in Kyoto and Osaka in 2007 and 2008
respectively, under the basic concept of “Universal Communication”. This year,
we will have the 3rd International Universal Communication Symposium (IUCS
2009) in Tokyo, Japan, aiming to further promote productive discussion and
research exchange.

Following distinguished speakers will kindly provide keynote addresses at the IUCS 2009.
Keynote Speakers:
- Dr. Joseph Mariani, Director, Institute for Multilingual and Multimedia Information, France
- Dr. Mario Tokoro, President and CEO, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc., Japan
- Prof. Randy H. Katz, Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers.
Topics of interest are as follows, but not limited to:

Track 1: <Speech and Language Processing>
- Information retrieval and information analysis
- Information credibility
- Knowledge processing
- Language resources
- Speech recognition and synthesis
- Machine translation and speech translation
- Natural language processing
- Spoken language processing
- Multilingual information processing

Track 2: <Ultra Realistic Communications>
- Super high-resolution image technology
- 3D visualization, imaging and display technologies
- 3D sound processing
- Virtual reality, mixed reality and augmented reality
- Multisensory (visual, acoustic, haptic, olfactory, etc) interaction
- Human factors

Track 3: <Sensor and Human-interaction>
- Human interface and interaction technologies
- Real-world sensing technologies
- Human behavior detection and analysis
- User support technologies
- Sensor data mining

Submission Information
All papers must be submitted through the IUCS 2009 homepage at http://www.i-uc-s.org/2009/.

Paper submission:
The extended abstract must be written in English and is limited to 2 pages
in the ACM format http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates.
When submitting a paper, please also indicate whether it is an oral paper or a
poster, and be submitted as a PDF file.
Once accepted, the camera-ready paper shall be 4 to 8 pages, not exceeding 8 pages.
More detailed author guidelines are available at http://www.i-uc-s.org/2009.

All accepted papers will appear in the ACM International Conference Proceedings
Series in the ACM Digital Library.

Demo submission:
Please submit a one-page description of your demo as a PDF file. This description
must be written in English and should include: an abstract of what you will show,
space needed, facilities needed (including power supplies and Internet access).
A specified submission format will be available on the IUCS 2009 homepage.

Important Dates
Papers:
Extended abstract due		July 1, 2009 (Extended from June 18, 2009)
Notification of acceptance		August 13, 2009
Camera-ready papers due	September 10, 2009

Demos:
Submission of description due	August 7, 2009
Notification of acceptance		August 31, 2009

Website
http://www.i-uc-s.org/2009/

Venue
National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
2-41, Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan
http://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/en/

General Chair
Kazumasa Enami, NICT, Japan

General Vice Co-Chairs
Thomas DeFanti, University of California, San Diego, USA
Qun Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Hiromitsu Wakana, NICT, Japan

Technical Program Committee
Co-Chairs:
Kentaro Inui, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Satoshi Nakamura, NICT, Japan
Fumio Okano, NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories, Japan

Track Chairs:
Track 1: <Speech and Language Processing>: Atsushi Fujii, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Track 2: <Ultra Realistic Communications>: Naomi Inoue, NICT, Japan
Track 3: <Sensor and Human-interaction>: Tatsuya Yamazaki, NICT, Japan

- Akio Ando, NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories, Japan
- Hiroshi Ando, NICT, Japan
- Martin S. Banks, UC Berkeley, USA
- Khalid Choukri, ELDA, France
- Marcello Federico, FBK/IRST, Italy
- Jukka H?kkinen, University of Helsinki, Finland
- Munpyo Hong, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
- Hitoshi Isahara, NICT, Japan
- Yukio Iwaya, Tohoku University, Japan
- Ken Kaneiwa, NICT, Japan
- Takashi Kawai, Waseda University, Japan
- Kentaro Kayama, NICT, Japan
- Junichi Kazama, NICT, Japan
- Yutaka Kidawara, NICT, Japan
- Kyeong Soo Kim, Swansea University, UK
- Yongjin Kwon, Korea AeroSpace University, Korea
- Hisashi Miyamori, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
- Yohei Murakami, NICT, Japan
- Masaki Murata, NICT, Japan
- Makoto Okui, NICT, Japan
- Tanja Schultz, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
- Mahdad N. Shirazi, NICT, Japan
- Yasuyuki Sumi, Kyoto University, Japan
- Eiichiro Sumita, NICT, Japan
- Y?iti Suzuki, Tohoku University, Japan
- Yasuhiro Takaki, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
- Kazuya Takeda, Nagoya University, Japan
- Kentaro Torisawa, NICT, Japan
- Chiu-yu Tseng, Institute of Linguistics Academia Sinica, Taiwan
- Kiyotaka Uchimoto, NICT, Japan
- Takehito Utsuro, University of Tsukuba, Japan
- Andy Way, Dublin City University, Ireland
- Andrew Woods, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
- Wieslaw Woszczyk, McGill University, Canada
- Xing Xie, Microsoft Research Asia, China
- Daqing Zhang, Institut TELECOM & Management SudParis, France
- Aoying Zhou, East China Normal University, China

Publicity Co-Chairs
Jung-Young Son, Daegu University, Korea
Kentaro Torisawa, NICT, Japan

Local Arrangement Co-Chairs
Kiyoharu Aizawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Makoto Okui, NICT, Japan

Finance Co-Chairs
Kazuhiro Kimura, NICT, Japan
Fumio Okano, NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories, Japan

Publication Co-Chairs
Hiroyuki Morikawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Tatsuya Yamazaki, NICT, Japan

Demo Chair
Kazuhiro Kimura, NICT, Japan

Technical Advisors
Michitaka Hirose, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Takashi Matsuyama, Kyoto University, Japan


Steering Committee
Kiyoharu Aizawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Carl K. Chang, Iowa State University, USA
Thomas DeFanti, University of California, San Diego, USA
Kazumasa Enami, NICT, Japan
Kentaro Inui, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Tatsuya Kawahara, Kyoto University, Japan
Yutaka Kidawara, NICT, Japan
Kazuhiro Kimura, NICT, Japan
Qun Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Hiroyuki Morikawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Satoshi Nakamura, NICT, Japan
Fumio Okano, NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories, Japan
Makoto Okui, NICT, Japan
Jung-Young Son, Daegu University, Korea
Kentaro Torisawa, NICT, Japan
Alex Waibel, Carnegie Mellon University, USA and University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Hiromitsu Wakana, NICT, Japan
Tatsuya Yamazaki, NICT, Japan
Aoying Zhou, East China Normal University, China
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