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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.

Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers.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. This abstract should also indicate whether it is an oral paper
or a poster, and be submitted as a PDF file. More detailed author
guidelines will be available at http://www.i-uc-s.org/2009/.

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 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 Hakkinen, 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
- Yoiti 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