CFP : IEEE Trans Multimedia Special Issue - Sep 30 2002

Vision List Digest: Article 11, Volume 21, Issue 14
From: "Sengupta, Kuntal"
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Call for Papers
IEEE Transactions Multimedia Special Issue on Multimodal Interfaces
and Applications

There has been a growing interest in the use of multimodal techniques in
human-computer interaction in order to achieve natural humanistic
computing. In natural computing, it is important to have integration of
different types of modalities (e.g., speech, video, EEG). In this
special issue we will address how human-computer interaction can be
improved to the point where people will communicate with computers in a
natural way, in a style similar to their day-to-day interaction with the
real world. Research in multimodal human-computer interfaces may be
particularly apt to overcome some of the limitations we are still facing
today. This is because multimodal interaction addresses all human senses
and enables a wide variety of human articulation to be part of the
interface. In this special issue, we will concentrate on novel
algorithms for fusion of multimodal signals, as well as applications of
multimodal user interfaces. Potential topics include (but not limited
to):
- Novel techniques or algorithms for multimodal data fusion
- Review of multimodal interfaces, 3D interaction techniques,
technological barriers of intuitive interfaces
- Innovative and collaborative Interfaces (e.g., brain signals, retinal
displays, sensory technology, and tele-immersion)
- Application in speech (combining acoustic + visual cues for
recognition; visual text-to-speech synthesis)
- Mobile and wearable computing interfaces in ubiquitous computing
- Synthetic characters, human modeling and simulation, conversational
agents in the context of multimodal user interfaces
- Human factors and social implications
- Entertainment and media applications of multimodal user interfaces.

Please send six (6) copies of full papers (following the same format as
required by IEEE Transactions Multimedia) for peer review to either one
of the guest editors, whose names and addresses are listed below.
Alternatively, the authors can submit the paper electronically following
the instructions in http://tmm-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com . Please enter
"Special Issue" in the keywords, followed by the title of the special
issue.

Submission Deadline: September 30, 2002
Complete First Review: January 31, 2003
Complete Second Review: March 30, 2003
Final Manuscript to IEEE: April 30, 2003

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