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March 17, 2013

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From: "R. J. Wolfe" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: January 24, 2013 2:31:25 PM PST
Subject: [access-announcements] Third International SLTAT Symposium Call for Papers
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The Third International Symposium  on Sign Language Translation and Avatar Technology [SLTAT 2013] seeks papers on topics relevant to sign language translation and avatar technology such as the ones listed below. Authors are encouraged to submit papers of eight single-spaced pages or less. All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Selected revised papers will be included in a dedicated special issue of the International Journal of Universal Access in the Information Society (http://www.springer.com/computer/hci/journal/10209) .

Topics

    SYMBOLIC TRANSLATION
  • Lexicographic and linguistic approaches
  • Use of corpora to inform translation
  • Modeling of signing space for translation
  • Handling of productive signs, classifier constructions, and constructed action
  • Incorporation of non-manual features in production
  • Consideration of emotional and prosodic aspects
    AVATAR ANIMATION
  • Requirements for signing avatar technology
  • Linguistically-informed notations for gestural animation
  • Use of corpora to inform animation
  • Realistic animation of manual and bodily gestures
  • Flexibility in animation of facial gestures and mouthing
    USABILITY
  • Evaluation results for practical translation systems
  • Evaluation methodologies for signing translation systems
  • Realism and acceptability of signing avatars
  • Efficient content creation and editing tools for signing texts

Submission

Submit papers via the conference Web at https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?timeout=1;conf=sltat2013  site no later than July 15th, 2013. All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Notifications will be sent on or near August 19th, 2013.

For more information, see http://sltat.cs.depaul.edu   To be included on the mailing contact [log in to unmask].