The First International Workshop on
Intercultural Collaboration:
IWIC2007
http://langrid.nict.go.jp/iwic2007/
January 24-26, 2007
Kyoto University, Clock Tower International Conference Hall, Japan
Submissions will be considered for papers, panels, demonstrations, and posters. Send all submissions to iwic2007[at]khn.nict.go.jp.
This is a unique workshop in a world where physical borders disappear rapidly and people and cultures are more and more on the move and in contact. The workshop will feature four prominent invited speakers:
- Christiane D. Fellbaum (Department of Psychology, Princeton University)
- Yumiko Mori (NPO Pangaea)
- Gary Olson (School of Information, University of Michigan)
- Dana Ziyasheva(Adviser for Communication and Information, UNESCO Beijing Office)
Organized by:
- Language Grid Project, NICT
- Center of Excellence on Knowledge Society, Kyoto University
- IEICE Special Interest Group for Intercultural Collaboration
Paper
Papers are solicited on any aspect of intercultural collaboration.
Papers can address technologies to support intercultural collaboration,
laboratory and field studies of intercultural collaboration, and case
reports from field workers. Examples of suitable paper topics include:
- Field studies of intercultural teamwork
- Cases of intercultural collaboration using IT
- Computer supported intercultural collaboration
- Internet and web technologies for intercultural collaboration
- Ubiquitous/ambient technologies for intercultural collaboration
- Multilingual dictionaries and translations
- Multilingual NLP web services
- Standardization issues on resources and tools for multilingual processing
- Usability of multilingual resources and the Language Grid
Submitted full papers should be 12 to 15 pages long in the LNCS format. Surface mail address, e-mail addresses should be included for all contributing authors. The post-proceedings of IWIC will be published as a volume of Springer LNCS.
Panels
Individuals may submit proposals for panels of three or four talks on a related theme in intercultural communication. Panel submissions should be no more than four pages in length. They will not be archival, so panelists may discuss previously published work. Submissions should provide each panelist's background and contact information, as well as a brief statement of his or her position on the panel theme.
Demonstrations
Individuals may submit proposals to present demonstrations of new technologies for intercultural communication. Demonstration proposals should be no more than four pages in length. They should clearly describe the motivation for the tool and how it will be demonstrated at the workshop. Demonstration descriptions will not be archival; therefore, demonstrations can include both previously published work and work that is not yet ready for publication.
Posters
Individuals may submit proposals to present informal posters during the workshop. Poster proposals should be no more than four pages in length and summarize the poster content. Poster descriptions will not be archival; therefore, posters can describe both previously published work and work that is not yet ready for publication.
Review Process
Submitted papers, panels, and demonstrations will be reviewed by a panel of distinguished researchers in the area of intercultural communication.
Important Date:Deadline Extended
| Deadline for camera ready post-proceedings paper | March 1st, 2007 |
Travel Support
We provide limited financial support to students and other researchers who are co-authors of accepted papers to give their presentation at the workshop. Instructions on how to apply for a grant will be provided with acceptance notifications.
- Yasuhiro Katagiri (Future University Hakodate, Japan)
- Hitoshi Isahara (NICT, Japan)
- Toru Ishida (Kyoto University, Japan)
- Susan R. Fussell (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
- Piek TJM Vossen (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Pushpak Bhattacharyya (Indian Institute of Technology, India)
- Francis Bond (NTT Corporation, Japan)
- Nicoletta Calzolari (Istituto Linguistica Computazionale, Italy)
- Key-Sun Choi (KAIST, Korea)
- Catherine Cramton (George Mason University, USA)
- Christiane D. Fellbaum (Princeton University, USA)
- Yoshihiko Hayashi (Osaka University, Japan)
- Susan Catherine Herring (Indiana University, USA)
- Reiko Hishiyama (Kyoto Women's University, Japan)
- Chu-Ren Huang (The Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
- Nancy Ide (Vassar College, USA)
- Katherine Isbister (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)
- Chigusa Kita (Kansai University, Japan)
- Manolis Koubarakis (Technical University of Crete, Greece)
- Kyoung Jun Lee (Kyung Hee University, Korea)
- Fang Li (Shanghai Jiaotong University, China)
- Shigeo Matsubara (NTT Corporation, Japan)
- Micihiko Minoh (Kyoto University, Japan)
- Akiyo Nadamoto (NICT, Japan)
- Hideyuki Nakanishi (Osaka University, Japan)
- Gary Olson (University of Michigan, USA)
- Judy Olson (University of Michigan, USA)
- Yuanchun Shi (Tsinghua University, China)
- Virach Sornlertlamvanich (Computational Linguistics Laboratory, Thailand)
- Dan Tufis (University "A.I.Cuza" of Iasi, Romania)
- Kiyotaka Uchimoto (NICT, Japan)
- Zili Zhang (Southwest University, China and Deakin University, Australia)
- Qiping Zhang (Long Island University, USA)
- Michael Zock (CNRS, France)