From: Martin Froehlich Subject: EVENT: BIELEFELD GESTURE WORKSHOP 1997, preliminary call Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 08:56:24 GMT Organization: Universitaet Bielefeld, Technische Fakultaet Hi! Please pass this preliminary call on to colleagues who may be interested in the workshop and please accept our apologies if you receive this call more than once. BIELEFELD GESTURE WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 1997 Gesture- and Sign-Language-Based Communication in Human-Computer Interaction 17th to 19th September 1997 An interdisciplinary event for those researching gesture-based interfaces and who want to meet and and exchange ideas accross disciplines. Organizers: Ipke Wachsmuth, Martin Froehlich Faculty of Technology, University of Bielefeld, P.O. Box 100131 D-33501 Bielefeld, GERMANY E-mail: gw97@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE phone: +49 521 106 2922 Fax: +49 521 106 2962 THIS CALL IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WORLD-WIDE WEB: http://www.TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE/GW97/ PURPOSE The purpose of this workshop is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for researchers working on gesture-based interfaces, gestural interaction, and sign-language. Under the focus of Human-computer interfaces, the workshop will encompass all aspects of gestural interaction, including (but not restricted to): o what are gestures? o what do gestures convey about intentions? o appropriateness of gestures and interfaces o multimedia user interfaces o the segmentation problem o gesture semantics o gesture-based interaction for interfaces and applications o sign-language recognition o gesture and speech integration o techniques and algorithms for gesture recognition and segmentation Proceedings of the work presented at the workshop will be published and made available to both those attending the workshop and others. This workshop will be run in the lines of the Gesture Workshop '96 at the University of York, held by Philip Harling and Alistair Edwards in March 1996. ABOUT THE VENUE The workshop will be held in Bielefeld on or near the campus of the university. Bielefeld (~300 000 habitants) is located in North Germany on the flanks of the wooded hills of the Teutoburg Forest. As the regional center of East Westphalia, Bielefeld is easily reached on an hourly schedule by way of IC, ICE, and EC trains on the route Dortmund- Hannover. The nearest airports with hourly train connections are Hannover (115 km), Dortmund-Wickede (110 km), Duesseldorf (190 km), and Frankfurt (320 km). The regional airports Paderborn-Lippstadt (50 km) and Muenster-Osnabuerck (75 km) can be reached by airport shuttles. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION At this point, we wish to hear from people who are interested in presenting their work (at whatever stage) in form of a paper, poster or demonstration, or from those who wish to attend the workshop because they have an interest in the field. We intend to have non-overlapping sessions sorted by subtopics and allow for plenty of time for discussions. PRESENTING YOUR WORK If you are interested in presenting your work at the workshop, please send a short abstract of your intended paper to the organizers (gw97@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE) or send it by fax or post using the details at the top of this page. Please also let us know that you will be attending by filling in the form at the end of this message or by e-mailing us. We would like to stress that we are interested in submissions of work that is currently in progress, regardless of the stage of the work. Also we would like to stress that this workshop is intended as an interdisciplinary event. ATTENDING THE WORKSHOP If you are interested only in attending the workshop, either fill in the form below or e-mail to the organizers (gw97@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE) or get in contact with us either by fax or by post using the details at the top of this page. Further details, including registration the form, will be sent to you as appropriate nearer the time of the workshop. ATTENDANCE INTENTION FORM We encourage you to use our automatic WWW-form at http://www.TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE/GW97/Anmeldung-engl.html because it will be much easier this way for us to handle your data. Otherwise fill in and return the form below: Please check: [ ] I intend to participate in the workshop [ ] I would like to present work Please give a short statement about your relation to the workshop theme: _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Identification: Title: __________________________________________________ First names: _____________________________________________________ Family name: _____________________________________________________ Organisation: _____________________________________________________ Institute: _____________________________________________________ Street/PO box: _____________________________________________________ Country: _____________________________________________________ Postal code: _____________________________________________________ City: _____________________________________________________ e-mail: _____________________________________________________ Feel free to make any comments concerning the workshop: _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ END OF CALL -- Martin Froehlich; AG Wissenbasierte Systeme (KI); Technische Fakultaet; Universitaet Bielefeld; Universitaetsstr. 25; D-33615 Bielefeld; Raum M4-123; Tel: (+49)(0)521 106 2922; FAX: +49 521 106 2962 http://www.TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE/techfak/persons/martinf/welcome.html