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"Angus B. Grieve-Smith" Date: Thu Mar 8, 2001 3:02 pm Subject: Gesture Workshop 2001 FINAL Call for Participation (fwd) | ||||||||||||
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Here is the announcement of a conference in London next month. Antonio Carlos will be presenting a talk on "SignWriting and the Choreography of Gestures and Signs", and I will be presenting a demonstration of SignSynth. I hope some of you will be able to make it! -Angus B. Grieve-Smith Linguistics Department The University of New Mexico ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 14:34:18 +0000 From: Gesture Workshop 2001 Subject: Gesture Workshop 2001 FINAL Call for Participation (Apologies for inevitable multiple postings) ***FINAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION *** ********************************************************** GESTURE WORKSHOP 2001 The 4th International Workshop on Gesture and Sign Language based Human-Computer Interaction Website: https://www.zeric.co.uk/gw2001 18th-20th April 2001 City University, London, UK ********************************************************** *** NOW AVAILABLE ON WEBSITE *** Preliminary Programme Provisional Schedule Early-bird Registration/Accommodation Package On-line Registration IMPORTANT DATES Early-bird registration/accommodation package (limited places, but very good deal!) Deadline 16th March 2001 Early registration (for lower price registration) Deadline 21st March 2001 The International Gesture Workshop series provide fora for the exchange of ideas and research currently in progress across disciplines. Gesture Workshop 2001, the fourth in the Gesture Workshop series, builds upon three previous highly successful workshops. It aims to encourage multidisciplinary collaboration by providing a platform for participants to share, discuss and critique both research in progress and more completed research with a multidisciplinary audience. Within the focus of human-computer interaction or computer-mediated communication, the workshop will encompass all aspects of interaction involving gesture and sign language, together with the research relating to gesture and sign-language technology. The programme includes over 40 presentations, posters and demonstrations of research work from at least 10 countries including the USA and China relating to: * Gestures and sign language in human-machine interaction * Gesture and sign language technology * Nature of gesture and sign language * Multimodality This promises to make GW2001 an exciting and important event for anyone interested in gesture/sign language related research relevant to human-computer interaction and human-language technology. The workshop will take place over three days offering a combination of invited lectures, oral presentations, posters and demonstrations. EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION/ACCOMMODATION PACKAGE We are able to offer a registration/accommodation package at very reasonable cost, well below the average price of accommodation in London. The number of places is limited available and will be distributed on a first-come-first serve basis. It will be necessary take action immediately if you wish to take advantage of this option as payment is required by the 16th March. REGISTRATION FEES Make sure that you register early (payment received by 21st March) to take advantage of cheaper rate Academic/voluntary organisations =A3180 (=A3210)* Students/concessions =A3100 (=A3120)* Other =A3240 (=A3270)* * registration fee after 21st March TRAVEL City University is easily accessible by all forms of public transport. Travelling from the major international London airports at Gatwick, London Heathrow, Luton, City and mainline train and coach stations to the university is quick and straightforward. The university=92s central location provides easy access by underground, bus, or rail to all of London=92s attractions. https://www.city.ac.uk/aboutcity/travel.htm ORGANISATION Queries and correspondence To: SignWriting List Workshop organisers and co-chairs: Marilyn Panayi David Roy Local organiser and chair: Professor Bencie Woll, Department of Language and Communication Science City University, London, UK Minicom/TTY: +44 (0) 207 477 8314 Fax: +44 (0) 207 477 8577 This event is being organised in association with the British HCI Group, a specialist group of the British Computer Society https://www.bcs-hci.org.uk | ||||||||||||
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