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Special Issue on Multimodal Systems, Services and
Interfaces for Ubiquitous
Computing
ACM/Springer Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Guest Editors: Zhiwen Yu,
Frode Eika Sandnes, Kenji Mase, Fabio Pianesi
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Activity recognition and implicit interaction are central
themes in ubiquitous computing.
These environments usually encompass a
variety of modalities (e.g., speech, gesture,
and handwriting), collecting
rich and complex information by integrating multiple devices
and different
kinds of sensors. In these cases, multimodal recognition achieves robust
and
reliable results by leveraging on different recognition mechanisms and making
the best
out of the characteristics of each single channel. Multimodal
interaction, in turn,
enables natural and implicit interaction in ubiquitous
computing contexts by making
available various and flexible interfaces that
adapts to the environment. In the end,
multimodal approaches are key to
accomplish all these tasks, by overcoming single
modality limitations and
difficulties in recognition and interaction.
Hence multimodal systems,
services and interfaces are crucial ingredients for
ubiquitous computing,
and have attracted much interest in both industry and academia
over the last
decade.
This special issue aims to further scientific research within
the field of
multimodal interaction, services and systems for ubiquitous
computing.
It will accept original research papers that report latest
results and advances in this area.
It will also invite review articles that
focus on the state-of-the-art in multimodal
concepts and systems,
highlighting trends and challenges. The papers will be peer reviewed
and
will be selected on the basis of their quality and relevance to the topic of
this special issue.
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Topics
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Topics include (but are not limited to):
- Multimodal sensing in smart environments
- Multimodal
fusion techniques
- Multimodal activity recognition
- Multimodal mobility
understanding
- Multimodal user modeling
- Multimodal content access and
adaptation
- Intelligent user interface
- Multimodal support for social
interaction
- Virtual and augmented multimodal interfaces
- Distributed
and collaborative multimodal interfaces
- Architectures and tools for
multimodal application development
- Applications such as smart home,
healthcare, and meeting space
- Evaluation of multimodal systems and
interfaces
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Important Dates
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Full manuscript
due:
May 31, 2009
Notification of the first review process: Aug.
15, 2009
Final acceptance notification:
Oct. 20, 2009
Final manuscript due:
Oct. 31, 2009
Publication date:
Spring 2010
(Tentative)
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Paper
Submission
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Submissions should be prepared according to the author
instructions available at
the journal homepage, http://www.springer.com/computer/user+interfaces/journal/779.
Manuscripts must be submitted in the form of PDF file to the corresponding
editor
Zhiwen Yu (zhiweny@gmail.com).
Information about the manuscript (title,
full list of authors, corresponding
author's contact, abstract, and keywords)
must be included in the submission
email.
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Guest Editors
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Zhiwen Yu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, P. R. China, Email:
zhiwenyu@nwpu.edu.cnFrode Eika
Sandnes, Oslo University College, Norway, Email:
Frode-Eika.Sandnes@iu.hio.noKenji
Mase, Nagoya University, Japan, Email:
mase@nagoya-u.jpFabio Pianesi, FBK-irst,
Italy, Email:
pianesi@fbk.eu
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