- From: Kazuyuki Ashimura <ashimura@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:52:06 +0900
- To: www-voice <www-voice@w3.org>, www-multimodal@w3.org
Hi www-voice and www-multimodal, Due to requests from several paper submitters, the Program Committee of the W3C Workshop on Conversational Applications [1] has decided to extend the deadline to send position papers until 30 April 2010. To participate in the Workshop, please submit a position paper (either as an individual or organization) to <team-convapps-ws-submit@w3.org> by 11:59 EDT on 30 April 2010. To help with planning, please let us know as soon as possible if you are interested in attending by sending the following information to <team-convapps-ws-submit@w3.org>: * that a representative from your organization plans to submit a position paper * how many participants you want to send to the workshop (either one or two) * whether or not you wish to make a presentation during the workshop For any additional questions, please contact me at <ashimura@w3.org>. [1] http://www.w3.org/2010/02/convapps/cfp Regards, Kazuyuki Ashimura Kazuyuki Ashimura wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd like to remind you all that the position paper due for the > Conversational Applications Workshop is April 16. The Workshop will > be held in Somerset, NJ, US on June 18-19. > > The CfP is available at: > http://www.w3.org/2010/02/convapps/cfp.html > > If you are interested but would like some more time for submitting > your paper, please let me know as soon as possible. > > Thanks, > > Kazuyuki > > > Kazuyuki Ashimura wrote: >> The Call for Participation for the Workshop on Conversational >> Applications is fixed and available at: >> >> http://www.w3.org/2010/02/convapps/cfp.html >> >> Also the deadline to send position papers is extended to April 16. To >> participate in the Workshop, please submit a position paper (either as >> an individual or organization) to <team-convapps-ws-submit@w3.org> by >> *** 11:59 EDT on 16 April 2010 ***. >> >> The Workshop will be held in Somerset, NJ, US, hosted by Openstream. >> >> Important dates and deadlines for this Workshop are: >> * Workshop dates: 18 and 19 June 2010 >> * Position papers due: 16 April 2010 (paper due extended!) >> * Final agenda: 1 May 2010 >> * Registration closes: 4 June 2010 >> >> Registration details and information about expected audience are in >> the Call for Participation. >> >> Please note: >> * To ensure maximum diversity, the number of participants per >> organization will be limited. >> * W3C membership is not required to participate in this workshop. >> * Workshop sessions and documents will be in English. >> * Attendees are required to submit a position paper. >> >> The Workshop will be organized by the workshop organizing committee >> including James A. Larson, Deborah Dahl, Daniel C. Burnett and >> Kazuyuki Ashimura. >> >> Workshop Goals >> -------------- >> >> The goal of the workshop is to understand the limitations of the >> current W3C language model in order to develop a more comprehensive >> model. We plan to collect and analyze use cases and prioritize >> requirements that ultimately will be used to identify improvements to >> the W3C language model. Just as W3C developed SSML 1.1 to broaden the >> languages for which SSML is useful, this effort will result in >> improved support for language capabilities that are unsupported today. >> >> The main outcome of the workshop will be the publication of a document >> that will serve as a guide for improving the W3C language model. >> >> Scope of the Workshop >> --------------------- >> >> Submissions must describe (1) requirements and use cases for improving >> W3C standards for conversational interaction and (2) how the use cases >> justify one or more of these topics: >> >> * Formal notations for representing grammar in: Syntax, Morphology, >> Phonology, Prosodics >> >> * Engine standards for improvement in processing: Syntax, Morphology, >> Phonology, Lexicography >> >> * Lexicography standards for: parts-of-speech, grammatical features >> and polysemy >> >> * Formal semantic representation of human language including: verbal >> tense, aspect, valency, plurality, pronouns, adverbs, etc. >> >> * Efficient data structures for binary representation and passing of: >> parse trees, alternate lexical/morphologic analysis, alternate >> phonologic analysis >> >> * Other suggested areas or improvements for standards based >> conversational systems development >> >> Contact Information >> ------------------- >> >> The W3C contact is Kazuyuki Ashimura. >> email: ashimura@w3.org >> voice: +81.466.49.1170 >> fax: +81.466.49.1171 >> >> Kazuyuki Ashimura >> W3C Multimodal Interaction & Voice Browser Activity Lead >> >> >> Kazuyuki Ashimura wrote: >>> The W3C Voice Browser Working Group and the Multimodal Interaction >>> Working Group will collaboratively hold the Workshop on Conversational >>> Applications to be held on June 18-19 2010 in Somerset, NJ, USA hosted >>> by Openstream. >>> >>> There is currently an increasing need for new capabilities of the >>> human language model to support sophisticated conversational >>> applications. The goal of the Workshop is to understand the >>> limitations of the current W3C language model (e.g. SRGS [1], SISR [2] >>> and PLS [3]) in order to develop a more comprehensive one. We plan to >>> collect and analyze use cases and prioritize requirements that >>> ultimately will improve support for language capabilities that are >>> unsupported today. >>> >>> To participate in the workshop, you must submit a short (1-3 page) >>> position paper on one of the topics listed in the call for >>> participation (http://www.w3.org/2010/02/convapps/cfp) to >>> <team-convapps-ws-submit@w3.org> before 2 April 2010. >>> The workshop is open to both W3C and non-W3C members. >>> >>> Note: The above call for participation is still a draft, but few >>> changes are expected before the official announcement, anticipated >>> early March. So please start to consider topics for position papers >>> and submit your papers. If you have questions, please contact me at >>> <ashimura@w3.org>. >>> >>> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-grammar/ >>> [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/semantic-interpretation/ >>> [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/pronunciation-lexicon/ >>> >>> Kazuyuki Ashimura >>> Multimodal Interaction & Voice Browser Activity Lead >>> >> > -- Kazuyuki Ashimura / W3C Multimodal & Voice Activity Lead mailto: ashimura@w3.org voice: +81.466.49.1170 / fax: +81.466.49.1171
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