FINAL CALL for PAPERS: Deadline Extended! The First International Workshop on Intercultural Collaboration IWIC 2007 January 25-26, 2007 Kyoto University Clock Tower International Conference Hall, Japan http://langrid.nict.go.jp/iwic2007/ Program Co-Chairs Toru Ishida (Kyoto University, Japan) Susan R. Fussell (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Piek TJM Vossen(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands) The main theme of this workshop is intercultural collaboration, from both technical and socio-cultural perspectives. Topics will include collaboration support (such as natural language processing, Web, and Internet technologies), social psychological analyses of intercultural interaction, and case studies from activists working to increase mutual understanding in our multicultural world. Submissions will be considered for papers, panels, demonstrations, and posters. 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) Wolfgang Wahlster (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence) Important Dates: Deadline Extended Deadline for abstracts: September 8th, 2006 Deadline for papers, panels, posters and demos: September 22nd, 2006 Author notification: November 6th, 2006 Deadline for camera ready papers: December 1st, 2006 For further information, please contact iwic2007@khn.nict.go.jp.
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