Details of program

 

Updated: 17/5/07

June 15 (Fri.) Technical Session

10:00 - 12:00 Session 3: Information Analysis (Garden Room)
      Chair : Takashi Matsuyama (NICT)
     
  (Invited Talk) Info-plosion
    Masaru Kitsuregawa, The University of Tokyo
  Information Credibility Criteria Project
    Sadao Kurohashi, NICT
  (Invited Talk) Developing a Chatbot with Knowledge Mined from
      Online Forums and User Logs
    Ming Zhou, MSRA, China
  Automatic Acquisition of Linguistic Knowledge for Precise
     Natural Language Analysis
    Daisuke Kawahara, NICT
   
  Session 4: Dialogue (Drawing Room)
    Chair : Hideki Kashioka, NICT
     
  (Invited Talk) Dimensions of Dialogue
    Takenobu Tokunaga, Tokyo Institute of Tech.
  (Invited Talk) Liveliness of Spoken Dialog Systems 
      --- Considering Response Timing and Prosodic Synchrony ---
    Norihide Kitaoka, Nagoya University
  (Invited Talk) Interval-Based Hybrid Dynamical System for Modeling
      Multimedia Timing Structures
    Hiroaki Kawashima, Kyoto University
  (Invited Talk) Aspects of Information State for Dialogue with Virtual
      Humans
    David Traum, USC Institute for Creative Technologies, USA
  Learning Human-Machine Conversations
    Naoto Iwahashi, NICT
   
  Session 5: HD & 3D Images 1 (Regency II)
      Chair: Kiyoharu Aizawa, The Univ. of Tokyo
     
  (Invited Talk) High-Performance Imaging Using Large Camera Arrays
    Bennett Wilburn, Microsoft Research Asia
  (Invited Talk) Interactive Stereoscopic Display for Multiple Users and
      its Applications
    Fumio Kishino, Yoshifumi Kitamura,Osaka University
  (Invited Talk) Research on Natural 3D Display
    Yasuhiro Takagi, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Tech.
  (Invited Talk) 4K Digital Cinema and its Alternative Network Aapplications
    Tetsuro Fujii, NTT Network Innovation Laboratories
  (Invited Talk) An Approach to Super High-Vision
    Yuji Nojiri, NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories
   
  Session 6: Virtual Reality (Regency I)
    Chair: Michitaka Hirose, University of Tokyo
     
  (Invited Talk) Emerging from the CAVE: Collaboration in Ultra High
      Resolution Environments
    Jason Leigh, University of Illinois, USA
  (Invited Talk) Embodied Media and Mixed Reality for Social and
      Physical Interactive Communication and Entertainment
    Adrian David Cheok, National University of Singapore
  (Invited Talk) 3D Collaboration using Mixed Reality Technology
    Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, Osaka University
  (Invited Talk) Creating Haptic Virtual Reality
    Yasushi Ikei, Tokyo Metropolitan University
  (Invited Talk) Olfactory Display: Using Odor in Real and Virtual
      Environment
    Tomohiro Tanikawa, University of Tokyo
       
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
       
13:30 - 15:30 Session 7: Language Resource (Garden Room)
    Chair: Kiyotaka Uchimoto, NICT
     
  (Invited Talk) Japanese Activities on Sharing Speech and Text Corpora
    Shuichi Itahashi, National Institute of Informatics
  (Invited Talk) Oriental-COCOSDA―Language Resource Efforts of
      the Greater Asian Region
    Chiu-yu Tseng, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
  (Invited Talk) The Three Benefits of Resource-Centered Linguistic
      Research and Development
    Mark Liberman, Linguistic Data Consortium,
    University of Pennsylvania, USA
  (Invited Talk) Need of Language Resources for Language
      Technologies and thus for Universal Communication
    Khalid Choukri, European Language Resources Association,
    France
   
  Session 8: Knowledge Processing of Multimedia Information
(Drawing Room)
    Chair: Yasushi Kiyoki, NICT
     
  (Invited Talk) Software Architectures and the Architecture of
      Long-Distance Knowledge Sharing, Analysis and
      Delivery Platform
    Hannu Jaakkola, Tampere University of Tech., Finland
  (Invited Talk) A Preliminary Study of a Networks Connection between
      NICT and Indonesian Higher Education Network for
      Developing Global Disaster Management in Indonesia
    Dadet Pramadihanto, Institute Tecknologi Supuluh Nepember,
    Indonesia
  (Invited Talk) Relations to Knowledge DB and Sensor Data Collection
      and Analysis for Tsunami Warning
    Kouhei Arai, Saga University
  Global Knowledge Grid: An Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing and
     Analysis – Towards Knowledge Management Based on Harnessing
     Collective Intelligence on the Web – (tentative)
    Kouji Zettsu, NICT
   
  Session 9: Universal Cities 1 (Regency III)
      Chair: Kentaro Kayama, NICT
     
  (Invited Talk) Creating Converged Digital Lifestyles
    Shinya Nakagawa, Mobile Telecommunications, HP labs.
  (Invited Talk) The Background and Current State of U-City in Korea
    Hyunbae Han, Korea Telecom, Korea
  (Invited Talk) Field Mining: An Attempt to Reconstruct Relations between
      Human, Objects, and Environment
    Naohiro Matsumura, Osaka University
  Sensing Human Activities and Environment for Creating Knowledge Cycle
    Rieko Kadobayashi, NICT
   
  Session 10: HD & 3D Images 2 (Regency II)
      Chair: Yasuhiro Takagi, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
     
  (Invited Talk) 3D Image Research Status and Planning in ITRI/Taiwan
    Chao-Hsu Tsai, Industrial Technology Research Institute
    (ITRI), Taiwan
  (Invited Talk) 3D Image Activities in Japan
    Toshio Honda, Chiba University
  (Invited Talk) 3D Video Compression
    Kiyoharu Aizawa, The University of Tokyo
  3D Image Reproduction by Electronic Holography
    Tomoyuki Mishina, NICT
   
  Session 11: Human Factors (Regency I)
      Chair: Takashi Kawai, Waseda University
     
  (Invited Talk) Visual Fatigue Caused by Viewing Stereoscopic Images
      and Mechanism of Accommodation Control System
    Kazuhiko Ukai, Waseda University
  (Invited Talk) 3D Displays: The Role of Focus Cues on Perceived
      Depth and Viewer Fatigue
    Martin S. Banks, University of California, USA
  (Invited Talk) Evaluation of Stereoscopic Image Quality Experience
    Jukka Häkkinen, University of Helsinki and Nokia Research Center,
    Finland
  (Invited Talk) On Child-Artifacts Interactions: Towards a Future Media
      Environment
    Kazuo Hiraki, The University of Tokyo
  (Invited Talk) Cognitive Sciences toward Universal Communication
    Katsumi Watanabe, The University of Tokyo
   
15:30 - 16:00 Break
   
16:00 - 18:00 Session 12: Multilingual Information Processing (Garden Room)
      Chair: Hitoshi Isahara, NICT
     
  Inducing Useful Alignments from Noisy Parallel Corpora
    Masao Uchiyama, NICT
  (Invited Talk) Catalyzing Semantic Inference using Inferential Selectional
      Preferences
    Patrick Pantel, USC/ISI, USA
  Language Grid for Intercultural Collaboration
    Toru Ishida, NICT
  (Invited Talk) Ontology Driven Infrastructure for Interoperable
      Language Resources and Systems
    Thierry Declerck, DFKI, Germany
   
  Session 13: Technology and Resources for Asian Spoken Language
(Drawing Room)
      Chair: Eiichiro Sumita, NICT
     
  (Invited Talk) Roadmap of Indonesian Speech to Speech Translation
      Research
    Hammam Riza, BPPT, Indonesia
  (Invited Talk) Interactive Speech Translation based on Dialogue
      Management
    Bo Xu, CAS, China
  (Invited Talk) Efforts on Development of Resources and Technology for
      Indian Languages.
    Shyam Sunder AGRAWAL, C-DAC, India
  (Invited Talk) Automatic Speech Translation related Research
      Activities in ETRI: Current Status and Future Plan
    Jun Park, ETRI, Korea
  (Invited Talk) Toward Thai-English Speech Translation
    Chai Wutiwiwatchai, NECTEC, Thailand
   
  Session 14: Information Credibility Criteria (Regency I)
      Chair: Sadao Kurohashi, NICT
     
  (Invited Talk) Finding out Who Knows about It
    Hang Li, Microsoft Research Asia, China
  (Invited Talk) ITI (Information Trust Infrastructure) Framework
    Noboru Sonehara and Katsuya Watanabe, National Institute of
    Informatics
  Evaluation Data and Prototype System WISDOM for Information
     Credibility Analysis
    Hisashi Miyamori, NICT
  Classifying Information Sender of Web Documents
    Yoshikiyo Kato, NICT
   
  Session 15: Universal Cities 2 (Regency III)
      Chair: Yasuo Tan, NICT
     
  (Invited Talk) New Interface Design for Human Experience and Expression
    Sidney Fels, The University of British Columbia, Canada
  (Invited Talk) Ubiquitous Networking Based on Two Dimensional
      Signal Transmission Technology
    Hiroyuki Shinoda, The University of Tokyo
  (Invited Talk) Interactions for the Active Home at the Digital Media Lab.
    Minsoo Hahn, ICU, Korea
  Communication and Ubicomp Infrastructure for Universal City
    Yasuo Tan, Bing Zhang, Tetsuya Fujii, Yoichi Kado, Azman Osman Lim, Kiyohiko Hattori, Teng Rui, and Tatsuya Yamazaki, NICT
   
  Session 16: Hyper-Realistic Sound (Regency II)
      Chair: Yôiti Suzuki, Tohoku University
     
  (Invited Talk) Wearware, Whereware, and Awareware:
      Mobile Interfaces for Location-Based Services and Presence
    Michael Cohen (The University of Aizu)
  (Invited Talk) Augmented Audio Rendering for
      Ultra-Realistic Telecommunication
    William L. Martens, Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Canada
  (Invited Talk) Microphone Signal Processing for
      "Ubiquitous" Speech Interfaces
    Masato Miyoshi and Keisuke Kinoshita, NTT Cyber Space Laboratories
  (Invited Talk) Advanced Multichannel Live Sound System with
      Superior Impression of Presence and Reality
    Akio Ando, NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories
  (Invited Talk) An Attempt of Sound Field Sharing System for Profound
      Communication
    Shiro Ise and Masahiro Toyoda, Kyoto Univ., Seigo Enomoto, ATR,
and Satoshi Nakamura, NICT