Dear list, Due to a number of requests, we have extended the submission deadline for IWSDS2024. We look forward to receiving your submissions. Sponsors are also still being sought:) -- Call for Papers -------------------------------- https://sites.google.com/grp.riken.jp/iwsds2024 The International Workshop on Spoken Dialogue Systems Technology (IWSDS) 2024 will invite paper submissions. IWSDS 2024 will be held March 4-6, 2024 in Sapporo, Japan. IWSDS 2024 will be a primarily in person event with a hybrid component for those who cannot travel to Japan. We especially invite paper submissions on the following topics: - User engagement and emotion in dialogue systems - Proactive, anticipatory, or incremental interaction - Use of humor and metaphors in dialogue systems - Multimodal and situated dialogue systems - Companions and personal assistant dialogue systems - Educational and healthcare applications - Big data and large scale dialogue systems - Digital resources for interactive dialogue management - Domain transfer and adaptation techniques for dialogue systems - Dialogue systems for low-resource languages - Multilingual dialogue systems - Dialogue system evaluation - Machine learning for dialogue systems - Interaction styles in dialogue systems However, submissions are not limited to these topics and we encourage you to submit papers in all areas of natural language dialogue systems. Categories of Submissions: - Long Research Papers: These are reserved for reports on mature original research results. The expected length of a long paper submission should be in the range of 8-13 pages of content, plus up to 3 pages for references. Final versions (after notification of acceptance) will be given 2 additional pages of content (8-15 pages of content) so that reviewers' comments can be taken into account but the number of pages for references will not change (up to 3 pages). - Short Research Papers: Authors may choose this category if they wish to report on smaller case studies or ongoing original research efforts. The expected length of a short paper submission should be in the range of 4-7 pages of content, plus up to 2 pages for references. Final versions (after notification of acceptance) will be given 1 additional page of content (4-8 pages of content) so that reviewers' comments can be taken into account but the number of pages for references will not change (up to 2 pages). - Position Papers: These deal with novel unexplored research ideas or viewpoints which describe trends or fruitful starting points for future research and elicit discussion. The expected length of a position paper submission should be 2 pages of content, plus up to 2 pages for references. Final versions (after notification of acceptance) will be given 1 additional page of content (2-3 pages of content) so that reviewers' comments can be taken into account but the number of pages for references will not change (up to 2 pages). - Demo Submissions – System Papers: Authors who wish to demonstrate their system may choose this category and provide a description of their system and demo. The expected length of a demo/system paper submission should be up to 5 pages of content, plus up to 2 pages for references. Final versions (after notification of acceptance) will be given 1 additional page of content (up to 6 pages of content) so that reviewers' comments can be taken into account but the number of pages for references will not change (up to 2 pages). As usual, a selection of accepted papers will be published in post-workshop proceedings. We welcome demonstrations from the authors of long and short papers which can be shown during the demo session. At the submission time, you will have an option to indicate whether the paper will be accompanied by a demonstration. Submission: Authors of all papers (including papers submitted to the special sessions) are requested to submit PDF files of their manuscripts using the IWSDS 2024 paper submission system. Submission system: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/IWSDS2024 Important Dates: Paper Title, Author, and Abstract Submission: November 10th → November 17th Paper Submission: November 17th → November 20th Best regards, IWSDS2024 organizers -- Koichiro Yoshino, Ph.D. <koichiro.yoshino@riken.jp> PI, Knowledge Acquisition & Dialogue Team, GRP, R-IH, RIKEN Professor, Intelligent Robot Dialogue Laboratory, NAIST -- Koichiro Yoshino, Ph.D. Professor, Intelligent Robot Dialogue Laboratory Nara Institute of Science and Technology