河原 達也
			京都大学 情報学研究科 教授
			(総合研究７号館4F; 075-753-5376)

井上さん 昼間に標記のCFPをSIDIALのMLに配信しましたが、配信されたでしょうか。 URLを入れるのを忘れていましたので、下記再送してもらえますか。 河原 達也 京都大学 情報学研究科 教授 (総合研究７号館4F; 075-753-5376) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop on Spoken Dialogue Systems for Cybernetic Avatars (SDS4CA) http://www.sap.ist.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/seminar/sds4ca/ Date: September 17, 2024 (Tuesday) Afternoon Venue: Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Workshop of SIGDIAL 2024 Sponsor: JST Moonshot R&D Program: Avatar-Symbiotic Society Background: Spoken dialogue systems (SDS) have made dramatic advances thanks to improved speech technology and large language models. However, they still have limitations; Purely autonomous systems might be out of control and produce unexpected responses and actions. Meanwhile, avatars have become prevailing in online communications since the pandemic. They enable us to play a particular role (e.g., civil servant or salesperson) while staying in distant places such as home. A hybrid of avatars with AI and robotics, called cybernetic avatars (CA), will further expand the possibility by breaking the physical and temporal constraints and handicaps. A hybrid of avatars and spoken dialogue systems is expected to complement each other and provide human-level services to many people in parallel and simultaneously. The interface can be either a robot or a CG-based avatar. The workshop focuses on this new area of spoken dialogue technology for cybernetic avatars, which is sponsored by the Moonshot Research and Development Program in Japan. Topic: The workshop features the emergent framework of cybernetic avatars, a hybrid of avatars with AI and robotics, focusing on spoken dialogue technology. Specifically, it addresses the following topics: Spoken dialogue technology for humanoid robots and avatars Applications of conversational robots and avatars Ethical issues in avatars and AI-based dialogue services Keynote Speakers: Hiroshi Ishiguro (Osaka University) Yukiko Nakano (Seikei University) Pascale Fung (HKUST) Organizers: Tatsuya Kawahara (Kyoto University) Ryuichiro Higashinaka (Nagoya University) Kazunori Komatani (Osaka University) Call for Presentations (oral/poster): Please submit your presentation proposal with one-page abstract at the submission link placed in the webpage. http://www.sap.ist.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/seminar/sds4ca/ The abstract must contain the title, authors' information (name, affiliation, and email address), along with several keywords. There is no fixed format but it is expected to be around 400 words long. We will not publish proceedings of this workshop. So you don't have to write a full paper but prepare presentation only. Schedule: Submission deadline: July 26, 2024 Notification of acceptance: August 2, 2024 Contact: Tatsuya Kawahara (Kyoto University) E-mail: kawahara@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp