Following the success of the previous three conferences held in 1996, 1999 and 2000, the fourth International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces (ICMI'2002) will be held in Pittsburgh, 14-16 October 2002. ICMI'02 brings together multimodal interface researchers, developers and end-users together to present, demonstrate and discuss their latest work. It will also provide those interested in multimodal interfaces a unique opportunity to keep abreast with the latest development in this increasingly important subject. Multimodal interfaces represent an emerging interdisciplinary research direction, involving spoken language understanding, natural language understanding, image processing, computer vision, pattern recognition, experimental psychology, etc. They aim at efficient, convenient and natural interaction and communication between computers and human users. Multimodal interfaces will ultimately enable users to interact with computers using their everyday skills. Papers describing original work on all aspects of multimodal interfaces are solicited. Topics include but are not limited to the following: * Perceptual computing models and systems * Speech recognition and synthesis * Character and handwriting recognition * Hand gesture and lip-motion recognition * Gaze tracking, face detection and facial expression recognition * Machine translation and multilingual interfaces * Computer graphics for multimodal interfaces * Sensors for multimodal interfaces * Affective computing for HCI * Distributed HCI * Multimodal interfaces for the Internet and virtual reality * Multimodal interfaces for wearable and mobile computing * Multimodal interfaces for the disabled * Human factors in multimodal interfaces * Platforms and tools S u b m i s s i o n Papers must be written in English and should be no longer than 6 pages single spaced, and should use a font no smaller than 12-point. All printed material must follow the CS press specifications (http://www.computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm) . The title page should include the title of the paper, an abstract (200-300 words), a list of keywords, and the authors' contact details (postal and email addresses, fax and phone numbers). Electronic files should be in PDF or PostScript. Proposals for demonstrations can also be submitted. P u b l i c a t i o n Papers accepted for presentation at the Conference will be included in the Proceedings to be published by CS press. I m p o r t a n t D a t e s * 15 May 2002 Paper submission due Paper submission due * 30 June 2002 Notification of acceptance * 30 July 2002 Camera-ready manuscript due * 14-16 October 2002 Conference Q u e s t i o n s ? For further information, please consult the Conference Homepage: www.is.cs.cmu.edu/icmi or contact us: ICMI'02 secretariat / Céline Morel Interactive Systems lab NSH , 5000 Forbes ave Pittsburgh, PA 15224 USA Tel +1 412 268 5480 Fax +1 412 268 5578 celine@cs.cmu.edu C o n f e r e n c e . . H o m e p a g e http://www.is.cs.cmu.edu/icmi G e n e r a l C o - C h a i r s Alex Waibel (CMU, USA) Wen Gao (CAS, China)