Call for Papers IEEE Transactions Multimedia Special Issue on Multimodal Interfaces and Applications There has been a growing interest in the use of multimodal techniques in human-computer interaction in order to achieve natural humanistic computing. In natural computing, it is important to have integration of different types of modalities (e.g., speech, video, EEG). In this special issue we will address how human-computer interaction can be improved to the point where people will communicate with computers in a natural way, in a style similar to their day-to-day interaction with the real world. Research in multimodal human-computer interfaces may be particularly apt to overcome some of the limitations we are still facing today. This is because multimodal interaction addresses all human senses and enables a wide variety of human articulation to be part of the interface. In this special issue, we will concentrate on novel algorithms for fusion of multimodal signals, as well as applications of multimodal user interfaces. Potential topics include (but not limited to): - Novel techniques or algorithms for multimodal data fusion - Review of multimodal interfaces, 3D interaction techniques, technological barriers of intuitive interfaces - Innovative and collaborative Interfaces (e.g., brain signals, retinal displays, sensory technology, and tele-immersion) - Application in speech (combining acoustic + visual cues for recognition; visual text-to-speech synthesis) - Mobile and wearable computing interfaces in ubiquitous computing - Synthetic characters, human modeling and simulation, conversational agents in the context of multimodal user interfaces - Human factors and social implications - Entertainment and media applications of multimodal user interfaces. Please send six (6) copies of full papers (following the same format as required by IEEE Transactions Multimedia) for peer review to either one of the guest editors, whose names and addresses are listed below. Alternatively, the authors can submit the paper electronically following the instructions in http://tmm-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com . Please enter "Special Issue" in the keywords, followed by the title of the special issue. Submission Deadline: September 30, 2002 Complete First Review: January 31, 2003 Complete Second Review: March 30, 2003 Final Manuscript to IEEE: April 30, 2003