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