[iva] Second Call for Papers: 1st International Multimodal Communication Symposium 2023

[Multimodal Communication Symposium]

Dear colleagues,


Could you please help distribute the information below regarding the 2nd
CFP? Thank you very much in advance!


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***With apologies for multiple postings***


We are delighted to announce that the *1st International Multimodal
Communication Symposium (MMSYM 2023)*, which will take place in Barcelona
in April 2023 (27th-28th), has just issued a Call for Papers. The abstract
submissions are now open.


*Call for Papers: MMSYM 2023*

*1st International Multimodal Communication Symposium, April 27-28 2023,
Barcelona*


The *1st International Multimodal Communication Symposium (**MMSYM 2023)* will
be held from Thursday 27th to Friday 28th April 2023 at Universitat Pompeu
Fabra in Barcelona, Catalonia.



*MMSYM 2023* follows up on a tradition established by the Swedish Symposia
on Multimodal Communication held from 1997 until 2000, and continued by the
Nordic Symposia on Multimodal Communication held from 2003 to 2012. Since
2013, the symposium has acquired a broader European dimension, with
editions held in Malta (2013), Tartu (2014), Dublin (2015), Copenhagen
(2016), Bielefeld (2017), and Leuven (2019). To acknowledge its international
ambition, this year, the symposium in Barcelona has updated its name to *1st
International Multimodal Communication Symposium*.



The symposium is locally organized at Universitat Pompeu Fabra with the
support of the research groups collaborating within the GEHM network
(GEstures and Head Movements in Language,
https://cst.ku.dk/english/projects/gestures-and-head-movements-in-language-gehm/),
whose goal is to foster research into the way hand gestures and head
movements interact with speech in face-to-face and human-computer
multimodal communication.


We welcome works aimed at exploring different approaches to multimodal
communication, including research on multimodality in human communication
and/or in human-computer interaction. In addition, this year’s symposium has
a particular interest in three main research themes:

1) the language-specific characteristics of gesture-speech interaction

2) multimodal prominence

3) the conceptual and statistical modelling of multimodal contributions,
with particular regard to head movements and the use of gaze.



Therefore, we particularly encourage contributions dealing with––but not
limited to––the three topics described above.


The symposium will feature *keynote talks* by three confirmed invited
speakers:


   - *Alan Cienki*, Professor of Language Use & Cognition and English
   Linguistics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Website:
   https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/alan-cienki
   - *Jelena Krivokapić*, Associate Professor in Linguistics, University of
   Michigan. Website: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/jelenakrivokapic/
   - *Catherine Pelachaud*, Director of Research, Institute of Intelligent
   Systems and Robotics, Campus Pierre et Marie Curie, Sorbonne Université.
   Website: https://www.isir.upmc.fr/personnel/pelachaud/

*Abstract submission guidelines*


1)  Abstracts should be written in English and should not exceed 2 A4 pages
(max. 700 words) including examples, figures and references. The format
should comply with the MS Word model provided *here*:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Eyi9laqglihk7OmfFWv8QsEd1jqzYjIi/edit?rtpof=true&sd=true

2)  Add at least three keywords to your submission.

3)  Abstracts should be *anonymous* and submitted in pdf format. All
references to authors should be omitted for purposes of blind review.

4)  Authors may submit one abstract as first author and up to three
abstracts as a co-author.


Please use our *EasyChair* website for abstract submissions:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mmsym2023

Abstracts received after the deadline will not be considered. Accepted
abstracts will be allocated as either oral talk or poster
presentation, and will
be published in the book of abstracts.



*Abstract submission*: September 30, 2022

*Notification of acceptance*: approximately December 15, 2022


For more information, please visit the symposium website at
http://mmsym.org/

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at
mmsym2023 at gmail.com


*Local organizing committee:*

Pilar Prieto (coordinator)

Florence Baills

Júlia Florit-Pons

Celia Gorba

Sara Muñoz

Mariia Pronina

Patrick Rohrer

Ïo Valls

Ingrid Vilà-Giménez

Xiaotong Xi

Ting Yao

Yuan Zhang


*Program committee:*

Patrizia Paggio (coordinator, University of Copenhagen)

Jens Edlund (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm)

Marianne Gullberg (Lund University)

David House (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm)

Maria Koutsombogera (Trinity College Dublin)

Pilar Prieto (ICREA-Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Carl Vogel (Trinity College Dublin)

Margaret Zellers (Kiel University)



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Please feel free to share the call with your colleagues/networks.


Best wishes,

The MMSYM 2023 Organizing Committee

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*The MMSYM 2023 Organizing Committee*
*Website*: mmsym.org
*Email*: mmsym2023 at gmail.com
*Twitter*: @MMSYM2023 <https://twitter.com/mmsym2023>
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