ingrid zukerman irqtywvudfghuzinfotechmonasheduau apologies multiple postings twentieth international joint conference artificial intelligence january 8 2007 5th ijcai workshop knowledge reasoning practical dialogue systems deadline september 25 2006 description workshop workshop knowledge reasoning practical dialogue systems focus dialogue systems robots virtual humans encourage submission papers presenting successful adaptive dialogue systems well papers potential drawbacks challenges topics addressed workshop include limited following especially context dialogue systems robots virtual humans methods design development dialogue systems extra constraints resources dialogue system robots virtual humans might present speech text dialogue system even traditional multimodal interface dialogue management strategies nonverbal behavior representation language resources dialogue systems role ontologies dialogue systems robots virtual humans understanding generation spatial language using visual representations evaluation dialogue systems evaluate techniques algorithms adaptivity dialogue systems various levels eg interpretation dialogue strategy generation robustness handle unpredictability architectures frameworks adaptive dialogue systems requirements methods development related architecture fifth workshop knowledge reasoning practical dialogue systems first workshop organised ijcai99 stockholm second workshop took place ijcai2001 seattle third workshop held ijcai2003 acapulco fourth held ijcai2005 edinburgh attend workshop aims bringing together researchers practitioners work development communication models support robust efficient interaction natural language commercial dialogue systems basic research interest also anyone studying dialogue multimodal interfaces coordinate different information sources involves theoretical well practical research eg empirical evaluations usability formalization dialogue phenomena development intelligent interfaces various applications especially robotics virtual reality workshop encourage participation system builders theoretically oriented researchers thus creating forum discussion across vocational disciplinary borders taking practical applications implemented dialogue systems point departure emphasize potential contributions theoretical empirical research applications best testbeds evaluating usefulness originality theories ideas workshop format workshop kept small maximum 40 participants preference given active participants selected basis submitted papers paper given ample time discussion customary conference said encourage contributions critical comparative nature provide fuel discussion also invite people share experiences implementing coordinating knowledge modules dialogue systems integrating dialogue components applications submission instructions potential participants invited submit papers topics outlined submissions may following types regular papers papers length 48 pages regular presentation short papers brief results position papers length 4 pages brief panel presentation extended papers extra details system architecture background theory data presentation 12 pages regular presentation papers include authors names affiliation full references anonymous submission papers formatted according ijcai07 formats formatting guidelines pdf format ijcai07_formatpdf formatting guidelines word template ijcai07_formatdot formatting guidelines latex sources ijcai07_format_latextar guidelines generating pdf files papers submitted web registering following address httpwwweasychairorgkrpd07 accepted papers published workshop proceedings distributed participant note participants expected register main ijcai conference addition workshop important dates deadlines initial submission september 25 2006 notification october 23 2006 final workshop notes submission november 10 2006 workshop january 8th 2007 organizing committee david traum chair institute creative technologies university southern california 13274 fiji way marina del rey ca 90405 usa tel 1 310 5745729 fax 1 310 5745725 email rmfdqictuscedu jan alexandersson cochair german research center artificial intelligence dfki gmbh stuhlsatzenhausweg 3 d66 123 saarbruecken tel 496813025347 fax 496813025341 email klrqyahvehukrempdfkide arne jonsson cochair department computer information science linkoping university s581 83 linkoping sweden tel 46 13 281717 fax 46 13 142231 email oxysfidaliuse ingrid zukerman cochair faculty information technology monash university clayton victoria 3800 australia tel 61 3 99055202 fax 61 3 99055146 email ibzstdcssemonasheduau program committee jens allwood sweden elisabeth andre germany johan bos italy sandra carberry usa justine cassell usa joakim gustafson sweden yasuhiro katagiri japan susann luperfoy usa yosuke matsusaka japan anton nijholt netherlands tim paek usa candace sidner usa ipke wachsmuth germany thu 07 aug 2008 171711 1000 uai cfp ijcai workshop knowledge reasoning dialogue systems