workshop dialogue prosody call papers invited submit abstract plus title esca tutorial research workshop dialogue prosody eindhoven netherlands september 1 3 1999 http www tue nl ipo sli etrw html introduction ipo center research user system interaction eindhoven netherlands association eindhoven university technology tue european speech communication association esca pleased announce 3 day workshop dialogue prosody take place eindhoven area week eurospeech 99 anyone dealing theoretical empirical computational experimental approaches interplay dialogue prosody invited submit abstract specifically welcome contributions content directly relevant humancomputer interaction motivation spoken dialogue systems becoming sophisticated increasing demands placed way systems deal prosody generation system utterances processing user utterances one hand appropriate prosody may facilitate processing system utterances users dialogue system hand dialogue systems may profit taking consideration prosodic information user utterances different levels representation however experts area prosody always easy link work developments domain dialogue modelling whereas researchers working area dialogue modelling often rather naive respect prosodic modelling goal workshop bringing together researchers domains provide either group better view developments domain way stimulate progress format format workshop consist keynote presentations experts field dialogue prosody modelling combined oral poster presentations accepted papers presentations plenary contributions workshop published workshop proceedings consist 4 page cameraready papers additional result workshop organizers intend produce working document contain overview stateof theart open research questions position statements regarding theme dialogue prosody order maximize possibilities fruitful discussion number participants limited hundred priority wil given persons accepted papers firstcome firstserved basis topics questions domain could addressed workshop instance prosodic features user utterances help system improve performance respect asr speech understanding dialogue management turntaking backchanneling features extracted automatically made available right time prosodic features system utterances provided help user extract information conveyed system improve fluency interaction extent prosodic characteristics user utterances interactions dialogue systems different humanhuman interaction deal prosodic variability interactions humans machines instance due level expertise novices versus experts submission procedure researchers working domain invited email 400 words abstract plain ascii format together title affiliation keywords diapro ipo tue nl electronic submission possible please send 5 copies 1 page abstract ipo center research user system interaction etrw dialogue prosody p box 513 nl5600 mb eindhoven netherlands scientific committee gosta bruce sweden nick campbell japan carlos gussenhoven netherlands julia hirschberg usa daniel hirst france merle horne sweden jill house uk stephen isard uk johanna moore uk elmar noeth germany anton nijholt netherlands mari ostendorf usa thomas portele germany stephen pulman uk angelien sanderman netherlands elizabeth shriberg usa david traum usa gert veldhuijzen van zanten netherlands marilyn walker usa venue etrw dialogue prosody take place koningshof conference center located rural setting veldhoven close distance eindhoven www koningshof nl important dates january 15 1999 deadline submission title abstract march 1 1999 notification acceptance instruction authors information accommodation july 1 1999 deadline 4 page cameradyready paper early registration september 1 3 1999 etrw dialogue prosody information information please contact marc swerts swerts ipo tue nl jacques terken terken ipo tue nl updated information also available http www tue nl ipo sli etrw html