MMSYM 2023: 1st International Multimodal Communication Symposium Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona, Spain, April 27-28, 2023 |
Conference website | http://mmsym.org/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mmsym2023 |
The 1st International Symposium on Multimodal Communication, MMSYM 2023, aims to provide a multidisciplinary forum for researchers from different disciplines who study multimodality in human communication as well as in human-computer interaction. This 2023 edition of the MMSYM symposium is organised by the GrEP Research Group (Prosodic Studies Group), from the Department of Translation and Language Sciences of the University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, in conjunction with the GEHM research network (e.g., GEstures and Head Movements in Language) https://cst.ku.dk/english/projects/gestures-and-head-movements-in-language-gehm/.
The symposium 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, Estonia, Ireland, Denmark, Germany and Belgium. This year the symposium will be held in Spain for the first time and has a truly international ambition, hence the new name.
Topics
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:
- the language-specific characteristics of gesture-speech interaction
- multimodal prominence
- 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
Submission guidelines
- 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.
- Add at least three keywords to your submission.
- Abstracts should be anonymous and submitted in pdf format. All references to authors should be omitted for purposes of blind review.
- 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