Gesture and Sign Language in Human-Computer Interaction and Embodied Communication
This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 9th International Gesture Workshop, GW 2011, held in Athens, Greece, in May 2011. The 24 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. They are ordered in five sections na
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LNAI Founding Series Editor Joerg Siekmann DFKI and Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Eleni Efthimiou Georgios Kouroupetroglou Stavroula-Evita Fotinea (Eds.)
Gesture and Sign Language in Human-Computer Interaction and Embodied Communication 9th International Gesture Workshop, GW 2011 Athens, Greece, May 25-27, 2011 Revised Selected Papers
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Series Editors Randy Goebel, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Jörg Siekmann, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany Wolfgang Wahlster, DFKI and University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany Volume Editors Eleni Efthimiou Stavroula-Evita Fotinea Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP) Athena RC - Research and Innovation Center in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies Artemidos 6 & Epidavrou, Maroussi, 15125 Athens, Greece E-mail: {eleni_e, evita}@ilsp.athena-innovation.gr Georgios Kouroupetroglou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Dep. of Informatics and Telecommunications, Speech and Accessibility Lab. Panepistimiopolis, Ilisia, 15784 Athens, Greece E-mail: [email protected]
ISSN 0302-9743 e-ISSN 1611-3349 ISBN 978-3-642-34181-6 e-ISBN 978-3-642-34182-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-34182-3 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2012951293 CR Subject Classification (1998): I.2, I.3.7, H.5.2, H.1.2, I.5.4, I.5, I.4 LNCS Sublibrary: SL 7 – Artificial Intelligence
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Preface
The 9th International Gesture Workshop, GW 2011, was held in Athens, Greece, May 25–27, 2011, and was hosted by the Institute for Language and Speech Processing / ATHENA R.C. and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The focus of this event was placed on the study of gestures and sign language in the framework of embodied communication and human-computer interaction, following the interdisciplinary tradition of Gesture Workshops since 1996. The wide range of topics covered and the number of high-quality presentations
