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ADVANCE PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION FORMS
ASSETS '94
The First Annual International ACM/SIGCAPH
Conference on Assistive Technologies
October 31 - November 1, 1994
Doubletree Marina del Rey Hotel
Los Angeles, California
Sponsored by the ACM's Special Interest Group on Computers and the Physically
Handicapped, ASSETS '94 is the first of a new annual series of conferences
whose goal is to provide a forum where researchers and developers from academia
and industry can meet to exchange ideas and report on new developments relating
to computer-based systems to help people with impairments and disabilities of
all kinds.
This announcement includes 5 parts:
o ASSETS '94 Advance Program
o ASSETS '94 Registration Form
o Hotel and Travel Arrangement Information
o ACM / SIGCAPH Membership Application
o Who are the organizers of ASSETS '94?
If you have any questions or would Ephraim P. Glinert
like further information, please Dept. of Computer Science
contact the ASSETS '94 Program Chair: R. P. I.
Troy, NY 12180
E-mail: glinert@cs.rpi.edu
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ASSETS '94 ADVANCE PROGRAM
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SUN 10/30: 18:00-21:00 Registration
19:00-21:00 Reception
MON 10/31: 8:00-17:00 Registration
8:00- 9:00 Continental Breakfast
8:45- 9:00 Welcome to ASSETS '94!
9:00-10:00 Keynote I
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Papers I: Hearing Impairments
"Pattern Recognition and Synthesis for Sign Language
Translation System"
Masaru Ohki, Hirohiko Sagawa, Tomoko Sakiyama,
Eiji Oohira, Hisashi Ikeda and Hiromichi Fujisawa -
Hitachi (Japan)
"Multimedia Dictionary of American Sign Language"
Sherman Wilcox and Joanne Scheibman - University
New Mexico (USA)
Doug Wood - Brains Software (USA)
William C. Stokoe - Linstok Press (USA)
"A System for Teaching Speech to Profoundly Deaf
Children using Synthesized Acoustic and Articulatory
Patterns"
Elizabeth Keate, Hector Javkin, Norma
Antonanzas-Barroso and Ranjun Zou - Panasonic
Technologies (USA)
12:00-14:00 Lunch + SIGCAPH Business Meeting
14:00-15:00 Papers II: Augmentative Communication A
"Iconic Language Design for People with Significant
Speech and Multiple Impairments"
P. L. Albacete, S. K. Chang and G. Polese -
University of Pittsburgh (USA)
B. Baker - Semantic Compaction Systems (USA)
"The Application of Spatialization and Spatial
Metaphor to Augmentative and Alternative
Communication"
Patrick Demasco, U. Delaware (USA),
Alan F. Newell and John L. Arnott - University
of Dundee (UK)
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-17:30 Papers III: Vision Impairments A
"Screen Reader/2: Access to OS/2 and the Graphical
User Interface"
Jim Thatcher - IBM Research (USA)
"Providing Access to Graphical User Interfaces - Not
Graphical Screens"
W. Keith Edwards, Elizabeth D. Mynatt and Kathryn
Stockton - Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
"Increasing Access to Information for the Print
Disabled through Electronic Documents in SGML"
Bart Bauwens, Jan Engelen and Filip Evenepoel -
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
Tom Wesley and Chris Tobin - U. Bradford (UK)
"Interactive Audio Documents"
T. V. Raman, Digital Equipment Corporation (USA)
David Gries, Cornell (USA)
18:00-21:00 Buffet Dinner + Keynote II
21:00-22:00 ASSETS '95 Organizational Meeting
TUE 11/1: 8:00-12:00 Registration
8:00- 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:00 Papers IV: Motor Impairments
"An Overview of Programs and Projects at the
Rehabilitation Research and Development Center"
David L. Jaffe - Dept. of Veteran Affairs
Medical Center (USA)
"Using the Baby-Babble-Blanket for Infants with
Motor Problems: A Case Study"
Harriet J. Fell, Linda J. Ferrier, Hariklia Delta,
Regina Peterson, Zehra Mooraj and Megan Valleau -
Northeastern University (USA)
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Papers V: Vision Impairments B
"Personal Guidance System for the Visually Impaired"
Jack M. Loomis and Reginald G. Golledge -
University of California at Santa Barbara (USA)
Roberta L. Klatzky, Carnegie Mellon (USA)
Jon M. Speigle and Jerome Tietz - University of
California at Santa Barbara (USA)
"Hyperbraille: A Hypertext System for the Blind"
Thomas Kieninger and Norbert Kuhn - Deutsches
Forschungszentrum fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz
(Germany)
"Automatic Impact Sound Generation for use in
Nonvisual Interfaces"
Helmut Schauer - University of Zurich (Switzerland)
A. Darvishi, V. Guggiana, E. Munteanu, M. Motavalli
and M. Rauterberg - Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology/ETH (Switzerland)
12:00-14:00 Lunch + Panel (Elizabeth Mynatt, moderator)
14:00-15:00 Papers VI: Augmentative Communication B
"A Writing Tool for Physically Disabled Individuals:
Lexical Semantics for Filling in the Pieces"
Kathleen F. McCoy, Patrick W. Demasco, Mark A.
Jones, Christopher A. Pennington, Peter B.
Vanderheyden and Wendy M. Zickus - University of
Delaware (USA)
"Validation of a Keystroke-Level Model for a Text
Entry System Used by People with Disabilities"
Heidi H. Koester and Simon P. Levine - University
of Michigan (USA)
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-17:30 Papers VII: New Directions and Work-in-Progress
"An Experimental Sound-Based Hierarchical Menu
Navigation System for Visually Handicapped Use of
Graphical User Interfaces"
Arthur I. Karshmer, Pres Brawner and George
Reiswig - New Mexico State University (USA)
"A Rule-Based System that Suggests Computer
Adaptations for Users with Special Needs"
William W. McMillan, Michael Zeiger and Lech
Wisniewski - Eastern Michigan University (USA)
"LVRS: The Low Vision Research System"
Mitchell Krell, University of Southern
Mississippi (USA)
"EEG as a Means of Communication: Preliminary
Experiments in EEG Analysis using Neural Networks"
Charles W. Anderson, Saikumar V. Devulapalli and
Erik Stolz - Colorado State University (USA)
"Audio Formatting of a Graph"
Sophie H. Zhang and Mukkai Krishnamoorthy -
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA)
"Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and
Technology (DO-IT) on the Electronic Highway"
Sheryl Bergstahler and Dan Comden - University of
Washington (USA)
17:30 Close
ASSETS '94 REGISTRATION FORM #############################################
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This form is 2 pages long. Please print it out, complete both pages and mail
it WITH FULL PAYMENT to:
Ephraim P. Glinert, ASSETS '94
Dept. of Computer Science
R. P. I.
Troy, NY 12180
We're sorry, but e-mail registration forms and/or forms not accompanied by
full payment (check or credit card information) CANNOT be accepted.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES
EARLY LATE / ON-SITE
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ACM member: $ 395 $ 475
Nonmember: $ 580 $ 660
Full time student: $ 220 $ 270
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1: CONFERENCE REGISTRATION (from the table): $ ___________
2: EXTRA RECEPTION TICKET (Monday, Oct. 31): $ 40 ___YES ___NO
3: EXTRA COPY OF THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS: $ 30 ___YES ___NO
TOTAL AMOUNT DUE: $ ___________
NOTES:
o Registration fee includes: ADMISSION to all sessions, one copy of the
conference PROCEEDINGS, and MEALS as indicated in the program above.
o To qualify for the EARLY rate, your registration must be postmarked on
or before FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1994. If you are an ACM MEMBER, please
supply your ID# __________________ (OR use the membership application
below to join ACM and SIGCAPH today!). STUDENTS, please attach a clear
photocopy of your valid student ID.
o CANCELLATIONS will be accepted up to FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1994 subject
to a 20% handling fee.
ASSETS '94 REGISTRATION FORM (continued)
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PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Name __________________________________________________________________________
Affiliation ___________________________________________________________________
Address _______________________________________________________________________
City _______________________________ State/Province __________________________
Country __________________________________ Zip/Postal Code ___________________
E-mail ___________________________________ Telephone _________________________
***I have a disability for which I require special accommodation ___YES ___NO
If YES, please attach a separate sheet with details. Thank you!
PAYMENT INFORMATION:
___CHECK in U.S. funds enclosed, made payable to "ACM ASSETS '94"
___Please charge $ ___________ to my CREDIT CARD:
Card type: ___AMEX ___VISA ___MasterCard
Card # _______________________________________ Expiration Date ___________
Name On Card ______________________________________________________________
Billing Address ___________________________________________________________
Cardholder Signature _______________________________________ (ASSETS '94)
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HOTEL AND TRAVEL ARRANGEMENT INFORMATION
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All conference events will take place at the Doubletree hotel in Marina del Rey
(the precise address is 4100 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey CA 90292). The hotel
is located just a few minutes from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
A block of rooms for attendees of ASSETS '94 has been set aside at a special
discounted rate of $86 per night (single or double), plus applicable taxes. To
reserve space at this price, please call the hotel directly BEFORE OCTOBER 9
at (800) 353 6664 toll free, or (310) 301 3000, and refer to "ACM ASSETS '94".
BIRKMAYER TRAVEL, the official travel agency for ASSETS '94, is offering
discounted airfares to attendees on United, Delta and USAir. The terms vary
for each airline, but in general discounts of up to 50% and more are
available, and no Saturday night stay is required. Please note that the
reduced fares apply only to travel within the continental United States or
originating in Canada, that all prices are subject to change without notice,
and fares are guaranteed only after tickets are actually purchased. Space is
limited, and some restrictions apply. Please call Birkmayer Travel directly
during normal East Coast business hours for further information/reservations:
Birkmayer Travel, Inc.
2 Third Street
Troy, NY 12180
Tel. (800) 338 5735 (continental U.S. and Canada)
(518) 272 2650 (New York State and international)
(518) 272 7257 (fax)
Special discounted rates have also been arranged with HERTZ for attendees who
wish to rent a car. For more information or to make reservations, just call
Hertz Conference Services at 1 (800) 654 2240 and mention CV# 13646
(international attendees please contact your local Hertz office with this
information).
ACM / SIGCAPH MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
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USE THIS 2-PAGE FORM TO JOIN ACM + SIGCAPH TODAY AND SAVE ON CONFERENCE FEES!
Please mark the appropriate box(es) and indicate total:
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___ACM Student Member Dues $25 (___Expedited Air Option: $32)
___Add SIGCAPH to ACM Membership $15 (___Expedited Air Option: $3)
___Add SIGCAPH to ACM Student Membership $6 (___Expedited Air Option: $3)
___SIGCAPH Membership only (non-ACM) $42 (___Expedited Air Option: $3)
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WHO ARE THE ORGANIZERS OF ASSETS '94?
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General Chair: Theodor D. Sterling, Simon Fraser University
Program Committee: Norman Alm, University of Dundee
Julie Baca, Waterways Experiment Station
Meera M. Blattner, LLNL and U. California at Davis
James L. Caldwell, IBM RISC Adaptive Technologies
S.-K. Chang, University of Pittsburgh
Patrick Demasco, University of Delaware
Alistair D.N. Edwards, University of York
Gerald L. Engel, National Science Foundation
Carl Friedlander, ISX Corp.
Hiromichi Fujisawa, Hitachi (Japan)
Ephraim P. Glinert (Chair), RPI
Ralph Guertin, MITRE Corp.
Robert J.K. Jacob, Tufts University
David L. Jaffe, Palo Alto VA Medical Center
Earl Johnson, Sun Microsystems Labs
Karen Kukich, Bell Communications Research
Richard E. Ladner, University of Washington
Clayton Lewis, University of Colorado at Boulder
Elizabeth D. Mynatt, Georgia Inst. of Technology
Randy Pausch, University of Virginia
T.V. Raman, DEC Cambridge Research Laboratory
Gregg C. Vanderheiden, TRACE Center at U. Wisconsin
A. Rudy Vener, AT&T Bell Labs
Bryant W. York, Northeastern University
Treasurer: David H. Leserman, NOAA
If you have any questions or would Ephraim P. Glinert
like further information, please Dept. of Computer Science
contact the ASSETS' 94 Program Chair: R. P. I.
Troy, NY 12180
E-mail: glinert@cs.rpi.edu
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