Submission Deadline: November 1, 1997
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In a mixed initiative interaction, direction and control of the interaction
shifts among the participants. Since the information and abilities needed to
solve a problem are distributed among the collaborating agents, a system
that is engaged with other users to solve a problem must have the ability to
take or relinquish initiative. The possibility of shifting initiative
requires that computer systems include mechanisms for recognizing when to
lead or otherwise take control of an interaction and when to let others take
the initiative. In addition, an interactive system must be able to take
initiative into account in interpreting utterances and in selecting
appropriate responses. From the perspective of user modeling, individual
users are comfortable with assuming different levels of control and
initiative during task interaction.
The purpose of this special issue is to present important results by
researchers who are developing theoretical models of robust interaction or
designing robust systems.
* Knowledge representation and reasoning strategies for modeling
initiative to address issues such as controlling how changes in
initiative are manifested in the interaction, and taking initiative
affects into account when interpreting another agent's actions and
choosing an appropriate response.
* Computer systems developed for controlling mixed-initiative interaction
to: decide when it is appropriate to take initiative and alert other
participants to the shift, decide when to relinquish initiative and how
to alert other participants, or to detect when another agent is
attempting to alter the control or purpose of the conversation.
About User Modeling and User-adapted Interaction
The journal provides an interdisciplinary forum for the dissemination of new
research results on interactive computer systems that adapt to their current
users, and which may employ user models for supporting the adaptation. As is
the case for high quality journal publications, theoretical proposals should
generally be appropriately substantiated by a discussion of the results of a
computer implementation, by a formal analysis, or by empirical experiments).
The normal means of submission is electronic and the review process is
normally completed within two months.
Important Dates
September 30, 1997 (Optional) Submit a one page abstract to Guest Editor
November 1, 1997 Deadline for submission of papers
December 31, 1997 Notice of review results
Submission
One page abstracts may be sent (but are not required) prior to September 30,
1997 if authors are concerned about relevance of the paper to the special
issue. These abstracts will be reviewed by the guest editors only.
Full paper submissions should be in the UMUAI format and will follow the
standard refereeing process. Authors may obtain more details of submission
requirements from the editors or at UMUAI's site
http://umuai.informatik.uni-essen.de/home.html
Send electronic (postscript) or three hard copy versions of your manuscript
to
Susan Haller
Computer Science and Engineering Dept.
University of Wisconsin - Parkside
Kenosha, Wiconsin 53141-2000 U.S.A.
haller@cs.uwp.edu
Guest Editors
Susan Haller Susan McRoy
Assistant Professor Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Wisconsin-Parkside University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
haller@cs.uwp.edu mrcroy@cs.uwm.edu
http://cs.uwp.edu/staff/haller/ http://www.cs.uwm.edu:80/faculty/mcroy/
This call for papers is available as a web page:
http://cs.uwp.edu/staff/haller/Activities/UMUAI