Dear colleagues,
It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the Ninth International Workshop on Spoken Dialogue Systems Technology (IWSDS 2018). This year’s conference theme will be:
“Towards creating more human-like conversational agent technologies”
Following the success of a series of eight previous events, IWSDS 2018 will be held in Singapore on May 14-16, 2018. It will be the southernmost IWSDS ever, just one degree north of the Equator! Participants will be able to keep track of the state of the art in spoken dialogue systems while enjoying the year-round summer paradise island that is Singapore.
On behalf of the organizing committee, we welcome you to Singapore, and hope that you enjoy the workshop as well as the glorious mix of cultures and traditions on display.
Haizhou Li (National University of Singapore)
Rafael E. Banchs (Institute for Infocomm Research)
IWSDS 2018 Conference Chairs
Important Dates
September 10, 2017: Special session and workshop proposals submissionSeptember 15, 2017: Special session and workshop notificationsJanuary 14, 2018 (23:59 Pacific Standard Time, GMT -8): Research, position and demo papers submissionJanuary 21, 2018 (23:59 Pacific Standard Time, GMT -8): EXTENDED DEADLINE for all paper submissionsFebruary 18, 2018: Author notificationsFebruary 25, 2018: EXTENDED author notificationsMarch 12, 2018: Camera ready papers dueMarch 19, 2018: Early bird registration ends- May 14-16, 2018: Conference dates