[Blindmath] New date for submissions to Math Inclusion Workshop

[John Gardner]

--- Revised Notice ---

** With apologies for multiple postings. **

Dear colleagues,

As you know probably, the deadline for the paper submission to
	"Workshop on E-Inclusion in Mathematics and Science 2009 (WEIMS2009)"
was set as September 25, 2009.  However, since the new academic year 
started just a few
weeks ago in many countries, people might need a little more time for 
preparing the
submission.  So, we decided to extend the deadline to October 9, 2009.

We would appreciate it if you could forward this revised notice to 
mailing lists or
individuals who might be interested in our workshop.  Thank you very 
much for your kind
support.


CALL FOR PAPERS (Revised)

		The Workshop on E-Inclusion in Mathematics and Science 2009 (WEIMS'09)

            	December 12 - 13, 2009,
            	JST Innovation Plaza Fukuoka,
            	Fukuoka, Japan

    		Website: http://www.mrit.kyushu-u.ac.jp/weims2009

Full and effective participation and inclusion in society is recognized 
as a general
principle, general obligation and a right, as indicated in the 
Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities adopted by the United Nations 
General Assembly -
13 December 2006. To fulfill truly inclusive society, however, it is 
clear that we
have still many problems unsolved for making mathematical or scientific 
information
more accessible.  For instance, since most of digitized scientific 
contents such as
online journals, e-learning math contents are not necessarily accessible 
for
visually disabled people, it is still hard for them to share the same 
contents with
sighted people.
The Workshop on E-Inclusion in Mathematics and Science 2009 (WEIMS09), 
supported by
the Mathematical Research Center for Industrial Technology of Kyushu 
University,
intends to bring together experts from around the world to present and 
discuss the
state of the art, the actual research and development activities and the 
future
perspectives in this field.

Main topics of the workshop will be, but not be limited to,

- Technology to digitize mathematical or scientific contents with taking 
e-inclusion
   in consideration
- Assistive technology for disabled people to access mathematical or 
scientific
   information
- E-learning, online services other applications considering e-inclusion in
   scientific field,
- Other related topics.

Keynote Lecture

Robert Kelly
   Director, Journal Information Systems, The American Physical Society
   Mr. Robert Kelly is a leader of an outstanding project in APS.  This 
project is
   aimed at making the content of "Physical Review Letters," one of the 
most
   prestigious academic journals in physics, accessible in DAISY format. 
  The project
   is a collaboration with ViewPlus Technologies, Inc.  Dr. John Gardner 
will
   demonstrate some prototype APS DAISY articles.

John Gardner,
   Chief Technical Officer and President, ViewPlus Technologies, Inc.

WEIMS'09 is set as the international satellite event of

   The 9th Asian Symposium on Computer Mathematics (ASCM 2009)

which will be held in Fukuoka, 14 -17 December 2009 jointly with MACIS 
2009.
For further information on ASCM-MACIS. please visit
   http://gcoe.math.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ascm-macis2009/.

As you can see on the web site, the special thematic session on

   "Digitizing Mathematics -- From Pen and Paper to Digital Content"

will be organized by Volker Sorge and Alan P. Sexton (University of 
Birmingham, UK),
in ASCM 2009. We warmly encourage participants in WEIMS09 to attend this 
session as
well.

Call for papers:

To submit a paper, please send the extended abstract (from 4 to 10 
pages) by e-mail
to:
   weims2009 at math.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
In it, please include all author's name(s), affiliation, contact 
information and a
brief summary up to 100 words.
Final paper versions should conform to a specified style, preferably 
using LaTeX2e.
The style file, "templateASCM.MACIS.zip" can be downloaded from the ASCM 
web site:
   http://gcoe.math.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ascm-macis2009/for_authors.html.
Please read carefully "Technical Issues" on the web site, as well.

Submission categories:
   Full paper: up to 10 pages in the specified style
   Short paper: up to 4 pages in the specified style

Proceedings:
   will be published by Kyushu University and will be available on its 
web site.

Key Dates:
   09 October 2009 - Submission deadline of abstracts,
   23 October 2009 - Notification of acceptance,
   20 November 2009 - Submission deadline of camera ready paper.

Program Committee:
   Archambault, Dominique: University of Pierre and Marie Curie, France
   Bernareggi, Cristian: University of Milano, Italy
   Fujiyoshi, Mamoru: National Center for University Entrance 
Examinations, Japan
   Gardner, John: ViewPlus Technologies, Inc., USA
   Ikeda, Hideto: Ritsumeikan University, Japan
   Kawamura, Hiroshi: the DAISY Consortium, Japan
   Klaus, Jochen: University of Karlsruhe, Germany
   Ladner, Richard: University of Washington, USA
   Miesenberger, Klaus: University of Linz, Austria
   Schultz, Tanja: University of Karlsruhe, Germany
   Suzuki, Masakazu: Kyushu University, Japan
   Watanabe, Tetsuya: Niigata University, Japan
   Yamaguchi, Katsuhito: Nihon University, Japan

Organizers:
   Suzuki, Masakazu: Kyushu University, Japan
   Ikeda, Hideto: Ritsumeikan University, Japan
   Yamaguchi, Katsuhito: Nihon University, Japan

If you have any questions, please contact
   The workshop contact address: weims2009 at math.kyushu-u.ac.jp

	Masakazu Suzuki, Hideto Ikeda and Katsuhito Yamaguchi.

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Katsuhito Yamaguchi
Nihon University, Junior College Funabashi Campus
7-24-1, Narashinodai, Funabashi
Chiba 274-8501, Japan
Phone/Fax: +81-47-469-5285
E-mail: eugene at gaea.jcn.nihon-u.ac.jp, jcf05167 at nifty.ne.jp (Home)