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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the International Workshop on Gesture and Sign Languages in Human-Computer Interaction, GW 2001, held in London, UK, in April 2001.The 25 revised full papers and 8 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the post-proceedings. The papers are organized in topical sections on gesture recognition, recognition of sign languages, nature and notations of sign languages, gesture and sign language synthesis, gestural action and interaction, and applications based on gesture control.
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Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science Edited by J. G. Carbonell, and J. Siekmann Lecture Notes in Computer Science Edited by G. Goos, J. Hartmanis, and J. van Leeuwen 2298 3 Berlin Heidelberg New York Barcelona Hong Kong London Milan Paris Tokyo Ipke Wachsmuth Timo Sowa (Eds.) Gesture and Sign Language in Human-Computer Interaction International Gesture Workshop, GW 2001 London, UK, April 18-20, 2001 Revised Papers 13 Series Editors Jaime G. Carbonell,Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA J¨org Siekmann, University of Saarland, Saarbr¨ucken, Germany Volume Editors Ipke Wachsmuth Timo Sowa Universit¨at Bielefeld, Technische Fakult¨at 33594 Bielefeld, Germany E-mail: {ipke,tsowa}@techfak.uni-Bielefeld.de Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Gesture and sign language in human computer interaction : revised papers / International Gesture Workshop, GW 2001, London, UK, April 18 - 20, 2001. Ipke Wachsmuth ; Timo Sowa (ed.). - Berlin ; Heidelberg ; New York ; Barcelona ; Hong Kong ; London ; Milan ; Paris ; Tokyo : Springer, 2002 (Lecture notes in computer science ; Vol. 2298 : Lectures notes in artificial intelligence) ISBN 3-540-43678-2 CR Subject Classification (1998): I.2, I.3.7, I.5, I.4, H.5.2 ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 3-540-43678-2 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York a member of BertelsmannSpringer Science+Business Media GmbH http://www.springer.de © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002 Printed in Germany Typesetting: Camera-ready by author, data conversion by DA-TeX Gerd Blumenstein Printed on acid-free paper SPIN 10846440 06/3142 543210 Preface The international gesture workshops are interdisciplinary events for those researching gesture-based communication and wishing to meet and exchange ideas across disciplines. A focus of these events is a shared interest in using gesture and sign language in human-computer interaction. Since 1996 international gesture workshops have been held roughly every second year, with fully reviewed post-proceedings typically published by Springer-Verlag. Held at City University, London, April 18 - 20, 2001, and attended by more than 70 participants from all over the world, Gesture Workshop 2001 was the fourth in a highly successful workshop series. It was organized in association with the British HCI Group, a specialist group of the British Computer Society. As its predecessors in 1999 (Gif-sur-Yvette), 1997 (Bielefeld), and 1996 (York), GW 2001 aimed to encourage mu