BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251108T171522Z UID:CABAD49E-5688-4CD2-817F-13FB1362BD97 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251111T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251111T140000 DESCRIPTION:This session explores how communication becomes distributed acr oss humans and technologies. Engaging with spoken\, signed\, and written m odalities\, as well as practices such as video-based signing\, AR glasses\ , and AI translation\, it considers how technological mediation reshapes c ommunicative relations and possibilities for access.\n\nSign language and interpreter services are available for speech communication.\n\nTalks and Speakers:\n\nSigning and technology: chaining in distributed practice: Thi s presentation examines how signers use chaining—the strategic linking o f signs\, writing\, and digital tools—to communicate across languages an d modalities in technologically mediated environments. It reframes languag e as distributed across people\, devices\, and spaces\, highlighting how c alibration and cooperation unfold through interactive platforms.\n\nBy Ann elies Kusters is Professor of Sociolinguistics in the Department of Langua ges and Intercultural Studies\, at Heriot-Watt University.\nThis session e xplores how communication becomes distributed across humans and technologi es. Engaging with spoken\, signed\, and written\nmodalities\, and with pra ctices such as video-based signing\, AR glasses\, and AI translation\, it considers how technological mediation reshapes\ncommunicative relations an d possibilities for access.\n\nTranslating between Sign and spoken languag e using AI: This talk will give a history and overview of the current stat e of the art in using AI for sign language translation. It will provide an overview of current projects at Surrey that are working towards automatic translation and AI tools\nunder development for data processing and lingu istic annotation/study. The talk will also introduce Signapse\, a Universi ty of Surrey spin-out\, deploying earlier versions of these technologies i n real-world contexts such as transport. Finally the talk will discuss cur rent challenges from a\ntechnical\, societal and ethical perspective.\n\nB y Richard Bowden is Professor of Computer Vision and Machine Learning with in the Centre for Vision Speech and Signal Processing at the University of Surrey. Cross-signing: This presentation examines how communication via o nline platforms influences signing styles and strategies used to facilitat e understanding across different sign languages. The resulting dataset wil l contribute to the development of an annotated corpus comprising both int ra-sign language and inter-sign language interactions. Communicative strat egies observed include calibration techniques\, such as pointing\, gesturi ng\, mouthing\, writing\, and drawing upon linguistic resources from the s ign language(s) involved in the interaction\, as well as repair strategies .\n\nHearing glasses: In this talk\, we explore how AI and 5G cloud proces sing enhance communication for people with hearing loss. Smart devices lik e AR glasses and hearing aids use low-latency\, high-bandwidth links to de liver clean audio and visual cues. Future 6G and sign language recognition will enable seamless multimodal interaction in noisy environments. This I oT-driven system empowers reduced capability\nusers with real-time clarity and accessibility.\n\nBy Mathini Sellathurai is an IEEE Fellow and Profes sor of Signal Processing and Wireless Communications at Heriot-Watt Univer sity\, Edinburgh.\n\nCross-signing: This presentation examines how communi cation via online platforms influences signing styles and strategies used to facilitate understanding across different sign languages. The resulting dataset will contribute to the development of an annotated corpus\ncompri sing both intra-sign language and inter-sign language interactions. Commun icative strategies observed include calibration techniques\, such as point ing\, gesturing\, mouthing\, writing\, and drawing upon linguistic resourc es from the sign language(s) involved in the interaction\, as well as repa ir strategies.\n\nBy Robert Adam is Associate Professor of Languages and I ntercultural Communication at Heriot-Watt University\, and Programme Direc tor for British Sign Language.\n\nand\n\nSujit Sahasrabudhe is Research As sociate at Heriot-Watt University.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Department of Langu ages and Intercultural Studies and Nationla Robotarium\, HWU\, UK\n\nAgend a: \n10:30 Welcome by LINCS HoR Marion Winters\n10:35 Welcome by Annelies Kusters (event organiser)\n10:40 Presentation by Annelies Kusters: Signing and technology: chaining in distributed practice\n10:55 Presentation by R ichard Bowden: Translating between Sign and spoken language using AI\n11:2 5 Break - 15 minutes\n11:40 Presentation by Mathini Sellathurai: Hearing g lasses\n11:55 Presentation by Robert Adam and Sujit Sahasrabudhe: Cross-si gning\n12:10 Discussion - led by Marion Winters\n12:30 Tour in Robotarium\ n\nRoom: Multiplex room 11\, Bldg: Robotarium\, Heriot-Watt University\, E dinburgh\, Scotland\, United Kingdom\, Eh14 4AS LOCATION:Room: Multiplex room 11\, Bldg: Robotarium\, Heriot-Watt Universit y\, Edinburgh\, Scotland\, United Kingdom\, Eh14 4AS ORGANIZER:M.Sellathurai@hw.ac.uk SEQUENCE:14 SUMMARY:Reconfiguring Communication through Technology URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/513190 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>This session explores how communication be comes distributed across humans and technologies. Engaging with spoken\, s igned\, and written modalities\, as well as practices such as video-based signing\, AR glasses\, and AI translation\, it considers how technological mediation reshapes communicative relations and possibilities for access.< /p>\n<p><span style="color: rgb(186\, 55\, 42)\;"><strong>Sign language an d interpreter services are available for speech communication.</strong></s pan></p>\n<p><span style="color: rgb(186\, 55\, 42)\;">Talks and Speakers: &nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p>Signing and technology: chaining in distributed pra ctice: This presentation examines how signers use chaining&mdash\;the stra tegic linking of signs\, writing\, and digital tools&mdash\;to communicate across languages and modalities in technologically mediated environments. It reframes language as distributed across people\, devices\, and spaces\ , highlighting how calibration and cooperation unfold through interactive platforms.</p>\n<p>By Annelies Kusters is Professor of Sociolinguistics in the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies\, at Heriot-Watt Un iversity.<br>This session explores how&nbsp\;communication becomes&nbsp\;d istributed across humans and&nbsp\;technologies. Engaging with&nbsp\;spoke n\, signed\, and written<br>modalities\, and with practices&nbsp\;such as video-based signing\, AR&nbsp\;glasses\, and AI translation\, it&nbsp\;con siders how technological&nbsp\;mediation reshapes<br>communicative relatio ns and&nbsp\;possibilities for access.<br><br>Translating between Sign and spoken language using&nbsp\;AI: This talk will give a history and overvie w of the current&nbsp\;state of the art in using AI for sign language tran slation. It&nbsp\;will provide an overview of current projects at Surrey t hat&nbsp\;are working towards automatic translation and AI tools<br>under development for data processing and linguistic&nbsp\;annotation/study. The talk will also introduce Signapse\, a&nbsp\;University of Surrey spin-out \, deploying earlier versions of&nbsp\;these technologies in real-world co ntexts such as transport.&nbsp\;Finally the talk will discuss current chal lenges from a<br>technical\, societal and ethical perspective.&nbsp\;</p>\ n<p>By Richard Bowden is Professor of Computer Vision and Machine Learning within the Centre for Vision Speech and Signal Processing at the Universi ty of Surrey. Cross-signing: This presentation examines how communication via online platforms influences signing styles and strategies used to faci litate understanding across different sign languages. The resulting datase t will contribute to the development of an annotated corpus comprising bot h intra-sign language and inter-sign language interactions. Communicative strategies observed include calibration techniques\, such as pointing\, ge sturing\, mouthing\, writing\, and drawing upon linguistic resources from the sign language(s) involved in the interaction\, as well as repair strat egies.</p>\n<p>Hearing glasses: In this talk\, we explore how AI and 5G cl oud processing enhance communication for people with hearing loss. Smart d evices like AR glasses and hearing aids use low-latency\, high-bandwidth l inks to deliver clean audio and visual cues. Future 6G and sign language r ecognition will enable seamless multimodal interaction in noisy environmen ts. This IoT-driven system empowers reduced capability<br>users with real- time clarity and accessibility.</p>\n<p>By Mathini Sellathurai is an IEEE Fellow and Professor of Signal&nbsp\;Processing and Wireless Communication s at Heriot-Watt&nbsp\;University\, Edinburgh.</p>\n<p>Cross-signing: This presentation examines how&nbsp\;communication via online platforms influe nces signing&nbsp\;styles and strategies used to facilitate understanding across&nbsp\;different sign languages. The resulting dataset will&nbsp\;co ntribute to the development of an annotated corpus<br>comprising both intr a-sign language and inter-sign language&nbsp\;interactions. Communicative strategies observed&nbsp\;include calibration techniques\, such as pointin g\, gesturing\,&nbsp\;mouthing\, writing\, and drawing upon linguistic res ources&nbsp\;from the sign language(s) involved in the interaction\, as we ll&nbsp\;as repair strategies.</p>\n<p>By Robert Adam is Associate Profess or of Languages and&nbsp\;Intercultural Communication at Heriot-Watt Unive rsity\, and&nbsp\;Programme Director for British Sign Language.&nbsp\;</p> \n<p>and</p>\n<p>Sujit Sahasrabudhe is Research Associate at Heriot-Watt U niversity.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><br>10:30 Welcome by LINCS HoR& nbsp\;Marion Winters<br>10:35 Welcome by Annelies&nbsp\;Kusters (event org aniser)<br>10:40 Presentation by Annelies&nbsp\;Kusters: Signing and techn ology:&nbsp\;chaining in distributed practice<br>10:55 Presentation by Ric hard&nbsp\;Bowden: Translating between Sign&nbsp\;and spoken language usin g AI<br>11:25 Break - 15 minutes<br>11:40 Presentation by Mathini&nbsp\;Se llathurai: Hearing glasses<br>11:55 Presentation by Robert&nbsp\;Adam and Sujit Sahasrabudhe:&nbsp\;Cross-signing<br>12:10 Discussion - led by&nbsp\ ;Marion Winters<br>12:30 Tour in Robotarium</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR