1. IWIC 2007: Kyoto, Japan

Toru Ishida, Susan R. Fussell, Piek T. J. M. Vossen (Eds.): Intercultural Collaboration, First International Workshop, IWIC 2007, Kyoto, Japan, January 25-26, 2007, Invited and Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4568 Springer 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-73999-9

Ontology for Language Resources and Services

Christiane Fellbaum, Piek Vossen:
Connecting the Universal to the Specific: Towards the Global Grid. 1-16
Chu-Ren Huang, Laurent Prévot, I-Li Su, Jia-Fei Hong:
Towards a Conceptual Core for Multicultural Processing: A Multilingual Ontology Based on the Swadesh List. 17-30
Yoshihiko Hayashi:
Conceptual Framework of an Upper Ontology for Describing Linguistic Services. 31-45
Norihiro Ogata:
Formal Ontology of 'Cultures' and 'Ethnic Groups' Based on Type Theory and Functional Programming. 46-60
Wenhuan Lu, Mitsuru Ikeda:
Capturing a Conceptual Model for Intercultural Collaboration in Copyright Management (A Domain Ontology of International Copyright Laws). 61-75

Chikara Hashimoto, Francis Bond, Dan Flickinger:
The Lextype DB: A Web-Based Framework for Supporting Collaborative Multilingual Grammar and Treebank Development. 76-90
Virach Sornlertlamvanich, Thatsanee Charoenporn, Kergrit Robkop, Hitoshi Isahara:
Collaborative Platform for Multilingual Resource Development and Intercultural Communication. 91-102
Dan Tufis:
Exploiting Aligned Parallel Corpora in Multilingual Studies and Applications. 103-117

Rieko Inaba, Yohei Murakami, Akiyo Nadamoto, Toru Ishida:
Multilingual Communication Support Using the Language Grid. 118-132
Ya-Min Chou, Shu-Kai Hsieh, Chu-Ren Huang:
Hanzi Grid. 133-145
Francesca Bertagna, Monica Monachini, Claudia Soria, Nicoletta Calzolari, Chu-Ren Huang, Shu-Kai Hsieh, Andrea Marchetti, Maurizio Tesconi:
Fostering Intercultural Collaboration: A Web Service Architecture for Cross-Fertilization of Distributed Wordnets. 146-158
Hong Zhu, Yang Liu:
MCD: A Joint Semantic Project on East Asian Languages. 159-169

Hideyuki Nakanishi:
Designing an Aural Comprehension Aid for Interlingual Communication. 170-181
Mai Miyabe, Kunikazu Fujii, Tomohiro Shigenobu, Takashi Yoshino:
Parallel-Text Based Support System for Intercultural Communication at Medical Receptions. 182-192
Toshiyuki Takasaki, Yumiko Mori:
Design and Development of a Pictogram Communication System for Children Around the World. 193-206

Tomoko Koda:
Cross-Cultural Study of Avatars' Facial Expressions and Design Considerations Within Asian Countries. 207-220
Heeryon Cho, Toru Ishida, Naomi Yamashita, Rieko Inaba, Yumiko Mori, Tomoko Koda:
Culturally-Situated Pictogram Retrieval. 221-235
Peter Schneider, Axel Mattenklott:
Emotion Eliciting Events in the Workplace: An Intercultural Comparison. 236-248

Gary M. Olson, Airong Luo:
Intra- and Inter-cultural Collaboration in Science and Engineering. 249-259
Ravikiran Vatrapu, Daniel D. Suthers:
Culture and Computers: A Review of the Concept of Culture and Implications for Intercultural Collaborative Online Learning. 260-275
Jahna Otterbacher:
Adoption of Translation Support Technologies in a Multilingual Work Environment. 276-290
Ben K. Daniel, Gordon I. McCalla, Richard A. Schwier:
Bayesian Belief Network Approach for Analysis of Intercultural Collaboration in Virtual Communities Using Social Capital Theory. 291-305
Hillevi Sundholm:
Social Conventions and Issues of Space for Distributed Collaboration. 306-320
Gregorio Convertino, Yang Zhang, Brian Asti, Mary Beth Rosson, Susan Mohammed:
Board-Based Collaboration in Cross-Cultural Pairs. 321-334
Yumiko Mori:
Atoms of Bonding: Communication Components Bridging Children Worldwide (Invited Talk). 335-343

Cristian Rusu, Virginia Rusu:
Teaching HCI: A Challenging Intercultural, Interdisciplinary, Cross-Field Experience. 344-354
Takayuki Shiose, Kentaro Toda, Hiroshi Kawakami, Osamu Katai:
Inclusive Design Workshop by Regional Cooperation Between an NPO and a University. 355-367
Yoshie Naya:
How Intercultural Disaster Reduction Education Change Students: A Case Study of an Evening Course Senior High School in Hyogo, Japan. 368-381
Mikhail V. Grachev, Mariya A. Bobina:
Intercultural Collaboration: Instrumentality of the GLOBE Study. 382-393