<The Scope of the Symposium>
The main theme of the 4th symposium is gKansei Engineering and its
Industrial Applications.h Kansei Engineering is an important issue of
global society to emerge new technology, new industry, new lifestyle and
new culture. The symposium especially focuses the new ideas on Kansei engineering
as well as their industrial applications.
The Symposium invites quality presentation from the scope of the symposium
above as well as the entire fields of Kansei; the human reaction from sensory
to mental state, that is, sensitivity, sense, feeling, esthetics, emotion,
affection and intuition.
<Symposium Date>
October 12, 2003
<Symposium Site>
The symposium is held at National Institute of Advanced Industrial
Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Science City, Japan, which is one
of the biggest national research institutes in Japan.
<Official Language>
Papers, oral presentations and poster presentations are to be in English.
<Additional Information>
The symposium participants have free access to the 5th Annual Conference
of Japan Society of Kansei Engineering, which is jointly held during October
12-14, 2003. The Conference includes keynote speeches, many oral presentations,
poster presentation, academic and industrial demonstrations, yet official
language is Japanese.
<Time Tables for the Symposium> (tentative)
Submission Deadline: August 1, 2003
Notification of Acceptance: August 10, 2003
The 4th Symposium: October 12, 2003
The 5th Annual Conference of JSKE: October 12-14, 2003
<Instruction for the Author>
Paper submissions should be made up to two pages in camera ready format,
preferable by E-mail in Microsoft Word document or PDF document. The guide
for the authors is downloadable by the following URL:
http://www.jske.org/conf/jske3/eform.rtf
For paper submission and further information, please contact Program
Committee, Dr. Min Byung-Chan and Prof. Toshi Kato by the contact addresses
below;
minbc@kriss.re.kr
(Dr. Min Byung-Chan, KRISS, Korea)
kato@.indsys.chuo-u.ac.jp
(Prof. Toshi Kato, Chuo University, Japan)