LINGUIST List 12.1148

Thu Apr 26 2001

Calls: Recent Advances/NLP, Pacific L2 Research Forum

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  • Nicolas Nicolov, Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing (RANLP)
  • National Foreign Language Resource Center, Pacific Second Language Research Forum - PacSLRF 2001

    Message 1: Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing (RANLP)

     Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 04:28:17 -0400
    From: Nicolas Nicolov <nicolasus.ibm.com>
    Subject: Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing (RANLP)




    RECENT ADVANCES IN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING Euro Conference RANLP-2001 5-7 September 2001 Tzigov Chark, Bulgaria http://lml.bas.bg/ranlp2001/

    Further to the successful and competitive 1st and 2nd conferences on Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing (selected papers from which were published by John Benjamins as CILT� vol.136 and CILT vol.189), we are pleased to announce the third RANLP conference to be held this year.

    The conference will take the form of addresses from invited keynote speakers plus individual papers. All papers accepted and presented will be available as a volume of proceedings at the conference. There will also be an exhibition area for poster and demo sessions.

    TOPICS

    We invite papers reporting on recent advances in all aspects of Natural Language Processing. We encourage the representation of a broad range of areas including but not limited to: pragmatics, discourse, semantics, syntax, and the lexicon; phonetics, phonology, and morphology; text understanding and generation; multilingual NLP; machine translation, machine-aided translation, translation aids and tools; corpus-based language processing; POS tagging; parsing; electronic dictionaries; knowledge acquisition; terminology; word-sense disambiguation; anaphora resolution; information retrieval; information extraction; text summarisation; term recognition; text categorisation; question- answering; dialogue systems; speech processing; computer-aided language learning; language resources; evaluation; and theoretical and application-oriented papers related to NLP of every kind.

    INVITED SPEAKERS

    Branimir Boguraev (IBM, T.J. Watson Research Center) Graeme Hirst (University of Toronto) Ed Hovy (Information Sciences Institute / USC) Martin Kay (Xerox Parc) James Pustejovsky (Brandeis University) Yorick Wilks (Sheffield University)

    PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

    Elisabeth Andre (DFKI) Galia Angelova (LML, Sofia) Branimir Boguraev (IBM, T.J. Watson Research Center) Kalina Boncheva (Sheffield University) Eric Brill (Microsoft Research) Key-Sun Choi (KAIST) Ido Dagan (Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan) Ed Hovy (Information Sciences Institute / USC) Eugene Charniak (Brown University, Providence) Dan Cristea (University of Iasi) Fumiyo Fukumoto (Yamanashi University) Maria Gavrilidou (ILPS, Athens) Alexander Gelbukh (National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico) Gregory Grefenstette (Xerox Research, Grenoble) Udo Hahn (Freiburg University) Nadia Hegazy (ERI) Graeme Hirst (University of Toronto) Hitoshi Iida (SONY Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.) Frances Johnson (Manchester Metropolitan University) Martin Kay (Xerox Parc, Palo Alto) Alma Kharrat (Microsoft Research) Ivana Kruijff-Korbayova (Charles University, Prague) Lori Lamel (LIMSI, Orsay)

    Lillian Lee (Cornell University) Xiaoqiang Luo (IBM, T.J. Watson Research Center) Inderjeet Mani (MITRE) Daniel Marcuo (Sciences Institute / USC) Wolfgang Menzel (University of Hamburg) Andrei Mikheev (University of Edinburgh) Ruslan Mitkov (University of Wolverhampton - Chair) Tony McEnery (Lancaster University) Nicolas Nicolov (IBM, T.J. Watson Research Center) Kemal Oflazer (Sabanci University, Istanbul) Jose Quesada (University of Seville) Manuel Palomar (University of Alicante)

    Ted Pedersen (University of Minnesota Duluth) Stelios Piperidis (ILPS, Athens) Gabor Proszeky (Morphologic) James Pustejovsky (University of Brandeis) Dragomir Radev (University of Michigan)

    Allan Ramsey (UMIST, Manchester) Ellen Riloff (University of Utah) Monique Rolbert (Universite de Marseille) Christer Samuelsson���� (Indigo, Montreal) Donia Scott (University of Brighton) Keh-Yih Su (Behavior Design Corporation) Isabelle Trancoso (INEC, Lisbon) Karin Vespoor (Intelligenesis, New York) Piek Vossen (Saillabs, Antwerpen Yorick Wilks (Sheffield University) Michael Zock (LIMSI, Orsay)

    SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: PAPERS, POSTERS, DEMOS

    NOTIFICATION OF SUBMISSION

    Authors should email notification of submission with the completed form below to <K.Bontchevadcs.shef.ac.uk> with subject line: RANLP2001 notification of submission. After submitting the information below you will receive by email a paper ID code which should be used in all correspondence (including the paper submission).

    NAME : Name of author for correspondence TITLE: Title of the paper TYPE : paper / poster / demo KEYS : Keywords EMAIL: Email of author for correspondence PAGES: Number of pages (including bibliographical references) FILE : Name of PDF file (avoid RANLP2001.pdf and the like!!!) ABSTR: Abstract of the paper OTHER: Under consideration for other conferences (specify)? NOTE : Anything you'd like to add

    Submissions should be A4, two-column format and should not exceed seven pages (poster and demo submissions should be no longer than 5 pages), including cover page, figures, tables and references. The first page should state the title of the paper, the author's name(s), affiliation, surface and email address(es), followed by keywords and an abstract and continue with the first section of your paper. Papers should be submitted electronically in **PDF** format. For up to three free convertions to PDF see http://192.150.14.203/index.pl?BP3DNS . In exceptional circumstances hard copies/MS-Word/PS versions might be accepted.

    Send your electronic PDF submission to <R.Mitkovwlv.ac.uk> (please quote paper identifier - see above 'notification of submission').

    Submissions will be reviewed by 3 members of the Programme Committee. Authors of accepted papers will receive guidelines how to produce camera-ready versions of their papers for inclusion in the proceedings.

    TUTORIALS

    RANLP-2001 will be preceded by 2 days of tutorials. See http://lml.bas.bg/ranlp2001/ for a preliminary list of tutorial speakers.

    SCHEDULE

    Paper Pre-registration: 10 May 2001 Paper Submission Due: *** 15 May 2001 *** Notification of Acceptance: 15 July 2001 Camera-ready Paper Due: 5 August 2001 Tutorials: 3-4 September 2001 Conference: 5-7 September 2001



    LOCATION

    Tzigov Chark is a beautiful resort in the Rhodope Mountains surrounding the Batak Lake. It is approximately 145 km from Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The local organisers will provide a daily shuttle bus/conference taxi from Sofia airport to the conference location at an inexpensive rate.

    >FURTHER INFORMATION

    >Further information can be obtained from:

    Galia Angelova (OC Chair) Linguistic Modelling Laboratory Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 25A Acad. G. Bonchev Str., 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria galialml.bas.bg

    SPONSORS

    The conference is funded by the European Commission, DGXII through Human Potential Programme for High-Level Scientific Conferences (contract number HPCF-2000-00329).

    CONFERENCE MAILING LIST

    If you would like to receive information you may subscribe to the conference mailing list by sending an e-mail to majordomodcs.shef.ac.uk with a body (no subject) 'subscribe ranlp2001'. When you receive the confirmation e-mail, please make sure that you return the requested code to confirm your subscription.

    Message 2: Pacific Second Language Research Forum - PacSLRF 2001

     Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 14:44:46 -1000 (HST)
    From: National Foreign Language Resource Center <pacslrfhawaii.edu>
    Subject: Pacific Second Language Research Forum - PacSLRF 2001




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    PACIFIC SECOND LANGUAGE RESEARCH FORUM (PacSLRF) 2001

    OCTOBER 4-7, 2001 at the Imin Conference Center University of Hawai'i at Manoa Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA

    WEBSITE: http://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/pacslrf/ EMAIL: pacslrfhawaii.edu

    This conference will focus on the acquisition of second languages in instructed and naturalistic settings, particularly in East Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific languages. Paper, poster, and colloquium proposal submissions are welcome (see end of message for CALL FOR PAPERS announcement - DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2001)!

    PLENARY SESSIONS: * "The state of emergentism in SLA" (KEVIN GREGG, St. Andrews University, Osaka, Japan) * "Operations and representations in second language acquisition" (WILLIAM O'GRADY, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Hawai'i, USA) * "Issues in second dialect acquisition" (JEFF SIEGEL, University of New England, New South Wales, Australia) * "Children acquire traits of those who feed them" (NOEAU WARNER, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Hawai'i, USA) * "Mind, language, and epistemology: Toward a language socialization paradigm for SLA" (KAREN WATSON-GEGEO, University of California at Davis, California, USA) * "Morphological variability in SLA: A hardy perennial" (LYDIA WHITE, McGill University, Montreal, Canada)

    INVITED COLLOQUIA: * "Japanese as a second language from different perspectives" (Convener: KAZUE KANNO, UH Manoa) * "Current research in second dialect acquisition" (Convener: JEFF SIEGEL, University of New England) * "Issues in Instructed SLA" (Convener: CATHERINE DOUGHTY, UH Manoa)

    For more information about PacSLRF 2001 conference pre-registration, conference schedule, lodging options, and social events, please visit our website at:

    http://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/pacslrf/

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    ANNOUNCING THE 4TH PACIFIC SECOND LANGUAGE RESEARCH FORUM (PACSLRF) * CALL FOR PAPERS *

    Proposals for papers, posters, and colloquia regarding any aspect of research in second language acquisition, particularly in Asian and Pacific languages, are invited:

    INDIVIDUAL PAPERS will be allotted 40 minutes (30 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion). POSTERS will be displayed for one day during the conference; posters are intended as a format for reports of work in progress. COLLOQUIA will be allotted 2 hours and 10 minutes. Distribution of this time will be left to the discretion of the colloquium organizers, who are encouraged to include ample time for audience response and discussion.

    Proposals can be submitted as follows. Choose one submission format only.

    Either fill out and submit a proposal on the World Wide Web at the PacSLRF 2001 Website (http://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/pacslrf) OR submit the information listed below either via email (pacslrfhawaii.edu) or on floppy disk. If sent on a floppy disk or as an email attachment, make sure that the proposal is in MICROSOFT WORD, WORD PERFECT, or plain text format. (Or you may also send a hard copy proposal via regular mail. Be sure to include 3 copies if you choose this option)

    For INDIVIDUAL PAPERS and POSTERS, include in the following order: 1. presentation category (paper or poster) 2. title of the presentation (maximum ten words) 3. language of presentation 4. presenter contact info: last name, first name, department, affiliation, mailing address, phone, and e-mail address 5. co-presenter(s) contact info: last name, first name, department, affiliation, mailing address, phone, and e-mail address 6. 50-word (maximum) single-spaced English language summary of the paper or poster 7. 300-word (maximum) single-spaced English language abstract of the paper or poster

    For COLLOQUIA, include in the following order: 1. presentation category (colloquium) 2. title of colloquium (maximum ten words) 3. language of presentation 4. colloquium organizer contact info: last name, first name, department, affiliation, mailing address, phone, and e-mail address 5. 50-word (maximum) single-spaced colloquium summary (in English) 6. 300-word (maximum) single-spaced abstract (in English), explaining theme and structure of the colloquium 7. For each individual colloquium presentation, send: a) title of the presentation b) language of presentation c) presenter contact info: last name, first name, department, affiliation, mailing address, phone, and e-mail address d) 50-word (maximum) single-spaced presentation summary (in English) e) 300-word (maximum) single-spaced presentation abstract (in English)

    SNAIL MAIL/DISK SUBMISSIONS: Pacific Second Language Research Forum 2001 c/o National Foreign Language Resource Center University of Hawai'i at Manoa 1859 East-West Road #106 Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822 USA

    EMAIL SUBMISSIONS: pacslrfhawaii.edu

    ONLINE WEB SUBMISSIONS: http://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/pacslrf

    The DEADLINE for receipt of all submissions for PacSLRF 2001 has been extended to MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2001. Notification of acceptance will be sent by the end of May, 2001.

    Thank you for your interest,

    Jim Yoshioka Conference Chair, PacSLRF 2001

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    VISIT US ON THE WEB! http://www.LLL.hawaii.edu/pacslrf *************************************************************************