Csaba Pleh Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences 202 Junipero Serra Blvd Stanford, Ca. 94305 T.: (415)321-2052, Fax: ...1192 Home: (415)947-9641 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 9 May 97 13:33 BST From: Nicolas Nicolov &lt;nicolas(a)cogs.susx.ac.uk&gt; To: elsnet-list(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk Subject: CFP: * RANLP-97: FINAL CFP * (Deadline: 16 MAY 1997) Resent-Date: Sat, 10 May 97 0:34:12 +100 Resent-From: pleh(a)izabell.elte.hu Resent-To: csaba.pleh(a)casbs.Stanford.EDU [Appologies if you get duplicates] _/_/_/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ ************************************************************* * * * FINAL CFP: Second International Conference * * "RECENT ADVANCES IN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING" * * * * 11-13 September 1997 * * Tzigov Chark, Bulgaria * * * * http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/lab/nlp/ranlp/97.html * * * ************************************************************* ###>>> DEADLINE: 16 MAY 1997 <<<### FINAL Call For Papers The first International Conference on Recent Advances in Natural Languages Processing (RANLP) was held in 1995. Given the high quality of the presented papers and the overall success of the event, we now plan to organise the conference biennially. Selected papers from the proceedings of the conference are published as a book by John Benjamins as part of their Current Issues in Linguistic Theory (CILT) series. TOPICS OF INTEREST Papers reporting on recent advances in all aspects of Natural Language Processing and Language Engineering are invited, 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; electronic dictionaries; written and spoken natural language interfaces; knowledge acquisition; terminology; text summarisation; message routing, text classification; computer-aided language learning; language resources; evaluation, assessment and standards in language engineering; and theoretical and application-oriented papers related to NLP of every kind. The conference also welcomes new results in NLP based on modern alternative theories and methodologies to the mainstream techniques of symbolic NLP such as analogy-based, statistical, connectionist as well as hybrid and multimedia approaches. In general, the conference especially welcomes any contribution to the area of language processing in view of the imminent developments in information technology. PROGRAM COMMITTEE: RANLP'97 Elisabeth Andre (DFKI, Saarbruecken) Branimir Boguraev (Apple Computer, Cupertino) Chris Brew (University of Edinburgh) John Carroll (University of Sussex) Robert Dale (Microsoft Research Institute, Australia) Rodolfo Delmonte (Universira Ca' Foscari, Venice) Tomaz Erjavec (Josef Stefan Institute, Slovenia) Steve Finch (Thomson Technology, Rockville) Guenter Goerz (University of Erlangen-Nuernberg) Eva Hajicova (Charles University, Prague) Ed Hovy (ISI/University of Southern California) Changning Huan (Tsinghua University, Beijing) Leonid Iomdin (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow) Pierre Isabelle (CITI, Laval) Aravind Joshi (University of Pennsylvania) Richard Kittredge (University de Montreal) Manfred Kudlek (University of Hamburg) Karen Kukich (Bellcore, Morristown) Geoffrey Leech (Lancaster University) Susann LuperFoy (MITRE Corporation, McLean) Carlos Martin Vide (Universidad Rovira i Virgilli, Tarragona) Yuji Matsumoto (Nara Inst of Science & Technology) Tony McEnery (Lancaster University) Ruslan Mitkov (University of Wolverhampton) Nicolas Nicolov (University of Sussex) Stephen Pullman (SRI, Cambridge) James Pustejovsky (University of Brandeis) Allan Ramsay (UMIST, Manchester) Harold Somers (UMIST, Manchester) Oliviero Stock (IRST, Trento) Isabelle Trancoso (INESC, Lisbon) Harald Trost (Austrian Institute for AI, Vienna) Benjamin Tsou (City University of Hong Kong) Dan Tufis (Romanian Academy, Bucharest) Jun-ichi Tsujii (University of Tokyo/UMIST) Atro Voutalainen (University of Helsinki) Yorick Wilks (University of Sheffield) David Yarowsky (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore) Zaharin Yusoff (University of Science Malaysia, Penang) Michael Zock (LIMSI, CNRS) PAPER SUBMISSION FORMATTING GUIDELINES: Papers should not exceed 3500 words and should be less than 10 pages. Format specifications and a LaTeX style sheet are available though the RANLP web site. Authors should send either hard copies or a PS file to the addresses specified below. In either case an info mail should be sent too. HARD COPIES: Four hard copies should be sent to: Ruslan Mitkov School of Languages and European Studies University of Wolverhampton Stafford Street Wolverhampton WV1 1SB, UK ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION: UNIX PS files should be sent to: Nicolas Nicolov (nicolas(a)cogs.susx.ac.uk) and a copy as an attached file to Ruslan Mitkov (r.mitkov(a)wlv.ac.uk) INFO EMAIL: Authors should send an info email to Nicolas Nicolov (nicolas(a)cogs.susx.ac.uk) filling in the form below: # NAME : Name of first author # TITLE: Title of the paper # PAGES: Number of pages # FILES: Name of file (if also submitted electronically) # NOTE : Anything you'd like to add # KEYS : Keywords # EMAIL: Email of the first author # ABSTR: # Abstract of the paper # . . . . . . IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission Deadline 16 May 1997 (Hard Copy/Electronic) Paper Notification 25 Jun 1997 Camera-Ready Papers Due 15 Jul 1997 RANLP Conference 11-13 Sep 1997 INVITED SPEAKERS The invited speakers of the conference are outstanding academics including: Yorick Wilks (University of Sheffield) Sergei Nirenburg (New Mexico State University) Others are expected to confirm their participation soon. 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. ORGANISING COMMITTEE GENERAL Ruslan Mitkov (University of Wolverhampton) - Chair Nicolas Nicolov (University of Sussex) - Vice-Chair Manfred Kudlek (University of Hamburg) Michael Zock (LIMSI CNRS) REGISTRATION, TRAVEL, ON-SITE ARRANGEMENTS Victoria Arranz (UMIST, Manchester) Malgorzata Stys (University of Cambridge) LOCAL ORGANISATION Nikolai Nikolov (Incoma, Shumen) - Treasurer & Coordinator Iliana Raeva (Technical University, Russe) Kalina Bontcheva (University of Shefield) Jordan Tabov (Institute of Mathematics, Sofia) CONFERENCE INFORMATION Visit RANLP'97 home page at: http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/lab/nlp/ranlp/97.html If you need additional information contact: Nicolas Nicolov Cognitive and Computing Sciences University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9QH, UK Tel: +44-1273 678408 Fax: +44-1273 671320 Email: nicolas(a)cogs.sussex.ac.uk RELATED EVENTS Conference participants are also invited to take part in the International Summer School "CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS", which will take place just before the conference in the same location. Further information on the summer school can be obtained from Victoria Arranz (victoria(a)ccl.umist.ac.uk) and Malgorzata Stys (m.stys(a)cl.cam.ac.uk). INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPANTS/ PUBLISHING COMPANIES/ DEMOS/EXHIBITS Industrial participants are invited to demonstrate their NLP-related products as well as publishing companies to exhibit their new books on NLP. Company representatives should inform Nicolas Nicolov (nicolas(a)cogs.sussex.ac.uk) of their intention. Likewise for people from academia who wish to make demos. Publishers wishing to exhibit/ promote books please contact Ruslan Mitkov (r.mitkov(a)wlv.ac.uk). ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM An alternative program can be arranged for persons accompanying delegates. Among the places which can be visited is Plovdiv, the second largest and oldest Bulgarian city, beautifully situated on 7 hills 75 km away from Tzigov Chark. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Call for participation, including the programme of the conference, more information on invited talks, conference location and accommodation, registration fees and bank accounts, will come out at the end of June. The information on the web will be kept updated: http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/lab/nlp/ranlp/97.html