LINGUIST List 10.1852

Wed Dec 1 1999

Calls: Ling/Professions:GURT 2000,Comp Ling:AT AISB-00

Editor for this issue: James Yuells <jameslinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. James E. Alatis, Linguistics and Professions/GURT 2000 (final cfp)
2. William Edmondson, Computational Ling:AT AISB-00

CALL FOR PROPOSALS ** DEADLINE: DECEMBER 10, 1999

Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT) 2000
 
 Linguistics, Language, and the Professions:
 Education, Journalism, Law, Medicine, and Technology
 
 May 4-6, 2000
 Georgetown University
 Washington, D.C.
 
 
Plenary Speakers:
 
 Education: Dr. Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University
 Journalism: Dr. Allan Bell, Auckland University; Journal of
 Sociolinguistics
 Law: Dr. Roger Shuy, Georgetown University
 Medicine: Dr. Richard Frankel, University of Rochester
 School of Medicine and Dentistry
 Technology: Fr. Lee Lubbers, S.J., SCOLA
 
Plus a special full-day program by members of the Federal Interagency
Language Roundtable (ILR) and the Society of Federal Linguists.
 
 
The Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT)
2000 will focus on the interrelationships between linguistics and other
professions. We invite proposals for individual papers as well
as for 2-hour and 4-hour colloquia that examine language use in or apply
linguistics to the professions of education, journalism, law, medicine,
and technology. Researchers working in a profession not represented by
these strands are welcome to submit their papers within an "other"
category. Specifications for all proposal submissions follow.

 
INDIVIDUAL PAPERS will be 20 minutes long followed by 10 minutes of
discussion. To propose an individual paper, send four copies of a
one-page abstract. In the upper right-hand corner of all four copies
indicate the professional strand most closely related to the presentation
(education, journalism, law, medicine, technology, or "other"). In the
upper left-hand corner of one copy, place the submitter's name, address,
phone, e-mail address, and institutional affiliation. The other three
copies should contain no identifying information.
 
Organizers of COLLOQUIA may send proposals for either 2 or 4 hour blocks
of time. Colloquium organizers serve as the liaison between participants
in their colloquium and the GURT2000 organizers, and are responsible for
communication among the participants. To propose a colloquium, send four
copies of a single page statement from the organizer explaining the theme
of the colloquium, how the individual presentations relate to each other,
how much time is being requested, and how the time will be allocated. In
the upper right-hand corner of all four copies indicate the professional
strand most closely related to the colloquium (education, journalism, law,
medicine, technology, or "other"). In the upper left-hand corner of one
copy, place the organizer's name, address, phone, e-mail address, and
institutional affiliation. The other three copies should contain no
identifying information.
 
In addition to the organizer's umbrella abstract, four copies of one-page
abstracts should be sent for each individual presentation within the
colloquium. In the upper left-hand corner of one copy, place the
presenter's name, address, phone, e-mail address, and institutional
affiliation. The other three copies should contain no identifying
information.
 
Abstracts for all presentations within one colloquium must be submitted
together.
 
 
ALL PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1999. 
Send proposals to: GURT 2000, Department of Linguistics, Georgetown
University, Washington, D.C. 20057. E-mail inquiries should be directed
to: tanagusun.georgetown.edu OR alatisjgusun.georgetown.edu.

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Dr. James E. Alatis
Dean Emeritus, SLL
Distinguished Professor of Linguistics and Modern Greek
Georgetown University
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 CALLS FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS FOR

 Symposium on
 Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and (Quasi-)Human Rights
 ########################################################

 AT AISB-00
 the 2000 Convention of the AISB

 17-20 April 2000
 University of Birmingham
 England


Please consult the following webpage for details:

 http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~jab/AISB-00/Rights/cfp.html



ABOUT THE WHOLE CONVENTION:
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Keynote Speakers:

 ALAN BUNDY from the University of Edingurgh
 GEOFFREY HINTON from University College, London
 MARVIN MINSKY from MIT
 AARON SLOMAN from the University of Birmingham


Programme Overseers and Local Arrangements Chairmen:

 John A. Barnden & Mark G. Lee
 School of Computer Science
 University of Birmingham
 England.

 {J.A.Barnden,M.G.Lee}cs.bham.ac.uk
 http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~{jab,mgl}

 Work: (+44) (0)121 414-{3816,4765}
 Fax: (+44) (0)121 414-4281

 NOTE: Please address all enquiries about the above symposia
 to their Programme Chairs, NOT to Barnden or Lee.
 In particular, please do not send submissions to Barnden or Lee.
 Barnden and Lee welcome general enquiries about the Convention.

Description:

The Convention will largely consist of the Keynote Talks and
about eight Symposia on a wide range of topics in Artificial Intelligence
and Cognitive Science. Underlying subthemes of the Convention will
include but will not be restricted to: applications of AI to society;
how AI can change society; how society affects individual cognition; how
individual agents work together; society-of-agents views of individual
cognition; and how agents deal with time and change outside and within
themselves. Please see the Convention web page (below) for descriptions
of the individual Symposia.

Convention URL: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~mgl/aisb/