LINGUIST List 10.368

Tue Mar 9 1999

Calls: Modalities, Computational Linguistics

Editor for this issue: Jody Huellmantel <jodylinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Methods for Modalities, Final CfP: Methods for Modalities (M4M)
2. nlprs99, CFP for NLPRS99

FINAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

METHODS FOR MODALITIES 1 (M4M)


Institute for Logic, Language and Computation
University of Amsterdam 
May 6-7, 1999
http://www.illc.uva.nl/~mdr/M4M/

DEADLINE: March 15, 1999

THEME
The workshop `Methods for Modalities' (M4M) aims to bring together 
researchers interested in developing proof tools and decision methods for 
modal logic broadly conceived, including description logic, feature logic, 
temporal logic.

SPECIAL FEATURES
To stimulate interaction and transfer of expertise, M4M will be centered 
around a number of long presentations by leading researchers; these 
presentations will provide both the background and inside information in a 
number of key areas. To complement these, we are inviting submissions of 
short, focussed presentations aimed at highlighting new developments, and 
submissions of system demonstrations.

SUBMISSIONS
We invite two kinds of submissions: research papers on proof tools and 
decision methods for modal logic as well as their applications; and system 
descriptions. Research papers need not be original; they can be up to 10 
A4 size pages, and system descriptions can be up to 4 A4 size pages. 
System descriptions should focus on actual implementations, explaining 
system architecture issues and specific implementation techniques. Every 
system description should be accompanied by a system demo at M4M. The 
primary means of submission will be electronic, in PostScript format. 
Submissions should be sent to m4mwins.uva.nl.

PROGRAM
The following people have agreed to give long presentations:
 * David Basin (Verification Based on Monadic Logic)
 * Patrick Blackburn (Labeled Deduction and Tableaux)
 * Ian Horrocks (Tableaux Implementations)
 * Hans de Nivelle (Resolution Implementations)
 * Renate Schmidt (Resolution-Based Methods)
 * Roberto Sebastiani (Testing)
In addition, there will be demonstration sessions, and short, 30 minute, 
contributed presentations.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
The program committee for M4M consists of Carlos Areces (Amsterdam), Enrico 
Franconi (Manchester), Rajeev Gore (Canberra), Hans de Nivelle 
(Amsterdam/Saarbruecken), Hans Juergen Ohlbach (London), Maarten de Rijke 
(Amsterdam), Holger Schlingloff (Bremen).

IMPORTANT DATES
 * Deadline for submissions: March 15, 1999
 * Notification: April 5, 1999
 * Workshop dates: May 6-7, 1999

REGISTRATION
For information on registration please visit 
http://www.illc.uva.nl/~mdr/M4M/

SPONSORS
M4M is generously sponsored by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific 
Research (NWO), the Computational Logic Group at ILLC, the Spinoza project 
`Logic in Action', Henry Chinaski Productions, and DFG.

FURTHER INFORMATION
Please visit http://www.illc.uva.nl/~mdr/M4M/ for further information 
about M4M. 

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M4M: Methods for Modalities 
ILLC, Univ of Amsterdam, May 6-7, 1999
http://www.illc.uva.nl/~mdr/M4M/

 -|-------------------------------------|-
 SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

 NLPRS-99
 5th Natural Language Processing Pacific Rim Symposium

 Beijing, China
 November 5-7, 1999

 "Closing the Millennium"
 -|-------------------------------------|-

NLPRS has contributed to the promotion and circulation of research
efforts in Computational Linguistics and related subjects, primarily
among scholars in the Pacific Rim area. As the NLPRS culminating
a millennium, NLPRS-99 would like to invite more scholars than ever
before, including those beyond the Pacific boundaries, covering
topics of all related areas, in order to create a memorable occasion
before the next century. The papers must be original and address
unpublished work on all aspects of Computational Linguistics.


TOPICS

The conference papers may represent technical works in all areas of
computational linguistics. The following categories are illustrative only.
Do not hesitate to send your papers even if you think that the area of your
paper is not exactly covered by the categories below.

 General Categories
 morphology
 syntax
 discourse
 generation
 anaphora resolution
 lexical semantics
 machine translation
 dialogue
 bilingual alignment
 statistical parsing

 Linguistic Data
 lexical acquisition
 corpus analysis

 Applications
 applied NLP systems
 parallel implementations

 Thematic topics
 millennium view/experiences from large projects
 internet

THEMATIC SESSION and PANEL DISCUSSION :
THE MILLENNIUM: FIFTY YEARS OF COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS

NLPRS is considering organizing a millennium session and a panel
discussion on the issues and thoughts of what we have achieved and
what we may achieve over the fifty years of Computational Linguistics.
For instance, historical landmarks with positive influence on the
solutions of linguistic issues may need to be reinterpreted. What
would be the implication of achievements so far? On this topic,
NLPRS would like to encourage the submission of related papers.
In particular, government officials and scholars who created,
funded, and managed large-scale NLP projects are strongly urged
to join this panel discussion. The panel meeting will provide a
timely occasion to discuss successes and failures of large projects.

Those who wish to join the panel discussion on the topics stated
above are kindly requested to compile an email application with
a brief note of the opinion statement to the following address.

 yshanworld.kaist.ac.kr


THEMATIC SESSION :
LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND THE INTERNET

One of the key terms opening the next century will be the Internet.
Linguistic ideas may need to be recast into internet primitives.
NLPRS99 plans to organize a session devoted to related themes;
papers addressing the following themes are welcome:

 - internet applications of NLP systems:
 computational models as well as case studies
 - general topics on group works:
 linguistic or non linguistic algorithms that foster group
 communications


CONFERENCE Chair:

Huang, Changning Tsinghua University, China


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chair:

Cao, Youqi Chinese Information Processing Society of China, China


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Chair:

Choi, Key-Sun KAIST, Korea

Vice-Chairs:

Yu, Shiwen Peking University, China
Han, Young S. Suwon University, Korea

Members:

Ananiadou, Sofia European Media Laboratory, Germany
Boitet, Christian CLIPS-GETA, France
Bond, Francis NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Japan
Chen, Keh-Jiann Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Church, Kenneth W. AT&T Labs, USA
Dale, Robert Microsoft Research Institute, USA
Dong, Zhendong China Information Processing Society, China
Estival, Dominique Syrinx Speech Systems, Australia
Hasida, Koiti Electrotechnical Lab, Japan
Hausser, Roland University of Erlangen, Gemany
Hideki, Kashioka ATR, Japan
Hovy, Eduard USC Information Sciences Institute, USA
Huang, Chu-Ren Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Isahara, Hitoshi Communications Research Laboratory, Japan
Joshi, Aravind K. University of Pennsylvania, USA
Kando, Noriko NACSIS, Japan
Kikui, Gen-ichiro NTT Information and Communication Systems Laboratories,
 Japan
Kim, Yeunbae NHK, Japan
Kurohashi, Sadao Kyoto University, Japan
Kwon, Hyuk-Chul Pusan National University, Korea
Lee, Jong-Hyeok Pohang University, Korea
Leong, Munkew Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore
Li, Sheng Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Lua, Kim-Teng National University of Singapore, Singapore
Meknavin Surapan NECTEC, Thailand
Mitkov, Ruslan University of Wolverhampton, UK
Myaeng, Sung Hyon Chungnam National University, Korea
Nishino, Fumihito Fujitsu Labs, Japan
Niwa, Yoshiki ARL Hitachi, Japan
Park, Seyoung ETRI, Korea
Rim, Hae-Chang Korea University, Korea
Sangal, Rajeev Indian Institute of Information Technology, India
Seo, Jungyun Sogang University, Korea
Su, Keh-Yih Behavior Design Corporation, Taiwan
Takeda, Koichi IBM Tokyo Labs, Japan
Tokunaga, Takenobu Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Tsujii, Jun'ichi University of Tokyo, Japan
T'sou, Benjamin K. City University of Hong Kong
Uszkoreit, Hans University of Saarbruecken, Germany
Utsuro, Takehito Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Wu, Dekai HKUST Human Language Technology Center, Hong Kong
Wuwongse, Vilas Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Yao, Tian-Shun Northeastern University, China
Yoshimura, Kenji Fukuoka University,Japan
Yusoff, Zaharin University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Zhang, Pu Beijing Language & Culture University, China
Zhou, Ming Tsinghua University, China
Zock, Michael Langage & Cognition LIMSI-CNRS, France


PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers should describe unique and completed work. When submitting
papers, authors must specify the category of the presentation: regular
paper, project paper, or poster paper. If a regular paper is intended
for the thematic sessions, the author is asked to indicate so by
choosing one of the two themes: millennium session or internet session.
In particular if the paper is intended for the millennium session, the
paper may length more than 3000 words constraints.

SUBMISSION FORMAT

Papers should not contain more than 3200 words except millennium papers.
The title page must contain the title of the paper, author information,
paper length in words, the thematic session (if appropriate), and up to
5 keywords. The main pages should not contain the author information.
Four hard copies of the original paper must be sent directly to the
following address :

 NLPRS-99 Submission
 Prof. Key-Sun Choi
 Department of Computer Science
 KAIST(Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
 373-1 Kusong-dong Yusong-gu
 Taejon 305-701 Korea
 TEL +82-42-869-3565
 FAX +82-42-867-3565

Hard copy submissions are strongly recommended, but for the authors
who cannot make hard copy submissions, the file format must be readily
browsable and printable in ps, html, or pdf. Electronic submissions
should be made to the following address:

 nlprs99korterm.kaist.ac.kr


IMPORTANT DATES

 Paper Submissions Deadline June 1, 1999
 Notification of acceptance August 1, 1999
 Camera ready paper September 1, 1999

Home page : http://korterm.kaist.ac.kr/~nlprs99