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aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de>********************************************************************* Call for Papers Semantic Web WWW-10 Workshop May 1, 2001 Hongkong ********************************************************************* Comprehensive information to be found at http://semanticweb2001.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Workshop Outline The "Semantic Web", a term coined by Tim Berners-Lee, is used to denote the next evolution step of the Web. Associating meaning with content or establishing a layer of machine understandable data would allow automated agents, sophisticated search engines and interoperable services, will enable higher degree of automation and more intelligent applications. The ultimate goal of the Semantic Web is to allow machines the sharing and exploitation of knowledge in the Web way, i.e. without central authority, with few basic rules, in a scalable, adaptable, extensible manner. With RDF as the basic platform for the Semantic Web, a multitude of tools, methods and systems have just appeared on the horizon. The goal of the workshop is to share experiences about these systems, exchange ideas about improvements of existing tools and creation of new systems, principles and applications. Also an important goal is to develop a cooperation model among Semantic Web developers, and to develop a common vision about the future developments. Relevant workshop topics include (non-exhaustive list): � Language and Representation issues � Semantic Web infrastructure and architectures � Metadata and conceptual models for annotating content, resources, and portals � Automatic annotation/tagging/metadata creation and recommendation � Tools, systems and methodologies for Semantic Web � Application of semantic web technology � Migrating information to semantic formats & Information Filtering � Trust in the Semantic Web � Query languages for the Semantic Web � Information correlation, integration, mediation and brokering on the Web � Resource discovery � Distributed inference services � Semantic Web mining Important Dates Deadline for paper submission 1 Jan 2001 Notification of acceptance 1 Feb 2001 Deadline final contributions 1 Apr 2001 All accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings. In addition, a few selected best papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of the ETAI Semantic Web Journal http://www.ida.liu.se/ext/etai/ Submission Information We invite contributions that advance the state-of-the-art in topics related to the purpose of the workshop. Persons interested in participating should submit either a technical paper or a position paper addressing new research issues. In addition, we solicit proposals for panel discussions and break-out groups that work towards visions for the semantic web. Submit by e-mail before January 1, 2001 following the format instructions at http://semanticweb2001.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de to staabMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
mail.utexas.edu>FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS 2001 Texas Linguistic Society Conference The Role of Agreement in Natural Language March 2-4, 2001 University of Texas at Austin TLS 2001 Call for Papers The role of agreement in natural language is an issue of current interest and debate in many subfields of linguistics including morphology, syntax, semantics, and language acquisition, and poses a number of empirical and theoretical problems for all frameworks of linguistic theory. The aim of this conference will be to share research findings and proposals on the role of agreement in relation to a number of current issues in these areas and interface issues between these areas including the role of agreement in morphology and the lexicon, the problem of "dis-agreement" effects, the role of agreement in the theory of clause structure and Universal Grammar, the role of agreement in semantic interpretation, and the role of agreement in language acquisition in relation to these areas. We invite abstracts on original, unpublished work in any of these areas as they relate to the role of agreement in natural language. Invited Keynote Speakers Hilda Koopman, UCLA The Locality of Agreement Margeret Speas, UMASS Functional Categories and the Syntax-Pragmatics Interface Sandy Chung, UC-Santa Cruz The Two Faces of Agreement Abstracts Please submit ten copies of a one-page, 500-word, anonymous abstract for a twenty minute paper (optionally, one additional page for data and/or references may be appended), along with a 3" by 5" card with: 1) your name, 2) your affiliation, 3) your address, phone number, and e-mail address, 4) the title of the paper, and 5) an indication of which subfield of linguistics best describes the topic (e.g., Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Language Acquisition, etc.) Abstract Submissions By regular mail Please send abstracts to: TLS 2001 Abstract Committee 501 Calhoun The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712 By e-mail E-mail abstracts will also be accepted. They must be submitted as attachments to an e-mail message. They may not be contained with the body of a message. The body of the message should include all information listed in 1-5 above. The only acceptable formats for submissions are RTF, PDF, Word Perfect, or MS Word. We generally discourage the use of nonstandard fonts, since we can not always decipher them. E-mail submissions should be submitted to: tlsMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue