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cs.rutgers.edu>Note that this is DISTINCT from NAACL01. CALL FOR PAPERS Submissions due on January 9, 2001 HLT 2001, Human Language Technology Confererence March 18-21, 2001 San Diego, California http://hlt2001.org Human Language Technology brings together researchers in a broad spectrum of fields, all of which are working toward enabling computers to interact with humans using natural language capabilities. The HLT Conference is a forum for researchers in those fields to present high-quality, cutting-edge work, and to exchange ideas and explore directions for further research. The Conference will also foster opportunities for international collaboration within language technology. The Conference and Program Chairs invite submissions from researchers in computer science, linguistics, engineering, psychology, etc., who are exploring methods for enabling better use of language technology. Further information is available at the Conference web site, http://hlt2001.org . The Conference will span four days, running from Sunday afternoon through mid-day Wednesday. It will include peer-reviewed research presentations, posters, demonstrations, panel sessions, and time for discussion. Sessions will cover not only research, but also developments in related government funding programs. HLT submissions should be in areas such as the following: Computational linguistics, Computational support for learning, Cross-language and multilingual systems, Dialogue interaction, Formal methods for NLP, HLT architectures, HLT evaluation, HLT resource development, HLT standards, Human-computer interaction, Information Retrieval, Information extraction, Machine translation, Question answering, Rule-based natural language processing, Speech and language applications, Speech generation, Speech recognition, Speech synthesis, Statistical NLP, and Summarization. Space at the Conference is restricted. The presenting author of accepted papers, posters, and demonstrations is automatically invited. Individuals or groups interested in attending otherwise should see the Conference web site for application information. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSIONS Submissions will be electronic, in PostScript or PDF. Complete submission information will be available at http://hlt2001.org . HLT submissions are due on or before January 9, 2001. Submissions will be 3-4 page extended abstracts (not to exceed 1500 words) of the proposed presentation and must include enough information for the reviewers to judge the applicability and novelty of the work. It is expected that the Conference will include diverse areas within HLT and preference will be given to papers that will appeal to multiple fields. Submissions should indicate the preferred and acceptable presentation methods: paper, poster, or demonstration. The Program Committee will select among those presentation methods for accepted submissions based on what fits the program best. In order to encourage late-breaking research results, the submission deadline for HLT 2001 is very close to the Conference. There is insufficient time to produce a bound proceedings for the Conference. Instead, all accepted papers, posters, and demonstrations will have their extended abstracts (revised based on reviewer comments) published in notebook proceedings that will be available at the Conference. After the Conference, authors will have an opportunity to revise their papers for the final bound proceedings. CONFERENCE COMMITTEES General chair: James Allan, University of Massachusetts (USA) Co-chair: Mitch Marcus, University of Pennsylvania (USA) Executive Program Committee: Rob Gaizauskas, Sheffield University (UK) Jean-Luc Gauvain, LIMSI (France) Marti Hearst, University of California, Berkeley (USA) Eduard Hovy, ISI (USA) David D. Lewis, Independent consultant (USA) Kathleen McKeown, Columbia University (USA) Mari Ostendorf, University of Washington (USA) Junichi Tsujii, University of Tokyo (Japan) and UMIST (UK) Alex Waibel, Carnegie Mellon University (USA) Ross Wilkinson, CSIRO (Australia) Demonstration Co-chairs: Clifford Weinstein, MIT Lincoln Laboratory (USA) Bob Younger, SPAWAR Systems Center (USA) CONFERENCE VENUE The HLT Conference will be held at the Catamaran Resort Hotel in San Diego, California. The famous San Diego Zoo is the home of Hua Mei, the only baby giant panda to be born in the US (she will be 18 months old at HLT). Sea World is one of the area's better known attractions, where you can see the killer whale Shamu. San Diego also houses Balboa Park, the largest urban cultural park. You can stroll through the Gaslamp Quarter or through Old Town. Nearby La Jolla houses the Birch Aquarium, and Carlsbad houses Legoland. Heading south gets you to Tijuana, Mexico. IMPORTANT DATES (all dates are in 2001) January 9 Extended abstract submissions due January 15 Attendance applications due February 15 Authors notified of decisions February 18 All attendees notified of acceptence March 6 Camera-ready "notebook" papers due March 18-21 Conference April 17 Final copy of proceedings papers due July 20 Proceedings published (target date) FURTHER INFORMATION Up-to-date information about the Conference can be found at http://hlt2001.orgMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
uwe.ac.uk>Third International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB3) Local Organisers: Centre for European Studies (CES), Faculty of Languages and European Studies (LES) University of the West of England, Bristol Wednesday 18 April 2001 to Friday 20 April 2001 Venue: University of the West of England, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK ACADEMIC ORGANISING COMMITTEE Professor Colin Baker (Wales/Bangor), Kate Beeching (UWE), Felix Bihlmeier (UWE), Dr Helmut Daller (UWE), Dr Margaret Deuchar (Wales/Bangor), Professor Ullrich Kockel (UWE), Dr Nicholas Miller (Newcastle), Professor Li Wei (Newcastle), Dr Stephen May (Bristol), Dr Susan Price (UWE), Professor Michael Scriven (UWE), Professor Gisela Shaw (UWE), Dr Jeanine Treffers-Daller (UWE) KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Professor Jim Cummins (Toronto) Dr Ton Dijkstra (Nijmegen) Professor Nancy Hornberger (Pennsylvania) Professor Juergen Meisel (Hamburg) Professor Thomas Roeper (Amherst, Massachussetts) Professor Suzanne Romaine (Oxford) Registration information A registration form is available from the following website: http://www.uwe.ac.uk/facults/les/research/bilingual/frames.html costs Speakers/Early Registration Fee - �150 (for bookings received by 5 January 2001 (extended deadline) Note to Speakers: Failure to register for the conference by 5 January 2001 will result in removal from the programme. Standard Registration Fee - �160 Late Registration Fee - �170 (for bookings received after 1 March 2001) Student/Unwaged Registration Fee - �130 (on production of student card, or other evidence of status) Day Symposium Rate - �70 Completed registration forms with sterling cheques, made PAYABLE TO "UWE,BRISTOL" should be sent to: Third International Symposium on Bilingualism Faculty of Languages and European Studies UWE, Bristol, Frenchay Campus Coldharbour Lane Bristol BS16 1QY Payment through credit card is also possible. Please provide your credit card number AND THE EXPIRY DATE on your registration form. We accept the following credit cards: VISA, Mastercard, Switch and DELTA. For Switch please also indicate issue number. All further information (about the Programme, Registration and Accommodation) can be obtained from the website. http://www.uwe.ac.uk/facults/les/research/bilingual/frames.html Please note the following: * ENSUITE ROOMS IN THE STUDENT HALLS OF RESIDENCE ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. Standard rooms are still available. * The dinner in the Student Halls of Residence on Wednesday 18 April is ONLY available for delegates staying in the Halls. * DEADLINE for ABSTRACTS The deadline for the submission of abstracts has expired on 1 October 2000. Unfortunately new abstracts can no longer be considered for presentation at the conference. Further enquiries / hardcopy of registration form: ISBERGMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue