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socket.net>Alexander Luria and the psychology of the XXIst century SECOND INTERNATIONAL LURIA MEMORIAL CONFERENCE Moscow, 24-27 September, 2002 Dear Colleague, The year 2002 marks the centenary (100 years) of the birth of Alexander Romanovich Luria (1902 - 1977). To commemorate the life and scientific achievements of this world-renowned psychologist, Moscow State University, in collaboration with the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Education, the Russian Psychological Association and the International Neuropsychological Society, is pleased to announce an International Memorial Conference. The Second International Luria Memorial Conference will be held from September 24th to 27th, 2002 in Moscow. The conference will include plenary and thematic sessions (oral and poster presentations), round table discussions and evening lectures. A competition will be organized for the papers of students, Ph.D. fellows and young researchers (under 33 years old). The Conference program will focus on the following main groups of topics: 1. Luria's contribution to the development of modern psychology in the world (general psychology, developmental psychology, special education, psychogenetics, ethnopsychology, psychophysiology, psycholinguistics). 2. A.R. Luria as a founder of neuropsychology (cognitive neuropsychology, methods of neuropsychychological assessment, developmental neuropsychology, neuropsychological rehabilitation and correction, interhemispheric asymmetry and interaction, neuropsychology of individual differences, neuropsychological studies in conjoint branches of research). 3. The life and work of A.R. Luria - individuals, events, history (main aspects of his scientific biography, collaboration with eminent scientists, evolution of ideas and theories) Proposals or an abstract of no more than 250 words may be sent by mail, fax or e-mail (e-mail is preferable). The final deadline for submission of proposals is December, 30, 2001; for submission of abstracts, the deadline is March 1, 2002. Proposals will be reviewed by the International Program Committee in consultation with members of International Executive Committee of the Conference. Languages of the Conference are Russian and English. Up-to-date information on these and other questions regarding the Conference may be obtained by e-mail <kmpMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
alpha.tu.ac.th>First Call for Papers International Joint Conference of SNLP-Oriental COCOSDA 2002 ********************************************************* The Fifth Symposium on Natural Language Processing 2002 AND Oriental COCOSDA Workshop 2002 ************************************************************ 9-11 May 2002 Hua Hin, Prachuapkirikhan, Thailand Web Site: http://kind.siit.tu.ac.th/snlp-o-cocosda2002/ or http://www.links.nectec.or.th/itech/snlp-o-cocosda2002/ =========================================================== The Fifth Symposium on Natural Language Processing and Oriental COCOSDA 2002 will be jointly held in a single all-encompassing event called SNLP-O-COCOSDA 2002. This international joint conference is hosted by Thammasat University in cooperation with the Thailand's National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC). The Symposium on Natural Language Processing (SNLP) is an international conference held biannually since 1993 with the cooperative effort of a number of universities in Thailand. The purpose of SNLP is to promote research in Natural Language Processing by bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field to exchange ideas and present results from research in Natural Language Processing and various related fields. Oriental COCOSDA is an international workshop held annually by the oriental chapter of The International Committee for the Co-ordination and Standardization of Speech Databases and Assessment Techniques for Speech Input/Output. The first preparatory meeting was held in Hong Kong and then the past four workshops were held in Japan, Taiwan, China and Korea. The fifth workshop will be held in Thailand incorporated into SNLP-2002. Papers are invited on substantial, original, and unpublished research on all aspects of computational linguistics, including, but not limited to: * pragmatics and discourse * semantics, syntax and the lexicon * phonetics, phonology and morphology * interpreting and generating spoken and written language * linguistic, mathematical and psychological models of language * information retrieval, information extraction, text mining * corpus-based language modeling * multi-lingual processing * machine translation and translation aids * natural language interfaces and dialogue systems * message and narrative understanding systems * pattern recognition * applied NLP systems * language processing in internet applications * human processing of language and speech * tools and resources for natural language processing * evaluation of natural language systems * speech processing * evaluation of speech understanding/dialogue systems * multi-modal speech corpora * speech corpus annotation tools * spoken language processing Submission Requirements and Reviewing: Papers should describe original work. They should emphasize completed work rather than intended work, and should indicate clearly the state of completion of the reported results. Wherever appropriate, concrete results and evaluation should be included. Reviewing of papers will be blind. Reviewing will be managed by the Technical Committee and the International Advisory Committee who will identify a set of representative papers for submission. Each submission will be reviewed by at least three reviewers. A paper accepted for presentation at SNLP-O-COCOSDA 2002 cannot be presented or have been presented at any other meeting with publicly available published proceedings. Papers that are being submitted to other conferences must indicate this on the Identification Page (See below). Submission Process: 1. Register your intention to submit at http://kind.siit.tu.ac.th/snlp-o-cocosda2002/subreg/ . In response, an Identification Page will be sent to your e-mail address. 2. Your paper should be eight pages or less including references. Format your paper using (preferably) LaTeX or Microsoft Word style files according the format template at http://kind.siit.tu.ac.th/snlp-o-cocosda2002/style/ or see a Description of Format Requirements if you cannot use these templates at the same site. 3. Prepare four (4) hard copies of the paper and attach the completed Identification Page to the first copy. Send to: Dr. Thanaruk Theeramunkong Information Technology Program, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat Rangsit Campus, Pathumthani 12121, Thailand An Acknowledgement of your hard copy submission will be e-mailed soon after receipt. 4. For the purposes of partially automated routing of papers to reviewers only, submit one (1) electronic version of the paper in PDF (without the Identification Page) via an upload program available at: http://kind.siit.tu.ac.th/snlp-o-cocosda2002/submit/ or http://www.links.nectec.or.th/itech/snlp-o-cocosda2002/submit/ . The submission deadline for both hard copy and electronic copy is 1 February 2002. You will be notified whether your paper has been accepted by 8 March 2002. PAPERS WHICH DO NOT MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE SUBJECT TO REJECTION WITHOUT UNDERGOING THE APPROPIATE REVIEW PROCESS. 5. Once your paper has been accepted, submit your camera-ready copy along with a signed Copyright Release Statement by 29 March 2002. More Information: For queries about complying to the submission process, e-mail snlp-o-cocosda2002qaMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue