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unipd.it>ConSole XI Call for Papers The eleventh meeting of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe (ConSole) will be held at the University of Padua, Italy, from 4 until 6 December 2002. The invited speaker at this year's conference will be prof. Guglielmo Cinque, from the University of Venice. SOLE aims at providing students of generative linguistics with a possibility of gaining international experience and a publication forum of their own. Furthermore, SOLE strives to enhance contacts and cooperation between students of generative linguistics in Europe and around the world. Papers are solicited from students in ALL fields of generative linguistics, including but not limited to phonology, morphology, semantics, pragmatics, phonetics, sign language, language acquisition and syntax. We will aim for a balanced program. GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACTS: Abstracts should not exceed two pages, including data, references and diagrams. Abstracts should be typed in at least 11-point font, with one-inch margins (letter-size; 8"1/2 by 11" or A4). Abstracts must be anonymous. Submissions are limited to 1 individual and 1 joint abstract per author. We strongly encourage electronic submissions. Send name, affiliation, e-mail, mailing address, and title of the paper in the body of the message. The anonymous abstract should be sent as an attachment in one of the following formats: pdf, rtf, Microsoft Word (2000 or earlier), or plain text. For any unusual fonts, please attach the font file Macintosh only). Postal submissions must include 6 copies of an anonymous abstract and an index card (3'' by 5'') including the author, title, and contact information as above. Submissions by fax will not be accepted. DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: August 1, 2002 NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: September, 2002 ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS: federico.damonteMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
let.uu.nl>R E M I N D E R SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY, FEB 13 !!!!! __________________________________________________________________________ CALL FOR PAPERS Towards a Roadmap for Multimodal Language Resources and Evaluation An ELSNET workshop at LREC 2002 Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain June 2, 2002 Aim of the workshop: The aim of the proposed workshop is to bring together key players in the field of resources and evaluation in order to make a first step towards the creation of a broadly supported Roadmap for Language Resources, i.e. a broadly supported view on the longer, medium and shorter term needs and priorities. This activity should be seen in the context of ELSNET's other roadmapping activities, which aim at developing a technological roadmap for the whole field of Human Language Technologies. The purpose of such roadmaps is to give the R&D community an instrument to identify opportunities for concertation of their activities and better exploitation of possible synergies between players all over the world. Scope of this workshop: As there is no standard model for roadmaps for resources and evaluation available, we will narrow the scope of this roadmapping workshop to a specific sub-area: Multimodal Language Resources and Evaluation. This will make our discussions more focused and concrete, and it will also allow us to exploit the fact that this workshop will take place the day after the workshop dedicated to Multimodal Resources and Evaluation of Multimodal Systems (MREMS) in general. Topics to be addressed will include: * Summary of roadmap-relevant issues discussed at the MREMS workshop the day before (e.g. challenges) * Identification of key issues, their interdependencies, priorities, strategies, infrastructures * Discussion of appropriate models for the creation and presentation of roadmaps (e.g. extrapolation, Delphi methods, timelines, scenarios, consensus creation) * Creation of a first preliminary roadmap for multimodal resources and evaluation * Definition of further steps Format of the workshop: It will be a full-day workshop, with a morning session from 8:30 to 13:00 and an afternoon session from 14:30 to 19:00. The workshop is not intended to be a mini-conference, but as a real workshop aiming at a concrete result that should pave the way for further development of the resources roadmap. Sessions may include invited talks, a small number of refereed presentations, panel sessions, small working groups addressing specific questions. Intended input: For this workshop we need forward-looking (position) papers that aim at identifying or interconnecting key issues and resources, major challenges, and strategies to reach our goals, as well as papers addressing meta issues (i.e. what is a roadmap, how to reach consensus, etc). Intended output: A draft roadmap report that can be published on the web in order to elicit feedback, and in order to serve as an example for the creation of roadmaps for other subareas. Submission details: Submissions must be in English, no more than 4 pages long and in single column format. Submissions should be sent electronically in plain text, MS Word or PDF to steven.krauwerMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue