LINGUIST List 13.456

Mon Feb 18 2002

Calls: Armenian Lang & Ling, Computational Ling

Editor for this issue: Renee Galvis <reneelinguistlist.org>

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1. Marie Nilsenova, Final CfP: Extended Deadline
2. Ajith Abraham, ISDA'02 - Final CFP

THIRD AND FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

MODERN WESTERN ARMENIAN:
PERSPECTIVES AND PROSPECTS

!!!! Extended deadline for submission of abstracts: 1 March, 2002

The Armenian Studies Program and the Department of Linguistics at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and the Department of Linguistics
at Harvard University, are pleased to announce the first annual
conference on 'Modern Western Armenian: Perspectives and Prospects,'
to be held in Ann Arbor, on 12-13 April, 2002. The Program Committee
for the initiative consists of Bert Vaux, Michele Sigler, Marie
Nilsenova and Kevork Bardakjian.

Scholars and interested individuals have long been keenly aware of the
need for serious and systematic studies of Modern Western Armenian as
one of the two literary standards and as a key to modern Armenian
tradition. This annual gathering is being launched with a view to
promoting research into all phases of Modern Western Armenian language
and linguistics. While format and content will certainly vary,
emphasis will be placed on general linguistic and comparative
approaches.

Scholars and students of Modern Western Armenian and of linguistics
are cordially invited to participate in the conference. For this first
gathering we will have two ninety-minute invited talks by Joan Bresnan
(Stanford University) and Sarah G. Thomason (University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor), and approximately twelve papers for shorter presentations.
Prospective participants should submit a one-page abstract as soon as
possible but no later than 1 March, 2002. The abstract should clearly
indicate the name and institutional affiliation of the participant,
title of the talk, document format (if sent as an attachment) and
fonts used, and should be forwarded by electronic mail to Denise
Brennan at: denisebrumich.edu. Selected participants will be notified
by 4 March, 2002. A limited number of grants to cover travel and
lodging are available for those participants whose papers are accepted
for presentation, but who are unable to procure support from their
home institutions or other sources.

For more information, please contact:
Denise Brennan
Armenian Studies Program
1080 South University, Suite 3663
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
USA
tel. 734-764-1825
fax 734-763-9154
email: denisebrumich.edu

Marie Nilsenove
Department of Philosophy
University of Amsterdam
Nieuwe Doelenstraat 15
1012 CP Amsterdam, NL

Phone: 020-525 4552

Homepage: http://home.student.uva.nl/m.nilsenova

For information about the Discourse Colloquium, visit
http://www.illc.uva.nl/dip

ISDA 2002: Second International Workshop on Intelligent Systems Design
and Applications

Venue: Atlanta, USA
Date: 07-08 August 2002, 
Workshop URL: http://www.softcomputing.net/
Mirror site: http://isda2002m.softcomputing.net

ISDA'02 is technically co-sponsored by The World Federation of Soft
Computing (WFSC). ISDA 2002 is the Second International workshop that
brings together international soft computing / artificial intelligence
researchers, developers, practitioners, and users. The aim of ISDA
2002 is to serve as a forum to present current and future work as well
as to exchange research ideas in this field.

ISDA 2002 invites authors to submit their original and unpublished
work that demonstrate current research in all areas of soft computing
and computational intelligence including design of artificial neural
networks, fuzzy systems, evolutionary algorithms, hybrid systems,
agents, and their applications in science, technology, business and
commercial.

Paper submission deadline: February 28, 2002 

For more details related to topics, venue, accommodation etc please
refer to the workshop web site.