LINGUIST List 14.1394

Thu May 15 2003

Calls: Environmental Online Communication;NLP/Spain

Editor for this issue: Karolina Owczarzak <karolinalinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Arno Scharl, Book on Environmental Online Communication
2. OESI Informa, Natural Language Processing, Spain

Dear Colleagues,

You are cordially invited to submit chapters for an upcoming book on
the emerging field of Environmental Online Communication. The book
will bring together high quality contributions exploring the design,
implementation, management, funding, promotion and evaluation of Web
information systems that advocate sustainable development and the
protection of natural ecosystems. Theoretical work on the
methodological, technological and organizational foundations of
environmental online communication will complement case studies of
deployed and planned systems.

Both full papers and short papers are invited in the following
categories: completed research, research-in progress, and case
study. An extended version of this call for papers, including detailed
formatting and submission guidelines, is available at: 

	http://www.ECOresearch.net/

	IMPORTANT DATES
	Jun 30: Optional Abstract Submission
	Aug 25: Paper Submission
	Sep 21: Notification of Acceptance
	Oct 19: Camera-ready Copy of Final Chapters Due
	Feb 01: Publication


Best regards,
Arno Scharl
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DDr Arno Scharl
Professor of Information Systems
Information Management and Marketing Department,
Graduate School of Management; University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
(t) +61-8-9380-3908 (f) +61-8-9380-1004
(e) arno.scharluwa.edu.au
(w) webdev.wu-wien.ac.at (Evolutionary Web Development)
(w) www.ECOresearch.net (Environmental Communication Online)
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Call for Projects and Demonstrations

19th Conference of the Spanish Society for Natural Language Processing
(SEPLN)

10, 11 and 12 September, 2003

University of Alcal� de Henares
Alcal� de Henares (Madrid)
Spain

Organised by the Spanish Society for Natural Language Processing and
the Office for Spanish in the Information Society at Instituto
Cervantes

Introduction

The 19th Conference of the Spanish Society for Natural Language
Processing (SEPLN) will take place on September 10-12, 2003 in
Alcal� de Henares (Madrid, Spain). As in previous editions, the
aim of SEPLN for this Conference is to promote the dissemination of
research, development and innovation activities conducted by Spanish
and foreign researchers in the field of Natural Language Processing
(NLP). The conference will provide a forum for discussion and
communication to facilitate an effective exchange of knowledge and
scientific materials that are necessary for promoting the
publication of relevant work and the establishment of means of
collaboration with national and international Institutions that are
active in this field.

Objectives

The main motivation of this conference is to provide the business and
scientific communities with an ideal forum for presenting their latest
research work and developments in the field of Natural Language
Processing, as well as to demonstrate the possibilities offered by
these solutions and to know about new projects. Consequently, the 19th
SEPLN Conference is a meeting place for presenting results and
exchanging ideas concerning the present state of development in this
field of knowledge.

Furthermore, there is the intention of meeting the goal, achieved in
previous editions, of identifying future paths for basic research and
foreseen software applications, in order to compare them against the
market needs. Finally, the conference intends to be an appropriate
forum in helping new professionals to become active members in this
field.

Topics

Researchers and businesses are encouraged to send project abstracts or
demonstrations related to any of the following topics:

Linguistic, mathematic and psycholinguistic models of language
Corpus linguistics
Monolingual and multilingual information extraction and retrieval
Formalisms and grammars for morphological and syntactical analysis
Computational Lexicography
Monolingual and multilingual text generation
Machine translation
Speech synthesis and recognition
Semantics, pragmatics and discourse
Word sense disambiguation 
NLP industrial applications
Automatic textual content analysis

Structure of the Conference

The Conference will last three days, with sessions dedicated to
presenting papers, ongoing research projects, prototype product
demonstrations or products connected with topics addressed in the
conference. Scientific activities will be complemented by social and
tourist activities, allowing attendants to gain a better understanding
about the social and cultural dimensions of Alcal� de Henares. 

Projects and Demos

As in previous editions, depending on the number of proposals, it is
planned to organise oral presentations of projects and product demos
in any of the Conference topics. Proposals must meet certain format
and style requirements for presentations.

The organizers encourage participants to give oral presentations of
projects and product demos.

For oral presentation of projects to be accepted, the following
information must be included:

-Project title
-Funding institution
-Participant groups in the project
-Name, affiliation, e-mail and phone number of the project director
-Abstract (2 pages maximum)
- If a demonstration is to be performed, further information must be
included, as indicated below

For demonstrations to be accepted, the following information is
mandatory:

-Name, affiliation, e-mail and phone number of the authors
-Abstract (2 pages maximum)
-Time estimation for the whole presentation
-This information must be received by June 10, 2003

Publication Format

The final version of the article will be sent before June 27, 2003
through a web system: https://chair.dlsi.ua.es/sepln03/submit.html
Documents must not include headers or footings.
Maximum length will be 2 pages DIN A4 (210 x 297 mm), references and
figures.
Articles will be sent in Postscript or PDF format.

LaTeX format

Authors using LaTeX format may download from the Conference website
the following style package zip file: latex_new.zip which contains
document and bibliography styles, as well as an example showing
existing possibilities. 

Word format 

Authors using Microsoft Word or compatible may download from the
Conference website the following zip file: word_new.zip which includes
a pattern file in RTF format and an example showing existing editing
possibilities. 

Important Dates 
Deadline for submitting projects and demos: June 10, 2003 
Deadline for submitting final versions: June 27, 2003

Program Committee

Chairman: Prof. Maximiliano Saiz Noeda (Universitat d'Alacant)

Members:

Prof. Jos� Gabriel Amores Carredano (Universidad de Sevilla)
Prof. Toni Badia i Card�s (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Prof. Manuel de Buenaga Rodr�guez (Universidad Europea de Madrid)
Prof. Irene Castell�n Masalles (Universitat de Barcelona)
Prof. Arantza D�az de Ilarraza (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea)
Prof. Antonio Ferr�ndez Rodr�guez (Universitat d'Alacant)
Prof. Mikel Forcada Zubizarreta (Universitat d'Alacant)
Prof. Ana Mar�a Garc�a Serrano (Universidad Polit�cnica de
Madrid)
Prof. Koldo Gojenola Galletebeitia (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea)
Prof. Xavier G�mez Guinovart (Universidade de Vigo)
Prof. Julio Gonzalo Arroyo (Universidad Nacional de Educaci�n a
Distancia)
Prof. Jos� Miguel Go�i Menoyo (Universidad Polit�cnica de Madrid)
Prof. Joaquim Llisterri (Universitat Aut�noma de Barcelona)
Prof. Javier Mac�as Guarasa (Universidad Polit�cnica de Madrid)
Prof. Jos� B. Mari�o Acebal (Universitat Polit�cnica de Catalunya)
Prof. M. Antonia Mart� Anton�n (Universitat de Barcelona)
Prof. Lidia Ana Moreno Boronat (Universitat Polit�cnica de
Valencia)
Prof. Lluis Padr� (Universitat Polit�cnica de Catalunya)
Prof. Manuel Palomar Sanz (Universitat d'Alacant)
Prof. Jos� Manuel Pardo Mu�oz (Universidad Polit�cnica de Madrid)
Prof. Natividad Prieto S�ez (Universitat Polit�cnica de Valencia)
Prof. Germ�n Rigau (Universitat Polit�cnica de Catalunya)
Prof. Horacio Rodr�guez Hontoria (Universitat Polit�cnica de
Catalunya)
Prof. Kepa Sarasola Gabiola (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea)
Prof. L. Alfonso Ure�a L�pez (Universidad de Ja�n)
Prof. M Felisa Verdejo Maillo (Universidad Nacional de
Educaci�n a Distancia)
Prof. Manuel Vilares Ferro (Universidade de Vigo)

Organising Committee

Chairman:
Mr. Jes�s Antonio Cid Mart�nez, Academic Director at Instituto
Cervantes

Coordinator:
Ms. Isabel Bermejo Rubio, Responsible for the Bureau of Spanish in the
Information Society - OESI - at Instituto Cervantes

Members:
Ms. Eva M Garc�a Garc�a, Technician at OESI, Instituto Cervantes
Ms. Raquel Tapias Aparicio, Technician at OESI, Instituto Cervantes
Mr. John Michael Urresti Gra�a, Technician at OESI, Instituto
Cervantes

Collaborators:
Ms. Eva M G�mez G�mez, Collaborator at OESI, Instituto Cervantes
Ms. Rosario Guijarro Huerta, Collaborator at OESI, Instituto Cervantes

Advisors:
Ms. Esmeralda de Luis Mart�nez, Chief at the Department of External
and Institutional Relations, Instituto Cervantes
Ms. Gloria Gamarra Alonso, Technician at the Department of External
and Institutional Relations, Instituto Cervantes


Further Information

Full information is available at the official website of the
Conference: http://oesi.cervantes.es/sepln

You may also contact the coordinator at any of the following
addresses:

Secretary of the 19th SEPLN Conference
Conference coordinator: Ms. Isabel Bermejo Rubio
Oficina del Espa�ol en la Sociedad de la Informaci�n
C/ Libreros, 23
28801 Alcal� de Henares (Madrid)
Spain
Tel.: +34 91 888 72 94
Fax: +34 91 888 18 26
E-mail: seplncervantes.es
Conference website: http://oesi.cervantes.es/sepln