LINGUIST List 21.4196 Thu Oct 21 2010 Calls: Applied Ling, Comp Ling/Italy Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <dilinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Helmer Strik , Speech and Language Technology in Education 2011 Message 1: Speech and Language Technology in Education 2011 Date: 21-Oct-2010 From: Helmer Strik <W.Striklet.ru.nl> Subject: Speech and Language Technology in Education 2011 E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Speech and Language Technology in Education 2011 Short Title: SLaTE-2011 workshop Date: 24-Aug-2011 - 26-Aug-2011 Location: Venice, Italy Contact Person: Helmer Strik Meeting Email: W.Striklet.ru.nl Web Site: http://project.cgm.unive.it/events/SLaTE2011/ Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics Call Deadline: 08-Apr-2011 Meeting Description: The SLaTE-2011 workshop is about 'Speech and Language Technology in Education' (SLaTE), which is the topic of the ISCA-SIG SLaTE (http://www.sigslate.org). Call For Papers ISCA-SIG SLaTE The ISCA (International Speech Communication Association) Special Interest Group (SIG) on Speech and Language Technology in Education (SLaTE) promotes the use of speech and language technology for educational purposes, and provides a forum for exchanging information (http://www.sigslate.org). Workshop Themes The workshop will address all topics related to SLaTE, such as: - Speech technology for education - Natural language processing for education - Spoken dialogue systems for education - Applications using speech and/or natural language processing for education - Intelligent tutoring systems using speech and natural language - Development of language resources for SLaTE applications - Assessment of SLaTE methods and applications We especially welcome contributions on the future of Speech and Language Technology in Education, e.g. mobile learning, serious gaming, virtual reality, social media (networks), etc. In addition, we would like to invite demonstrations of systems. Paper Submission Full 4-page papers should be submitted before April 8, 2011. Notification of acceptance or rejection of papers will be given by June 10, 2011. For further information see http://project.cgm.unive.it/events/SLaTE2011/ If you have questions, you can send an e-mail to SLaTE2011-org (at) let.ru.nl Organization SLaTE-2011 will be organized by Helmer Strik, Catia Cucchiarini (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, technical program), Rodolfo Delmonte and Rocco Tripodi (Ca' Foscari University, Venice, Italy, local organizers), within the framework of the ISCA-SIG SLaTE (see http://www.sigslate.org). Best regards, Helmer Strik, Catia Cucchiarini, Rodolfo Delmonte, and Rocco Tripodi The SLaTE-2011 Organizing Committee Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 21-Oct-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.