LINGUIST List 4.935

Thu 11 Nov 1993

Confs: Natural Language Processing

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1. Jill C Burstein, Natural Language Processing

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 * The Educational Testing Service *
 * Conference on Natural Language Processing Techniques *
 * in Assessment and Education *
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 ***CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT***


Dates: May 18th - 19th, 1994

Location: Chauncey Conference Center
 Educational Testing Service
 Rosedale Road
 Princeton, New Jersey 08541



Conference Purpose:


 Natural Language Processing Techniques have been found to be
 increasingly useful in the domains of assessment and education.
 The purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers from
 both the NLP, and assessment and education communities and to
 share ideas about how NLP techniques can be implemented
 to aid in tasks for assessment and education. Speakers are being
 invited from industry and academia to discuss their research and
 applications
 of NLP in assessment and education. We anticipate that the conference
 will encourage on-going discussion between the NLP, and assessment and
 education communities.

 Topics:

 * NLP Techniques for Assessment of Natural Language Responses to Test Items
 * Computer-Aided Design in Education
 * Automatic Spelling Correction for Automated Scoring of Natural Language
 Responses
 * Intelligent Tutors

 The conference will be held at the Chauncey Conference Center on ETS'
 Princeton campus. Chauncey Conference Center has rooms for conference guests
 who choose to stay overnight. The price of the conference varies depending on
 the type of accommodations requested.


Prices for DAY GUESTS and OVERNIGHT GUESTS are the following.

DAY GUESTS: OVERNIGHT GUESTS: (1-DAY Complete Package)



 $60.00 includes: $225/single

 Continental Breakfast $170/twin
 Lunch -----------------------
 Coffee Break Dinner
 Meeting Overnight
 Dinner ($28.00 extra) Continental Breakfast
 Lunch
 Coffee Break
 Meeting

COSTS FOR ENTIRE CONFERENCE:

DAY GUEST: $120: 2 Days

OVERNIGHT GUEST: $285 (single): 1-DAY COMPLETE MEETING PACKAGE + 1 DAY
 $230 (twin): 1-DAY COMPLETE MEETING PACKAGE + 1 DAY


Registration is limited. Please return Reply Form and address inquiries to
 either
Corrine Cohen, Eleanore DeYoung or Jill Burstein at the following addresses:

Corrine Cohen
Mailstop 16-R
Educational Testing Service
Rosedale Road
Princeton, NJ 08541
phone: (609) 734-1108

Eleanore DeYoung
Mailstop 17-R
Educational Testing Service
Rosedale Rd.
Princeton, NJ 08541
e-mail: edeyoungrosedale.org
phone: (609) 734-5834

Jill Burstein*
Mailstop 11-R
Educational Testing Service
Rosedale Rd.
Princeton, NJ 08541
e-mail: jbursteinrosedale.org
phone: (609) 734-5823
(*Not available between November 8, 1993 - February 1, 1994)


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 REPLY FORM

Overnight guests must return Reply Form by March 15, 1994.
Day guests must return Reply Form by April 18, 1994.

Name:
Affiliation:
Address:


Phone:
Email:
FAX:

DAY GUEST

I will attend for ______ day(s) at $60.00 per day.
(If for one day, please specify either May 18 ___ Amount Enclosed $_________
or May 19 ___.)

I would like Dinner at $28.00. $_________

OVERNIGHT GUEST

I would like a 1-DAY COMPLETE PACKAGE for $225.00 (single) $_________
 $170.00 (twin) $_________

(Please specify either May 18____ or May 19____.)

I will attend the ENTIRE CONFERENCE for $285.00 (single) $________
 $230.00 (twin) $________

 Total Enclosed $________


Please make checks payable to the Educational Testing Service.