LINGUIST List 7.1796

Thu Dec 19 1996

Calls: Japanese/Korean, Scottish, Hypertext

Editor for this issue: T. Daniel Seely <seelylinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. David Silva, Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference
2. J. Derrick McClure, Scottish linguistic conference in Aberdeen.
3. Maria Milosavljevic, CFP: Flexible Hypertext Workshop

*>*<* 8th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference *>*<*

Cornell University ~ LSA Summer Institute
July 25 - 27, 1997

C A L L F O R P A P E R S

The Japanese/Korean Conference provides a forum for linguistic
research about Japanese and Korean, thereby deepening our
understanding of these two languages, which have striking
typological similarities. We especially encourage presentations
that investigate both languages.

Topics include (but are not limited to): syntax, semantics,
typology, discourse, semantics, pragmatics, grammaticalization,
historical linguistics, phonology, phonetics, morphology, first-
and second-language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and
sociolinguistics.

Presentations are 20 minutes long and will be followed by a
10-minute question period.

The proceedings of this conference will be published as
_Japanese/Korean Linguistics 8QCSLI_.


INSTRUCTIONS FOR ABSTRACTS
Abstracts should be written such that they fit on one side of a
single sheet of 8.5 x 11 (or A4) paper, with at least 0.75
inch (2 cm) margins on all sides, using a typeface of at least 12
points. Abstracts may include one additional page for
figures, examples, and bibliographic citations.

Abstracts should include the name of the paper at the top of each
page, but not the name(s) of the author(s).

Ten (10) copies of the abstract should be accompanied by a single
3x5 index card on which is written the title of the paper, the
name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s), and the following
contact information for (one of) the author(s):

 mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number,
 and fax number (as available).

No faxed or e-mailed abstracts will be accepted.

Submit the ten (10) copies of the abstract plus the index card
to the appropriate address:


Phonology, Phonetics, & Socioling: All other topics:
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Professor David J. Silva Professor John Whitman
Linguistics Program Department of Linguistics
University of Texas at Arlington Cornell University
Hammond Hall 408 -- Box 19559 Morrill Hall
Arlington, TX 76019-0559 Ithaca, NY 14853-4701
daviduta.edu jbw2cornell.edu


DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: MARCH 25, 1997

Authors will be notified by May 15, 1997

(Please print-n-post or forward this message as appropriate!)

	May I use the List to call your attention to the Fifth
International Conference on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster, to be
held at Aberdeen University from 1-5 August 1997?
	The Conference will focus particularly on the following
themes:
1.	"There was an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman..."
the origins of the Ulster dialects.
2.	Scots and Scottish English: a distinction or a difference?
3.	Gaelic and Gaidhlig: parallels and contrasts between Scotland
and Ireland.
	Offers of papers, on those or any other aspect of Scottish or
Ulster language studies, are cordially invited, and should be sent to me
by February 1997. Details regarding accommodation are available on
request: information regarding conference fees, proposed social
programme, etc., will be distributed in February.

J. Derrick McClure.
(Chairman, Forum for Research in the Languages of Scotland and
Ulster.)
J.D.MCCLUREABDN.AC.UK.

 Flexible Hypertext Workshop --- Call for Participation
 http://www.mri.mq.edu.au/~mariam/flexht/

 A Workshop Held in Conjunction with
 The Eighth ACM International Hypertext Conference (Hypertext'97)

 Southampton, UK --- April 6-11, 1997
 http://www.pac.soton.ac.uk/ht97/


Workshop Theme:
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Hypertext has become a popular form for encoding electronically-available
information, particularly on the world wide web and as an interface for
multimedia products. However, a common problem with hypertext documents is
that they are static and inflexible; that is, their content cannot be
modified dynamically in order to address a particular user's knowledge or the
context of delivery. As a result, document authors must construct documents
which appeal to a variety of backgrounds, and multimedia products are
developed according to one intended audience model (for example, separate
encyclopedias for adults and children). The recognition of this problem has
led towards building more flexible hypertext systems in order to provide
user-tailored information.

This workshop is intended as an inter-disciplinary exploration into flexible
hypertext systems. Flexible hypertext systems are systems which can present
different users with different views of the same hypertext network, or which
can dynamically create the hypertext network and the content of the documents
at the nodes of that network at run-time. This workshop aims to draw together
a number of research groups taking different approaches to flexible hypertext
systems, in order to promote the cross-fertilisation of ideas and highlight
the prospects for future collaboration. The target research areas include
(but are not limited to):

- Information retrieval and filtering: the use of information retrieval or
other techniques to determine the relevance of the nodes within a static
hypertext network for the individual user. That is, the content of the
documents remain static, but links to other documents are flexible.

- Adaptive hypertext: the adaptation of an existing hypertext network of
documents to a model of the user. That is, providing flexible document
content and flexible views of a static hypertext network.

- Dynamic hypertext: employing text generation or other techniques to
dynamically create both the hypertext network and the documents within the
network as the user requests them. The hypertext network does not exist in
any form; it is built dynamically.

Organising Committee:
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(In alphabetical order)

- Peter Brusilovsky, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University.
- Maria Milosavljevic, Microsoft Research Institute, Department of Computing,
- Johanna D. Moore, Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh.
- Jon Oberlander, Human Communication Research Centre, University of
Edinburgh.
- Oliviero Stock, Cognitive & Communication Technologies Division, IRST.

Workshop Format:
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The workshop will run for one full day. The number of attendees will be
limited to 20 in order to encourage participation in workshop discussions.
Participation will be on the basis of submitted position papers or by
invitation. The workshop will include a limited number of paper presentations
(3-6) and general group discussions. Group discussions will focus on the
issues raised in the position papers, as well as on some focus questions. A
workshop dinner will also be organised to encourage informal discussion.

A draft outline of the programme:

 Welcome and Introduction
 Three Workshop Sessions consisting of:
 1 to 2 Position Paper Presentations (15-30 minutes), and
 Group Discussion on the Issues Raised (30-60 minutes)
 Open Session:
 Open Research Questions
 General Discussion
 Closing:
 Planning for post-workshop activities
 Conclusions and Wrap-up
 Workshop Dinner

Position Papers:
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We invite position papers describing demonstrated techniques for improving
the flexibility of hypertext documents. We are particularly interested in
papers which present innovative solutions to providing flexible hypertext
documents, or which address any unresolved problems with providing flexible
hypertext documents. We are also interested in receiving papers of a more
speculative nature which focus on the future of flexible hypertext systems.
Those aspects of the paper which are important for discussion in the workshop
should be clearly outlined in the paper.

Papers should be 3-5 pages long, and should be put up on the Web. If you
don't have access to a web server, then some space will be allocated for you.

Electronic submission of the URL address of the position paper will be
preferred, although papers submitted as ascii (html) or postscript will be
accepted. To submit a position paper, send the URL address and an ascii
version of the paper itself to: mariammpce.mq.edu.au
If this is not possible, please send hard copies to:

Maria Milosavljevic
MRI Language Technology Group
Department of Computing
Macquarie University
Sydney NSW 2109
Australia
email: mariammpce.mq.edu.au
Tel: (+61 2) 9850 6345
Fax: (+61 2) 9850 9529

Papers should arrive by 31st January 1997.

Before the workshop, all attendees will be able to access the position papers
from the web. We strongly encourage attendees to read these before the
workshop.