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hrz.uni-kassel.de>- ---- 32nd Colloquium of Linguistics All Fields of Linguistics September 17-19, 1997 University of Kassel Germany Call for Papers We cordially invite you to participate in the 32nd Colloquium of Linguistics, which will take place at the University of Kassel from Wednesday, September 17 to Friday, September 19, 1997. Continuing the tradition of the colloquium there will be no restrictions regarding the choice of topics. The papers should be given in German, English, or French, and should not exceed 20 minutes. Combined with an ensuing discussion of about 10 minutes one lecture unit as a whole will cover 30 minutes. If the number of papers offered is beyond the scope of the colloquium, the programme committee reserves the right to choose the best papers on the basis of the abstracts. Conference Fee The conference fee is DM 65,00 (after April 15: DM 80,00). The sum includes the registration fee and will, among other things, cover pre-conference materials, tea and coffee, and the reception on Wednesday evening. It will not, however, cover lunches and accommodation. Social Programme We are very happy to be in the position to offer you as a supporting act a guided tour of the international art exhibition documenta X, which is the most famous exhibition of contemporary art. On Thursday, September 18, 1997 there will be the opportunity to visit documenta X in a guided group (German or English). The admission charge for this will be DM 30,00 per person. Lecture in the plenum A lecture in the plenum will be given by Prof. Dr. Peter Rolf Lutzeier, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. Application deadline Please send the application form to the conference organiser by 15th April 1997. Application Forms Application forms are available from the organiser of the 32nd Linguistic Colloquium: 32. Linguistisches Kolloquium Prof. Dr. Hans Otto Spillmann Dr. Ingo Warnke Universit=E4t Gesamthochschule Kassel Fachbereich Germanistik Georg-Forster-Str. 3 D-34109 Kassel Germany Phone : +49 561 8043326 Fax: +49 561 8042812 mail: warnkeMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
dfki.uni-sb.de>********************************************************************** DEADLINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS IN ONE MONTH!!! ********************************************************************** REFERRING PHENOMENA IN A MULTIMEDIA CONTEXT AND THEIR COMPUTATIONAL TREATMENT Organized by the ACL Special Interest Group on Multimedia Language Processing SIGMEDIA Madrid, Spain, July 7-11, 1997 (in conjunction with ACL-97/EACL-97) http://www.dfki.uni-sb.de/imedia/workshops/mm-references.html. WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: A growing number of research projects has started to investigate the use of referring expressions in multimedia systems. On the one hand, the use of multiple media has led to new problems, such as a proper treatment of cross-media references. For example, text may refer to parts of an illustration. On the other hand, it has turned out that many concepts already known from natural language processing, such as cohesion, take on an extended meaning in multimedia discourse. For example, a proper treatment of referring expressions in a multimedia discourse requires an explicit representation of the syntax and semantics of the graphical discourse. As theories of NL reference become more sophisticated, it is quite natural to investigate whether these theories also encompass other media, such as graphics and pointing gestures. Several research projects have already started to transfer theories to the broader context of multimedia discourse. Examples of models that have been used for multimedia applications are Grosz and Sidner's theory of discourse structure, the centering model developed by Joshi and colleagues and Appelt's and Kronfeld's model of referring. However, there are researchers who doubt that linguistic phenomena, such as anaphora, also exist in multimedia dialogue. The reason they give is that there are no graphical devices for distinguishing between a reference-specifying and a predication-specifying part since objects and their properties are hardly separable once depicted. The workshop will be centered around questions, such as "To what extent can linguistic models be applied to multimedia references?", "Which linguistic phenomena can also be observed in multimedia discourse?" and "Is a cross-modality theory of reference possible?". Topics of interest include, but are by no means restricted to the following: - computational models for the analysis/generation of referring expressions in a multimedia discourse - coordination/synchronization of multiple media, such as speech and pointing gestures - deixis in multimedia environments - cohesion and coherence in multimedia discourse - representation of multimedia discourse - encoding theories for text and graphics - formal models of multimedia referring - referring expressions in augmented/virtual realities - empirical studies ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Thomas Rist (Primary Contact), DFKI, Germany (ristMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue