LINGUIST List 9.552

Fri Apr 10 1998

Calls: CLAW'98, Transcription 1998

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1. Teruko.Mitamura, CLAW98 Preliminary Program
2. Transcription 1998, Call for Papers: Transcription

				CLAW98
			CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

		 THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON
	 CONTROLLED LANGUAGE APPLICATIONS (CLAW98)

			 May 21-22 1998
		 Language Technologies Institute
		 Carnegie Mellon University
	 5000 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA. 15213 USA

		 http://www.lti.cs.cmu.edu/CLAW98/

CONTEXT

The 2nd International Workshop on Controlled Language Applications
will be held May 21-22 at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA,
USA. Since the first CLAW workshop, held at University of Leuven in
1996, there has been continued strong interest in the research and
development of controlled language applications. Initial industrial
development and deployment of Controlled English systems (AECMA,
Caterpillar's CTE) are now being followed by developments in other
languages.

On the research front, we are grappling with issues like
standardization, design, and evaluation of controlled language
systems. We are particularly interested in studies regarding author
productivity and document usability. The workshop will give equal
emphasis to the academic and industrial perspectives, while bringing
together researchers, developers, users, and potential users of
controlled language systems from around the world.


WORKSHOP FORMAT

The Language Technologies Institute at CMU (home of the Center for
Machine Translation) is pleased to sponsor CLAW '98. The two-day
workshop will feature paper presentations, panel discussions, and a
poster/demonstration session. Evolving information regarding the
workshop format and content can be found at the workshop web site.


PAPER PRESENTATIONS (Preliminary List)

"GIFAS Rationalised French: Designing one Controlled Language to Match
Another"
	Barthe, Kathy
 (Aerospatiale Aeronautique, France)

"Issues Related to Realistic Evaluation of Controlled Language
Checkers"
	Barthe, Kathy, G. G. Bes, J. Escande, D. Pinna, E. Rodier
 (GRIL, France)

"EasyEnglish: Preprocessing for MT"
	Bernth, Arendse
 (IBM, USA)

"Controlling the Business Environment for Controlled Language"
	Godden, Kurt
 (General Motors, USA)

"Compounds Nouns in Simplified English"
	Heald, Isobel, R. Zajac
 (Universite d'Angers, France; New Mexico State University, 
	USA)

"Controlled Language - An Introduction"
	Huijsen, Willem-Olaf
 (University of Utrecht, Netherlands)

"Controlled Language for Multilingual Document Production: Experience
	with Caterpillar Technical English"
	Kamprath, Christine, E. Adolphson, T. Mitamura and E. Nyberg
 (Caterpillar Inc.; Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

"Controlled Language and Machine Translation"
	Knops, Uus, B. Depoortere
 (LANT NV, Belgium)

"Modular Controlled Language Design"
	Lalaude, Myriam, V. Lux, S. Regnier-Prost
 (Aerospatiale, France)

"Definition of a Controlled Language based on Semantic Dependency
Relations"
	Lehtola, Aarno, C. Bounsaythip, J. Tenni
 (VTT Information Technology, Finland)

"A Linguistic Framework for Controlled Language Systems"
	Nasr, Alexis, O. Rambow and R. Kittredge
 (Laboratoire d'Informatique d'Avignon, France; 
	CoGenTex Inc.)

"Controlling Language in an Industrial Application"
	Reuther, Ursula
 (IAI, Germany)

"Grammar and Style Checking for German"
	Schmidt-Wigger, Antje
	(IAI, Germany)

"Automatic Rewriting Method for Internal Expressions in Japanese
	to English MT and Its Effects"
	Shirai, Satoshi, S. Ikehara, A. Yokoo, Y. Ooyama
 (NTT; Tottori University; ATR, Japan)

"Boeing Technical English: An Extension of AECMA SE beyond the
	Aircraft Maintenance Domain"
	Wojcik, Richard, H. Holmback, J. Hoard
 (Boeing Shared Services Group, USA)

"Construction of a Controlled Chinese Lexicon"
	Zhang, Wei, Y. Shiwen
 (Peking University, China)


POSTER/DEMONSTRATION SESSION

We have already arranged a number of systems for demonstration; if you
would like to arrange a system demonstration, we still have some room
available. To arrange a poster or demonstration, please send a
one-page description to Eric Nyberg, ehncs.cmu.edu, by April 27,
1998.


REGISTRATION

The registration fee is $120/person. The registration fee covers the
cost of the cost of the workshop, plus continental breakfast,
refreshments, and one copy of the workshop proceedings.

Participants should pre-register by May 8. Payment may be sent
separately from the registration or settled on-site (see details
below).


BANQUET

The workshop banquet will be held on the evening of May 21. The fee is
$50/person, which includes a bus service to/from the banquet site.
Please indicate whether you plan to attend the banquet on your
registration form.

ACCOMMODATION

We have reserved a number of rooms in two nearby hotels. Please
contact these hotels directly to make a reservation; be sure to
mention that you are coming for the 'CLAW98 Workshop' to receive the
discounted rate.

NOTE: The Holiday Inn is a 10-minute walk from the workshop; the
Hampton Inn is a 20-25 minute walk away. Shuttle buses are available
from the Hampton Inn to the university area.

* Holiday Inn Select University Center
 100 Lytton Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 Phone: (412) 682-6200
 Fax: (412) 681-4749
 Rate: $103/per night (rate guaranteed until April 28, 1998)

* Hampton Inn
 3315 Hamlet Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 Phone: (412) 681-1000
 Reservations: (800) HAMPTON
 Fax: (412) 681-3022
 Rate: $72/per night (rate guranteed until May 6, 1998)

For further assistance, please contact the CLAW98 Secretary, Martha
June Puzio, mpuzio+andrew.cmu.edu, (412) 268-7498.


WORKSHOP COMMITTEE

 Teruko Mitamura (Carnegie Mellon University)
 Geert Adriens (L&H and University of Leuven, Belgium)
 Eric Nyberg (Carnegie Mellon University)
 Linda Schmandt (Carnegie Group)
 Rick Wojcik (Boeing)
 Remi Zajac (New Mexico State University)

For more information contact:

 Martha June Puzio
	CLAW98 Secretary
	EMAIL: mpuzio+andrew.cmu.edu
 Phone: (412) 268-7498
 FAX: (412) 268-6298

OR	Teruko Mitamura
	Language Technologies Institute
	Carnegie Mellon University
	5000 Forbes Ave.
	Pittsburgh, PA, 15213.
 Email: terukocs.cmu.edu
 Phone: (412) 268-6596


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HOW TO SEND YOUR CLAW98 REGISTRATION AND BANQUET FEES

For Wire Transfer, send funds by May 12, 1998.

TO:	Mellon Bank Cash Management
	University Financial Center
	Fifth Avenue and Craig Street
	Pittsburgh, PA 15213
	Account #: 197-9003

 Please indicate that this is for: CLAW98


You may also send a US$ money order or check, payable to CLAW98. We
regret that we cannot accept credit cards. Payment must received by
May 12, 1998. Send checks or money orders to:

 CLAW 98 Registration
 Language Technologies Institute
 Carnegie Mellon University
 5000 Forbes Avenue,
 Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA


CLAW98 REGISTRATION FORM

Please complete the following form and return either by fax to (412)
268-6298 or by email to mpuzio+andrew.cmu.edu (subject line should
read: CLAW98 Registration) before May 8, 1998.


Mr/Ms:
First Name:
Family Name:

Title/Position:
Affiliation/Organization:

Mailing Address:

 Postal code:
	Country:

Telephone:
Fax:

E-mail Address:

Fees (check those which apply): 
 Registration Only: $120	[ ]
 Banquet: $ 50 [ ]
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 Total $

Mode of payment:
 bank transfer (no later than May 12) [ ]
 check/money order sent by mail [ ]
 payment on-site [ ]

 ACL/COLING-98

 Workshop on

 PARTIALLY AUTOMATED TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSCRIBING
 NATURALLY OCCURRING, CONTINUOUS SPEECH

 August 16, 1998 (following ACL/COLING-98)
 University of Montreal, Montreal (Quebec, Canada)


 CALL FOR PAPERS



DESCRIPTION
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The development of robust systems for speech analysis and synthesis
depends crucially on the availability of well-annotated corpora of
naturally occurring, continuous speech. Yet existing speech corpora
are rarely well-annotated. A key to proper annotation is the
availability of partially automated systems for linking selected
portions of a visual display of speech to the corresponding
transcriptions. To be of practical use, such systems must be able to
handle large files of digitized speech and they should permit
transcriptions at different levels of analysis.

 This workshop will be devoted to the presentation and discussion
of papers and software demonstrations which reflect the current state
of the art. We invite proposals of up to 800 words which address the
development, use, evaluation, or potential commercial application of
such systems.



SUBMISSIONS
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Only email submissions in LaTeX or Ascii will be accepted.
Authors should submit an abstract of no more than 800
words to:

 trans98cs.concordia.ca

Style files and templates for LaTeX submissions can be
found at

 http://coling-acl98.iro.umontreal.ca/Styles.html

A copy of this call for papers can be found at:

	 http://coling-acl98.iro.umontreal.ca/Workshops.html

The official language of the conference is English.


IMPORTANT DEADLINES
- -----------------

 Submission Deadline: April 15, 1998
 Notification Date: May 15, 1998
 Camera ready copy due: June 15, 1998


PROGRAM COMMITTEE
- ------------------

 Nancy Belmore 	Concordia University, Canada
 Sabine Bergler	Concordia University, Canada
 John Esling		Univ. of Victoria, Canada
 Eric Keller		Univ. of Lausanne, Switzerland
 Roland Kuhn		Panasonic Technologies, Inc., U.S.A.
 Douglas O'Shaughnessy INRS-Telecommunications, Canada
 Ching Y. Suen	Concordia University, Canada

ORGANIZERS
- --------

 Nancy Belmore		Concordia University, Canada
 Sabine Bergler		Concordia University, Canada
 Douglas O'Shaughnessy	INRS-T\'el\'ecommunications, 
 				Canada


REGISTRATION
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There is a discounted workshop fee for participants of
Coling/ACL. Participants who are not registered for Coling/ACL will
have to pay the full workshop fee (to be announced shortly).



INFORMATION
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Any requests for information should be sent to

 trans98cs.concordia.ca