LINGUIST List 13.2927

Tue Nov 12 2002

Calls: Multimedia Information/SALT 13

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  • ekaterini pastra, Workshop on Accessing Multimedia Information, UK
  • Toshiyuki Ogihara, Semantics and Linguistics Theory, Washington

    Message 1: Workshop on Accessing Multimedia Information, UK

     Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 12:28:14 -0800 (PST)
    From: ekaterini pastra <pastrakyahoo.com>
    Subject: Workshop on Accessing Multimedia Information, UK


    ******** Call for participation *********

    Effective, automatic access to multimodal information has been the goal of computer system developers for years. The Institute of Language, Speech and Hearing (ILASH), University of Sheffield, would like to invite you to a half-day workshop that will address this topic. The aim of the event is to create a forum for discussion of new approaches as compared to what is considered state-of-the art in the field, through the presentation of (what is essentially just a small part of) current research in the U.K.

    Participation to the workshop is open to both researchers/academics and students, for free. Please, reply to: Katerina Pastra e.pastradcs.shef.ac.uk to let us know that you will attend the event:

    "ACCESSING MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION"

    DATE: Tuesday, 26 November 2002 TIME: 9:30 a.m VENUE: ILASH Suite, West Court, 2 Mappin Street, Sheffield, U.K.

    Program:

    9:30 a.m Professor Yorick Wilks University of Sheffield - ILASH Director Welcome Speech

    9:40 a.m Professor John Tait University of Sunderland, U.K. "Towards Automatic Keyword Indexing of General Photographic Still Images" 10:20 a.m Discussion

    10:30 a.m Dr. Mark Sanderson Information Studies, Univ. of Sheffield, UK "Eurovision - an image-based CLIR system" 11:10 a.m Discussion

    11:20 a.m Dr. Horacio Saggion Computer Science, Univ. of Sheffield, U.K. "Using Natural Language Processing for Indexing Multimedia Material" 12:00 p.m Discussion

    12:10 p.m. Coffee Break

    12:20 p.m. Dr. Steve Renals Computer Science, Univ. of Sheffield, U.K. "Accessing Information from Speech (and other media)" 13:00 p.m. Discussion

    13:10 p.m Dr. Paul Lewis University of Southampton, U.K. "Content and Concept Based Multimedia Retrieval and Navigation" 13:50 p.m. Discussion

    13:15 p.m Closing

    A poster and more detailed information on the event can be found in the ILASH webpages: http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/research/ilash/Meetings/

    General Information on ILASH is available at: http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/research/ilash/

    Maps of the University Precinct and the Sheffield City Centre can be found at: http://www.shef.ac.uk/travel/

    Message 2: Semantics and Linguistics Theory, Washington

     Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 23:04:08 -0800
    From: Toshiyuki Ogihara <ogiharau.washington.edu>
    Subject: Semantics and Linguistics Theory, Washington


    Semantics and Linguistic Theory 13 (SALT 13) University of Washington

    Second Call for papers

    Conference Dates: May 9-11, 2003. Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts: January 15, 2003.

    Home Page --- http://depts.washington.edu/salt13/ Email --- salt13u.washington.edu

    Invited speakers

    Angelika Kratzer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Manfred Krifka, Humboldt University, Berlin S.-Y. Kuroda, University of California, San Diego William Ladusaw, University of California, Santa Cruz

    SALT 13 invites submissions for 30-minute presentations (plus ten-minute discussions) on any topic pertaining to natural language semantics, with relevance to linguistic theory. Abstracts will be at most 2 pages in length (including references), with 1-inch (2.5 cm) margins on all four sides, with a 12-pt font. In the interest of fairness, these limitations will be strictly enforced. Any person can submit one abstract as a sole author and one as a co-author.

    We encourage electronic submissions. We prefer pdf (.pdf) files but also accept MS-word (.doc) or plain text (.txt) files. Please use appropriate suffixes for the names of your attached files. Please include your name(s), affiliation(s), and contact information in the main text of your email. Electronic abstracts should be sent to

    salt13u.washington.edu

    In case you send in your abstract via physical mail, please submit 7 anonymous copies of your abstract and a separate card giving the title of your abstract, your name, affiliation, and contact information. Abstracts should be sent to

    SALT13 Committee, University of Washington, Linguistics, Padelford A-210, Box 354340, Seattle, WA 98195-4340, U.S.A.

    Abstracts (electronic or otherwise) should reach us by

    9 p.m. January 15 (Wednesday), 2003 (Seattle time)

    We will not be able to consider abstracts arriving after this date.