LINGUIST List 17.261

Wed Jan 25 2006

Confs: Computational Ling/General Ling/Zadar, Croatia

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Directory         1.    Malgorzata Cavar, Jadertina Summer School in Empirical and Computational Linguistics
Message 1: Jadertina Summer School in Empirical and Computational Linguistics
Date: 25-Jan-2006
From: Malgorzata Cavar <mecavarunizd.hr>
Subject: Jadertina Summer School in Empirical and Computational Linguistics



Jadertina Summer School in Empirical and Computational Linguistics Short Title: JSSECL


Date: 11-Sep-2006 - 22-Sep-2006 Location: Zadar, Croatia Contact: Malgorzata Cavar Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://eng.unizd.hr/~lss2006/

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Linguistic Theories; Morphology; Phonetics; Phonology; Semantics; Syntax; Text/Corpus Linguistics

Meeting Description:

The University of Zadar, the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics, The Croatian Language Technologies Society (HDJT), in cooperation with the German Linguistics Society (DGfS) and the University of Potsdam, are pleased to announce the first Jadertina Summer School in Empirical and Computational Linguistics held in Zadar, Croatia, focusing on the topics in empirical and computational linguistics.

The University of Zadar, the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics, The Croatian Language Technologies Society (HDJT), in cooperation with the German Linguistics Society (DGfS) and the University of Potsdam, are pleased to sponsor the first Jadertina Summer School in Empirical and Computational Linguistics held in Zadar, Croatia, focusing on topics in empirical and computational linguistics.

Tentative list of courses: Introduction to Field Methods Dunja Brozović Rončević, IHJJ

Bidirectional Phonology and Phonetics and its Acquisition Paul Boersma, University of Amsterdam

Perception in Phonology Małgorzata E. Ćavar, University of Zadar

Introduction to Scheme/Python in Computational Linguistics Damir Ćavar, University of Zadar

Human-Computer Interaction for Multimodal Speech/Gesture Systems with Emphasis on Embodied Conversational Characters Andrea Corradini, University of Potsdam

Phonology-Morphology Interface Tracy Alan Hall, Indiana University

Sound Change Silke Hamann, ZAS, Berlin, Germany

Computational Models of Language Evolution Gerhard Jäger, University of Bielefeld

Introduction to Computational Semantics Ralf Klabunde, University of Bochum

Formal Models in Computational Linguistics Marcus Kracht, UCLA

Finite State Technologies Thomas Hanneforth, University of Potsdam

Computational Models of Language Acquisition William G. Sakas, CUNY

The Structure of Fixed Linguistic Formula, Statistical and Corpus Analysis Danica Škara, University of Zadar

Introduction to Corpus Linguistics Marko Tadić, University of Zagreb

Introduction to Language Technology Andreas Witt, University of Bielefeld

All courses are offered as one or two week courses with 1.5 hours daily.

For each two-week course the students will receive 4 ECTS points, for each one-week course the students will receive 2 ECTS points, after finishing the requirements as specified for each course. Recognition of ECTS points depends on each individual university. Please contact the administration of your university for requirements and prerequisites, and let the summer school administration know about your particular requirements and prerequisites.

The summer school is accompanied by a student conference. Registered students will have an opportunity to present a reviewed paper at the conference, that might be published after a positive review in the Jadertina Linguistic Papers online or printed.

Organizing Committee:

Dunja Brozović Rončević (IHJJ) Miriam Butt (University of Konstanz) Damir Ćavar (University of Zadar; Indiana University) Malgorzata Ćavar (University of Zadar) Alexander Geyken (BBAW, Germany) Thomas Hanneforth (University of Potsdam) Ivo-Pavao Jazbec (IHJJ) Ralf Klabunde (University of Bochum) Marcus Kracht (UCLA, USA) Jonas Kuhn (University of Texas) William G. Sakas (CUNY) Danica Škara (University of Zadar) Tomislav Stojanov (IHJJ) Marko Tadić (University of Zagreb)

Registration and accommodation

Detailed instructions on registration and further information can be found on the summer school web page soon.

Early registration fee (till 1st of April 2006): 150 EURO for the complete summer school.

Registration fee on site: 170 EURO for the complete summer school

Sponsoring Institutions: University of Zadar Croatian Language Technologies Society (HDJT) IHJJ, Zagreb Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (DGfS) ELSNET