* RANLP-97: FINAL CFP * (Deadline: 16 MAY 1997)

Nicolas Nicolov (nicolas@cogs.susx.ac.uk)
Fri, 9 May 97 13:33 BST

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* FINAL CFP: Second International Conference *
* "RECENT ADVANCES IN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING" *
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* 11-13 September 1997 *
* Tzigov Chark, Bulgaria *
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* http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/lab/nlp/ranlp/97.html *
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###>>> DEADLINE: 16 MAY 1997 <<<###

FINAL Call For Papers

The first International Conference on Recent Advances in Natural
Languages Processing (RANLP) was held in 1995. Given the high quality
of the presented papers and the overall success of the event, we now
plan to organise the conference biennially.

Selected papers from the proceedings of the conference are published
as a book by John Benjamins as part of their Current Issues in
Linguistic Theory (CILT) series.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Papers reporting on recent advances in all aspects of Natural Language
Processing and Language Engineering are invited, including but not
limited to: pragmatics, discourse, semantics, syntax, and the lexicon;
phonetics, phonology, and morphology; text understanding and
generation; multilingual NLP; machine translation, machine-aided
translation, translation aids and tools; corpus-based language
processing; electronic dictionaries; written and spoken natural
language interfaces; knowledge acquisition; terminology; text
summarisation; message routing, text classification; computer-aided
language learning; language resources; evaluation, assessment and
standards in language engineering; and theoretical and
application-oriented papers related to NLP of every kind.

The conference also welcomes new results in NLP based on modern
alternative theories and methodologies to the mainstream techniques of
symbolic NLP such as analogy-based, statistical, connectionist as well
as hybrid and multimedia approaches.

In general, the conference especially welcomes any contribution to the
area of language processing in view of the imminent developments in
information technology.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE: RANLP'97

Elisabeth Andre (DFKI, Saarbruecken)
Branimir Boguraev (Apple Computer, Cupertino)
Chris Brew (University of Edinburgh)
John Carroll (University of Sussex)
Robert Dale (Microsoft Research Institute, Australia)
Rodolfo Delmonte (Universira Ca' Foscari, Venice)
Tomaz Erjavec (Josef Stefan Institute, Slovenia)
Steve Finch (Thomson Technology, Rockville)
Guenter Goerz (University of Erlangen-Nuernberg)
Eva Hajicova (Charles University, Prague)
Ed Hovy (ISI/University of Southern California)
Changning Huan (Tsinghua University, Beijing)
Leonid Iomdin (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow)
Pierre Isabelle (CITI, Laval)
Aravind Joshi (University of Pennsylvania)
Richard Kittredge (University de Montreal)
Manfred Kudlek (University of Hamburg)
Karen Kukich (Bellcore, Morristown)
Geoffrey Leech (Lancaster University)
Susann LuperFoy (MITRE Corporation, McLean)
Carlos Martin Vide (Universidad Rovira i Virgilli, Tarragona)
Yuji Matsumoto (Nara Inst of Science & Technology)
Tony McEnery (Lancaster University)
Ruslan Mitkov (University of Wolverhampton)
Nicolas Nicolov (University of Sussex)
Stephen Pullman (SRI, Cambridge)
James Pustejovsky (University of Brandeis)
Allan Ramsay (UMIST, Manchester)
Harold Somers (UMIST, Manchester)
Oliviero Stock (IRST, Trento)
Isabelle Trancoso (INESC, Lisbon)
Harald Trost (Austrian Institute for AI, Vienna)
Benjamin Tsou (City University of Hong Kong)
Dan Tufis (Romanian Academy, Bucharest)
Jun-ichi Tsujii (University of Tokyo/UMIST)
Atro Voutalainen (University of Helsinki)
Yorick Wilks (University of Sheffield)
David Yarowsky (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore)
Zaharin Yusoff (University of Science Malaysia, Penang)
Michael Zock (LIMSI, CNRS)

PAPER SUBMISSION

FORMATTING GUIDELINES:

Papers should not exceed 3500 words and should be less than
10 pages. Format specifications and a LaTeX style sheet are
available though the RANLP web site. Authors should send either
hard copies or a PS file to the addresses specified below. In
either case an info mail should be sent too.

HARD COPIES:

Four hard copies should be sent to:

Ruslan Mitkov
School of Languages and European Studies
University of Wolverhampton
Stafford Street
Wolverhampton WV1 1SB, UK

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION:

UNIX PS files should be sent to:
Nicolas Nicolov (nicolas@cogs.susx.ac.uk)
and a copy as an attached file to
Ruslan Mitkov (r.mitkov@wlv.ac.uk)

INFO EMAIL:

Authors should send an info email to Nicolas Nicolov
(nicolas@cogs.susx.ac.uk) filling in the form below:

# NAME : Name of first author
# TITLE: Title of the paper
# PAGES: Number of pages
# FILES: Name of file (if also submitted electronically)
# NOTE : Anything you'd like to add
# KEYS : Keywords
# EMAIL: Email of the first author
# ABSTR:
# Abstract of the paper
# . . . . . .

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission Deadline 16 May 1997
(Hard Copy/Electronic)
Paper Notification 25 Jun 1997
Camera-Ready Papers Due 15 Jul 1997
RANLP Conference 11-13 Sep 1997

INVITED SPEAKERS

The invited speakers of the conference are outstanding academics
including:

Yorick Wilks (University of Sheffield)
Sergei Nirenburg (New Mexico State University)

Others are expected to confirm their participation soon.

LOCATION

Tzigov Chark is a beautiful resort in the Rhodope Mountains
surrounding the Batak Lake. It is approximately 145 km from Sofia, the
capital of Bulgaria. The local organisers will provide a daily shuttle
bus/conference taxi from Sofia airport to the conference location
at an inexpensive rate.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

GENERAL
Ruslan Mitkov (University of Wolverhampton) - Chair
Nicolas Nicolov (University of Sussex) - Vice-Chair
Manfred Kudlek (University of Hamburg)
Michael Zock (LIMSI CNRS)

REGISTRATION, TRAVEL, ON-SITE ARRANGEMENTS
Victoria Arranz (UMIST, Manchester)
Malgorzata Stys (University of Cambridge)

LOCAL ORGANISATION
Nikolai Nikolov (Incoma, Shumen) - Treasurer & Coordinator
Iliana Raeva (Technical University, Russe)
Kalina Bontcheva (University of Shefield)
Jordan Tabov (Institute of Mathematics, Sofia)

CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Visit RANLP'97 home page at:
http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/lab/nlp/ranlp/97.html

If you need additional information contact:

Nicolas Nicolov
Cognitive and Computing Sciences
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QH, UK
Tel: +44-1273 678408
Fax: +44-1273 671320
Email: nicolas@cogs.sussex.ac.uk

RELATED EVENTS

Conference participants are also invited to take part in the
International Summer School "CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN COMPUTATIONAL
LINGUISTICS", which will take place just before the conference in the
same location. Further information on the summer school can be
obtained from Victoria Arranz (victoria@ccl.umist.ac.uk) and
Malgorzata Stys (m.stys@cl.cam.ac.uk).

INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPANTS/ PUBLISHING COMPANIES/ DEMOS/EXHIBITS

Industrial participants are invited to demonstrate their NLP-related
products as well as publishing companies to exhibit their new books
on NLP. Company representatives should inform Nicolas Nicolov
(nicolas@cogs.sussex.ac.uk) of their intention. Likewise for people
from academia who wish to make demos. Publishers wishing to exhibit/
promote books please contact Ruslan Mitkov (r.mitkov@wlv.ac.uk).

ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM

An alternative program can be arranged for persons accompanying
delegates. Among the places which can be visited is Plovdiv, the
second largest and oldest Bulgarian city, beautifully situated on
7 hills 75 km away from Tzigov Chark.

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Call for participation, including the programme of the
conference, more information on invited talks, conference location
and accommodation, registration fees and bank accounts, will come out
at the end of June. The information on the web will be kept updated:
http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/lab/nlp/ranlp/97.html