AMLaP-97 Conference
"ARCHITECTURES AND MECHANISMS FOR LANGUAGE PROCESSING"
http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~amlap/
Final Call for Paper/Poster Abstracts
Call for Participation
11-13 SEPTEMBER 1997
APEX HOTEL
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
***** INVITED SPEAKERS *****
Kay Bock (University of Illinois)
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Paul Smolensky (Johns Hopkins University)
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Lorraine K. Tyler (Birkbeck College)
***** SPONSORS *****
HUMAN COMMUNICATION RESEARCH CENTRE
UNIVERSITIES OF EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW
CENTRE FOR COGNITIVE SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
We are calling for submissions for the 3rd Conference on Architectures
and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP-97), which will be held
in Edinburgh, from Thursday, September 11 until Saturday, September
13, 1997. The aim of this conference is to bring psychological,
computational and theoretical perspectives concerning the cognitive
architectures and mechanisms which underly any aspect of human
language processing. Submissions which integrate experimental
findings, formal and computational models of psychological processes
are especially encouraged.
Deadline for submissions is 20 June 1997. E-mail submissions (in
plain text) are greatly preferred. Please send a 400 word abstract to
amlap@cogsci.ed.ac.uk, or if necessary, by post to Matt Crocker,
AMLAP, Centre for Cognitive Science, University of Edinburgh, 2
Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9LW, or by fax to +44 131 650 4587.
Summaries of data and references can be additional to the main
abstract. Please indicate if you would rather give a 30 minute talk
or a poster presentation, or either.
Abstracts will be considered by the programme committee: Gerry
Altmann, Martin Corley, Barbara Hemforth, Gerard Kempen, Paola Merlo,
Wayne Murray, Suzanne Stevenson, Patrick Sturt and the Conference
Chairs. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 18 July. It is our
intention that selected contributions will be published either in the
special issue of a journal or as an edited book.
Conference Chairs:
Matt Crocker (HCRC, Edinburgh)
Martin Pickering (HCRC, Glasgow)
For further details, see: http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~amlap/
*** REGISTRATION & ACCOMMODATION ***
REGISTRATION
The conference will be held at the Apex Hotel in the heart of
Edinburgh's Old Town. Registrations fees are shown below and include
attendance of the conference, lunch on the 12th and 13th, all coffee
breaks, and a copy of all abstracts being presented.
| by 15 Aug | after 15 Aug
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Regular: | 65.00 | 80.00
Student: | 35.00 | 50.00
To register, please send your payment (as outlined below), and a cover
letter stating that you wish to register for the AMLaP-97 conference,
and include your full name, affiliation, address, phone, fax, and
e-mail. Students must also include proof of student status. This
should be sent to:
AMLaP-97
Human Communication Research Centre
2 Buccleuch Place
Edinburgh, EH8 9LW
United Kingdom
PAYMENT:
1. Cheques should be drawn on a British bank in pounds sterling, and
made payable to "The University of Edinburgh".
2. Direct Transfers should be sent to:
Edinburgh University Account - 00919680
Bank of Scotland
32a Chambers Street
Edinburgh
Sort Code 80-02-24
Transfers must mention Amlap A/c 265000 G40183
3 We are able to accept payment from a variety of credit cards (Visa,
Mastercard, Switch, and Delta). Payments made by credit card will
incur an additional charge of 2% of the total amount due. If you
wish to pay by credit card please complete the following form, and
send it to us by post (we need a real signature):
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Name:
Address to which the card is registered:
Card type: (Visa, MC, Switch, Delta):
Card number:
Valid from: Expiry date:
Amount due:
Administration charge (2%):
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ACCOMMODATION
1 Accommodation is available at the Apex Hotel, the conference
venue. This is one of Edinburgh's top hotels, and we have
arranged a special conference rate of #55 single/per night, #60
double/per night, B&B. To book a room contact the hotel directly,
and mention the AMLaP conference:
The Apex Hotel
31-35 Grassmarket
Edinburgh, EH1 2HS
Scotland
Phone: +44 131 300 3456
Fax: +44 131 220 5345
2 Finally, there are numerous B&Bs in Edinburgh, for those seeking less
expensive accommodation. Please check the web page first for
details if possible.
A further call for participation and announcement of the programme
will appear in a subsequent announcement. Also keep an eye on our
web page at the URL given below, it should be up and running soon.
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http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~amlap/
email: amlap@cogsci.ed.ac.uk