CALL FOR PAPERS
FSMNLP'98
International Workshop
on
FINITE STATE METHODS
IN
NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
June 29 - July 1, 1998
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
sponsored by
EACL - European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics,
TUBITAK- Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council(*)
NATO Science for Stability Program TU-LANGUAGE Project
SCOPE: Original papers in the theory and applications of finite state
techniques in all aspects of natural language processing including,
but not limited to: speech, phonology, morphology, tagging, parsing,
information retrieval, and discourse, are sought.
A journal special issue based on papers selected from
accepted submissions is being planned.
(*) to be confirmed
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PROGRAMME AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
* Lauri Karttunen (Xerox Research Centre Europe, France, Co-Chair)
* Kemal Oflazer (Bilkent University, Turkey, Co-Chair)
* Kenneth R. Beesley (Xerox Research Centre Europe, France)
* Eric Brill (Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA)
* Eva Ejerhed (Umea University, Sweden)
* Jerry Hobbs (SRI International, CA, USA)
* Ronald M. Kaplan (Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, CA, USA)
* Martin Kay (Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, CA, USA)
* George Kiraz (Bell Laboratories, NJ, USA)
* Andras Kornai (BBN, MA, USA)
* Kimmo Koskenniemi (University of Helsinki, Finland)
* Tomasz Kowaltowski (University of Campinas, Brazil)
* Claudio Leonardo Lucchesi ( University of Campinas, Brazil)
* Mehryar Mohri (ATT Labs Research, NJ, USA)
* Mark-Jan Nederhof (University of Groningen,The Netherlands)
* Richard Sproat (Bell Laboratories, NJ, USA)
* Emmanuel Roche (Teragram Corp., MA, USA)
* Yves Schabes (Teragram Corp., MA, USA)
* Gertran Van Noord (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
* Atro Voutilainen (University of Helsinki, Finland)
IMPORTANT DATES
JAN.16,1998 SUBMISSIONS DUE
Mar.16,1998 Authors Notified
Apr.17,1998 Camera Ready Copies Due
JUNE 29 - JULY 1 WORKSHOP
SUBMISSIONS
Electronic submissions are encouraged. Please limit full paper
submissions to 12, and extended abstracts to 8, single column, single
spaced pages. Please submit postscript files by e-mail to
with the subject line containing the first few words of the paper
title. We ask that you send postscript files a few days in advance so
that if there are any printing problems, you may have time to submit a
hard copy version. If you prefer hard copy submissions, please send 4
copies of your manuscript
FSMNLP'98 Workshop
Department of Computer Eng.
Bilkent University
Bilkent, ANKARA, TR-06533,TURKEY
In either case, please send a separate e-mail message to
fsmnlp98@cs.bilkent.edu.tr containing the title, abstract, keywords
for the paper and the relevant contact information, with a subject
line similar to above.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
The workshop will be held just after the 7th Turkish Symposium on
Artificial Intelligence that will also be held at Bilkent University
on June 24-26 1998.
If there is sufficient interest, sightseeing trips to the Museum of
Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara, to the Cappadocia Region known
worldwide for its lunar landscape, fairy chimneys, underground cities,
and mystical valleys will be organized during the weekend between the
Symposium and the Workshop.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Bilkent University campus has a 4* hotel on the premises. In
addition, a number of free lodging facilities in the University
dormitories will be provided on site for conference participants.
Numerous hotels in downtown Ankara are also available.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Information about the workshop will be available at
http://www.nlp.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/fsmnlp98/
and will be updated regularly.