Workshop on Cross Language Issues in Artificial Intelligence
URL: http://jsaic.krdl.org.sg/pricai98/workshops/pricai-wks-cli.html
as part of the
5th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
http://jsaic.krdl.org.sg/pricai98/home.html
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Introduction
Human intelligence is very much tied to language, whether one
admits to
neuro-physiological evidence, or that language differentiates
humans
from the animals, or just that, socially, we cannot function
without
it. Artificial intelligence is equally tied to language, in that
information, rules, assumptions, concepts, relationships, etc., are
couched in some form of language.
With the increasing globalisation of industries, of information
access,
of the internet, it is clear that no single language, not even
English
and its variants, will predominate. It is clear that, sooner or
later,
traditional paradigms of computing must embrace a multilingual
approach
and cater to a plenitude of cultures and nuances that come with
operating in such an environment.
This is especially evident when we start to go cross-language,
i.e.,
where information sources or corpora are available in one language,
and
problems to be solved, or questions to be answered are in a
different
one.
This workshop will offer participants a forum for discussing the
issues
of working with multilingual and cross-language information sources
and
user requirements in the context of traditional AI paradigms.
Papers
should stimulate the interchange of various ideas and
state-of-the-art
research results to provoke interesting discussions on the
challenges
facing AI in a cross-language environment.
Topics of Interest
The focus of the workshop is on raising issues, and to provoke the
interchange of ideas. Thus the following topics are neither
exhaustive
nor limiting, but should serve as starting points:
o Cross Language Searching
o Cross Language Case Based Reasoning
o Cross Language Knowledge Extraction
o Machine Learning from Multilingual Data
o Cross Language Lexicon Construction and Application
o Cross Language Dialogue Management
o Cross Language Topic Tracking
o The suitability of current AI techniques for a cross-language
environment
o Cross Language (insert your favourite AI technique here!)
We urge participants to submit bold and creative ideas and
applications.
Participation and Submission of Papers
To maintain a genuine workshop atmosphere, participation is limited
to
at most 30 persons. Participants will be selected by the organizing
committee (see below), based on submitted abstracts and/or papers.
Participants will be expected to actively contribute to the
workshop by
either presenting a talk or taking part in panel and/or open
discussions.
Researchers interested in participating in the workshop are invited
to
submit abstracts (up to 2 pages) on related research or interest in
cross-language issues in AI. Submissions may be sent by e-mail
(self-contained LaTex or PostScript files) or as hardcopies (in
triplicate) to the workshop organizer (address see below). E-mail
submission is highly encouraged except in the case where there are
any
non-Roman fonts used, in which case hardcopies are preferred (due
to
difficulty of viewing and printing).
The submissions will be reviewed by members of the organizing
committee. Accepted papers will be published in the form of
official
workshop notes. Participants selected for giving a talk at the
workshop
will be asked to submit a full-length paper for the workshop notes
(deadlines see below).
For more information about the workshop, please contact the
Workshop
Organiser.
Important Dates
* Abstracts/Papers due by: July 25, 1998
* Notification of Acceptance: September 15, 1998
* Camera-ready version of Final Paper due: October 15, 1998
* Date of Workshop: Workshops will be held 22 November 1998 to 24
November 1998. Final date of this workshop to be announced.
* Main PRICAI-98 Conference: 22 November to 27 November, 1998
Organising Committee
Kim-Teng Lua
Dept of Information Science and Computer Science
National University of Singapore
Singapore
Von-Wun Soo
Dept of Computer Science
National Tsing Hua University
Taiwan
Sung-Hyon Myaeng
Dept of Computer Science
Chungnam National University
Taejon,Korea
Jun-ichi Tsujii
Dept of Information Science
University of Tokyo, Japan
Dept of Language Engineering
UMIST, United Kingdom
Vilas Wuwongse
Asian Institute of Technology
Bangkok, Thailand
Mun-Kew Leong
Kent Ridge Digital Labs
Singapore
Workshop Organiser
Please send abstracts/papers or any questions to
Mun-Kew Leong
Kent Ridge Digital Labs
21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace
Singapore 119613
Phone: +65 874-7864
Fax: +65 774-4998
E-mail: mkleong@krdl.org.sg