Corpora: CFP: Finite-State Phonology (SIGPHON 2000)

From: Jason Eisner (jeisner@linc.cis.upenn.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 15 2000 - 06:06:40 MET

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              FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

              FINITE-STATE PHONOLOGY : SIGPHON 2000
              Fifth Meeting of the ACL Special Interest Group
              in Computational Phonology

              A full-day workshop held at
              COLING 2000
              Luxembourg, 6 August 2000
              -----------------------------------------------

    WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
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    The workshop will focus on the growing role of finite-state methods
    in computational phonology. Excellent papers in other areas of
    computational phonology are also welcome.

    Sample topics:

    * Finite-state formalizations of phonological frameworks
    * Algorithms and theorems about finite-state phonological formalisms
    * Embedding finite-state phonology in NLP or speech systems
    * The application of finite-state methods to empirical description
       (including difficulties, representational encodings, and software tools)
    * Phonologically motivated extensions to finite-state techniques
    * Research bearing on whether the finite-state assumptions are
       empirically adequate or computationally necessary

    A principal goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers who
    are working in different phonological frameworks:

    Finite-state methods have been more-or-less persuasively applied to a
    range of frameworks, from derivational approaches to Optimality
    Theory. This shared formal underpinning exposes crucial differences
    among the frameworks (Frank & Satta 1998), and also suggests deep
    similarities (Karttunen 1998).

    We hope that the workshop's focus on formalizations using finite-state
    techniques, which are well understood in themselves, will facilitate
    further discussion of the theoretical and empirical virtues of
    different frameworks. We are particularly interested in the potential
    for new or hybrid frameworks.

    ORGANIZERS AND PROGRAM COMMITTEE
    ---------------------------------
    Lauri Karttunen, Xerox Research Centre France (program chair)
    Markus Walther, University of Marburg (local chair)
    Jason Eisner, University of Rochester (organization)
    Alain Theriault, Universite de Montreal (administration)
    Daniel Albro, University of California at Los Angeles
    Steven Bird, University of Pennsylvania
    John Coleman, University of Oxford
    Dan Jurafsky, University of Colorado
    Andras Kornai, Belmont Research, Cambridge MA

    Reviewing will be blind. The program chair may invite additional
    reviewers as necessary to obtain relevant expertise and avoid
    conflicts of interest.

    Questions and correspondence may be sent to:

        Jason Eisner
        Department of Computer Science
        University of Rochester
        P.O. Box 270226
        Rochester, NY 14627 USA
        tel: +1 (716) 275-5671
        fax: +1 (716) 461-2018
        email: sigphon2000@cs.rochester.edu

    More information about SIGPHON is available at
    http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/sigphon.

    PAPER SUBMISSION
    ----------------
    Content: Papers should be original, topical, and clear. Completed
    work is preferable to intended work, but in any event the paper should
    clearly indicate the state of completion of the reported results.

    Length: Submissions should be full-length papers, up to a maximum of
    10 pages. (The final version in the proceedings should incorporate
    reviewers' suggestions and may be up to 12 pages.)

    Layout: Except for length, papers should adhere to Coling 2000
    formatting guidelines, at http://www.coling.org/format.html.
    Be careful not to disclose authorship.

    Electronic submission procedure:
    1. Turn your paper into a PDF file, or if necessary a Postscript file.
       See http://www.coling.org/postscript.html for help.
    2. Email this file as an attachment to
          theriaal@magellan.umontreal.ca (Alain Theriault)
       The body of the email should give title, author(s), abstract,
       and contact information. The subject line should include the
       word "SIGPHON."

    Hardcopy submission procedure:
    If electronic submission is impossible, please send FOUR hardcopies to
       Alain Theriault
       Departement de linguistique et de traduction
       Universite de Montreal
       C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville
       Montreal, Quebec
       H3C 3J7
       CANADA
    along with a page giving title, author(s), abstract, and contact
    information. Note that electronic submission is strongly preferred!

    IMPORTANT DATES
    ---------------
    Mon. 1 May Deadline for receipt of submissions
    Wed. 24 May Authors notified of acceptance
    Wed. 21 June Deadline for receipt of camera-ready copy
    Sun. 6 Aug. Workshop held in Luxembourg at Coling 2000

    Coling 2000 - http://www.coling.org
    SIGPHON - http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/sigphon
    Luxembourg - http://www.coling.org/lux-links.html
    Registration fees and details - http://www.coling.org/reg.html



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