***First announcement and Call for Papers***
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Arabic Language Resources (LR) and Evaluation:
A Post-Conference Workshop of LREC 2002
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More details at:
http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2002/index.html
Taking place on 1st June, after the
main conference (29-30-31 MAY 2002),
this post-conference workshop should add value to the issues
addressed
during the conference.
It should bring together people who are actively involved in Arabic
written
language and/or speech processing in a mono- or multilingual
context,
and give them an opportunity to report on completed and ongoing work
as
well as on the availability of LR, evaluation protocols and campaigns,
products
and core technologies. This should enable the participants to develop a
common
view on where we stand with respect to Arabic language processing.
We expect to identify problems of common interest, and possible
mechanisms
to move towards solutions, such as sharing of resources, tools,
standards,
sharing and dissemination of information and expertise, adoption of
current best
practices, setting up joint projects and technology transfer mechanisms,
etc.
By bringing together players in the Arabic NLP field, we target the
definition of a
first broadly supported Roadmap for Arabic LR, i.e. a broadly supported
view on
the longer, medium and shorter term needs and priorities. This would help
the
community to identify new opportunities and possible synergies.
The submissions should address some of the LREC issues that are specific
and
of paramount importance to the Arabic resources and evaluation; some of
these
issues are:
- Issues in the design, construction and use of Arabic Language Resources
(LR);
- Methods, tools, procedures for the acquisition, creation, management,
access,
distribution, use of Arabic LR;
- Exploitation of LR in different types of applications (information
extraction,
information retrieval, vocal and multisensorial interfaces, translation,
summarisation,
www services, etc.);
- Industrial LR requirements and community's response;
- Industrial production and/or use of LR;
- Evaluation, validation, quality assurance of LR;
- Benchmarking of systems and products; resources for benchmarking and
evaluation
for written and spoken language processing ;
- Evaluation of products and applications, benchmarking;
- Local, regional, and international activities and projects;
- Needs, possibilities, forms, initiatives of/for regional and
international cooperation.
FORMAT OF THE WORKSHOP
It will be a full-day workshop. The workshop is not intended to be a
mini-
conference, but as a real workshop aiming at concrete results that should
clarify the
situation of Arabic with respect to Language Resources and Evaluation.
Sessions will include introductory speeches, invited talks, a small
number of refereed presentations, a panel session, etc.
SUBMISSION DETAILS
Submissions must be in English, Abstracts for workshop contributions
should not
exceed two A4 pages (excluding references). An additional title page
should state:
the title; author(s); affiliation(s); and contact author's e-mail
address, as well as postal
address, telephone and fax numbers.
Submissions are to be sent by email, preferably in Postscript or PDF
format, to
choukri@elda.fr, by 11th February
2002.
Abstracts will be reviewed by at least 3 members of the program
committee.
Formatting instructions for the final full version of papers will be sent
to authors after
notification of acceptance.
IMPORTANT DATES
- Submission deadline (receipt of abstracts):
11th February 2002
- Notification of acceptance: 28th February 2002
- Camera-ready final version for workshop proceedings due:
12th April 2002
- Workshop date: 1st June 2002
TIME AND LOCATION OF THE WORKSHOP
The workshop will take place on 1st June, following
the main LREC 2002 Conference,
in the Palacio de Congreso de Canarias, Las Palmas, Canary Islands,
Spain.
WORKSHOP REGISTRATION
The registration fee for the workshop is:
If you are also attending LREC: 90 EURO
If you are not attending LREC: 140 EURO
All attendees will receive a copy of the workshop proceedings.
INVITATION LETTER
If you need a visa to travel to Spain for the workshop and/or for the
conference, please
send an email to choukri@elda.fr
WORKSHOP AND CONFERENCE URLs
http://www.lrec-conf.org
CONTACT POINT
Khalid CHOUKRI
choukri@elda.fr
ELRA CEO
Tel. +33 1 43 13 33 33 - Fax. +33 1 43 13 33 30
Postal Mail: 55 Rue Brillat-Savarin, 75013 Paris France
WORKSHOP PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Khalid Choukri, ELRA/ELDA, Paris, France
Joseph Dichy, Lyon 2 university, Lyon, France
Steven Krauwer, ELSNET and Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Mustafa Yassen, Amman University; Jordan; myaseen@cbj.gov.jo
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE (tentative)
Abdelhadi Soudi; ENIM, Morocco; asoudi@enim.ac.ma
Abdelhak Mouradi; ENSIAS, Morocco;
mouradi@ensias.ac.ma,
abmouradi@hotmail.com
Abdelkader Fassi-Fehri; IRA, morocco; fassi@atlasnet.net.ma
Achraf Chalabi ; Sakhr; Egypt; ac@sakhr.com
André Jaccarini; Université d'Aix, France; jaccarini@mmsh.univ-aix.fr
Bassam Haddad; Amman University; Jordan; bh@go.com.jo
Chafic Mokbel; University of Balamand, Lebanon; chafic.mokbel@balamand.edu.lb
Everhard Ditters; University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands; e.ditters@let.kun.nl
Fathi Debili;CELLMA ENS LSH Lyon, France; Fathi.Debili@ehess.fr
Jean Senellart ;SYSTRAN, France; senellart@systran.fr
John Makhoul ; BBN Technologies, GTE Corp., USA; makhoul@bbn.com
Ken Beesley; Ken.Beesley@xrce.xerox.com
Malek Boualem; FTRD/DMI/LAN, France; malek.boualem@rd.francetelecom.fr
Mohamed Hassoun; ENSIB, Lyon, France; hassoun@enssib.fr
Mohamed Maamouri; LDC, Pen University, USA.
Mohsen Rashwan; RDI, Egypt; mrashwan@rdi-eg.com
Ossama Emam; IBM, Egypt; emam@eg.ibm.com
Paul Roochnick; paul@apptek.com
Salem Ghazali; IRSIT, Tunisia; Salem.ghazali@irsit.rnrt.tn
Salim Roukos; IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA; roukos@us.ibm.com
Violetta Cavalli-Sforza; San Francisco State University, USA; vcs@sfsu.edu
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