[Corpora-List] Workshop on International Proofing Tools and Language Technologies_2nd CFP)

From: Aggeliki Vri (avri@cti.gr)
Date: Mon Aug 04 2003 - 11:38:48 MET DST

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    Workshop on International Proofing Tools and Language Technologies

                              2nd Call for Papers

                    http://www.cti.gr/ru2/workshop/index.htm

    Workshop Motivation

    Recent years have seen major breakthroughs in natural language processing
    (NLP) technology based on the development of powerful new techniques that
    combine linguistic information and statistical methods. A critical element
    that is still lacking, however, is the availability of NLP technology to
    end users as a default service of any system independently of working
    environments and application platforms. Despite the heavy usage of some
    Proofing Tools in specific tasks and environments there are still areas of
    computing systems that lack any service provided by such tools. In this
    respect the workshop on Proofing Tools and Language Technologies aims at
    sheding light on the availability and services of such tools as well as
    setting the grounds for their extension to other areas of computer
    technology.

    Workshop Objectives

    The purpose of the workshop is to bring together researchers, engineers
    and vendors interested in the advances and real-life applications of
    various Proofing Tools incorporated in their information systems. The
    workshop will cover different aspects of Information Systems Applications,
    including Database Technology, Natural Language Processing Modules,
    Systems Integration, Desktop Applications, Information Systems
    Specification and Services Improvement for sustainable development.

    The workshop focuses on real world applications; therefore contributors
    should highlight the benefits of Proofing Tools, Language Technologies and
    NLP applications for industrial purposes, suggesting alternatives on how
    to solve Informantion Systems' problems and improve their performance.
    Papers describing advanced approaches towards Proofing Tools design and
    implelementation and survey papers indicating future directions in the
    area of Information Systems' Applications are strongly encouraged. Papers
    describing original work or new approaches in any of the areas listed
    below are encouraged.

    Accepted papers, presented at the event will be published in the
    Proceedings of the Workshop, which will be published after the event and
    made available via the workshop's web site. Both full research reports and
    work-in-progress reports are welcome. A special session dedicated to
    demonstrations as well as a turorial dedicated to technical and scientific
    topics are also envisaged. Industrial and private sector vendors
    interested in demonstrating their products as well as their methodologies
    for Proofing Tools and applications development are invited to submit a
    short paper indicating the main points of their demos.

    Topics of Interest

    We invite submission of papers on topics relevant to Information Systems'
    Applications, Proofing Tools Development and Language Technologies,
    including but not limited to:

    -Proofing Tools Specifications with emphasis on linguistic issues

    -Language Technologies and multilingualism

    -Bussines competitiveness and NLP services improvement for meeting end
     users and developers requirements

    -Language-specific tools

    -Lexical resources and standardization patterns

    -Evaluation measures

    -Security mechanisms

    -Difficulties encountered while developing Proofing Tools

    -Databases and Information Systems Integration

    -Futute advances and perspectives in Poofing Tools development and how
     these affect language processing modules

    -Proofing Tools integration platforms

    -Minority Languages

    -EU Contribution in Proofing Tools and NLP projects

    Papers may address one or more of the listed topics, although
    contributions are not limited by them and can also discuss relevant topics
    that fit in one or more of the main topic areas.

    Important Dates

    Deadline for woskhop abstract submission: 30 August 2003

    Notification of acceptance: 15 September 2003

    Final version of full/short papers and demos for workshop proceedings: 20
    October 2003

    Submissions

    Papers should describe existing work and research connected to the topics
    of the workshop. The presentation at the workshop will be 20 minutes long
    (15 minutesd presentation and 5 minutes discussion). Each submission
    should include: tittle, author(s), affiliation, and contact author's
    e-mail address, postal address, phone and fax numbers. Extended abstracts
    (maximum 1,500 words), plain-text format should be sent to:
    avri@cti.gr

    The final version of the accepted submissions should be no longer that 10
    A4 pages. Instructions on the format and presentation of the final version
    will be sent to authors upon notification of acceptance.

    Submissions of tutorials.

    Anyone interested in organizing a tutorial should submit a proposal to the
    Wokshop secretary (avri@cti.gr) before 20 September 2003 by
    -e-mail. Proposals

    should specify the topic and scope of the tutorial, the background
    knowledge of the

    participants as well as a short CV of the instructor(s).

    Workshop location: Athens, Greece (the venue will be announced soon).

    Workshop dates: 23-24 October 2003

    Program Committee

    Dimitris Christodoulakis, Greece (chair)
    Athanassios Skodras, Greece
    Frederique Segond, France
    Manolis Tzagarakis, Greece
    Goran Nenadic, UK
    Dominique Dutoit, France
    Piek Vossen, Netherlands
    Branko Ranilovic, Croatia
    Michael Papazoglou, Netherlands

    Invited Speakers

    (to be announced)

    Sponsoring Organizations

    (to be announced)

    Local Organization

    Natassa Kapatsoulia, Greece
    Sofia Stamou, Greece
    Aggeliki Vri, Greece
    Lena Grourdoupi, Greece
    Athanassia Giakoumelou, Greece



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