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CALL FOR PAPERS
IJCNLP-04 Thematic Session on
Natural Language Technologies in Mobile
Information Retrieval and Text Processing User Interfaces
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TOPICS
One of the strongest impacts in recent information technology is
the way mobility has changed computer applications. The rapid
rate of handphone adoption, the ubiquitous PDA, and the low cost
of wireless adoption has created new problems, new challenges,
and new opportunities to researchers in many disciplines. One
common thread through all these applications is the necessity
for information retrieval and mobile text processing in one form
or another. Another characteristic is the limited size of mobile
devices and the consequent need for sophisticated methods of
text input and output. Other applications with a similar need of
language technology support under challenging conditions include
e.g. communication aids and authoring tools.
The use of NLP plays an integral part in creating better user
interfaces, more efficient text input technologies, authoring
aids, summarization and analysis of output for precise display,
and greater understanding in the interactive dialogue between
user and applications working on text. We invite researchers
focusing on
- text input and output technologies,
- language modeling,
- summarization,
- mobile database & information retrieval and management,
- speech and dialogue IR applications on mobile devices,
and HCI researchers on text retrieval and processing systems to
explore user oriented and theoretical limits and characteristics
of NLP for front-end and back-end solutions within the context
of text retrieval and processing user interfaces.
REQUIREMENTS
Papers should describe original work. Submissions will be judged
on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance
and relevance to the conference, and interest to the attendees.
A paper accepted for presentation at the IJCNLP-04 cannot be
presented or have been presented at any other meeting with
publicly available published proceedings. Papers that are being
submitted to other conferences or workshops must indicate this
on the title page, as must papers that contain significant
overlap with previously published work.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Submissions should follow a two-column format and should not
exceed eight (8) pages, including references. We strongly
recommend the use of IJCNLP-04 LaTeX style files or Microsoft
Word Style files tailored for IJCNLP-04. The files and a
description of the format are available in the submission site.
SUBMISSION SITE
http://www-tsujii.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ijc-nlp04/submission.html
Note that full paper submissions are restricted to 8 pages.
Note also that as reviewing will be blind, the paper should not
include the authors' names and affiliations. Furthermore,
self-references that reveal the author's identity, e.g., "We
previously showed (Kim, 1991) ...", should be avoided. Instead,
use citations such as "Smith previously showed (Kim, 1991)
...". Papers that do not conform to the requirements above are
subject to be rejected without review.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
All papers must be submitted electronically according to the
instructions in the submission site. The papers must be
submitted no later than 12 p.m. Japan Standard Time November 15,
2003. Papers submitted after that time will not be reviewed
(Note that we no longer require early registration for papers.)
Please consult the submission site in which instructions for
electronic submission are provided. Questions regarding the
submission process should be directed to
ijc-nlp04-submission@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission deadline: November 15, 2003
Notification of acceptance: December 23, 2003
Camera ready papers due: January 24, 2004
Main conference: March 22-24, 2004 (Monday-Wednesday)
THEMATIC SESSION ORGANISERS
Michael Kuehn University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz
Mun-Kew Leong Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii University of Tokyo, Tokyo
THEMATIC SESSION PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Hsin-Hsi Chen National Taiwan University, Taipei
Jean-Pierre Chevallet CNRS, Grenoble
Fabio Crestani University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Yoshihiko Hayashi NTT Cyberspace Labs, Yokosuka
Min Yen Kan National University of Singapore, Singapore
Nils Klarlund Clairgrove LLC, New Jersey
Gary Geunbae Lee POSTECH, Pohang
Mu Li Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing
Kathleen McCoy University of Delaware, Newark
Sung Hyon Myaeng ICU, Daejeon
Hwee Tou Ng National University of Singapore, Singapore
Manabu Okumura Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo
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-- Michael Kuehn http://www.uni-koblenz.de/~kuehn/ Fachbereich Informatik kuehn@uni-koblenz.de Universitaet Koblenz-Landau +49 (0)261 287-2613 Postfach 201 602, 56016 Koblenz, Germany Room A 220
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