[Corpora-List] First Call For papers:THE AAAI-05 WORKSHOP ON QUESTION ANSWERING IN RESTRICTED DOMAINS

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Date: Mon Jan 10 2005 - 10:57:38 MET

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    THE AAAI-05 WORKSHOP ON

    QUESTION ANSWERING IN RESTRICTED DOMAINS
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    www.clt.mq.edu.au/Events/Conferences/aaai05/
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               FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

    IMPORTANT DATES

        Submission: April 20, 2005
        Notification: May 11, 2005
        Camera ready: May 18, 2005
        Workshop: July 9-10, 2005 (date TBA)

    WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

    This one-day workshop will focus on the issues related to question
    answering in restricted domains. Restricted domains provide an
    interesting mix of challenges and opportunities that are yet to
    explore. For example, the limited data available makes it difficult to
    apply conventional question-answering techniques based on data
    redundancy and the specific terminology of some domains typically is
    not available in generic lexical resources. On the other hand,
    restricted domains enable the development of specific ontologies or
    knowledge bases that can be used for high-precision question answering
    tasks.

    Note that there is an AAAI workshop on inference in textual question
    answering. If you are wondering what workshop your research fits best,
    please contact the organisers of any of these two workshops.

    This workshop is a follow-up of the ACL 2005 workshop
    <http://www.clt.mq.edu.au/Events/Conferences/acl04qa/>

    TOPICS

        * Comparison between open-domain and restricted-domain QA

        * Characterisation of types of restricted domains and type of
          technology required for QA on those domains

        * Methodologies

        * Tools and resources

        * Description of specific restricted-domain QA systems

        * Development of modules (e.g. document preselection, NE
          extraction, terminology extraction) for use in restricted-domain
          QA systems

        * Portability of QA systems between different restricted domains

        * Evaluation

    FORMAT OF WORKSHOP

    The workshop includes an invited presentation, a set of full papers
    and short papers, and a final discussion panel.

    The invited presenter will address some of the questions posed
    above. The emphasis is not so much about addressing the questions but
    about presenting a challenging topic that encourages discussion.

    There will be full papers and short papers. The full papers will focus
    on the specific issues listed above, whereas the short papers can
    focus on system descriptions or provide small contributions to the
    workshop goals.

    The discussion panel includes 5-minute statements from leading
    researchers in different related areas of expertise. The panel will be
    followed by a discussion moderated by one of the workshop organisers.

    ATTENDANCE

    We expect an attendance of 25-50 people from the areas of question
    answering in open domains and restricted domains to allow for useful
    comparison and generalisation. To encourage discussion and
    participation, only invited people can attend. We therefore require
    potential participants that do not wish to contribute with a paper to
    send an email to the workshop organisers with a one-page description
    of their interest in the topic and their position statements. The
    information will be used to organise the final workshop discussion
    session.

    SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

    Submitted papers should describe original work, completed or in
    progress, rather than merely planned, and clearly indicate the current
    state of advancement of the work. No previously published papers
    should be submitted.

    Authors should submit regular papers of maximum 10 pages or short
    papers of maximum 5 pages, including references and figures, following
    the AAAI technical reports guidelines. The review will not be blind.

    Submissions must be in PS or PDF format only.

    SUBMIT TO:

    Diego Mollá-Aliod
    Macquarie University
    Division of Information and Communication Sciences
    Sydney
    New South Wales 2109
    Australia

    Tel. +61 2 9850 9531
    Fax. +61 2 9850 9551
    diego@ics.mq.edu.au

    WORKSHOP CHAIRS

     * Diego Mollá Aliod, Macquarie University
     * José Luis Vicedo, Alicante University

    PROVISIONAL WORKSHOP COMMITTEE

     * Marcus Ackermann, University of Leipzig, Germany
     * Donna Harman, NIST, USA
     * Graeme Hirst, University of Toronto, Canada
     * Elizabeth Liddy, Syracuse University, USA
     * Marc Light, University of Iowa, USA
     * Maarten de Rijke, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
     * Horacio Rodríguez, Universitat de Catalunya, Spain
     * Rolf Schwitter, Macquarie University, Australia
     * Richard Sutcliffe, University of Limerick, Ireland
     * Pierre Zweigenbaum, DIAM, France

     

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    ********************************************** THE AAAI-05 WORKSHOP ON QUESTION ANSWERING IN RESTRICTED DOMAINS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania www.clt.mq.edu.au/Events/Conferences/aaai05/ **********************************************

    FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

    IMPORTANT DATES

    Submission: April 20, 2005 Notification: May 11, 2005 Camera ready: May 18, 2005 Workshop: July 9-10, 2005 (date TBA)

    WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

    This one-day workshop will focus on the issues related to question answering in restricted domains. Restricted domains provide an interesting mix of challenges and opportunities that are yet to explore. For example, the limited data available makes it difficult to apply conventional question-answering techniques based on data redundancy and the specific terminology of some domains typically is not available in generic lexical resources. On the other hand, restricted domains enable the development of specific ontologies or knowledge bases that can be used for high-precision question answering tasks.

    Note that there is an AAAI workshop on inference in textual question answering. If you are wondering what workshop your research fits best, please contact the organisers of any of these two workshops.

    This workshop is a follow-up of the ACL 2005 workshop <http://www.clt.mq.edu.au/Events/Conferences/acl04qa/>

    TOPICS

    * Comparison between open-domain and restricted-domain QA

    * Characterisation of types of restricted domains and type of technology required for QA on those domains

    * Methodologies

    * Tools and resources

    * Description of specific restricted-domain QA systems

    * Development of modules (e.g. document preselection, NE extraction, terminology extraction) for use in restricted-domain QA systems

    * Portability of QA systems between different restricted domains

    * Evaluation

    FORMAT OF WORKSHOP

    The workshop includes an invited presentation, a set of full papers and short papers, and a final discussion panel.

    The invited presenter will address some of the questions posed above. The emphasis is not so much about addressing the questions but about presenting a challenging topic that encourages discussion.

    There will be full papers and short papers. The full papers will focus on the specific issues listed above, whereas the short papers can focus on system descriptions or provide small contributions to the workshop goals.

    The discussion panel includes 5-minute statements from leading researchers in different related areas of expertise. The panel will be followed by a discussion moderated by one of the workshop organisers.

    ATTENDANCE

    We expect an attendance of 25-50 people from the areas of question answering in open domains and restricted domains to allow for useful comparison and generalisation. To encourage discussion and participation, only invited people can attend. We therefore require potential participants that do not wish to contribute with a paper to send an email to the workshop organisers with a one-page description of their interest in the topic and their position statements. The information will be used to organise the final workshop discussion session.

    SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

    Submitted papers should describe original work, completed or in progress, rather than merely planned, and clearly indicate the current state of advancement of the work. No previously published papers should be submitted.

    Authors should submit regular papers of maximum 10 pages or short papers of maximum 5 pages, including references and figures, following the AAAI technical reports guidelines. The review will not be blind.

    Submissions must be in PS or PDF format only.

    SUBMIT TO:

    Diego Mollá-Aliod Macquarie University Division of Information and Communication Sciences Sydney New South Wales 2109 Australia

    Tel. +61 2 9850 9531 Fax. +61 2 9850 9551 diego@ics.mq.edu.au

    WORKSHOP CHAIRS

    * Diego Mollá Aliod, Macquarie University * José Luis Vicedo, Alicante University

    PROVISIONAL WORKSHOP COMMITTEE

    * Marcus Ackermann, University of Leipzig, Germany * Donna Harman, NIST, USA * Graeme Hirst, University of Toronto, Canada * Elizabeth Liddy, Syracuse University, USA * Marc Light, University of Iowa, USA * Maarten de Rijke, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands * Horacio Rodríguez, Universitat de Catalunya, Spain * Rolf Schwitter, Macquarie University, Australia * Richard Sutcliffe, University of Limerick, Ireland * Pierre Zweigenbaum, DIAM, France



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