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Workshop on<br>
Constraints in Discourse<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.constraints-in-discourse.org/cid06">http://www.constraints-in-discourse.org/cid06</a><br>
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This is the second in a series of workshops entitled "Constraints in<br>
Discourse".<br>
<br>
For a many years, the development of precise frameworks of discourse<br>
interpretation has been hampered by the lack of a deeper understanding<br>
of the dependencies between different discourse units. The past 15<br>
years have seen a considerable advance in this field. A number of<br>
strong constraints have been proposed that restrict the sequencing and<br>
attaching of segments at various descriptive levels, as well as the<br>
interpretation of their interrelations. Last year's workshop CID2005 in<br>
Dortmund revealed a number of issues that still have to be clarified<br>
and worked upon. Most relevant topics turned out to be:<br>
- the necessity to have a look at intonation and discourse structure<br>
more closely;<br>
- the question of formal properties of discourse structure (tree-like<br>
or graph-like etc.);<br>
- the question of (psychological, social or linguistic) reality of<br>
constraints;<br>
- the interface between utterance-level and discourse-level analysis;<br>
- and the empirical foundation and availability of corpus<br>
annotation of constraints.<br>
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The goal of this series of workshops is to provide a forum for<br>
presenting recent research on constraints in discourse. The target<br>
areas include the recognition of discourse structure as well as the<br>
interpretation and generation of discourse in a broad variety of<br>
domains. The workshop offers a forum for researchers from diverse<br>
formal approaches, including but not limited to:<br>
- Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST)<br>
- Segmented Discourse Representation Theory (SDRT)<br>
- Tree Adjoining Grammars<br>
- Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG)<br>
- The QUD Modell<br>
- Plan Based Reasoning<br>
- Abductive Reasoning<br>
- Gricean Pragmatics<br>
- Speech Act Theory<br>
<br>
We invite talks that further our theoretical understanding of<br>
the role of constraints in discourse, as well as empirical studies<br>
that shed light on their empirical validity. The conference is
explicitly<br>
intended for discussion and comparison of theoretical<br>
accounts that lay the ground for applications. It is not intended as a<br>
platform for system demonstrations. Specific topics might relate to<br>
- Anaphora Resolution<br>
- Co-reference<br>
- Dialogical vs. Monological Discourse<br>
- Questions and Answers<br>
- Lexicon and Discourse Relations<br>
- Cognitive Modeling<br>
- Underspecification and Nonmonotonic Inferences<br>
etc.<br>
<br>
The organisers are planning to publish a selection of the results of<br>
the workshop either as a special issue of a journal or as a book.<br>
<br>
Publication (and workshop) language is English<br>
<br>
The workshop is endorsed by SIGdial, the Special Interest Group on<br>
Discourse and Dialogue, and SIGsem, the Special Interest Group on<br>
Semantics, of ACL.<br>
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Invited Speakers<br>
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Barbara Kaup, Technical University Berlin<br>
Alex Lascarides, University of Edinburgh<br>
Ivan Sag, Stanford University<br>
Candace Sidner, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs<br>
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Paper Submission<br>
================<br>
<br>
Researchers interested in contributing a paper to the workshop are<br>
invited to submit an abstract that spans not more than 3 pages in PDF
or PS<br>
(single column, 10pt font size, a4 paper, including a bibliography)<br>
using the form at the workshop website<br>
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.constraints-in-discourse.org/cid06">http://www.constraints-in-discourse.org/cid06</a>). Reviews will be done<br>
blindly; the abstracts may accordingly not include explicit hints that<br>
allow the identification of the authors (such as "in paper (...) we<br>
show that").<br>
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Important Dates<br>
===============<br>
Deadline for Submissions: 1 May, 2006<br>
Notification of Acceptance: 1 June, 2006<br>
Final Abstracts due: 22 June, 2006<br>
Conference: 7-9 July, 2006<br>
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Program Committee<br>
=================<br>
<br>
Anton Benz, University of Southern Denmark, Kolding<br>
Markus Egg, Rijksuniversiteit. Groningen, Netherlands<br>
John Harpur, National University of Ireland, Maynooth<br>
Peter Kuehnlein, University of Bielefeld, Germany<br>
Alex Lascarides, University of Edinburgh, UK<br>
Barbara Kaup, Technical University Berlin, Germany<br>
Gisela Redeker, Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen, Netherlands<br>
Ivan Sag, Stanford University, USA<br>
Candace Sidner, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, USA<br>
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Organisation<br>
============<br>
<br>
Organisation Committee:<br>
Candace Sidner, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, USA (Chair)<br>
Anton Benz, University of Southern Denmark, Kolding<br>
John Harpur, National University of Ireland, Maynooth<br>
Peter Kuehnlein, University of Bielefeld, Germany<br>
<br>
Local Organisation:<br>
John Harpur, National University of Ireland, Maynooth<br>
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Coordinates<br>
===========<br>
The workshop will take place from 7-9 July, 2006. It will be hosted by<br>
the National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM). Maynooth is<br>
situated 15 miles from Dublin in the heart of the Kildare countryside,<br>
and is well served by motorway, rail and bus links. County Kildare is<br>
on Dublin's doorstep and is in close proximity to Dublin Airport and<br>
Seaport as well as Dun Laoghaire Harbour. It is also only a couple of<br>
hours drive from most parts of Ireland.<br>
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Fees<br>
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Fees (including coffee breaks and lunch) are<br>
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Participants from Academia: EUR 100<br>
Participants from commercial enterprises: EUR 200</font><br>
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