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<p><span lang="IT">[Apologies for multiple postings]<br>
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<p> <b><span lang="IT">LREC 2008 - 6th
Language Resources and Evaluation Conference</span></b> </p>
<p><span lang="IT"> <b> SECOND
CALL FOR PAPERS</b> </span></p>
<p><span lang="IT"> <br>
</span></p>
<p><span lang="IT">Palais des Congrès Mansour
Eddahbi, MARRAKECH
- MOROCCO </span></p>
<p><span lang="IT"> MAIN CONFERENCE:
28-29-30 MAY 2008 </span></p>
<span lang="IT">WORKSHOPS and TUTORIALS: 26-27 MAY and 31 MAY-
1 JUNE 2008 </span><br>
<span lang="IT">Conference web site:
<a href="http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2008/">http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2008/
</a></span><a href="http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2008/"><span
lang="EN-GB"> </span></a>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">The sixth international conference on Language
Resources and Evaluation (LREC) will be organised in 2008 by ELRA in
cooperation with a wide range of international associations and
organisations, including
AAMT, AMTA, ACL, AFNLP, ALTA, COCOSDA and Oriental COCOSDA, EACL, EAMT,
ELSNET,
EURALEX, GWA, IAMT, KnowledgeWeb, LDC, NEMLAR Network, SIGLEX, TEI,
Technolangue
French Program, WRITE and with major national and international
organisations
including the European Commission - <span>Information
Society and Media</span>, <span>Unit E.2 “</span>Content
and Knowledge”. </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-GB">CONFERENCE AIMS </span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> In 10 years - the first LREC was held in </span>
<span lang="EN-GB">Granada</span> <span lang="EN-GB"> in 1998 - LREC
has become the major
event on Language Resources (LRs) and Evaluation for Human Language
Technologies
(HLT). The aim of LREC is to provide an overview of the
state-of-the-art,
explore new R&D directions and emerging trends, exchange
information
regarding LRs and their applications, evaluation methodologies and
tools,
ongoing and planned activities, industrial uses and needs, requirements
coming
from the e-society, both with respect to policy issues and to
technological and
organisational ones. </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> LREC provides a unique forum for researchers,
industrials and funding agencies from across a wide spectrum of areas
to
discuss problems and opportunities, find new synergies and promote
initiatives
for international cooperation, in support to investigations in language
sciences, progress in language technologies and development of
corresponding
products, services and applications, and standards. </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><br>
<b><span lang="EN-GB">CONFERENCE TOPICS </span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> Issues in the design, construction and use of
Language Resources (LRs): text, speech, multimodality </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> <br>
- Guidelines, standards, specifications, models
and best practices for LRs </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- Methodologies and tools for LRs construction
and annotation </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- Methodologies and tools for the extraction
and acquisition of knowledge </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- Ontologies and knowledge representation </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- Terminology </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- Integration between (multilingual) LRs,
ontologies and Semantic Web technologies </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- Metadata descriptions of LRs and metadata for
semantic/content markup </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Exploitation of LRs in different types of
systems and applications </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- For: information extraction, information
retrieval, speech dictation, mobile communication, machine translation,
summarisation, web services, semantic search, text mining, inferencing,
reasoning, etc. </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- In different types of interfaces:
(speech-based) dialogue systems, natural language and
multimodal/multisensorial
interactions, voice activated services, etc. </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- Communication with neighbouring fields of
applications, e.g. e-government, e-culture, e-health, e-participation,
mobile
applications, etc. </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- Industrial LRs requirements, user needs </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Issues in Human Language Technologies
evaluation </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- HLT Evaluation methodologies, protocols and
measures </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- Validation, quality assurance, evaluation of
LRs </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- Benchmarking of systems and products </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- Usability evaluation of HLT-based user
interfaces, interactions and dialogue systems </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- Usability and user satisfaction evaluation </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">General issues regarding LRs & Evaluation </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- National and international activities and
projects </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- Priorities, perspectives, strategies in
national and international policies for LRs </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- Open architectures </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- Organisational, economical and legal issues </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> <br>
</span></p>
<p><b> <span lang="EN-GB">Special Highlights </span> </b></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> <br>
LREC targets the integration of different types
of LRs - spoken, written, and other modalities - and of the respective
communities. To this end, LREC encourages submissions covering issues
which are
common to different types of LRs and language technologies. </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> <br>
LRs are currently developed and deployed in a
much wider range of applications and domains. LREC 2008 recognises the
need to
encompass all those data that interact with language resources in an
attempt to
model more complex human processes and develop more complex systems,
and
encourages submissions on topics such as: </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- Multimodal and multimedia systems, for
Human-Machine interfaces, Human-Human interactions, and content
processing </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- Resources for modelling language-related
cognitive processes, including emotions </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">- Interaction/Association of language and
perception data, also for robotic systems </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><b><span lang="EN-GB">PROGRAMME </span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> <br>
The Scientific Programme will include invited
talks, oral presentations, poster and demo presentations, and panels.</span><br>
<b><span lang="EN-GB">There is no difference
in quality between oral and poster presentations. Only the
appropriateness of
the type of communication (more or less interactive) to the content of
the
paper will be considered. </span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> <br>
</span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-GB">ABSTRACT SUBMISSION </span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">On-line submission form for abstracts is now
available: please go to the “Abstract submission” section on the
LREC2008 web
site (<a href="http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2008/-Home-.html">http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2008</a>)
and follow the procedure instructions. </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Submitted abstracts of papers for oral and
poster or demo presentations <b>must</b>
consist of about 1500-2000 words. </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-GB">WORKSHOPS,
TUTORIALS AND PANELS </span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-GB">Submission
of workshop,
tutorial and panel proposals</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">
should be made by e-mail to the following e-mail
address: </span><span><span lang="EN-GB"><span><span>
</span></span></span></span><span><span><span lang="IT"><a
href="mailto:lrec@lrec-conf.org">lrec@lrec-conf.org </a></span></span></span><span
lang="EN-GB"></span><span><span lang="IT"> </span></span>and
will be reviewed by the Programme
Committee. </p>
<span lang="EN-GB"></span>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-GB">Proposals
for workshops and tutorials</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">
should be no longer than three pages, and
include: </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><b><span lang="EN-GB">For workshops</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">:
</span></li>
<ul type="circle">
<li><span lang="EN-GB">The title </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">A brief technical description of the
specific technical
issues that the workshop will address </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">The reasons why the workshop is of interest </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">The names and affiliations, postal
addresses, phone and
fax numbers, email and web site addresses of the organising committee,
which should consist of at least three people knowledgeable in the
field, coming from different institutions </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">The name and the e-mail address of the
member of the
workshop organising committee designated as the contact person </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">The desirable duration of the workshop (half
day or full
day) </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">A summary of the intended call for
participation </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">An estimate of the approximate audience size
</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">A list of audio-visual or technical
requirements and any
special room requirements </span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">The workshop proposers
will be responsible for the organisational aspects (e.g. workshop call
preparation and distribution, review of papers, notification of
acceptance,
assembling of the workshop proceedings using the ELRA specifications,
etc.). </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><b><span lang="EN-GB">For tutorials</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">:
</span></li>
<ul type="circle">
<li><span lang="EN-GB">The title </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">A brief technical description of the
tutorial content </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">The reasons why the tutorial is of interest </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">The names and affiliations, postal
addresses, phone and
fax numbers, email and web site addresses of the tutorial speakers,
with brief descriptions of their technical background </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">The name and e-mail address of one tutorial
speaker
designated as the contact person </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">The duration of the tutorial (half day is
the expected
usual length) </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">An estimate of the approximate audience size
</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">A list of audio-visual or technical
requirements and any
special room requirements </span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">The tutorial proposers
will be responsible for the organisational aspects (e.g. assembling of
the
tutorial material, etc.). </span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-GB"> <br>
</span></b></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-GB">Proposals
for panels</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> should contain the
following information: </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><span lang="EN-GB">The title </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">A brief technical description of the specific
technical
issues that the panel will address </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">The reasons why the panel is of interest </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">Name of
the panel organiser/s; affiliation and postal address; phone and fax
numbers; e-mail address; web site address </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB">The name
and the e-mail address of the designated contact person</span><span
lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
</ul>
<p><b><span lang="EN-GB"> <br>
IMPORTANT DATES </span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span>
</span></span></span><span><span lang="EN-GB">Submission of proposals
for panels, workshops and
tutorials: </span></span> <b><span lang="EN-GB">31 October 2007</span></b>
<span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span>
</span></span></span><span><span lang="EN-GB">Submission of proposals
for oral and poster/demo papers: </span></span> <b><span lang="EN-GB">31
October 2007</span></b> <b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span>
</span></span></span><span><span lang="EN-GB">Notification of
acceptance of panels, workshops
and tutorials proposals:<b> </b></span></span> <b><span lang="EN-GB">22
November 2007</span></b> <span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span>
</span></span></span><span><span lang="EN-GB">Notification of
acceptance of oral papers,
posters: </span></span> <b><span lang="EN-GB">4 February 2008</span></b>
<span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span>
</span></span></span><span><span lang="EN-GB">Final version of papers
for the proceedings: <b><span> </span></b></span></span> <b><span
lang="EN-GB">25 March 2008</span></b> <span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span>
</span></span></span><span><span lang="EN-GB">Conference<b>:
28-30 May 2008</b> </span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span>
</span></span></span><span><span lang="EN-GB">Pre-conference workshops
and tutorials: <b>26
and 27 May 2008</b> </span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span>
</span></span></span><span><span lang="EN-GB">Post-conference workshops
and tutorials: <b>31
May and </b></span></span> <b><span lang="EN-GB">1 June 2008</span></b>
<b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-GB">CONSORTIA AND PROJECT
MEETINGS </span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Consortia or projects
wishing to take this opportunity for organising meetings should contact
well in
advance the organisers at the following e-mail address:
<a href="mailto:lrec@lrec-conf.org">lrec@lrec-conf.org</a>. </span></p>
<span lang="EN-GB"> </span> <br>
<p><b><span lang="EN-GB">PROCEEDINGS </span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">The Proceedings on CD will include both oral and
poster papers, in the same format. In addition a Book of Abstracts will
be
printed. </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> <br>
</span></p>
<p><b><span lang="IT">CONFERENCE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE </span></b></p>
<p><span lang="IT">Nicoletta
Calzolari, Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale del CNR, </span> <span
lang="EN-GB">Pisa</span> <span lang="EN-GB">,
</span> <span lang="EN-GB">Italy</span> <span lang="EN-GB">
(Conference chair) </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Khalid Choukri, ELRA, </span> <span lang="EN-GB">Paris</span>
<span lang="EN-GB">, </span> <span lang="EN-GB">France</span> <span
lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Bente Maegaard, CST, </span> <span lang="EN-GB">University
of Copenhagen</span> <span lang="EN-GB">, </span> <span lang="EN-GB">Denmark</span>
<span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Joseph Mariani, LIMSI-CNRS, </span> <span
lang="EN-GB">Orsay</span> <span lang="EN-GB">, </span> <span
lang="EN-GB">France</span> <span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Jan Odijk, Nuance Communications International,
</span> <span lang="EN-GB">Belgium</span> <span lang="EN-GB"> and
UIL-OTS, </span> <span lang="EN-GB">Utrecht</span> <span lang="EN-GB">,
The </span> <span lang="EN-GB">Netherlands</span> <span lang="EN-GB">
</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Stelios Piperidis, Institute for Language and
Speech Processing (ILSP), </span> <span lang="EN-GB">Athens</span> <span
lang="EN-GB">, </span> <span lang="EN-GB">Greece</span> <span
lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="IT">Daniel
Tapias,
Telefónica Móviles España, Madrid, Spain</span></p>
<p><span lang="IT">
<br>
</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">The composition of the committees as well as
instructions and addresses for registration and accommodation in
Marrakech will
be detailed on the conference website at
<a href="http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2008/">http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2008/</a>.
</span></p>
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