<div class=WW-HTMLPreformatted style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>International Workshop on Referential Entity Resolution<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=WW-HTMLPreformatted style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>15-17, January 2008 <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=WW-HTMLPreformatted style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=WW-HTMLPreformatted style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">AU-KBC Research Centre, MIT Campus of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Anna</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, Chennai<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=WW-HTMLPreformatted style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">&<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=WW-HTMLPreformatted style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Department of Computer and Information Science, <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hyderabad</st1:PlaceName>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Hyderabad</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in
0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>An International Workshop on Referential Entity Resolution is being organized in <st1:City w:st="on">Chennai</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region>, during 15th – 17th of January, 2008, jointly by the AU-KBC Research Centre, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Anna</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceName>, Chennai (www.au-kbc.org) and the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hyderabad</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. Computational and Theoretical aspects of Entities Resolution in English, European languages, South Asian and Indian languages would be presented and discussed in this event. Exposing the members of Indian
language processing community to the developments in the computational aspects of Referential Entities Resolution is one of the main objectives of this event.</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Background and Motivation <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Referential Entity play a major role in understanding a language, and resolving references is very important in many of the
applications such as question answering and machine translation. Cohesion in a text is maintained by referential entities such as pronominals, reflexives and ellipsis, and resolving such references has been considered a research area both in formal and computational linguistics. Theoretical aspects of referential entity have been worked out extensively in both European and South Asian languages, including Indian Languages. European languages have also seen substantial advancements on the Computational aspects of this problem. However, very little work has been done in South Asian languages, including Indian Languages, on the Computational aspects of the problem of Referential Entity resolution, despite there being a fair amount of work getting done in some of other computational areas such as Part of Speech tagging, NP chunking etc. </FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>This workshop aims at bringing together researchers working in Theoretical and Computational aspects on to a single platform to share their interests in entity resolution which will further help research in this area .There would be invited talks and contributed paper presentations in the workshop. </FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Paper Submission<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=WW-PlainText style="MARGIN: 14pt 0in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The papers could be either in Theoretical Linguistics or in Computational aspect of Referential Entity
Resolution.</FONT></div> <div class=WW-PlainText style="MARGIN: 14pt 0in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Papers have to be written in English. All selected papers will be published in the workshop proceedings.</FONT></div> <div class=WW-PlainText style="MARGIN: 14pt 0in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The papers should be formatted using the LaTeX or MS Word using suggested styles/templates and submitted in pdf format. Reviewing will be blind. The draft papers should not contain any information that can identify the authors. (Kindly visit the website for style sheets.)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Important Dates<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Paper Submission Deadline: Extended to 6<SUP>th</SUP> November 2007</FONT></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Notification of Paper Acceptance: Nov 15, 2007</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Camera Ready Submission Deadline: Nov 30, 2007</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN> </div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Patron<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Prof. Dr. D. Viswanathan (Vice Chancellor, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Anna</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, Chennai)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Advisory Committee <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Prof. Rajeev Sangal (IIIT, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Hyderabad</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Prof. Ruslan Mitkov(<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Wolverhampton University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Prof. Barbara .C. Lust(<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cornell University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Prof. C.N. Krishnan (AU-KBC Research Centre,Chennai-Inida)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Prof. Udaya Narayana Singh (CIIL, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Mysore</st1:City> , <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>PROGRAM COMMITTEE <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 35.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><o:p><FONT face="Times
New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 35.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=PT-BR style="mso-ansi-language: PT-BR"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Amit Bagga (Ask.com, USA)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 17.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Amritavalli (CIEFL, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Hyderabad</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 17.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Antonio Branco (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of Lisbon</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Portugal</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 17.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Barbara C Lust (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cornell University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 17.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Christer Jahnson (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of Bergen</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Norway</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 17.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Dipti Misra Sharma (IIIT, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Hyderabad</st1:City></st1:place>. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 17.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times
New Roman" size=3>Jayaseelan (CIEFL, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Hyderabad</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 35.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Narayana Murthy K (<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hyderabad</st1:PlaceName>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Hyderabad</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place> <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">- Co-Chair</B>)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 35.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Mallikarjun (CIIL, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Mysore</st1:City></st1:place>)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 17.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New
Roman"><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Patrick St</st1:address></st1:Street> Dizzier ( IRIT, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Toulouse</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 17.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Patnaik. B. N (CIIL <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Mysore</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 17.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Ruslan Mitkov (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Wolverhampton</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, U.K)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 17.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Rajat Kumar Mohanty (IIT, Mumbai)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 17.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Sivaji Bandyopadhyay (<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Jadavpur</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Kolkata</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>) </FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 17.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Subbarao, K.V. (<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Delhi</st1:PlaceName>, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Delhi</st1:place></st1:City>)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 17.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Sudeshna Sarkar (IIT,
Kharakpur)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Shri.</FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"> </SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Som Dutt Dadheech (MCIT, Government of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: 17.45pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Sobha, L (AU-KBC Research Centre,<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chennai</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place> - <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Chair</B>)</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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