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[Apologies for multiple postings]<br>
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<b>HLT & NLP within the Arabic world:<br>
Arabic Language and local languages processing:<br>
Status Updates and Prospects</b><br>
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Workshop held in conjunction with LREC 2008<br>
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<u><b>Saturday, May 31st 2008</b></u><br>
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<b>The submissions are now open</b>. Please follow the procedure to
submit your abstract.<br>
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Only online submissions will be considered. All abstracts should be
submitted in PDF format through the <a
href="https://www.softconf.com/LREC2008/ALLLP2008/">online submission
form</a> on START before 15 February 2008.<br>
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Submissions must be in English.<br>
Abstracts should be submitted in PDF format.<br>
Abstracts for workshop contributions should not exceed 4 (Four) A4
pages (excluding references). An additional title page should state:
the title; author(s); affiliation(s); and contact author's e-mail
address, as well as postal address, telephone and fax numbers.<br>
There is no template for the pdf abstract. The template will be made
available online for the for the final papers.<br>
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The submissions are not anonymous.<br>
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Submitted papers will be judged based on relevance to the workshop
aims, as well as the novelty of the idea, technical quality, clarity of
presentation, and expected impact on future research within the area of
focus.<br>
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Any question should be sent to <a moz-do-not-send="false"
href="cid:part1.05030209.05080104@elda.org"><u><b>arabic@elda.org</b></u>.</a><a
href="arabic@elda.org"></a><br>
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Registration to LREC’08 will be required for participation, so
potential participants are invited to refer to the main conference
website for all details not covered in the present call.<br>
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<b>Important Dates</b><br>
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Call for papers: 3 January 2008<br>
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Deadline for abstract submissions: 15 February 2008<br>
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Notification of acceptance: 14 March 2008<br>
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Final version of accepted paper: 11 April 2008<br>
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Workshop full-day: Saturday 31st May 2008<br>
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Full Call for Papers is available at: <a
href="http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2008/IMG/ws/HLTwithin%20the%20Arabic%20world-final.html">http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2008/IMG/ws/HLTwithin%20the%20Arabic%20world-final.html</a><br>
Submission page: <a href="https://www.softconf.com/LREC2008/ALLLP2008/">https://www.softconf.com/LREC2008/ALLLP2008/<br>
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