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<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Call for Papers</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">ACL-08: HLT Workshop on</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Mobile Language Processing</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.mobileNLPworskshop.org"><SPAN LANG="it"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">mobileNLP</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">workshop.org</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Columbus, Ohio, United States</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">June 19th or June 20th, 2008</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">** Paper submission deadline: March 7, 2007 **<BR>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Mobile Language Processing</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Mobile devices, such as ultra-mobile PCs,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">personal digital assistants, and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">smart phones have many unique characteristics that make them both highly desirable as well as difficult to use. On</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> the positive side, they are small, convenient, personalizable, and provide an anytime-anywhere communication capability. Conversely, they have</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">limited input and output capabilities, limited bandwidth, limited memory, and restricted processing power.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Th</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">e purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum for discussing the challenges in natural and spoken language processing and systems research that are unique to this domain.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">We argue that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">mobile devices not only provide an ideal opportunity for language pr</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">ocessing applications but also offer new challenges for NLP and spoken language</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">understanding research.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">For instance, mobile devices are beginning to integrate sensors (most commonly for location detection through GPS, Global Positioning Systems) that can</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> be exploited by context/location aware NLP systems;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> another interesting research direction is the use of information from multiple devices for “distributed” language modeling and inference. To give some concrete examples, knowing the type of web queries</FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">m</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">ade from nearby devices or from a specific location or a specific</FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">‘</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">context</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">’</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> can be combined for various applications and could potentially improve information retrieval results. Learned language models could be transferred from device to device, propagati</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">n</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">g and updating the language models continuously and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">in a decentralized manner. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Processing and memory limitations incurred by executing NLP and speech</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">recognition on small devices need to be addressed.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Some applications and practical considerations may re</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">quire a client/server or distributed architecture: what are the implications for language processing systems in using such architectures?</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The limitation of the input and output channels necessitates typing on increasingly smaller keyboards which is quite</FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">difficult, and similarly reading on small displays is challenging. Speech interfaces for dictation or for understanding navigation commands and/or language models for typing suggestions would enhance the input channel, while NLP systems for text classific</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">a</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">tion, summarization and information extraction would be helpful for the output channel. Speech interfaces, language generation and dialog systems would provide a natural way to interact with mobile devices. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman">Furthermore</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, the growing market of cell phones</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> in developing regions can be used for delivering applications in the areas of health, education and economic growth to rural communities. Some of the challenges in this area are the limited literacy, the many languages and dialects spoken and the networ</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">k</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">ing infrastructure.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">We solicit papers on topics including, but not limited to the following:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Special challenges of NLP for</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> mobile d</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">evices </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Applications of NLP for m</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">obile</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> d</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">evices</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">NLP enhanced by sensor data</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Distributed NLP </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Speech and m</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">ultimodal interface</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Language model sharing</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Symbol">·<FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Applications for the developing regions</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us">The goal of this one day workshop is to provide a forum to allow both industrial and academic researchers</SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">to share their experiences and visions, to present results, com</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">pare systems, exchange ideas and formulate common goals.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">"Keynote Speaker: Dr. Lisa Stifelman, Princ</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">ipal User Experience Manager at</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Tellme/Microsoft. The title of her talk is soon to be announced."</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">We accept position papers (2 pages), short research</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> or</FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">demo</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> papers (4 pages)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> regular papers (8</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">content</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">pages</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> with 1 extra page for references</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">). Papers must be submitted through the submission system at<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><A HREF="https://www.softconf.com/acl08/ACL08-WS07/submit.html"><SPAN LANG="it"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">https://www.softconf.com/acl08/AC</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">L08-WS07/submit.html</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Please</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">use the LaTeX or Microsoft Word style files available at</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://ling.osu.edu/acl08/stylefiles.html"><SPAN LANG="it"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">http://ling.osu.edu/acl08/stylefiles.html</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">- Paper submission</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> deadline</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">:</FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">March 7,</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> 200</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">8</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman">- Notif</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">ication of acceptance:</FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">April 8, 2008<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">-</FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Camera-ready Copy: April 18, 2008</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Organizing committee:</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Rosario</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Barbara Intel</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> Research </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Paek, Tim</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Microsoft Research </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Program committee:</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Acero, Alex,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Microsoft Research </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Black, Alan</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">CMU</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Hakkani Tu</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">r, Dilek</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">ICSI</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Hearst, Marti</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">iSchool, UC Berkeley</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Johnston, Michael</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">AT&T </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Kamvar, Maryam</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Google & Columbia University</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Knight, Kevin</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">USC/Information Sciences Institute</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Kupiec, Julian</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Google</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Lin, Dekang</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">University of Alberta</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">, Canada</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Mahdaviani, Maryam</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">University of British Columbia, Canada</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Minker, Wolfgang</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">University of Ulm, Germany</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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