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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS<br>
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Workshop on NLP for Reading and Writing - resources, algorithms and
tools<br>
hosted at the SLTC conference, Stockholm 20-21 November 2008.<br>
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href="http://spraakbanken.gu.se/personal/sofie/SLTC_2008/SLTC_2008.html">http://spraakbanken.gu.se/personal/sofie/SLTC_2008/SLTC_2008.html</a><br>
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Deadline for submission of abstracts for this workshop is October 13
2008.<br>
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Topics of interest for the workshop:<br>
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<li>NLP-techniques for linguistic aids and document handling such as
spelling and grammar checking, document structuring, thematic
segmentation, and information retrieval for the writer.</li>
<li>The role of NLP-tools for new communication channels such as web
chat, blogs, e-mail, SMS.</li>
<li>Theories and methods that give better understanding for how
language tools can be integrated in the use of language.</li>
<li>Support for multilingualism, minority languages and reading and
writing disabilities.</li>
<li>Keystroke logging (e.g. ScriptLog, InputLog, JEdit, Trace-it) as
a tool for understanding writing, text processing and language
development.</li>
<li>Speech technology for the purpose of dictation and text flow
understanding.</li>
<li>Studies that investigate the usage of language tools.</li>
<li>Interaction design of writing and reading environments. </li>
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Organizers:<br>
<p>Sylvana Sofkova Hashemi (sylvana at ling.gu.se), Department of
Linguistics, University of Gothenburg </p>
<p>Ola Knutsson (knutsson at csc.kth.se), School of Computer Science
and Communication, KTH</p>
<p>Rickard Domeij (rickard.domeij at sprakradet.se), Language Council
of Sweden, Institute of Language and Folklore</p>
<p>Sofie
Johansson Kokkinakis (sofie at svenska.gu.se), Institute for Swedish as
a Second Language, Språkbanken, Department of Swedish, Gothenburg
University</p>
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