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CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" lang="EN-IN">The 7th
Discourse Anaphora and Anaphor
Resolution Colloquium<br>
(DAARC2009)<br style="">
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lang="EN-IN">Goa</span></st1:City><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" lang="EN-IN">, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">India</st1:country-region><br>
<span style=""> </span>hosted by AU-KBC Research Centre, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Anna</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>,
Chennai<br>
November 5-6, 2009<br style="">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" lang="EN-IN">Anaphora
is a central topic in the study of natural language and has long been
the
object of research in a wide range of disciplines such as theoretical,
corpus
and <span class="yshortcuts">computational linguistics</span>,
philosophy of
language, cognitive science, psycholinguistics and cognitive
psychology. On the other hand, the correct interpretation of anaphora
has
played an increasingly vital role in real-world natural language
processing
applications, including machine translation, automatic abstracting, <span
class="yshortcuts">information extraction</span> and question
answering. As a
result, the processing of anaphora has become one of the most
productive topics
of multi- and inter-disciplinary research, and has enjoyed increased
interest
and attention in recent years.<br>
<br>
In this context, the Discourse Anaphora and Anaphor Resolution
Colloquia
(DAARC) have emerged as the major regular forum for presentation and
discussion
of the best research results in this area.<span style="">
</span>Initiated in 1996 at <span class="yshortcuts">Lancaster
University</span>
and taken over in 2002 by the University of Lisbon, and moving out of
Europe for the first time in 2009,
to Goa, India, the DAARC series established itself as a specialised and
competitive forum for the presentation of the latest results on
anaphora
processing, ranging from theoretical linguistic approaches through
psycholinguistic and cognitive work to corpus studies and computational
modelling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" lang="EN-IN"><span
style=""> </span>The seventh Discourse Anaphora and Anaphor Resolution
Colloquium (DAARC2009) will take place in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Goa</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
in November 5-6, 2009.<span style=""> </span>We would like to invite
anyone currently
researching in the areas of discourse anaphora and anaphor resolution,
from any
<span style=""> </span>methodological<span style=""> </span>perspective
or framework, to submit a paper
to DAARC2009.<br>
<span style=""> </span><br>
The closing date for submission is April 7, 2009. Notification of
acceptance
will be sent by June 15, 2009. Final versions of selected papers to be
included
in the proceedings are expected by June 30, 2009.<br>
<br>
Submissions (extended abstracts) must be anonymous and at most 3 pages
in
length. For further details on the submission procedure and other
relevant info
on the colloquium visit its website at:<br>
<span style=""> </span><br>
<span style=""> </span><a href="http://www.au-kbc.org/daarc2009/">http://www.au-kbc.org/daarc2009/</a></span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"
lang="EN-IN"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-IN">Program Committee:<span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-IN">Alfons
Maes,
Tilburg Univ<br>
Andrew Kehler, Univ California San Diego<br>
Anke Holler, Univ of Goettingen<br>
</span><span lang="EN-IN">António </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-IN">Branco,
Univ Lisbon<br>
Christer Johansson, Bergen Univ<br>
Constantin Orasan, Univ. Wolverhampton<br>
Costanza Navarretta, Univ of Copenhagen<br>
Dan Cristea, Univ Iasi<br>
Elsi Kaiser, Univ Southern California<br>
Eric Reuland, OTS<br>
Francis Cornish, Univ Toulouse-Le Mirail<br>
Georgiana Puscasu, Univ Wolverhampton<br>
Graeme Hirst, Univ Toronto<br>
Iris Hendrickx, Antwerp Univ<br>
Jeanette Gundel, Univ Minnesota<br>
Jeffrey Runner, Univ of Rochester<br>
Joel Tetreault, Education Testing Service<br>
Jos van Berkum, MPI<br>
Klaus von Heusinger, Konstanz Univ<br>
Lars Hellan, Norwegian Univ of Science and Technology<br>
Maria Mercedes Pinango, Yale Univ<br>
Martin Everaert, OTS<br>
Massimo Poesio, Univ Essex<br>
Narayana Murthy, Hyderabad Central Univ<br>
Patricio Martinez Barco, Univ Alicante<br>
Peter Bosch, Univ Osnabrueck<br>
Petra Schumacher, Univ. of Mainz<br>
Renata Vieira, PUC Rio Grande do Sul<br>
Richard Evans, Univ Wolverhampton<br>
Robert Dale, Macquarie Univ<br>
Roland Stuckardt, Univ Frankfurt am Main<br>
Ruslan Mitkov, Univ Wolverhampton<br>
Sergey Avrutin, OTS<br>
Shalom Lappin, King's College<br>
Sivaji Bandopadhyaya, Jadavpur Univ<br>
Sobha L, AU-KBC Research Centre<br>
Tony Sanford, Glasgow Univ<br>
Veronique Hoste, Gent Univ<br>
Yan Huang, Univ of Auckland<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-IN">Organisers:
<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-IN">António
Branco,
Univ <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Lisbon</st1:City></st1:place><br>
Ruslan Mitkov, Univ Wolverhampton<br>
Sobha, L, AU-KBC Research
Centre</span></p>
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