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The 5th Language and Technology Conference (LTC 2011), November
25-27, 2011, Poznan, Poland <br>
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CALL FOR PAPERS - NEW DATES - LTC DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 31<br>
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<br>
We are pleased to inform you that the 5th Language and Technology
Conference (LTC'11), a meeting organized by the Faculty of
Mathematics and Computer Science of Adam Mickiewicz University,
Poznan, Poland in cooperation with the Adam Mickiewicz University
Foundation, will take place on November 25-27, 2011.<br>
<br>
Since very beginning the meetings of the LTC series continue to
address Human Language Technologies (HLT) as a challenge for
computer science, linguistics and related fields. Fostering language
technologies and resources remains an important mission in the
dynamically changing information-saturated world. We aim at
contributing to this mission and we invite you to join us in that at
LTC'11 in November 2011, traditionally held in Poznañ, Poland. <br>
As a related event, the 2nd Less-Resourced Languages Workshop (a
Joint LTC-ELRA-FLaReNet–META-NET): "Addressing the Gaps in Language
Resources and Technologies" (LRL 2011) will be organised during the
LTC. The paper submission will respect the same procedures as for
the main conference. More about this event may be found at
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.ltc.amu.edu.pl">www.ltc.amu.edu.pl</a>. <br>
<br>
LTC'11 is organized under the patronage of the Polish Presidency of
the EU Council and Mr Ryszard Grobelny, Mayor of Poznañ.<br>
<br>
CONFERENCE TOPICS<br>
<br>
The conference topics include the following (the ordering is not
significative): <br>
* electronic language resources and tools<br>
* formalization of natural languages<br>
* parsing and other forms of NL processing<br>
* computer modeling of language competence<br>
* NL user modeling<br>
* NL understanding by computers<br>
* knowledge representation<br>
* man-machine NL interfaces<br>
* Logic Programming in Natural Language Processing<br>
* speech processing<br>
* NL applications in robotics<br>
* text-based information retrieval and extraction<br>
* question answering<br>
* tools and methodologies for developing multilingual systems<br>
* translation enhancement tools<br>
* corpora-based methods in language engineering<br>
* WordNet-like ontologies<br>
* methodological issues in HLT<br>
* language-specific computational challenges for HLTs
(especially for<br>
languages other than English)<br>
* validation in all areas of HLTs<br>
* HLT standards and best practices<br>
* HLTs as a support for foreign language teaching<br>
* HLTs as support for e-learning<br>
* communicative intelligence<br>
* legal issues connected with HLTs (problems and challenges)<br>
* contribution of HLTs to the Homeland Security problems
(technology<br>
applications and legal aspects)<br>
* visionary papers in the field of HLT<br>
* HLT related policies<br>
* system prototype presentations<br>
<br>
This list is by no means closed and we are open to further
proposals. Please do not hesitate to contact us in order to feed us
with your suggestions and ideas of how to satisfy your expectations
concerning the program. The Program Committee is also open to
suggestions concerning accompanying events (workshops, exhibits,
panels, etc). Suggestions, ideas and observations may be addressed
directly to the LTC Chair by email (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vetulani@amu.edu.pl">vetulani@amu.edu.pl</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:vetulani@amu.edu.pl"><mailto:vetulani@amu.edu.pl></a>).<br>
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Language: The conference language is English<br>
<br>
Contact: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ltc@amu.edu.pl">ltc@amu.edu.pl</a><br>
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Paper submission<br>
<br>
The conference accepts papers in English. Papers (5 formatted pages
in the conference format) are due by July 21, 2011 (midnight, any
time zone) and should not identify the author(s) in any manner. In
order to facilitate submission we have decided to reduce the
formatting requirements as much as possible at this stage. Please,
however, do observe the following:<br>
<br>
1. Accepted fonts for texts are Times Roman, Times New Roman.
Courier <br>
is recommended for program listings. Character size for the main
text should be 10 points, with 11 points leading (line spacing).<br>
<br>
2. Text should be presented in 2 columns, 8,42 cm each with 0,95 cm
<br>
between columns (gutter).<br>
<br>
3. The document size is 5 pages formatted according to (1) and (2)
above.<br>
<br>
4. The use of PDF format is strongly recommended, although MS Word
will <br>
also be accepted. (Please no latex and other formats)<br>
<br>
You may also use the templates (ELRA/LREC based format), to be found
<br>
at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ltc.amu.edu.pl">http://www.ltc.amu.edu.pl</a> (soon).<br>
<br>
Detailed guidelines for the final submission of accepted papers will
be <br>
published on the conference web site before September 12, 2011.<br>
<br>
All submissions are to be made electronically via the LTC'11 web <br>
submission system (EasyChair). Acceptance/rejection notification
will be sent by September 12, 2011.<br>
<br>
PUBLICATION POLICY<br>
<br>
Acceptance will be based on the reviewers' assessments (anonymous
submission model). The accepted papers will be published in the
conference proceedings (hard copy, with ISBN number) and on CD-ROM.
The abstracts of the accepted contributions will also be made
available via the conference page (during its lifetime). Publication
requires full electronic registration and payment of the conference
fee (full registration) by at least one of the co-authors before
October 12, 2011.<br>
<br>
A post-conference volume with extended versions of selected papers
is planned to be published. As this was the case for post-LTC'07 (v.
5603) and LTC'09 (v. 6562), it is planned to publish them in the
Springer series Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence.<br>
<br>
IMPORTANT DATES/DEADLINES (New deadlines!)<br>
* Deadline for submission of papers for review: July 31, 2011<br>
* Deadline for submission of LRL Workshop papers for review:
September 05, 2011<br>
* Acceptance/Rejection notification: September 12, 2011<br>
* Deadline for submission of final versions of accepted papers:
October 12, 2011<br>
* Conference: November 25-27, 2011<br>
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REGISTRATION<br>
Only electronic registration will be possible. Details will be
published at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.ltc.amu.edu.pl">www.ltc.amu.edu.pl</a>.<br>
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CONFERENCE FEES<br>
Non-student participants:<br>
Regular registration fee (payment before October 13, 2011) 190 EURO<br>
Late registration fee (payment after October 12, 2011) 240 EURO<br>
<br>
Student participants:<br>
Regular registration fee (payment before October 13, 2011) 120 EURO<br>
Late registration fee (payment after October 12, 2011) 160 EURO<br>
<br>
To be entitled to student rates the participant must present a
student <br>
identity card (or equivalent document)valid on June 20, 2011.<br>
<br>
The conference fee covers:<br>
* participation in the scientific program<br>
* conference materials<br>
* proceedings on CD and paper<br>
* social events (banquet,...)<br>
* coffee breaks<br>
<br>
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EXHIBITIONS AND SPECIAL EVENTS<br>
<br>
*Poster forum*<br>
Although all accepted papers will be presented by the authors in the
traditional, standard way (oral presentation + discussion), the
organizers will offer to the authors an additional opportunity to
present (mini) posters containing the abstract and the key ideas of
the paper. Posters will be presented by the organizers during the
LTC in the conference area. No extra fee will be charged for this
form of presentation. The poster size will be A1, horizontal.<br>
<br>
(Notice. The Poster forum should not be confused with traditional
poster sessions. In particular, there will be no limited resentation
time and the posters do not have to be accompanied by the authors)<br>
<br>
*Hyde park corner*<br>
We intend to arrange "A Hyde Park Corner" for non-reviewed
presentations and positions. Limited number of presentations
(depending on the available space) will be accepted. The content
must meet the conference scope and aims. Both form and content must
conform to the Polish and International Law. Texts will be presented
on the sole responsibility of the authors/presenters and will not be
published or reproduced in the Conference documents.<br>
<br>
*A book exhibition* is intended (exhibitor may address their
proposals by e-mail at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ltc@amu.edu.pl">ltc@amu.edu.pl</a>). Also, registered
participants are invited to bring hard copies of their papers and
books. We plan to make special presentations of the achievements of
the conference participants, irrespective of whether they are
directly related to the conference topic.<br>
<br>
*Tutorials* A tutorial program is under construction.<br>
<br>
*Special events.* Besides the standard conference presentation of
papers, the Organizers are open to various kinds of initiatives
(expos, demos, satellite workshops, panels, awards). A program of
special events is now under construction. You are welcome to contact
us with your suggestions.<br>
<br>
AWARDS FOR BEST STUDENT PAPERS<br>
As at the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Language and Technology Conferences
(2005, 2007, 2009) special awards will be granted to the best
student papers. The regular or PhD students (on the date of paper
submission) are concerned. Co-authored papers will be considered
provided that the students' contributions exceeds 60% and that the
main author(s) is (are) student(s)(this fact must be documented by a
written declaration signed by all co-authors).<br>
<br>
In 2005 the Jury, composed of the Program Committee members present
at the conference, awarded this distinction to:<br>
Ronny Melz (University of Leipzig, Germany),<br>
Hartwig Holzapfel (University of Karlsruhe, Germany),<br>
Marcin Woliñski (IPI PAN, Warsaw, Poland). <br>
<br>
In 2007 this distinction went to Daria Fišer (University of
Ljubljana)<br>
<br>
In 2009 two awards were granted: to Mahmoud EL-Haj (University of
Essex, UK) and Alexander Pak (LIMSI-CNRS, Orsay, France). <br>
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VISAS<br>
Participants from some non-EC countries may need visas to enter the
Polish territory. Visa delivery is exclusively in competence of the
Visa Authorities of the Schengen Convention countries. If you have
any doubts, we recommend you to check your situation with the
nearest Polish Consulate in your residence country. If you are
author (co-author) of an accepted paper, we can confirm - if
necessary - that we expect your presence at the conference for paper
presentation. Upon request, we may also write a <br>
confirmation letter (in Polish) directly to the Polish Consulate
indicated by you. To do this we will need a request letter (e-mail)
from you in which you will provide us with the address of the
Consulate you wish us to contact.<br>
<br>
To get information about countries whose citizens are not required
to have a visa when entering Poland and to find important telephone
numbers you may also visit the web site of the Polish Ministry of
Foreign Affairs <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.msz.gov.pl/index.php?document=2">http://www.msz.gov.pl/index.php?document=2</a>> (see
Consular Information
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.msz.gov.pl/Consular,Information,2345.html"><http://www.msz.gov.pl/Consular,Information,2345.html></a>)<br>
<br>
Conference location: Poznañ, Poland. Further details will be
announced soon at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ltc.amu.edu.pl">http://ltc.amu.edu.pl</a>. <br>
<br>
ACCOMODATION<br>
There are several large scale events in Poznan at the LTC 2009 time
(November 25-27, 2011). Therefore, we strongly recommend you to make
hotel reservation in advance. There are several standard
possibilities to book via Internet. Also, a special offer for
Conference participants has been prepared by the travel agency Zimny
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.zimny.pl/"><http://www.zimny.pl/></a> <br>
(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:zimny@zimny.pl">zimny@zimny.pl</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:zimny@zimny.pl"><mailto:zimny@zimny.pl></a>).<br>
<br>
OTHER<br>
MANY important information is provided at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ltc.amu.edu.pl">http://ltc.amu.edu.pl</a>.
Please check it from time to time and do not hesitate to ask
questions at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ltc@amu.edu.pl">ltc@amu.edu.pl</a>.<br>
<br>
LTC and LRL PROGRAM COMMITTEEs<br>
<br>
LTC<br>
Victoria Arranz, ELRA,France<br>
Nuria Bel, Univ. Pompeu Fabra, Spain<br>
Janusz S. Bieñ, Warsaw University, Poland<br>
Krzysztof Bogacki, Warsaw University, Poland<br>
Christian Boitet, IMAG, France<br>
Leonard Bolc,IPI PAN, Poland<br>
Lynne Bowker,University of Ottawa, Canada<br>
Gerhard Budin, Univ. Vienna, Austria<br>
Nicoletta Calzolari,ILC/CNR, Italy<br>
Nick Campbell, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland<br>
Julie Carson-Berndsen,University College Dublin, Ireland<br>
Khalid Choukri, ELRA, France - LRL co-chair<br>
Adam D¹browski, Poznañ University<br>
El¿bieta Dura, University of Skovde, Sweden<br>
Katarzyna Dziubalska-Ko³aczyk,Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznañ,
Poland<br>
Tomaz Erjavec, Josef Stefan Institute, Slovenia<br>
Cedrick Fairon, University of Louvain, Belgium<br>
Christiane Fellbaum, Princeton University, USA<br>
Maria Gavrilidou, ILSP, Greece<br>
Dafydd Gibbon, University of Bielefeld, Germany<br>
Marko Grobelnik, J. Stefan Institute, Slovenia<br>
Franz Guenthner,Ludwig-Maximilians-University München, Germany<br>
Jan Hajic, Charles Univ., Czech Republic<br>
Eva Hajièová, Charles University, Czech Republic<br>
Roland Hausser, Erlangen, Germany<br>
Steven Krauwer, University of Utrecht, Netherlands<br>
Eric Laporte,University Marne-la-Vallee, France<br>
Yves Lepage,University Caen Basse-Normandie, France<br>
Gerard Ligozat, CNRS, France<br>
Natalia Loukachevitch,Research Computing Center of Moscow State
University, Russia<br>
Bente Maegaard, Centre for Language Technology, Denmark<br>
Bernardo Magnini, ITC IRST, Italy<br>
Alfred Majewicz, UAM, Poland<br>
Joseph Mariani,LIMSI-CNRS, France; LRL co-chair<br>
Jacek Martinek, Poznañ<br>
Gayrat Matlatipov, Urgench State University,Uzbekistan<br>
Keith J. Miller, MITRE, USA<br>
Asunción Moreno, UPC, Spain<br>
Jan Odijk, Univ. Utrecht, The Netherlands<br>
Nicholas Ostler, Linguacubun<br>
Karel Pala, Masaryk<br>
Pavel S. Pankov, National Academy of<br>
Patrick Paroubek, LIMSI-CNRS, France<br>
Stelios Piperidis, ILSP, Greece<br>
Emil P³ywaczewski, University of Bialystok, Poland<br>
Gabor Proszeky, Morphologic, Hungary<br>
Adam Przepiórkowski, IPI PAN, Poland<br>
Reinhard Rapp, University Mainz, Germany<br>
Mohsen Rashwan, Cairo Univ., Egypt<br>
Zbigniew Rau, PPBW, Poland<br>
Mike Rosner,University of Malta<br>
Justus Roux,University of Stellenbosch, South Africa<br>
Vasile Rus,University of Memphis, Fedex Inst. of Technology, USA<br>
Rafa³ Rzepka,University of Hokkaido, Japan<br>
Kepa Sarasola Gabiola,Univ. del Pas Vasco, Spain<br>
Frédérique Ségond,Xerox, France<br>
Zhongzhi Shi,Institute of Computing Technology / Chinese Academy of
Sciences, China<br>
W³odzimierz Sobkowiak,Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznañ, Poland<br>
Hanna Szafrañska, UAM Foundation, Poland<br>
Ryszard Tadeusiewicz, AGH, Poland<br>
Marko Tadiæ,Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Croatia<br>
Dan Tufiº,RCAI, Romania<br>
Hans Uszkoreit, DFKI, Germany<br>
Cristina Vertan,Univ. Hamburg, Germany<br>
Zygmunt Vetulani ,Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznañ, Poland; LTC
chair and LRL co-chair<br>
Piek Vossen, University of Amsterdam<br>
Tom Wachtel,Independent Consultant,Italy<br>
Jan Wêglarz, Poznañ University of Technology, Poland<br>
Mariusz Zió³ko,AGH, Poland<br>
Richard Zuber,CNRS, France<br>
<br>
LRL<br>
Martine Adda-Decker (University Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle &
LIMSI-CNRS, France)<br>
Nuria Bel (Univ. Pompeu Fabra, Spain)<br>
Gerhard Budin (Univ. Vienna, Austria)<br>
Nicoletta Calzolari (ILC, Italy)<br>
Khalid Choukri (ELRA,ELDA, France), Co-chair<br>
Chris Cieri (LDC, USA)<br>
Daffyd Gibbon (Univ. Bielefeld, Germany)</td><br>
Shuichi Itahashi (AIST, NII, Japan)<br>
Girish Nath Jha (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India)<br>
Alfred Majewicz (UAM, Poland)<br>
Joseph Mariani (LIMSI-CNRS, IMMI, France), Co-chair<br>
Asunción Moreno (UPC, Spain)<br>
Jan Odijk (Univ. Utrecht, The Netherlands)<br>
Stellios Piperidis(ILSP, Greece)<br>
Mohsen Rashwan (Cairo Univ., Egypt)<br>
Justus C. Roux (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)<br>
Kepa Sarasola Gabiola (Univ. del Pas Vasco, Spain)<br>
Virach Sornlertlamvanich (NECTEC, Thailand)<br>
Marko Tadiæ (Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Croatia)<br>
Chiu-yu Tseng (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)<br>
Zygmunt Vetulani (UAM, Poland), Co-chair<br>
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