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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ES link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>*** 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS ****<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>NAACL HLT 2012 Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>PITR2012: PREDICTING AND IMPROVING TEXT READABILITY FOR TARGET READER POPULATIONS <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://mcs.open.ac.uk/nlg/PITR2012/"><span lang=EN-US>http://mcs.open.ac.uk/nlg/PITR2012/</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>*** NEW DATES ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Mar 25, 2012: Paper submission deadline<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Apr 24, 2012: Notification of acceptance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> May 4, 2012: Camera-ready deadline<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Jun 7, 2012: Workshop date<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>*** TOPICS OF INTEREST ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Generation of readable language from data (data-to-text) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Text reformulation (text-to-text) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Generation of texts at different levels of difficulty <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Readability measures<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> User evaluations of language simplification strategies <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Studies on the readability of text <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Simplification of lexis and syntax<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Simplification of numerical quantity expressions <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Simplification of logical relations <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Discourse Properties (making text more transparent, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Assessing the readability of machine-generated text, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Text simplification <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Accessibility of texts for specific target readers, e.g., <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> adults with poor literacy, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> 2nd language learners, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> people with language deficits (Aphasia, Deafness, Neurodegeneration, etc.), <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> lay readers accessing technical material, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> ...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>*** SUBMISSION ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Submission web site: </span><a href="https://www.softconf.com/naaclhlt2012/PITR2012/"><span lang=EN-US>https://www.softconf.com/naaclhlt2012/PITR2012/</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Papers between 2 and 8 pages in length (excluding references) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> In ACL style: </span><a href="http://www.acl2012.org/call/sub01.asp"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.acl2012.org/call/sub01.asp</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>*** ACCOMMODATION ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Please note: the workshop may overlap with people arriving for the Montréal Grand Prix Formula 1 race (Jun 10). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>This could make hotel space a bit tight, so if you are going to the workshop, you might want to book early. Accommodation details: </span><a href="http://www.naaclhlt2012.org/participants/accomodation.php"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.naaclhlt2012.org/participants/accomodation.php</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>*** ORGANISERS ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Sandra Williams, The Open University, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Advaith Siddharthan, University of Aberdeen, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Ani Nenkova, University of Pennsylvania, USA.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>*** PROGRAMME COMMITTEE ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Gregory Aist, Iowa State University, USA.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> John Carroll, University of Sussex, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Kevyn Collins-Thompson, Microsoft Research (Redmond), USA.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Siobhan Devlin, University of Sunderland, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span>Noémie Elhadad, Columbia University, USA.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <span lang=EN-US>Micha Elsner, University of Edinburgh, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Richard Evans, University of Wolverhampton, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span>Lijun Feng, Columbia University, USA.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <span lang=EN-US>Caroline Gasperin, TouchType Ltd., UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Albert Gatt, University of Malta, Malta.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span>Pablo Gervás, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <span lang=EN-US>Iryna Gurevych, Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span>Raquel Hervás, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <span lang=EN-US>Véronique Hoste, University College Ghent, Belgium.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Matt Huenerfauth, The City University of New York (CUNY), USA.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Iustina Ilisei, University of Wolverhampton, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Tapas Kanungo, Microsoft, USA.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Mirella Lapata, University of Edinburgh, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Annie Louis, University of Pennsylvania, USA.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Ruslan Mitkov, University of Wolverhampton, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Hitoshi Nishikawa, NTT, Japan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Mari Ostendorf, University of Washington, USA.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Ehud Reiter, University of Aberdeen, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Lucia Specia, University of Wolverhampton, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Irina Temnikova, University of Wolverhampton, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Ielka van der Sluis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span 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