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<div><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div>The National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) invite you to attend a  workshop on “Natural Language Processing: State of the Art, Future Directions and Applications for Enhancing Clinical Decision-Making,” which will be held over two full days, April 23-24, 2012 at Lister Hill Auditorium on the NIH main campus in Bethesda, MD.</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,'Sans Serif',Arial;font-size:10px"><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">
 </p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The goals of the workshop are twofold: (1) articulate the current state of the art and make specific recommendations for significant progress and (2) address the promise and application of natural language processing in clinical decision support.</p>
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More information about the Workshop, including an agenda and registration form can be found at <span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="https://mail.nih.gov/owa/redir.aspx?C=e2c0b6b9780f49dea8b05f4aa2f54b1a&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.tech-res.com%2fNLPCDS" target="_blank">http://www.tech-res.com/NLPCDS</a>.</span></p>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman', serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">Halil Kilicoglu</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman', serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px">on behalf of NIH Organizing Committee</span></font></div>