Apologies for multiple postings<div class="gmail_quote"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="CENTER" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Call
for Workshop Proposals</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="CENTER" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">RANLP-2013:
9th International Conference on</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="CENTER" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Recent
Advances in Natural Language Processing</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="CENTER" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Main
conference: 9-11 September 2013</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="CENTER" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Workshops:
12-13 September 2013 (Thursday-Friday)</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="CENTER" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Augusta
SPA Hotel, Hissar, Bulgaria</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="CENTER" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.lml.bas.bg/ranlp2013" target="_blank">www.lml.bas.bg/ranlp2013</a></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Following
the workshops held in conjunction to the International Conferences
"Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing"
RANLP-2005, RANLP-07, RANLP-2009, and RANLP-2011, we are pleased to
announce a call for workshop proposals for RANLP-2013.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">RANLP
2013 invites the submission of workshop proposals on any topic of
interest to the Natural Language Processing (NLP) community, ranging
from fundamental research issues to more applied industrial or
commercial aspects. The format of the workshop will be determined by
the organisers. Workshops can vary in length from a half day to full
1-2 days and can also feature demo sessions. Accepted workshops will
receive one free registration to RANLP-2013 (full registration incl.
tutorials, workshop, conference, reception, conference dinner).</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">VENUE</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">The
workshops will take place at the AUGUSTA SPA Hotel, Hissar, the main
RANLP-2013 conference venue. If more than 10 workshops are selected,
the RANLP-2013 organisers will provide space at some of the
neighbouring hotels in Hissar.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">IMPORTANT
DATES</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Courier New, monospace"><font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-GB">Workshop
proposals due: </span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">28</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">
February </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">201</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-GB">3</span></font></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Courier New, monospace"><font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-GB">Workshop
selection: </span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">15</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">
March </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">2013</span></font></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Workshop
website due: 28 March 2013</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Courier New, monospace"><font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-GB">Workshop
papers submission deadline (tentative): </span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">3</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">
Ju</font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">ly</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">
20</font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">13</span></font></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Courier New, monospace"><font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-GB">Workshop
paper accepta</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-GB">nce
notification (tentative): 2 August 2013</span></font></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Courier New, monospace"><font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-GB">Call
for workshop participation: 5 August 2013</span></font></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Courier New, monospace"><font><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-GB">Workshop
camera-ready copies due: 16 August 2013</span></font></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Workshops:
12-13 September 2013</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">REQUIREMENTS</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Proposals
should be no longer than five pages and should contain:</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">1.
A title and a brief technical description of the workshop, specifying
the goals and the technical issues that it will focus on;</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">2.
Brief description of the target audience, including estimates of the
numbers of submissions and attendees (a tentative list of potential
contributors would be useful);</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">3.
List of related workshops/events held in the last three years or to
be held in 2013;</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">4.
Tentative workshop program committee;</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">5.
Names and contact information (web page, email address) of the
proposed Organising Committee;</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">6.
Description of the experience of the proposed organisers in the
workshop topics and in organising events.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">The
workshop Organising Committee is responsible for:</font></font></p>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Workshop
website;</font></font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Call
for papers/participation;</font></font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Paper
submission, review process, authors notification, audio/visual
requirements;</font></font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Verifying
the camera-ready copies, providing electronic conference
proceedings, generated with the conference management system.</font></font></p>
</li></ul>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Workshop
invited speakers: If the workshop organisers intend to host an
invited talk, it is recommended that they invite somebody from the
main conference keynote speakers or participants. If the workshop
organisers decide to invite another speaker, it is very likely that
the workshop organisers will have to secure financial support for the
invited speaker.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">The
RANLP-2013 Organising Committee is responsible for:</font></font></p>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Link
to a workshop's web page;</font></font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Publishing
the workshop proceedings;</font></font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Providing
the workshop venue;</font></font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Registration,
audio/visual support, coffee breaks, registration facilities,
Internet access.</font></font></p>
</li></ul>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">WORKSHOP
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Workshop
proposals in PDF format should be e-mailed to Kiril Simov
<kivs[AT]bultreebank[dot]org> and cc'ed to
<ranlp2013[AT]lml[dot]bas[dot]bg></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">EVALUATION</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Submitted
proposals will be reviewed with respect to the following criteria:</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">*
Relevance, importance, and timeliness of the topics;</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">*
Completeness, clarity, and quality of the workshop proposal;</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">*
Experience of the organisers in the proposed topics;</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm" lang="en-GB"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">*
Viability of the workshop.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">THE TEAM BEHIND RANLP-2013</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Galia Angelova, Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences, Bulgaria (OC Chair)</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Kalina Bontcheva, University of
Sheffield, UK
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Ruslan Mitkov, University of
Wolverhampton, UK (PC Chair)</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Preslav Nakov, <span lang="en-US">Qatar
Computing Research Institute, Qatar Foundation, Qatar</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Nikolai Nikolov, INCOMA Ltd., Shoumen,
Bulgaria
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Ivelina Nikolova, Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences, Bulgaria</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Kiril Simov, Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences, Bulgaria</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Irina Temnikova, Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences, Bulgaria <br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Natalia Konstantinova, University of Wolverhampton, UK<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><br></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="1"><br>
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PC Coordinator of the International Conference RANLP 2013 <br>Postdoc at the EU-funded project AComIn,<br>Bulgarian Academy of Sciences<br>Sofia, Bulgaria</span></font><span><font><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></font></span></span></font></span></font></font></span><br>
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