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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>*** DEADLINE EXTENSION *** <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>5th annual workshop on Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies (SLPAT) at ACL 2014<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>==> 7 April 2014 <==<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are extending the deadline for paper submission to the SLPAT 2014 workshop to 7 April 2014 (23h59 GMT). This workshop <span lang=EN-CA>brings together researchers from all areas of speech and language technology with a common interest in making everyday life more accessible for people with physical, cognitive, sensory, emotional, or developmental disabilities. More information on this workshop can be found here:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> <a href="http://www.slpat.org/slpat2014">http://www.slpat.org/slpat2014</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>There are two tracks: regular papers and demos; we welcome 4-to-8-page submissions to both tracks. The paper submission website is here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> </span><a href="https://www.softconf.com/acl2014/SLPAT2014/">https://www.softconf.com/acl2014/SLPAT2014/</a><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>--== Important dates ==--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>7 April: Paper/demo submissions due<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>21 April: Notification of acceptance </span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:Wingdings'>ß</span><span lang=EN-CA> correction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>28 April: Camera-ready papers due<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>26 June: SLPAT workshop at ACL 2014 in Baltimore Maryland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Please contact the conference organizers at <a href="mailto:slpat2014-workshop@googlegroups.com">slpat2014-workshop@googlegroups.com</a> with any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>We look forward to seeing you!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>The organizing committee of SLPAT 2014,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Jan Alexandersson, DFKI, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Dimitra Anastasiou, University of Bremen, Gernany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Cui Jian, SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition, University of Bremen, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Ani Nenkova, University of Pennsylvania, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Rupal Patel, Northeastern University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Frank Rudzicz, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and University of Toronto, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Annalu Waller, University of Dundee, Scotland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Desislava Zhekova, University of Munich, Germany</span><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Frank Rudzicz, PhD<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Assistant professor, Department of Computer Science,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> University of Toronto;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Thotra Incorporated<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>|| Website: <a href="http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~frank"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~frank</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>|| Phone (office) : 416 597 3422 x7971 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>|| Fax : 416 597 3031<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>