<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">CALL FOR PROPOSALS</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Joint Call for Tutorial Proposals: NAACL 2015 & ACL 2015 & EMNLP 2015</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The North American Chapter of the Association for Computational</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Linguistics (NAACL), the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL),</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(EMNLP) invite proposals for tutorials to be held in conjunction with</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">NAACL 2015, ACL 2015, or EMNLP 2015. We seek proposals for tutorials in</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">all areas of computational linguistics, broadly conceived to include</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">disciplines such as linguistics, speech, information retrieval and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">multimodal processing. We particularly welcome (1) tutorials that cover</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">advances in newly emerging areas not previously covered in any</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">NAACL/ACL/EMNLP related tutorial, or (2) tutorials that provide</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">introductions into related fields that are potentially relevant for the CL</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">community (e.g. bioinformatics, social media, human language processing,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">machine learning techniques).</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Tutorials will be held at one of the following conference venues:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">NAACL 2015 is the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL). It will be held in</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Denver, Colorado May 31 - June 5, 2015. The NAACL tutorials will be held</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">on May 31. The webpage for NAACL 2015 is:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://naacl.org/naacl-hlt-2015/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://naacl.org/naacl-hlt-2015/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ACL 2015 is the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Linguistics. It will be held in Beijing, China, August 16-20, 2015. The</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ACL tutorials will be held on August 16. ACL webpage: </span><a href="http://acl2015.org/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://acl2015.org/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">EMNLP 2015 is the SIGDAT conference on Empirical Methods for Natural</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Language Processing (EMNLP). The main conference will be held in Lisbon,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Portugal, September 17-21, 2015. The EMNLP tutorials will be held on</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">September 17.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">REMUNERATION:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Information on the payment for tutorial instructors can be found in the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ACL Tutorial Teacher Payment Policy (visit this link to read the policy</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php?title=Tutorial_teacher_payment_policy" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php?title=Tutorial_teacher_payment_policy</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">).</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Please note: remuneration for Tutorial presenters is fixed according to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">the above policy and does not cover registration fees for the main</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">conference.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">SUBMISSION DETAILS:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Proposals for tutorials should contain:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">  1. A title and brief description of the tutorial content and its</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">relevance to the ACL community (not more than 2 pages).</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">  2. A brief outline of the tutorial structure showing that the tutorial's</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">core content can be covered in a three-hour slot (including a coffee</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">break). In exceptional cases six-hour tutorial slots are available as</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">well.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">  3. The names, affiliations, email addresses and websites of the tutorial</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">instructors, including a one-paragraph statement of their research</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">interests and areas of expertise.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">  4. A list of previous venues and approximate audience sizes, if the same</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">or a similar tutorial has been given elsewhere; otherwise an estimate of</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">the audience size.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">  5. A description of special requirements for technical equipment (e.g.,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">internet access).</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">  6. A note specifying which venue(s) (NAACL/ACL/EMNLP) would be acceptable</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and/or preferable.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Tutorial proposals should be submitted online by Jan 9th, 2015 through the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">START system. The URL for the START submission system will be posted on</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">the conference websites. Proposals will be reviewed jointly by the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Tutorial Co-Chairs of the three conferences.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">TUTORIAL SPEAKER RESPONSIBILITIES</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Accepted tutorial speakers will be notified by Friday, February 6, 2015,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and must then provide abstracts of their tutorials for inclusion in the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">conference registration material by the corresponding deadlines. The</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">description should be in two formats: an ASCII version that can be</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">included in email announcements and published on the conference website,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and a PDF version for inclusion in the electronic proceedings (detailed</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">instructions will be provided). Tutorial speakers must provide tutorial</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">materials, at least containing copies of the course slides as well as a</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">bibliography for the material covered in the tutorial, by the deadlines</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">specified for the three conferences.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">IMPORTANT DATES</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Shared dates:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Submission deadline for tutorial proposals:  Jan 9, 2015</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Notification of acceptance: February 6, 2015</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Tutorial descriptions due: March 6, 2015</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">NAACL Tutorial course material due: April 10, 2015</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">NAACL Tutorial date: May 31, 2015</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ACL Tutorial course material due: June 28, 2015</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ACL Tutorial date: August 16, 2015</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">EMNLP Tutorial course material due: August 14, 2015</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">EMNLP Tutorial dates: September 17, 2015</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">TUTORIAL CHAIRS</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">NAACL</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Yang</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> Liu, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Thamar Solorio, </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">University of Houston</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">, USA</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ACL</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Kevin Duh, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Eneko Agirre, University of the Basque Country, Basque Country</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">EMNLP</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Wenjie Li, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Khalil Sima’an, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Please send inquiries concerning NAACL/ACL/EMNLP 2015 tutorials to:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">nlp-tutorials-2015 [at] googlegroups [dot] com</span><br clear="all">
<div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Saif Mohammad<br>Research Officer<br>Information and Communications Technologies Portfolio<br>National Research Council Canada<br><a href="http://www.saifmohammad.com" target="_blank">http://www.saifmohammad.com</a></div>

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