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<p class="" style="text-align:left"><span lang="EN-GB">[Apologies for multiple postings]</span></p><p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Call for Workshop Proposals</b></span></p>
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<p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB">RANLP-2015: 10th International Conference on</span></p>
<p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB">Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing</span> </p>
<p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB">Main conference: 7-9 September 2015</span></p>
<p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB">Workshops: 10-11 September 2015
(Thursday-Friday)</span></p>
<p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>Augusta SPA Hotel, Hissar, Bulgaria</p>
<p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.lml.bas.bg/ranlp2015">www.lml.bas.bg/ranlp2015</a></span></p>
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<p class=""><span lang="EN-GB"> </span> </p>
<p class="" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">Following the workshops held in conjunction with
the International Conferences "Recent Advances in Natural Language
Processing" RANLP-2005, RANLP-2007, RANLP-2009, RANLP-2011, and RANLP-2013,
we are pleased to announce a call for workshop proposals for RANLP-2015.</span></p>
<p class="" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">RANLP-2015 invites 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 each workshop will be determined by its 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-2015 (full registration including tutorials, workshop, conference,
reception, conference dinner).</span></p>
<p class="" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">VENUE</span></p>
<p class="" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">The workshops will take place in the AUGUSTA
SPA Hotel, Hissar, the main RANLP-2015 conference venue. If more than 10 workshops
are selected, the RANLP-2015 organisers will provide space in some of the
neighbouring hotels in Hissar.</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-GB">IMPORTANT
DATES</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-GB">Workshop <span style="color:black">proposals due: </span></span><span style="color:black">28</span><span lang="BG" style="color:black"> February </span><span style="color:black">201</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">5</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Workshop selection: </span><span style="color:black">15</span><span lang="BG" style="color:black"> March </span><span style="color:black">2015</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Workshop website due: 28 March 2015</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="BG">Workshop
paper submission deadline (suggested): </span>26 June<span lang="BG"> 20</span>15</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="BG">Workshop
paper acceptance notification (suggested): </span>25<span lang="BG"> July 20</span>15 </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Workshop paper camera-ready <span lang="BG">versions (suggested): </span>9<span lang="BG"> August 20</span>15</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Workshop camera-ready proceedings ready <span lang="BG">(suggested): </span>16<span lang="BG"> August 20</span>15</p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Workshops: 10-11 September 2015</span> </p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-GB">REQUIREMENTS</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-GB">Proposals
should be no longer than five pages and should contain the following:</span></p>
<p class="" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">1. Title and brief technical description of the
workshop, specifying the goals and the technical issues that it will focus on;</span></p>
<p class="" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">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);</span></p>
<p class="" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">3. List of related workshops/events held in the
last three years or to be held in 2015;</span></p>
<p class="" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">4. Tentative workshop program committee;</span></p>
<p class="" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">5. Names and contact information (web page,
email address) of the proposed organising committee;</span></p>
<p class="" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">6. Description of the experience of the
proposed organisers in the workshop topics and in organising workshops or related
events.</span> </p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-GB">The
workshop Organising Committee is responsible for the following:</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-left:36pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Workshop website;</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-left:36pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Call for papers/participation;</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-left:36pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Paper submission, review process,
authors notification, audio/visual requirements;</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-left:36pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Verifying the camera-ready copies,
providing electronic conference proceedings, generated with the conference
management system.</span></p>
<p class="" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">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 this speaker.</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-GB">The
RANLP-2015 Organising Committee is responsible for the following:</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-left:36pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Link to a workshop's web page;</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-left:36pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Publishing the workshop proceedings;</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-left:36pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Providing the workshop venue;</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-left:36pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Registration, audio/visual support,
coffee breaks, registration facilities, Internet access.</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-GB">WORKSHOP
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-GB">Workshop
proposals in PDF format should be e-mailed to Kiril Simov
<kivs[AT]bultreebank[dot]org> and cc'ed to <ranlp2015[AT]lml[dot]bas[dot]bg></span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-GB">EVALUATION</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-GB">Submitted
proposals will be reviewed with respect to the following criteria:</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-GB"> * Relevance, importance, and timeliness of
the topics;</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-GB"> * Completeness, clarity, and quality of the
workshop proposal;</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-GB"> * Experience of the organisers in the
proposed topics;</span></p>
<p class=""><span lang="EN-GB"> * Viability of the workshop.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="BG">THE TEAM BEHIND RANLP-2015</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="BG">Galia Angelova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
Bulgaria (OC Chair)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="BG">Kalina Bontcheva, University of Sheffield, UK </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="BG">Ruslan Mitkov, University of Wolverhampton, UK
(PC Chair)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="BG">Preslav Nakov, </span>Qatar Computing Research Institute, Qatar Foundation, Qatar</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="BG">Nikolai Nikolov, INCOMA Ltd., Shoumen,
Bulgaria </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="BG">Ivelina Nikolova, Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences, Bulgaria</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="BG">Kiril Simov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
Bulgaria</span> (Workshop coordinator)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="BG">Irina Temnikova, </span>Qatar Computing Research Institute, Qatar
Foundation, Qatar<span lang="BG"></span></p>
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