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<DIV>REMINDER;REMINDER;REMINDER;REMINDER;REMINDER;REMINDER;REMINDER;REMINDER;<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>DIALOGUE'2001<BR>International workshop </DIV>
<DIV>May 30 - June 4, 2001<BR></DIV>
<DIV>CALL FOR PAPERS<BR> </DIV>
<DIV>The DIALOGUE Workshop is a major annual national event which brings
together<BR>researchers and experts (linguists, computer and cognitive
scientists, psychologists, </DIV>
<DIV>researchers in the artificial intelligence and speech processing, etc.)
from the former </DIV>
<DIV>USSR as well as other countries for a dialogue in a broad spectrum of
fields </DIV>
<DIV>concerning human languages computational models and
technologies.<BR> <BR>The topics of interest include (but are not limited
to) :<BR> <BR>- theoretical and computational linguistics<BR>-
syntax, semantics, pragmatics and their interaction<BR>- natural language
processing<BR>- knowledge representation and processing<BR>- text, dialogue and
speech act in the computational framework<BR>- speech understanding and
synthesis<BR>- machine translation<BR>- corpus linguistics<BR>- natural language
processing and Internet<BR>- semantic modeling of full-text
documents<BR> <BR>The DIALOGUE Workshop is traditionally held at a
pleasant and comfortable<BR>site near Moscow, during 6 days at the very end of
May and beginning of June. </DIV>
<DIV>The six previous annual DIALOGUE workshops were very
successful,<BR>significantly increasing (more than twice) the number of
participants and the scope </DIV>
<DIV>of research interests. The two-volume Proceedings of the DIALOGUE'2000 is
</DIV>
<DIV>available at the http: <A
href="file://www.dialog-21.ru/English/default.htm">file://www.dialog-21.ru/English/default.htm</A><BR>It
consists of 120 papers reflecting the wide scope of theoretical works as
well </DIV>
<DIV>as R & D and commercial projects.<BR><BR>As always, the program of
DIALOGUE'2001 will include research and experience<BR>presentations, posters,
demonstrations, panel sessions, round tables and time for </DIV>
<DIV>discussion. In view of main topics of the Workshop, research presentations
may </DIV>
<DIV>also have a substantial demonstrative component. </DIV>
<DIV>English-to-Russian and Russian-to-English interpretation of talks will be
organised.<BR> <BR> <BR>PROGRAM COMMITTEE:<BR> <BR>Chair:
Alexander Narin'yani, Russian Institute for
Artificial Intelligence<BR>Igor Ashmanov Rambler company,
Russia<BR>Christian Boitet Grenoble University, France<BR>Rais
G. Bukharajev Kazan State University, Russia<BR>Vera
Fluhr-Semenova SCIPER company, France<BR>Viktor
Gladun Institute for Cybernetics, Ukraine<BR>Alexander E.
Kibrik Moscow State University, Russia<BR>Elena
B.Kozerenko Institute for Informatics, Russian Academy of
Sciences<BR>Igor A. Mel'chuk Montreal University,
Canada<BR>Sergei Nirenburg New-Mexico State University,
USA<BR>Haldur Oim Tartu University, Estonia<BR>Vladimir
Selegey ABBYY company, Russia<BR> <BR>Papers
should be submitted in English or in Russian, preferably by e-mail to<BR>the
address below, and must be received by the indicated date (March 26
for<BR>preliminary version, April 10 for the final print-ready
version).<BR> <BR>Preliminary version of a paper may be
submitted in a short variant (but not<BR>less than 1000 words), in ASCII or RTF
format.<BR>It must be accompanied by the participant's filled-in
Registration Form.<BR> <BR>As the space of the Workshop
is limited we advise you to register yourself<BR>as soon as possible.<BR>The
Registration Form can be found below. It is also available at<BR><A
href="http://www.dialog-21.ru/English/default.htm">http://www.dialog-21.ru/English/default.htm</A><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Print-ready paper should not exceed 3000 words, i.e. approximately 10
pages<BR>of text (figures, examples and references included).<BR>Word templates
for print-ready papers are available at the Workshop website.<BR> <BR>The
registration and accommodation fee for participants from the countries<BR>other
than those of the former USSR is $400 before March 30, 2001 and $490<BR>after
March 30, 200. It includes visa support, transportation from Moscow to<BR>the
place of the Workshop and back, full hotel accommodation at the Workshop, </DIV>
<DIV>meals, coffee breaks, participation in the Workshop and in all its events,
a copy </DIV>
<DIV>of the Workshop Proceedings, organising costs, interesting cultural
program.<BR> <BR>Reductions for students and invited speakers are
available.<BR> <BR>Fee for accompanying persons is $180 before
March 30, 2001 and $240 after<BR>March 30,
2001.<BR> <BR> <BR>IMPORTANT
DATES:<BR> <BR>Deadline for registration and preliminary paper
submission : March 16, 2001<BR>Notification of acceptance
: March 26, 2001<BR>Print-ready papers for proceedings : April
10, 2001<BR>Workshop DIALOGUE'2001 : May 30 - June 4,
2001<BR> <BR> <BR>The definite place of the
DIALOGUE'2001 will be determined in the nearest<BR>future.<BR>Please visit the
Workshop website<BR><A
href="http://www.dialog-21.ru/English/default.htm">http://www.dialog-21.ru/English/default.htm</A><BR>for
updates.<BR> <BR> <BR>ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE:<BR>Liza Gelver Russian Institute for Artificial
Intelligence<BR>Anna Zharkova ABBYY company, Moscow<BR>Natalya
Laufer Russian Institute for Artificial Intelligence<BR>Serge
Sharoff Russian Institute for Artificial
Intelligence<BR>Svetlana Toldova Moscow State
University<BR>Lena Sokolova Russian Institute for Artificial
Intelligence<BR> <BR>Contacts: <A
href="mailto:info@dialog-21.ru">info@dialog-21.ru</A> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>Snail mail:<BR>DIALOGUE'2001<BR>Russian Research Institute for
Artificial Intelligence<BR>P.O.Box 111, Moscow, 103001,
Russia.<BR> <BR>Web page: <A
href="http://www.dialog-21.ru/English/default.htm">http://www.dialog-21.ru/English/default.htm</A><BR></DIV>
<DIV>If you have questions about the DIALOGUE'2001 Workshop, please send
e-mail<BR> messages to the address mentioned
above.<BR> <BR> ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////<BR>International
workshop DIALOGUE'2001<BR>May 30 - June 4,
2001<BR> <BR>REGISTRATION FORM OF
PARTICIPANT<BR> <BR>The present form should be filled in and
submitted by e-mail to<BR><A
href="mailto:info@dialog-21.ru">info@dialog-21.ru</A></DIV>
<DIV>Deadline for paper submission : March 26, 2001
.<BR> <BR> <BR>Information on the participant
:<BR>First name :<BR>Last name :<BR>Affiliation
:<BR>Position :<BR>Phone :<BR>Fax :<BR>E-mail:
:<BR>http:<BR>Mailing address :<BR>Last name and first name of the
accompanying person (if any) :<BR> <BR>Do you need visa support (YES
/ NO) :<BR> <BR> <BR>Form of
participation (please tip the case) :<BR>o Presentation<BR>o Software
demonstration (if yes please indicate the name and the type of<BR>the
system)<BR>o Participation without talk<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Required facilities
:<BR> <BR> <BR>Information on the paper (if
any)<BR>Title<BR>Other auther(s) : name, surname, affiliation, e_mail,
etc.<BR>Topic (from the list of conference topics):<BR>Up to 5 key-words<BR>TEXT
OF THE PAPER (from 1000 to 3000
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