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<b> FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS for</b><b><br>
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<b>*SEM 2014 </b></font><font
face="Courier New"><b><font face="Courier New"><b>(pronounced
STARSEM)</b></font></b></font><font
face="Courier New"><b><font face="Courier New"><b><br>
</b><b> THE THIRD JOINT CONFERENCE ON
LEXICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SEMANTICS</b></font></b><b>
</b><b> <br>
August 23-24, Dublin,
Ireland</b><b><br>
</b><b> </b><b><br>
</b><b> Co-located with
COLING 2014</b><b><br>
</b><b> </b><b><br>
</b><b> Paper submission deadline: 11
April 2014 (GMT -12)</b><b><br>
</b><b> </b><br>
<a
href="http://gmb.let.rug.nl/starsem/"
target="_blank">http://gmb.let.rug.nl/starsem/</a><br>
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<b>Final Call for Papers</b><br>
<br>
We are pleased to announce that the ACL special
interest groups SIGLEX and SIGSEM <br>
are organizing the third joint conference on
lexical and computational semantics: <br>
*SEM (pronounced starsem). This time *SEM will be
collocated with COLING in Dublin.<br>
<br>
The event will provide two days filled with
presentations about state-of-the-art <br>
research on semantics and serve as an important
forum for the lexical & computational <br>
semantics community.<br>
*SEM brings together researchers interested in
various aspects of semantic processing <br>
of human language. The conference embraces both
symbolic and probabilistic approaches, <br>
and everything in between; theoretical
contributions as well as practical applications <br>
exploiting semantic processing are welcome. <br>
<br>
The long-term goal of *SEM is to provide a stable
forum for the growing number of NLP <br>
researchers working on all aspects of semantics.<br>
<br>
<br>
<b>Topics of Interest</b><br>
<br>
Topics of interest include, but are not limited
to:<br>
<br>
* Data-driven semantics<br>
* Word sense disambiguation and induction<br>
* (Named) Entity linking<br>
* Distributional and statistical semantics<br>
* Multiword and idiomatic expressions<br>
* Semantic parsing and interpretation<br>
* Frames and semantic role labeling<br>
* Formal approaches to semantics<br>
* Semantic ambiguity and underspecification<br>
* Mathematical methods for semantics<br>
* Temporal entities and relations<br>
* Pronouns and coreference<br>
* Single- and cross-document coreference<br>
* Discourse structure and presupposition<br>
* Rhetorical relations<br>
* Sentiment analysis<br>
* Extra-propositional aspects of meaning <br>
* Semantic annotation and evaluation<br>
* Textual inference and question answering<br>
* Generation and summarization<br>
* Semantics for social media<br>
* Knowledge mining and acquisition<br>
* Semantic web and ontologies<br>
* Ontology learning and population<br>
* Grounding and wikification<br>
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<br>
</b><b>Submissions</b><br>
<br>
Submissions to *SEM-2014 must describe unpublished
work and be written in English. <br>
We solicit both long and short papers. <br>
Long papers may consist of up to nine (9) pages of
content, plus at most two extra <br>
pages for references. Short papers may consist of
up to five (5) pages, plus one extra <br>
page for references. <br>
Long papers typically describe original research
and will be presented orally. Short <br>
papers (typically: ongoing research, project or
system description, opinion piece) will <br>
be presented as a poster.<br>
Each submission will be reviewed by at least three
program committee members. <br>
Final versions should take into account the
comments from the reviewers.<br>
<br>
As the reviewing will be blind, the paper must not
include the authors' names and <br>
affiliations. Furthermore, self-references that
reveal the author's identity, e.g., <br>
"We previously showed (Smith, 1991) ..." must be
avoided. Instead, use citations such <br>
as "Smith previously showed (Smith, 1991) ...".
Papers that do not conform to these <br>
requirements will be rejected without review. <br>
In addition, please do not post your submissions
on the web until after the review <br>
process is complete. For a paper to be include in
the conference proceedings, at least <br>
one of the authors must be registered as
participant for the *SEM conference.<br>
<br>
Papers will be submitted <a
href="https://www.softconf.com/coling2014/WS-12/">using
the START system</a>, which is accessible from
the <br>
<a href="http://starsem.webhosting.rug.nl/wp/">conference
web page</a>. Double submission of papers will
have to be notified at submission.<br>
<br>
<br>
<b>Formatting instructions</b><br>
<br>
Instructions are available at the <a
href="http://starsem.webhosting.rug.nl/wp/?page_id=22">conference
</a></font><font face="Courier New"><a
href="http://starsem.webhosting.rug.nl/wp/?page_id=22"><font
face="Courier New">submission </font> web
page</a>.<br>
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<br>
<b>IMPORTANT DATES </b>(all deadlines GMT -12)<br>
<br>
*SEM papers due: April 11th
2014<br>
*SEM Notification of acceptance: May 28th
2014<br>
*SEM Camera-ready deadline: June 13th
2014<br>
*SEM Conference: August
23-24th 2014<br>
<br>
<br>
<b>Organization and Program Committee</b><br>
<br>
General Chair <br>
Johan Bos, </font><font face="Courier New">University
of Groningen <br>
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Program Co-chairs<br>
<span><span class="">Anette</span></span>
Frank, Heidelberg University<br>
Roberto Navigli, </font><font face="Courier
New">Sapienza University of Rome<br>
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Area Chairs<br>
Anna Korhonen, University of Cambridge<br>
Bernardo Magnini, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Trento<br>
Katja Markert, University of Leeds<br>
Gerard de Melo, Tsinghua University<br>
Stephen Pulman, University of Oxford<br>
Sabine Schulte im Walde, Stuttgart University<br>
Yannick Versley, Heidelberg University<br>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Courier New">Publication
Chairs<br>
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Valerio Basile, University of Groningen<br>
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Kilian Evang, University of Groningen<br>
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