<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">==================================================<br class=""> First CogACLL 2018 Call For Papers<br class="">==================================================<br class=""> ACL 2018 Workshop on<br class="">Cognitive Aspects of Computational Language Learning and Processing (CogACLL)<br class=""><br class=""> July 19, 2018<br class=""> Melbourne, Australia<br class=""><br class=""> <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/cognitivews2018" class="">https://sites.google.com/view/cognitivews2018</a><br class=""><br class="">Deadline for Long Submissions: April 8, 2018 (11:59pm GMT -12)<br class="">Deadline for Short Paper Submissions and Demonstrations: April 15, 2018 (11:59pm GMT -12) <br class=""><br class="">The best papers will be invited for submission to a<b class=""> </b>special issue of Journal on Natural Language Engineering. <br class=""><br class="">Invited Speaker: Prof. Robert Berwick (MIT, USA)<br class=""><br class="">This workshop is endorsed by SIGNLL, the Special Interest Group on Natural Language Learning of the Association for Computational Linguistics.<br class=""><br class=""><div class="">--------------------------------------------------------------<br class="">This will be the eighth edition of related workshops, first held with ACL 2007, EACL 2009, <a class="dhtgD" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fsite%2Feaclcogws%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHt1RG9N_oIbvH9jn6EEBzffBefag" target="_blank">EACL 2012</a> , <a class="dhtgD" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fsite%2Fcognitivews2014%2Fhome&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFSUbZaVY1WgDwzm2Sif_wUNI1XrQ" target="_blank">EACL 2014</a>, <a class="dhtgD" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fsite%2Fcognitivews2015%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNG_UkngFSUG2p3NxUbKsOX1tnx3dg" target="_blank">EMNLP 2015</a>, <a class="dhtgD" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fsite%2Fcognitivews2016%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNF_QGYOd4zFijGikZoVIj5UKtWg0A" target="_blank">ACL 2016</a> <div class="">and as a standalone event in <a class="dhtgD" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fsite%2Flccmodels%2Fhome&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHQdqfK2JZMc57-P_wMEoiXT6PxZw" target="_blank">2013</a>. The workshops aim to be a forum for the interdisciplinary discussion of cognitive aspects of language acquisition, </div><div class="">processing and loss in normal and clinical conditions and to draw together practitioners of computational and cognitive communities to discuss common </div><div class="">long term goals, promote knowledge and resource sharing and possible collaborations between the communities. It has relevance for cognitive sciences </div><div class="">work in the fields of speech and language processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, linguistics, psycholinguistics, psychology, etc. </div><div class="">Papers are invited on, but not limited to, the following topics:</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Computational learning theory and analysis of language learning and organization<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Computational models of first, second and bilingual language acquisition<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Computational models of sentences and discourse processing<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Computational modeling of factors that influence language acquisition and use<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Physiologically realistic models linking language learning and use with specific brain regions<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Computational models of the evolution of language<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Resources and tools for investigating models of human language processes<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Empirical and theoretical comparisons of the learning environment and its impact on language processes<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Cognitively oriented neural network and Bayesian models of language processes<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Computational methods for acquiring various linguistic information (related to speech, lexicon, syntax and semantics) and </div><div class=""> relevance to research on human language acquisition<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Investigations and comparisons of supervised, unsupervised and weakly-supervised methods for learning<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>-------------------------------------------------------------<br class="">SUBMISSIONS<br class=""><br class="">We invite three different submission modalities:<br class=""><br class="">* Regular long papers (8 content pages + 1 page for references):<br class=""> Long papers should report on original, solid and finished research<br class=""> including new experimental results, resources and/or techniques.<br class=""><br class="">* Regular short papers (4 content pages + 1 page for references):<br class=""> Short papers should report on small experiments, focused contributions,<br class=""> ongoing research, negative results and/or philosophical discussion.<br class=""><br class="">* Demonstration (2 pages): Resource and System demonstration papers should</div><div class=""> describe and document the demonstrated system or resources. We<br class=""> encourage the demonstration of both early research prototypes and<br class=""> mature systems, that will be presented in a separate demo session. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Submission and reviewing will be electronic, managed by the START system:<br class=""><br class=""> <a href="https://www.softconf.com/acl2018/CogCL/" class="">https://www.softconf.com/acl2018/CogCL/</a> <br class=""><br class="">Submissions must be uploaded onto the START system by the submission deadlines:<br class=""><br class=""> Long Papers: April 8, 2018 (11:59pm GMT -12 hours)<br class=""> Short Papers and Demonstrations: April 15, 2018 (11:59pm GMT -12 hours)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">---------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="">IMPORTANT DATES</div><div class=""><br class=""> April 8, 2018 Long Paper submission deadline<br class=""> April 15, 2018 Short Paper and Demonstrations submission deadline</div><div class=""> May 7, 2018 Notification of acceptance<br class=""> May 28, 2018 Camera-ready deadline<br class=""> July 19, 2018 Workshop<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">---------------------------------------------------------------<br class="">WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS AND CONTACT<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Marco Idiart (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)<br class="">Alessandro Lenci (University of Pisa, Italy)<br class="">Thierry Poibeau (LATTICE-CNRS, France)<br class="">Aline Villavicencio (University of Essex, UK and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)</div><div class=""><br class="">For any inquiries regarding the workshop please send an email to <a href="mailto:cognitive2018acl@gmail.com" class="">cognitive2018acl@gmail.com</a></div></div></div></body></html>