9.1458, Calls: Deixis, Computational Linguistics

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Subject: 9.1458, Calls: Deixis, Computational Linguistics

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1)
Date:  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 15:21:36 +0200
From:  pkuehnle at lili.uni-bielefeld.de
Subject:  Deixis, Demonstration, and Deictic Belief in Multimedia Context

2)
Date:  Mon, 19 Oct 98 15:54:53 EDT
From:  Priscilla Rasmussen <rasmusse at cs.rutgers.edu>
Subject:  Computational Linguistics

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Date:  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 15:21:36 +0200
From:  pkuehnle at lili.uni-bielefeld.de
Subject:  Deixis, Demonstration, and Deictic Belief in Multimedia Context


                               ESSLLI-workshop on

        DEIXIS, DEMONSTRATION and DEICTIC BELIEF in MULTIMEDIA CONTEXTS
        ================================================================

        Workshop held in the section 'Language and Computation' as part of the

        'Eleventh European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information'

                                 ESSLLI-99

                  August 9-20, 1999, Utrecht, The Netherlands

                    FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS/PARTICIPATION

ORGANISERS:

  Elisabeth Andr'e (DFKI, Univ. of Saarbruecken)
  Massimo Poesio (CogSci/HCRC, Univ. of Edinburgh)
  Hannes Rieser (Bielefeld Univ. & SFB 360)

Questions concerning the workshop may be addressed to any of the organizers.

BACKGROUND:
Deixis has always been at the heart of reference research as widely known
literature in semantics and pragmatics (H.H. Clark, S.C. Levinson, H. Kamp,
D. Kaplan, W.V. Quine) demonstrates. Being fundamental, it is in the common
focus of several disciplines: Cognitive science, linguistics, philosophical
logics, AI, and psychology.
Until recently, little was known about the role of pointing and demonstration
in deixis, especially about the coordination of speech and gesture
in deictic contexts. The situation has now changed due to research in
linguistics, ethnomethodology, vision, neuro-computation, gesture analysis,
psychology, and computer simulation.
At present, research is going on at various places, aimed at the integration
of deixis information from e.g. the visual and the auditory channel.
Relevant topics in this new field are e.g. saliency, focus-monitoring, types
of gestures and demonstrations, and especially the emergence and structure of
composite signals but it also has intimate connections with problems of long
standing such as grounding, mutuality or agents' coordination in discourse.

The workshop will integrate different methodologies, experimental paradigms,
computer simulation including virtual reality approaches and formal modelling
alike. It is addressed to Master-students, PhD-students and scholars working
on philosophical, linguistic or computational aspects of deixis including
gesture.

The following publications might be of help to students looking for information
concerning reference, deixis, gesture recognition and similar topics:

Clark, H.H.: 1995, Using Language. Cambridge: CUP
Davis, St. (ed.): 1991, Pragmatics. A Reader. New York, Oxford: OUP.
              Chs II and III
Levinson, St.C.: Pragmatics. Cambridge: CUP . Ch. 2
McNeill, D.: 1992, Hand and Mind. Univ. of Chicago Press
Recanati, F.: 1993, Direct Reference. From Language to Thought.
              Oxford UK & Cambridge USA: Blackwell
Wachsmuth, I. and Froehlich, M. (eds): 1998, Gesture and Sign Language in
              Human-Computer Interaction. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer

HOW THE WORKHSOP WILL BE ORGANISED:
The workshop will consist of ten sessions (90 min. each) of presentation
and discussion of contributed papers. It will take place during the
ESSLLI-Summer School and will be open to all members of the LLI- community.

SUBMISSIONS:
All researchers in the area, but especially Ph.D. students and young
researchers, are encouraged to submit a two-page abstract (hard copy or
e-mail (plain ASCII or (La)TeX) to the following address:

               pkuehnle at lili.uni-bielefeld.de (Peter Kuehnlein)

The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 15, 1999.
Notification of contributors will be given around April 15, 1999.
Contributors of selected papers will be asked to provide extended abstracts
(six pages) in LaTeX-format to be edited as ESSLLI-workshop notes.
The deadline for submission of extended abstracts is May 31, 1999.

REGISTRATION:
Workshop contributors will be required to register for ESSLLI-99, but they
will be elligible for a reduced registration fee.

SUMMARY OF DATES:
        Feb 15, 99: Deadline for submissions
        Apr 15, 99: Notification of acceptance
        May 31, 99: Deadline for final copy
        Aug  9, 99: Start of workshop

FURTHER INFORMATION:
To obtain further information about ESSLLI-99 please visit the ESSLLI-99
home page at http://esslli.let.uu.nl/

ADDRESSES:
Elisabeth Andr'e (DFKI, Univ. of Saarbruecken): Elisabeth.Andre at dfki.de
Massimo Poesio (CogSci/HCRC, Univ. of Edinburgh): poesio at cogsci.ed.ac.uk
Hannes Rieser (Bielefeld Univ. & SFB 360): rieser at lili.uni-bielefeld.de





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Date:  Mon, 19 Oct 98 15:54:53 EDT
From:  Priscilla Rasmussen <rasmusse at cs.rutgers.edu>
Subject:  Computational Linguistics



We are pleased to announce the first Call for Papers for EACL '99, to
be held in Bergen, Norway from 8 through 12 June 1999.

The call (text version below) can be found at

  http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/eacl99/call-for-papers.html

The conference home page is at

  http://www.hit.uib.no/eacl99/

Henry S. Thompson, Programme committee chair
Alex Lascarides, Programme commitee co-chair
Koenraad de Smedt, Local arrangements chair
John Nerbonne, EACL president
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   EACL '99 Call for Papers, Demos/Posters, Student Papers, Tutorials and
                                  Workshops

   _______________________________________________________________________

        9th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for
                          Computational Linguistics

                              8--12 June, 1998

                            University of Bergen

                               Bergen, Norway

   1. Paper Sessions
   1.1. Topics of Interest

   Papers are invited on substantial, original, and unpublished research
   on all aspects of computational linguistics, including, but not limited
   to: pragmatics, discourse, semantics, syntax and the lexicon;
   phonetics, phonology and morphology; interpreting and generating spoken
   and written language; linguistic, mathematical and psychological models
   of language; language-oriented information retrieval and information
   extraction; corpus-based language modeling; machine translation and
   translation aids; natural language interfaces and dialogue systems;
   approaches to coordinating the linguistic with other modalities in
   multi-media systems; message and narrative understanding systems.

   1.2. Requirements

   Papers should describe original work. They should emphasize completed
   work rather than intended work and they should indicate clearly the
   state of completion of the reported results. Wherever appropriate,
   concrete evaluation results should be included. A paper accepted for
   presentation at the EACL Meeting cannot be presented or have been
   presented at any other meeting with publicly available published
   proceedings. Papers that are being submitted to other conferences must
   reflect this fact on the title page.

   1.3. Format for Submission

   Authors should submit preliminary versions of their papers for review,
   not to exceed 3200 words (exclusive of references). Papers should be
   headed by a title page containing the paper ID code (see below), title,
   a short (5 line) summary, up to five keywords specifying the subject
   area, the word count (excluding figures and bibliography) and a notice
   of multiple submission, if required. Since reviewing will be `blind',
   the title page of the paper should omit author names and addresses.
   Furthermore, self-references that reveal the authors' identity (e.g.,
   "We previously showed (Smith, 1991) . . . ") should be avoided.
   Instead, use references of the form "Smith previously showed (1991) . .
   . " Care should be taken to avoid obvious giveaways in the bibliography
   such as listings for unpublished in-house technical reports. Papers
   outside the specified length and/or without an ID code are liable to
   rejection without review.

   To identify each paper, an ID code must be acquired by filing an
   electronic paper registration form: on successful completion of this
   form an ID code will be sent to the designated author by e-mail.

   To assist in the refereeing process, we would be very grateful if
   authors prepare a web-browsable (e.g. HTML, PostScript, PDF) electronic
   version of their papers. We understand that this may not be possible in
   all cases, but request that it be prepared if at all possible. To
   preserve anonymity, do not include a pointer to this with your paper
   submission: We will request a URL for your electronic version in the
   email acknowledgement of receipt message. Also please note that we will
   not be downloading copies from this URL, so it should remain valid
   through the refereeing process, i.e. until 10 March 1999. Be aware that
   the paper copy is the definitive copy, and changes should not be made
   to the electronic copy after submission on paper.

   We strongly recommend the use of ACL-standard LaTex (plus bibstyle and
   trivial example) or Word style files for the preparation of
   submissions. These styles include a place for the required information
   such as ID code and word count, and allow for a graceful transition to
   the style required for publication.

   If you cannot use the ACL-standard styles directly, a description of
   the required format is at
   http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/eacl99/style/substyle.html. If you cannot
   access this web page, send email to eacl99 at cogsci.ed.ac.uk with subject
   SUBSTYLE for an automatic reply.

   1.4. Submission Procedure

   Four (4) paper copies of each paper (printed on both sides of the page
   if possible) should be submitted to the following address:

      EACL Programme Committee
      HCRC
      2 Buccleuch Place
      Edinburgh EH8 9LW
      Scotland, UK

   Enquiries to the Programme Committee by email at
   eacl99 at cogsci.ed.ac.uk, (Henry S. Thompson, Chair and Alex Lascarides,
   co-Chair).

   1.5. Schedule

   Submissions must be received by 18 January 1999. Late submissions
   (those arriving on or after 19 January 1999) will be returned unopened.
   Acknowledgements will be emailed soon after receipt. Notification of
   acceptance will be sent to authors (by email) on 10 March 1999.
   Camera-ready copies of final papers prepared in a double-column format,
   preferably using a laser printer, must be received by 19 April 1999,
   along with a signed copyright release statement. Detailed formatting
   guidelines will be provided to authors with their acceptance notice.
   The paper sessions, including student papers, will take place on 9--11
   June 1999.

   2. Poster and Demo Sessions

   The meeting will include a Poster Session and a Demo Session. Posters
   should present work in progress, project status reports, unevaluated
   results or system summaries (with or without demos). Space for A1
   posters is reserved at the session and there will be 2 pages in the
   proceedings allocated to describe the work shown in the poster.

   We also encourage the submission of software demos presenting system
   overviews. Developers should outline the design of their system and
   provide sufficient details to allow the evaluation of its validity,
   quality, and relevance to computational linguistics. Pointers to web
   sites running the demo preview will also be helpful.

   For both sessions, four (4) paper copies of a two (2) page abstract not
   exceeding 800 words (exclusive of references) should be submitted by 18
   January 1999 to the posters/demos chair:

      Giorgio Satta
      Universita di Padova
      Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informatica
      via Gradenigo 6/A
      35131 Padova
      Italy

      Phone: +39 (0)49 827-7831
      Fax: +39 (0)49 827-7826
      Email: satta at dei.unipd.it

   Both submissions should include the following information on the first
   page: paper title and author(s)' name(s); address, telephone/fax
   numbers and email of contact author. Submission type ("poster
   submission" or "demo submission") must be clearly indicated on the
   first page.

   Demo submissions should also clearly indicate if any computer equipment
   is expected to be provided by the local organizer. If so, please
   specify desired hardware platform, hard disk and memory capacity,
   operating system and other software needed in order to run the demo.
   Also mention name and contact information of systems operations
   specialist. If you are bringing your own laptop, you should instead
   request a video projector if you need one, providing details about PC
   type, screen resolution, etc.

   3. Student Sessions

   There will again be special Student Sessions organized by a committee
   of EACL graduate student members. EACL student members are invited to
   submit short papers on any of the topics listed above. The papers will
   be reviewed by a committee of students and faculty members for
   presentation in workshop-style sessions and publication in a special
   section of the conference proceedings. There will be a separate call
   for papers available shortly.

   4. Tutorials

   The meeting will include a programme of tutorials on Tuesday June 8,
   immediately preceding, and at the same venue as the conference.

   Each tutorial should be well-focused so that its core content can be
   covered in a three hour slot (including a half-hour break). In
   exceptional cases, 6-hour tutorials are possible as well.

   Proposals for tutorials should contain:

     * A title and brief description of the tutorial topic.
     * The names, postal addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of
       the tutorial speakers, with brief cv.
     * Any special support requirements (e.g. PC, projector)

   Proposals should be submitted by electronic mail, in plain ASCII text
   as soon as possible, but no later than 18 December 1998 to the tutorial
   coordinator:

      Walter Daelemans
      ILK Computational Linguistics
      Tilburg University
      P.O. Box 90153
      NL-5000 LE Tilburg
      The Netherlands

      Phone: +31 13 4663070
      Fax: +31 13 4663110
      Email: walter.daelemans at kub.nl

   Approved tutorial speakers' travel and accommodation expenses will be
   reimbursed provided a short tutorial abstract and full tutorial
   materials are received in good time for publicity and reproduction.
   Details of the schedule for this will accompany notification of
   acceptance.

   For further details concerning tutorials, see the tutorials page at
   http://ilk.kub.nl/~walter/eacl/tutorials.html

   5. Workshops

   As in other years, EACL '99 will be accompanied by a number of
   workshops. These will be held on June 12, the day after the main
   conference. The ACL has a policy on workshops.

   Proposals must include a clear description of the workshop aims, a
   budget of the workshop expenses and expected sources of income, and an
   indication of the expected number of participants. Please send your
   workshop proposals (preferably electronically) as soon as possible and
   in any case before 18 December 1998 to the workshop chair:

      Gertjan van Noord
      Alfa-informatica RuG
      PO Box 716
      9700 AS Groningen
      The Netherlands

      Email: vannoord at let.rug.nl

   For further details concerning workshops, see the workshops page at
   http://www.let.rug.nl/~vannoord/eacl99/workshops.html

   6. Venue and Local Organisation

   The conference will be held in Bergen, Norway from 8 through 12 June,
   1999. See the conference home page for local arrangements information.
   The Local Arrangements Committee is chaired by Koenraad de Smedt. The
   Local Arrangements Committee can be reached at:

      Humanities Information Technologies
      University of Bergen
      Alligaten 27
      5007 Bergen
      Norway

      Phone: +47 5558-8008
      Fax: +47 5558-9470
      Email: eacl99 at uib.no

   7. Timetable

   1998

   18 Dec  Workshop proposals due in Groningen
   18 Dec  Tutorial proposals due in Tilburg
   25 Dec  Decisions on workshops sent to workshop organisers
   28 Dec  Decision on tutorials sent to tutorial organisers

   1999

   18 Jan  Submitted papers due in Edinburgh
    1 Mar  Tutorial summary for brochure due in Tilburg
   10 Mar  Decisions on programme sent to authors
   19 Apr  Final versions of papers due in Edinburgh
    1 May  Tutorial course material due in Tilburg
    5 May  Camera-ready copy of workshop proceedings due in Groningen
    8 Jun  Tutorials
   9--11 Jun  Paper sessions
   12 Jun  Workshops

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