14.126, Calls: Japanese&Korean Ling/Processing of Portuguese

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-14-126. Tue Jan 14 2003. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 14.126, Calls: Japanese&Korean Ling/Processing of Portuguese

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1)
Date:  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:30:31 +0000
From:  endo at msu.edu
Subject:  Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, MI USA

2)
Date:  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 06:20:06 +0000
From:  propor at ualg.pt
Subject:  Computational Processing of the Portuguese Language, Portugal

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Date:  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:30:31 +0000
From:  endo at msu.edu
Subject:  Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, MI USA


13th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference

Short Title: JK13
Location: East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A.
Date: 01-Aug-2003 - 03-Aug-2003
Call Deadline: 17-Mar-2003

Web Site: http://www.msu.edu/~jk13
Contact Person: M. Endo Hudson
Meeting Email: endo at msu.edu
Linguistic Subfield(s): General Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Korean, Japanese

Meeting Description:

13th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference
August 1-3, 2003
at Michigan State University
in conjunction with 2003 LSA Summer Institute
http://www.msu.edu/~jk13

CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline: March 17, 2003)

Keynote speakers:
Chungmin Lee, Seoul National University
Hajime Hoji, University of Southern California

Abstract Submission:

We welcome abstracts of original research in any field of Japanese
and/or Korean linguistics; e.g. phonology, morphology, syntax,
semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, psycholinguistics,
sociolinguistics, historical linguistics.

Deadline for abstract submission: March 17, 2003
Guidelines for abstract submission: http://www.msu.edu/~jk13/calls.html

Please direct your questions to: jk13 at msu.edu
(Write ''JK13: questions'' in the SUBJECT line)

M. Endo Hudson
JK13 Organizer


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Date:  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 06:20:06 +0000
From:  propor at ualg.pt
Subject:  Computational Processing of the Portuguese Language, Portugal


6th Workshop on Computational Processing of the Portuguese Language -
Written and Spoken

Short Title: PROPOR'2003
Location: Faro, Portugal
Date: 26-Jun-2003 - 27-Jun-2003
Call Deadline: 03-Feb-2003

Web Site: http://www.ualg.pt/propor
Contact Person: Jorge Baptista
Meeting Email: propor at ualg.pt
Linguistic Subfield(s): Computational Linguistics
Subject Language(s): Portuguese

Meeting Description:

The 6th PROPOR - Workshop on Computational Processing of the
Portuguese Language - Written and Spoken, to be held in the University
of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal, June 26-27, 2003 addresses the
scientific community involved in the computational processing of
Portuguese - written and spoken.

This PROPOR Workshop follows previous workshops held in 1993 (Evora,
Portugal), 1996 (Curitiba, Brazil), 1998 (Porto Alegre, Brazil), 1999
(Evora, Portugal) and 2000 (Atibaia-SP, Brazil).

This edition will have as satellite-workshop the AVALON ' 2003 -
Workshop for Evaluation Campaigns for Portuguese, also to be held in
the University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal, June 28, 2003 We invite
the scientific community to submit original and unpublished research
on aspects of Computational Processing of Portuguese, including, but
not limited to:

  Linguistic, mathematical and psychological models of language
  Pragmatics, discourse, semantics, syntax and the lexicon
  Phonetics, phonology and morphology
  Terminology
  Understanding and generating spoken and written language
  Summarization and information extraction
  Natural language interfaces and dialogue systems
  Machine learning for natural language
  Speech production and perception
  Speech analysis, processing and feature estimation
  Speaker authentication
  Speech coding and transmission
  Multi-lingual processing, machine translation and translation aids
  Tools and resources
  Evaluation
  Applications
  Education


We invite the scientific community to submit papers reporting original
and completed, rather than intended work on all fields of
Computational Processing of Portuguese. Wherever appropriate, concrete
evaluation results should be included. Preference will be given to
papers that may contribute in a significant way to the development of
the domain. Further details can be found on the Workshop web-site.

We also invite people and institutions of NLP industries to
participate in the Workshop and to benefit from this forum where the
most recent applications can be presented.

Important Dates

February 3, 2003 - Papers' submission
March 3, 2003     - Notification of accepted papers
March 31, 2003    - Submission of final (camera-ready) version of the
papers
June 26, 2003      - The Workshop begins

Organization
Universidade do Algarve
Faculdade de Ciencias Humanas e Sociais

Chair: Jorge Baptista (UALG-FCHS/LabEL, Portugal)
Co-Chair: Isabel Trancoso (L2F/INESC-ID, Portugal)
Co-Chair  (and Latin-American Liaison): Maria das Graças Volpe Nunes
(USP/NILC, Brasil)

Secretariat: Susana Mendonça (UALG, Portugal)
Publications Chair: Nuno Mamede (L2F/INESC-ID, Portugal)

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