15.3591, Calls: Computational Ling/USA; General Ling/English/Korea

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LINGUIST List: Vol-15-3591. Thu Dec 23 2004. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 15.3591, Calls: Computational Ling/USA; General Ling/English/Korea

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1)
Date: 22-Dec-2004
From: Jose Luis Vicedo < vicedo at dlsi.ua.es >
Subject: AAAI-05 Workshop on Question Answering in Restricted Domains 

2)
Date: 21-Dec-2004
From: Jong-Yurl Yoon < jyyoon at kookmin.ac.kr >
Subject: 2005 KASELL International Conference on English Language and Linguistics 

-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 20:51:01
From: Jose Luis Vicedo < vicedo at dlsi.ua.es >
Subject: AAAI-05 Workshop on Question Answering in Restricted Domains 

Full Title: AAAI-05 Workshop on Question Answering in Restricted Domains 

Date: 09-Jul-2005 - 10-Jul-2005
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America 
Contact Person: José Luis Vicedo
Meeting Email: vicedo at dlsi.ua.es
Web Site: http://www.clt.mq.edu.au/Events/Conferences/aaai05/

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 20-Apr-2005 

Meeting Description:

AAAI-05 Workshop on Question Answering in Restricted Domains
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
http://www.clt.mq.edu.au/Events/Conferences/aaai05/

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

IMPORTANT DATES

    Submission:  April 20, 2005
    Notification:  May 11, 2005
    Camera ready:  May 18, 2005 
    Workshop:  July 9-10, 2005 (date TBA)

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

This one-day workshop will focus on the issues related to question
answering in restricted domains. Restricted domains provide an interesting
mix of challenges and opportunities that are yet to explore. For example,
the limited data available makes it difficult to apply conventional
question-answering techniques based on data redundancy and the specific
terminology of some domains typically is not available in generic lexical
resources. On the other hand, restricted domains enable the development of
specific ontologies or knowledge bases that can be used for high-precision
question answering tasks.

Note that there is an AAAI workshop on inference in textual question
answering. If you are wondering what workshop your research fits best,
please contact the organisers of any of these two workshops.

This workshop is a follow-up of the ACL 2005 workshop
http://www.clt.mq.edu.au/Events/Conferences/acl04qa/

TOPICS

    * Comparison between open-domain and restricted-domain QA

    * Characterisation of types of restricted domains and type of
      technology required for QA on those domains

    * Methodologies

    * Tools and resources

    * Description of specific restricted-domain QA systems

    * Development of modules (e.g. document preselection, NE
      extraction, terminology extraction) for use in restricted-domain
      QA systems

    * Portability of QA systems between different restricted domains

    * Evaluation

FORMAT OF WORKSHOP

The workshop includes an invited presentation, a set of full papers and
short papers, and a final discussion panel.

The invited presenter will address some of the questions posed above. The
emphasis is not so much about addressing the questions but about presenting
a challenging topic that encourages discussion.

There will be full papers and short papers. The full papers will focus on
the specific issues listed above, whereas the short papers can focus on
system descriptions or provide small contributions to the workshop goals.

The discussion panel includes 5-minute statements from leading researchers
in different related areas of expertise. The panel will be followed by a
discussion moderated by one of the workshop organisers.

ATTENDANCE 

We expect an attendance of 25-50 people from the areas of question
answering in open domains and restricted domains to allow for useful
comparison and generalisation. To encourage discussion and participation,
only invited people can attend. We therefore require potential participants
that do not wish to contribute with a paper to send an email to the
workshop organisers with a one-page description of their interest in the
topic and their position statements. The information will be used to
organise the final workshop discussion session.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Submitted papers should describe original work, completed or in progress,
rather than merely planned, and clearly indicate the current state of
advancement of the work.  No previously published papers should be submitted.

Authors should submit regular papers of maximum 10 pages or short papers of
maximum 5 pages, including references and figures, following the AAAI
technical reports guidelines. The review will not be blind.

Submissions must be in PS or PDF format only.

SUBMIT TO:

Diego Mollá-Aliod
Macquarie University
Division of Information and Communication Sciences
Sydney
New South Wales 2109
Australia

Tel. +61 2 9850 9531
Fax. +61 2 9850 9551
diego at ics.mq.edu.au

WORKSHOP CHAIRS

 * Diego Mollá Aliod, Macquarie University
 * José Luis Vicedo, Alicante University

PROVISIONAL WORKSHOP COMMITTEE

 * Marcus Ackermann, University of Leipzig, Germany
 * Donna Harman, NIST, USA
 * Graeme Hirst, University of Toronto, Canada
 * Elizabeth Liddy, Syracuse University, USA
 * Marc Light, University of Iowa, USA
 * Maarten de Rijke, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
 * Horacio Rodríguez, Universitat de Catalunya, Spain
 * Rolf Schwitter, Macquarie University, Australia
 * Richard Sutcliffe, University of Limerick, Ireland
 * Pierre Zweigenbaum, DIAM, France

-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 20:51:05
From: Jong-Yurl Yoon < jyyoon at kookmin.ac.kr >
Subject: 2005 KASELL International Conference on English Language and Linguistics 

Full Title: 2005 KASELL International Conference on English Language and
Linguistics 
Short Title: KASELL 2005 

Date: 21-Jun-2005 - 22-Jun-2005
Location: Seoul, Korea, Republic of 
Contact Person: Ik-Hwan Lee
Meeting Email: kasell at hanmail.net

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Subject Language(s): English (ENG)

Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2005 

Meeting Description:

The Korean Association for the Study of English Language and Linguistics
(KASELL) is hosting 2005 KASELL International Conference on English
Language and Linguistics.

Dates: June 21 & 22 (Tuesday & Wednesday), 2005 
Venue: Korea University, Seoul, Korea 
Theme: New Trends in English Linguistics 
Sessions: Forum lectures by invited speakers, Workshop, General paper     
presentation

CALL FOR PAPERS 

The 2005 KASELL International Conference on English Language and Linguistics 
(2005 KASELL) 

            Dates: June 21 & 22 (Tuesday & Wednesday), 2005 
            Venue: Korea University, Seoul, Korea 
            Theme: New Trends in English Linguistics 
            Invited Speakers: To Be Announced 

The Korean Association for the Study of English Language and Linguistics
(KASELL) is pleased to announce that the 2005 International Conference on
English Language and Linguistics will be held June 21-22, 2005 at Korea
University, Seoul, Korea. Proposals for presentations are invited in all
areas of English language and linguistics. Each speaker will be allotted 30
minutes (20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion). E-mail
the file (.doc or .pdf) of your abstract of 2 or 3 pages including
data/references by February 15, 2005 to kasell at hanmail.net.  When
submitting your abstract, please include the following information in a
separate computer file: name, affiliation, mailing address, phone numbers,
and e-mail address. Abstracts will be reviewed by the Screening Committee
and authors will be notified by March 3, 2005. Please join us in Seoul for
the 2005 KASELL International Conference. 

The Organizing/Program Committees of 
The 2005 KASELL International Conference on English Language and Linguistics

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