17.261, Confs: Computational Ling/General Ling/Zadar, Croatia

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Date: 25-Jan-2006
From: Malgorzata Cavar < mecavar at unizd.hr >
Subject: Jadertina Summer School in Empirical and Computational Linguistics 

	
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Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:43:15
From: Malgorzata Cavar < mecavar at unizd.hr >
Subject: Jadertina Summer School in Empirical and Computational Linguistics 
 



Jadertina Summer School in Empirical and Computational Linguistics 
Short Title: JSSECL 

Date: 11-Sep-2006 - 22-Sep-2006 
Location: Zadar, Croatia 
Contact: Malgorzata Cavar 
Contact Email: lss2006 at unizd.hr 
Meeting URL: http://eng.unizd.hr/~lss2006/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Linguistic Theories; Morphology; Phonetics; Phonology; Semantics; Syntax; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Meeting Description: 

The University of Zadar, the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics, The Croatian Language Technologies Society (HDJT), in cooperation with the German Linguistics Society (DGfS) and the University of Potsdam, are pleased to announce the first Jadertina Summer School in Empirical and Computational Linguistics held in Zadar, Croatia, focusing on the topics in empirical and computational linguistics. 

The University of Zadar, the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics, The Croatian Language Technologies Society (HDJT), in cooperation with the German Linguistics Society (DGfS) and the University of Potsdam, are pleased to sponsor the first Jadertina Summer School in Empirical and Computational Linguistics held in Zadar, Croatia, focusing on topics in empirical and computational linguistics.

Tentative list of courses:
Introduction to Field Methods
Dunja Brozovi? Ron?evi?, IHJJ

Bidirectional Phonology and Phonetics and its Acquisition
Paul Boersma, University of Amsterdam

Perception in Phonology
Ma?gorzata E. ?avar, University of Zadar

Introduction to Scheme/Python in Computational Linguistics
Damir ?avar, University of Zadar

Human-Computer Interaction for Multimodal Speech/Gesture Systems with
Emphasis on Embodied Conversational Characters
Andrea Corradini, University of Potsdam

Phonology-Morphology Interface
Tracy Alan Hall, Indiana University

Sound Change
Silke Hamann, ZAS, Berlin, Germany

Computational Models of Language Evolution
Gerhard Jäger, University of Bielefeld

Introduction to Computational Semantics
Ralf Klabunde, University of Bochum

Formal Models in Computational Linguistics
Marcus Kracht, UCLA

Finite State Technologies
Thomas Hanneforth, University of Potsdam

Computational Models of Language Acquisition
William G. Sakas, CUNY

The Structure of Fixed Linguistic Formula, Statistical and Corpus Analysis
Danica ?kara, University of Zadar

Introduction to Corpus Linguistics
Marko Tadi?, University of Zagreb

Introduction to Language Technology
Andreas Witt, University of Bielefeld

All courses are offered as one or two week courses with 1.5 hours daily.

For each two-week course the students will receive 4 ECTS points, for each one-week course the students will receive 2 ECTS points, after finishing the requirements as specified for each course. Recognition of ECTS points depends on each individual university. Please contact the administration of your university for requirements and prerequisites, and let the summer school administration know about your particular requirements and prerequisites.

The summer school is accompanied by a student conference. Registered students will have an opportunity to present a reviewed paper at the conference, that might be published after a positive review in the Jadertina Linguistic Papers online or printed.

Organizing Committee:

Dunja Brozovi? Ron?evi? (IHJJ)
Miriam Butt (University of Konstanz)
Damir ?avar (University of Zadar; Indiana University)
Malgorzata ?avar (University of Zadar)
Alexander Geyken (BBAW, Germany)
Thomas Hanneforth (University of Potsdam)
Ivo-Pavao Jazbec (IHJJ)
Ralf Klabunde (University of Bochum)
Marcus Kracht (UCLA, USA)
Jonas Kuhn (University of Texas)
William G. Sakas (CUNY)
Danica ?kara (University of Zadar)
Tomislav Stojanov (IHJJ)
Marko Tadi? (University of Zagreb)

Registration and accommodation

Detailed instructions on registration and further information can be found on the summer school web page soon.

Early registration fee (till 1st of April 2006):
150 EURO for the complete summer school.

Registration fee on site:
170 EURO for the complete summer school

Sponsoring Institutions:
University of Zadar
Croatian Language Technologies Society (HDJT)
IHJJ, Zagreb
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (DGfS)
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