27.3293, Calls: Comp Ling, Lang Doc/USA

Tue Aug 16 17:51:53 UTC 2016

LINGUIST List: Vol-27-3293. Tue Aug 16 2016. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 27.3293, Calls: Comp Ling, Lang Doc/USA

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Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:51:42
From: Antti Arppe [arppe at ualberta.ca]
Subject: 2nd Workshop on Computational Methods for Endangered Languages

Full Title: 2nd Workshop on Computational Methods for Endangered Languages 
Short Title: ComputEL-2 

Date: 06-Mar-2017 - 07-Mar-2017
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 
Contact Person: Antti Arppe
Meeting Email: computel at ualberta.ca
Web Site: http://altlab.ualberta.ca/computel-2 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Language Documentation 

Call Deadline: 01-Oct-2016 

Meeting Description:

The ComputEL-2 workshop will focus on the use of computational methods in the
study, support, and revitalization of endangered languages. The primary aim of
the workshop is to continue narrowing the gap between computational linguists
interested in working on methods for endangered languages, field linguists
working on documenting these languages, and the language communities who are
striving to maintain their languages.

We take seriously the goal of reaching all relevant communities. To support
this goal, ComputEL aims to alternate between co-location with computational
linguistics conferences and with language documentation conferences.
ComputEL-2 will immediately follow the International Conference on Language
Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC) hosted by the University of Hawaii,
March 2-5, 2017.

The first ComputEL workshop was co-located with the main conference of the
Association for Computational Linguistics in Baltimore in 2014.
(http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~jcgood/ComputEL.html) . The proceedings of
ComputEL-1 were published online by ACL and are available at:
http://aclweb.org/anthology/W/W14/#2200

Important Dates:

Paper/abstract submission deadline: October 1, 2016
Notification of acceptance: November 1, 2016
Deadline for camera-ready articles for proceedings: January 31 2017
Workshop dates: March 6-7, 2017

Organizing Committee:

Antti Arppe (University of Alberta)
Jeff Good (University at Buffalo)
Mans Hulden (University Colorado at Boulder)
Jordan Lachler (University Alberta)
Alexis Palmer (University of North Texas)
Lane Schwartz (University of Illinois)

For more information, see our website: http://altlab.ualberta.ca/computel-2

Call for Papers:

Papers are invited which explore the interface and intersection of
computational linguistics, documentary linguistics, and community-based
language revitalization efforts. The committee encourages submissions which:

(i) Examine the use of specific methods in the analysis of data from
low-resource languages, with a focus on endangered languages, or propose new
methods for analysis of such data,
(ii) Propose new models for the collection, management, and deployment of data
in endangered language settings, or
(iii) Consider what concrete steps are required to allow for a more fruitful
interaction between computer scientists, documentary linguists, and language
communities.

The intention of the workshop is not merely to allow for the presentation of
research on these topics, but also to continue building a network of
computational linguists, documentary linguists, and community language
activists who are able to effectively join together to serve their common
interests.

Presentations:

Presentations will be 20 minutes long, with 10 minutes for discussion.

Submissions:

In line with our goal of reaching different academic communities, we offer two
different modes of submission. The mode of submission does not influence
likelihood of acceptance. Camera-ready versions will be the same length for
both submission modes.

Submissions must be uploaded to (link to be provided soon) no later than
October 1, 2016, 11:59PM (UTC-11, time zone of American Samoa).

All submissions must be anonymous and will be peer-reviewed by the scientific
committee. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by November 1, 2016.

A. Extended abstract:

Please submit anonymous abstracts of up to 1500 words.

B. Full paper:

Please submit (anonymously) either long papers (max. 8 pages plus references)
or short papers (max. 4 pages plus references) according to the style and
formatting guidelines provided. Authors will be allowed one extra page for the
final version.

Proceedings:

Authors whose presentations are selected for the conference will be eligible
to submit their papers for online publication via the open-access ACL
Anthology. Camera-ready version of the articles will be due on January 31,
2017.

Funding:

We anticipate being able to support travel costs in some cases for students
whose papers are accepted as well as scholars from lower income countries.
Please contact the organizers at computel at ualberta.ca for further information.

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