27.2861, Confs: Computational Ling, Forensic Ling/USA

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Subject: 27.2861, Confs: Computational Ling, Forensic Ling/USA

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Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2016 13:11:09
From: Shomir Wilson [shomir at cs.cmu.edu]
Subject: AAAI Fall Symposium on Privacy and Language Technologies

AAAI Fall Symposium on Privacy and Language Technologies 
Short Title: PLT 2016 

Date: 17-Nov-2016 - 19-Nov-2016 
Location: Arlington, Virginia, USA 
Contact: Shomir Wilson 
Contact Email: plt2016.organizers at gmail.com 
Meeting URL: https://sites.google.com/site/fsplt2016/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Forensic Linguistics 

Meeting Description: 

For some general information on the AAAI Fall Symposium Series, check here:
http://www.aaai.org/Symposia/Fall/fall-symposia.php

The purpose of this symposium is to jump-start the creation of a community of
researchers interested in the intersection between language technologies and
privacy. Our goal is to bring together researchers who work in either language
technologies or in privacy but have an interest in both areas, as these two
groups will benefit greatly from a forum to interact.

The time is ripe for a discussion of the relationship between language
technologies and privacy. Computing applications are increasing their reliance
on natural language, with technologies such as online social media, search
engines, and spoken dialog systems enabling the collection of large amounts of
language data for advertising, text mining, and other purposes. There is also
an opportunity for language technologies to help people understand and protect
their privacy by simplifying information they must understand (e.g., privacy
policies or other legal documents) or helping them to reflect on the content
they share (e.g., social media posts).

Organizers
Shomir Wilson (lead organizer) (Carnegie Mellon University)
Fei Liu (University of Central Florida)
Alessandro Oltramari (Carnegie Mellon University)

For questions, contact the organizers at plt2016.organizers at gmail.com.

Call for Papers:

This symposium will invite original research contributions and position papers
on the intersection of privacy and language technologies. Topics of interest
include, but are not limited to, the following:

Analysis of privacy policies and related legal documents
Semantics of privacy practices and regulations
Privacy for users of online social media
Language-sourced ontologies and knowledge bases for privacy
Privacy in dialogue systems
Privacy in speech and spoken language processing
User studies of privacy-supportive language technologies

We plan for an interactive mix of oral presentations, roundtable discussions,
and a poster session.

Submissions may take the form of:

Long papers (5-8 pages in AAAI format, including references) for oral
presentation
Short papers (up to 4 pages in AAAI format, including references) for poster
presentation

Submissions should not be anonymized. The review process will be single-blind,
with anonymous reviewers. Here is the submission page:
https://easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?key=40115536.K93328ZzdzqvGoIO

Proceedings will appear as a technical report in AAAI’s digital library.

Student Support:

Students who are first-listed authors on their submissions can apply for a
limited amount of travel support from the symposium. If you are eligible and
wish to apply, please submit a brief statement (PDF format, 500 words or
fewer) to plt2016.organizers at gmail.com by the submission date. The statement
should contain your name, the title and ID number of your submission, and a
description of your research interests and your goals for attending the
symposium. The amount of support per student will be determined after
acceptance notifications have been made.

Important Dates

July 22: Deadline for submission of long and short papers
August 12: Acceptance/rejection notification
September 8: Camera-ready deadline
September 23: Registration deadline for participants
November 17-19: Symposium

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