27.2621, Calls: Applied Ling, Computational Ling, General Ling, Text/Corpus Ling/Japan

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Subject: 27.2621, Calls: Applied Ling, Computational Ling, General Ling, Text/Corpus Ling/Japan

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Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 12:09:17
From: Thorsten Trippel [thorsten.trippel at uni-tuebingen.de]
Subject: Language Technology Resources and Tools for Digital Humanities

Full Title: Language Technology Resources and Tools for Digital Humanities 
Short Title: LT4DH 

Date: 11-Dec-2016 - 11-Dec-2016
Location: Osaka, Japan 
Contact Person: Thorsten Trippel
Meeting Email: thorsten.trippel at uni-tuebingen.de
Web Site: https://www.clarin-d.net/lt4dh 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 25-Sep-2016 

Meeting Description:

Language resources are increasingly used not only in Language Technology (LT),
but also in other subject fields, such as the digital humanities (DH) and in
the field of education. Applying LT tools and data for such fields implies new
perspectives on these resources regarding domain adaptation, interoperability,
technical requirements, documentation, and usability of user interfaces. This
workshop will focus on the use of LT tools and data in DH, the discussion will
focus on example applications and the type and range of research questions
where LT tools can be beneficial.

Call for Papers: 

Workshop in conjunction with COLING 2016

Language resources are increasingly used not only in Language Technology (LT),
but also in other subject fields, such as the digital humanities (DH) and in
the field of education. Applying LT tools and data for such fields implies new
perspectives on these resources regarding domain adaptation, interoperability,
technical requirements, documentation, and usability of user interfaces. This
workshop will focus on the use of LT tools and data in DH, the discussion will
focus on example applications and the type and range of research questions
where LT tools can be beneficial.

LT applications are often trained and adjusted to individual text types or
corpora published in specific formats. Using the tools in other contexts
results in a difference in the data that is to be processed, e.g. historical
data or different ‘genres’. Though it may seem obvious that the quality of the
results may not be as high, the results may still be valuable, for example
because of the sheer size of data that can be investigated rather than by
manual analysis. Hence tools and resources need to be adaptable to different
text types. Applying tools for data from non-LT areas such as the humanities
also increases the demands on acceptable data formats, as the data to be
processed may contain additional annotations or a variety of annotations.

Additionally, in some cases new data conversion needs appear and the tools
need to be robust enough to handle also erroneous data, giving meaningful
status messages to a non-LT user. It is often also required that tools are
adapted to the text types that they are intended to be used for. For example,
data mining tools trained for one type of texts need to be adapted for another
type.

LT tools often need to be combined in processing chains and workflows whose
exact order and configuration depends on the particular LT application. The
same is true for DH workflows. However, since the DH applications often
significantly differ from those in LT, new configurations of tools need to be
entertained and additional requirements for the interoperability of tools may
arise. This is particularly the case for interfacing annotation and querying
tools as well as the incorporation of data exploration and data visualization
techniques.

The technical requirements of some LT tools and the considerable learning
curve for its use poses another obstacle for non-expert users in the DH. This
means, inter alia, that downloads of tools and complex local installations
should be avoided and tools should be made available as web-applications
whenever possible. Moreover, usability studies of LT tools for DH applications
may give important feedback for the adaptation of user interaction, adaptation
of algorithms, and the need for additional functionality.

This workshop invites submissions in each of these areas of LT focusing on
research questions in the DH community.

Important dates

The workshop LT4DH follows the schedule as proposed by the conference
organizers for workshops:

- September 25: Submission deadline
- October 16: Author notification
- October 30: Camera ready due by Authors

Length

The maximum submission length is 4-8 pages (including references). Papers
shall be submitted in English and must conform to the official COLING 2016
style guidelines available on the conference website. 

More information is available at: https://www.clarin-d.net/lt4dh

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