33.544, FYI: Call for abstracts: Bridges and Gaps between Formal and Computational Linguistics (an ESSLLI 2022 workshop)

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Subject: 33.544, FYI: Call for abstracts: Bridges and Gaps between Formal and Computational Linguistics (an ESSLLI 2022 workshop)

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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 21:49:26
From: Timothée Bernard [timothee.bernard at u-paris.fr]
Subject: Call for abstracts: Bridges and Gaps between Formal and Computational Linguistics (an ESSLLI 2022 workshop)

 
Venue: ESSLLI 2022, Galway, Ireland
Date: 8-12 August, 2022
Website: https://gdr-lift.loria.fr/bridges-and-gaps-workshop/

* Description *
While computational linguistics is historically rooted in formal linguistics,
it might seem that the distance between these two fields has only grown larger
and larger.
The goal of this workshop is to consider whether this impression is correct in
the light of both recent developments and long-standing approaches.
Indeed, while we are currently witnessing a growing interest within formal
linguistics in both explaining the remarkable successes of neural-based
language models and uncovering their limitations, one should not forget the
contribution to theoretical linguistics provided, for example, by the
computational implementation of grammatical formalisms. And while neural-based
methods have recently received the lion’s share of the public attention,
interpretable models based on symbolic methods are still relevant and widely
used in the natural language processing industry.
This workshop is intended to make members of the aforementioned scientific
communities meet and share their perspectives on these topics and related
areas.

* Workshop topics *
- Symbolic methods for linguistic
- Implementation of formal grammars
- Use of computational methods for linguistic inquiry
- Compositionality and vector semantics
- Investigation of the linguistic properties of machine learning models
- Trends in the history of computational linguistics
- ...

* Invited speakers *
- Aurelie Herbelot, Centre for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of
Trento
- James Pustejovsky, Volen Center Complex System, Brandeis University

* Submission details *
We invite authors to submit abstracts for 30 minutes presentations (including
questions) related to the above topics.
Abstracts must be anonymous, up to two pages (A4 or US letter) in 12pt font,
with 1 inch margins, plus an additional page for supplemental material
(figures, glossed examples for languages other than English), and unlimited
references.
The submission needs to be done in PDF format via Easychair, using the
following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=brigap2022

* Important dates *
- Submission deadline: Friday, April 1st 2022
- Notification of acceptance: Monday, May 9th 2022
- Workshop: August 8th – 12th 2022

For questions, please contact one of the workshop chairs:
- Timothée Bernard, Université de Paris, timothee.bernard at u-paris.fr 
- Grégoire Winterstein, Université du Québec à Montréal,
winterstein.gregoire at uqam.ca
 



Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
                     History of Linguistics
                     Semantics
                     Syntax





 



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