From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Fri May 7 15:38:44 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 16:38:44 +0100 Subject: Jobs: 3 Offers Message-ID: ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: "Douglas Kendall (Volt Computer)" Subject: NLP 2/ From: "Vail" Subject: Japanese Computational Linguists; Seattle, Washington area 3/ From: Johanna Moore Subject: Research Positions in NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING and DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: "Douglas Kendall (Volt Computer)" Subject: NLP ***Note that French, German, Spanish, Japanese or English Language ability (grammar and syntax) is the most important aspect of this position.*** Please contact Doug Kendall by phone (425) 702-9000/1(800) 253-9605 or email at: v-dougke at microsoft.com if you are interested in pursuing this type of position. Position Start Date: ASAP Position End Date: 10/23/1999 (Will be extended) Standard Position Title: Software Test Engineer 1 Position Description: Creates expected results for linguistics products (e.g. grammar checker, information retrieval Effectively communicates bugs and issues related to consistency and quality of product to team. Works under supervision of more senior Testers. Skills Required: Near-native fluency in French. Strong, fast reading skills in language of product being tested. Ability to track details carefully and good judgment are essential. Basic Windows use necessary. Knowledge or ability to learn quickly computer networking skills required: i.e., working in NT domains, working with files on shares, mapping drives to one's computer, etc... Access skills useful but not required. General knowledge of personal computers, and the ability to install, upgrade and use Word and Excel, email application software, and MS operating system(s) preferred. Associate's degree in Linguistics or Language-related field, or equivalent work experience/training preferred. Focus of Position: Linguistic software Thank you for your help. Doug Kendall Volt Services Group v-dougke at microsoft.com (425) 702-9000 1(800)253-9605 ______________________________________________________________________________ 2/ From: "Vail" Subject: Japanese Computational Linguists; Seattle, Washington area We are looking for experienced Japanese linguists with technical ability, experience working technically with double-byte character sets, information retrieval and project management. The position is located in the Seattle, Washington area. The position is set up as a contract position and is projected as a 5 month initial assignment. I am pasting the description below. If you are interested, please send your resume to me at bvail at comforce.com with your letter of interest listing your availability and requirements. Thanks, Bruce Vail Technical Recruiter Comforce Technical Service Redmond, Washington bvail at comforce.com (425)-867-1899 ext 310 (800)-398-2432 ext. 310 Program Manager 1 (Job # 7360) Job Description: Manage a project to apply Natural Language technology to Japanese Search Project. Evaluate potential for improvement to current methods and design new functionality based on these evaluations. Creates functional specifications that will guide implementation. Develop working relationship with team members and provide technical and analytical information to guide the group. Organize cross-functional activities to drive the program to completion within given time-frame. Create and maintain program schedules. Experience Required: Experience with project management and/or software design and development required. Japanese fluency and/or understanding of Japanese linguistics is mandatory. Knowledge of Natural Language (NL) technologies, computational linguistics or Information Retrieval (IR) technologies is highly desirable. Strong analytical skills and excellent communication skills required. Must be able to work independently and as part of a team and have the analytical skills required to draw product decisions from data that becomes available in the course of the project. Focus of Position: Japanese Search Project ______________________________________________________________________________ 3/ From: Johanna Moore Subject: Research Positions in NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING and DISCOURSE ANALYSIS (Apologies for multiple postings. Please distribute to potential candidates.) University of Edinburgh Human Communication Research Centre 2 RESEARCH POSITIONS: NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING and DISCOURSE ANALYSIS Closing date: 1 June 1999 The Tutorial Dialogue Project is aimed at studying human tutorial dialogues in order to inform the construction of computer-based tutors that can participate in effective tutorial interactions with their users. The project is using analysis of a corpus of tutorial dialogues, psycholinguistic experimentation, and WOZ studies to inform the design and implementation of an intelligent dialogue-based tutoring system. We seek two individuals to help with development of the dialogue manager and the generation component. Research Position in Natural Language Processing The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Computational Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence, or Computer Science and have in interest both in natural language processing and intelligent tutoring. S/he will have practical experience in developing robust language interfaces both on the algorithmic level and on the knowledge construction level. Programming or development expertise in Lisp, C or C++ is essential, and experience with Perl is highly desirable. Candidates with an interest in discourse planning, dialogue management, and/or the practical aspects of natural language generation are particularly encouraged to apply. (Please quote ref: 776267) Research Position in Discourse Analysis The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Computational Linguistics, Linguistics, or Artificial Intelligence and have in interest both in linguistic analysis and educational applications of technology. S/he will have practical experience in developing discourse tagging schemes, analysing discourse data, and/or performing empirical analyses of human tutoring. Should have experience with statistical analysis using Excel, SPSS, or other statistical analysis software. Experience with markup languages such as XML or SGML is also desirable. (Please quote ref: 776268) Successful candidates will be hired on the AR1A researcher scale (15,735-23,651 pounds per annum), depending on age and experience. The post is initially for a period of two years, starting as soon as possible. Additional information can be found on web site http://www.hcrc.ed.ac.uk and http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/overview.html Informal enquiries may be made to Johanna Moore (J.Moore at ed.ac.uk). Further particulars including the application procedure should be obtained from the Personnel Department, 1 Roxburgh Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9TB. Tel: 0131 650 2511 (24 hour answering service) http://www.personnel.ed.ac.uk/recruit.htm From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Fri May 7 15:42:32 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 16:42:32 +0100 Subject: Appel: TMI'99 Workshop (Constraints on Machine Interpretation) Message-ID: From: Francis Bond Final TMI'99 Workshop Call for Papers CONSTRAINTS ON MACHINE INTERPRETATION http://crl.nmsu.edu/~jamtrup/tmi99/ Extended Deadline: May, 28, 1999 Conference: August 23 - 25, 1999 Workshop: August 26, 1999 University College, Chester, England The translation of spoken utterances (MI, machine Interpreting) is one of the most challenging tasks within the field of MT. There are still several phenomena which are unknown or insufficiently described and are not accounted for in the systems currently available. These phenomena affect all stages of processing within MT systems. To name just a few, the translation of spoken language has to take into account: - Prosody. While prosodic features have been integrated into MI systems over the last few years, their application has largely been restricted to disambiguation tasks (to detect boundaries of various kinds and for classification). The influence of specific conditions, e.g. stress, on the prosodic realization of texts is more or less unknown. - Basic characteristics of speech as opposed to written language. Hesitations, repairs, breaking offs and others fall into this class. Their occurrence if often unexpected, the recognition and utilization of these seems underdeveloped - Characteristics of lexica and grammars. Clearly, the knowledge sources for systems dealing with spoken input has to be different from those analyzing written language. Especially spontaneous speech can usually not be covered using a standard grammar constructed with written texts in mind. - User-Machine interfaces. Using speech as input and output of machine translation systems poses new and sometimes unexpected problems for the design of the interface through which an user interacts with a system. These range from designing a high quality of synthesis to the assessment of the reactions to sometimes long waiting periods during a translation. As a consequence, a MI system does not only contain the additional components needed to analyze and synthesize speech, but the core modules have to be adapted as well to the demands of speech-to-speech communication. The collaboration between researchers working in the traditional core field of MT and in the more speech-oriented fields is highly advantageous for a successful design and implementation of a speech-to-speech translation application. The workshop ``Constraints on Machine Interpretation'' calls for contributions relevant for the translation of spoken language, including, but not limited to: - Speech recognition, language recognition, speaker identification - Prosody and its use in MI systems - Analysis, transfer and generation of spoken input utterances - Architecture and design of MI systems and their user interfaces - Dialog behavior, design and analysis - Evaluation of MI systems The workshop complements the main theme of TMI'99 (Modalities and MT: Where can MT be used?) by concentrating on one important modality, namely speech. It will be held as a one day workshop on Aug, 26th 1999, right after the main conference. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submissions due May, 28, 1999 Acceptance notification June, 15, 1999 Final copies due July 2, 1999 Conference dates Aug 23-25, 1999 Workshop Aug 26, 1999 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES The format of submissions for the workshop should follow the general guidelines of the main conference. The submissions should be sent to one of the contact addresses below. Also note that the schedule for submissions, notification and final versions is different from the schedule of the main conference. CONTACT Susanne J. Jekat University of Hamburg Computer Science Department Vogt-Koelln-Str. 30 225 27 Hamburg Germany Phon: + 49 40 5494 - 2520 Fax: + 49 40 5494 - 2515 e-mail: jekat at informatik.uni-hamburg.de web: http://nats-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~jekat/ Jan W. Amtrup Computing Research Laboratory New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA Phone: (+1 505) 646.2965 Fax: (+1 505) 646.6218 e-mail: jamtrup at crl.nmsu.edu web: http://crl.nmsu.edu/~jamtrup/ From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Fri May 7 15:42:30 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 16:42:30 +0100 Subject: Appel: CSSP'99 Message-ID: From: cssp99 at linguist.jussieu.fr (CSSP 99) DEUXIEME APPEL A COMMUNICATIONS COLLOQUE DE SYNTAXE ET SEMANTIQUE A PARIS CSSP 99 Universite Paris 7 7-9 octobre 1999 Le Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle (Universite Paris 7 et CNRS, URA 1028) organise le troisieme colloque de syntaxe et de semantique a Paris, CSSP 99. L'un des objectifs de cette serie de colloques est de permettre la comparaison d'analyses men�es dans des cadres theoriques et formels differents. Les langues du colloque sont le fran�ais et l'anglais. Il comprendra deux sessions : SESSION GENERALE. SESSION THEMATIQUE : Structure de la phrase et structure du discours: structure informationnelle, relations de discours et connecteurs. CONFERENCIERS INVITES Nicolas Asher, Sandra Chung, Oswald Ducrot, Tanya Reinhart RESUMES Les propositions de communication (30 mn) sont a envoyer en 9 exemplaires (8 exemplaires anonymes et un exemplaire portant le nom de l'auteur, son affiliation, son adresse postale et son adresse electronique) sous la forme d'un resume de deux pages � l'adresse suivante : Colloque de syntaxe et semantique a Paris Universite Paris 7, Linguistique, UFRL, Case 7003 Tour Centrale, 9� �tage, 2 Place Jussieu, 75251 Paris-Cedex 05, France Ne pas envoyer de resume par fax ou courrier �lectronique. Date limite pour la r�ception des r�sum�s: 20 mai 1999 Avis d'acceptation: 15 juillet 1999 Pour information, contacter: Francis Corblin: corblin at paris7.jussieu.fr email: cssp99 at linguist.jussieu.fr www: http://cssp99.linguist.jussieu.fr COMITE D'ORGANISATION F. Corblin (Rennes 2), C. Dobrovie-Sorin (CNRS-Paris 7), D. Godard (CNRS-Lille 3), J.-M. Marandin (President, CNRS-Paris7). ---------------------------------------------------------- CSSP 99 Universite Paris 7 Linguistique UFRL, Case 7003 2 Place Jussieu 75251 Paris-Cedex 05 France email: cssp99 at linguist.jussieu.fr http://cssp99.linguist.jussieu.fr ---------------------------------------------------------- From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Fri May 7 15:42:36 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 16:42:36 +0100 Subject: Conf: HPSG'99 Message-ID: From: grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME HPSG99 6th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar University of Edinburgh August 4-6, 1999 The 6th International Conference on HPSG will be held at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, on August 4th to 6th 1999, hosted by the Human Communication Research Centre and the Department of Linguistics. The following is the provisional conference programme. For further information see http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~hpsg99/ or email hpsg99 at cogsci.ed.ac.uk. Information about registration and accommodation will be posted soon. - ------------------------------------------------------------------- HPSG99 PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME Wednesday, August 4, 1999 Special Session on Grammatical Interfaces 09:00-10:00 Registration 10:00-11:00 Invited Speaker Ewan Klein (Edinburgh) TBA 11:00-11:30 BREAK 11:30-12:00 Valia Kordoni (Tuebingen) Agentivity vs. Causation: at the Syntax-Semantics Interface 12:00-12:30 Dimitra Kolliakou (Newcastle and Jerusalem) and Theodora Alexopoulou (Edinburgh) On Linkhood and Clitic Left Dislocation 12:30-13:00 Jong-Bok Kim and Byung-Soo Park (Seoul) Grammatical Interfaces in Korean Relatives 13:00-14:30 LUNCH 14:30-15:30 Invited Speaker Georgia Green (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) The Nature of Pragmatic Information 15:30-16:00 Ash Asudeh (Stanford) and Line Hove Mikkelsen (Santa Cruz) Danish Syntactic Noun Incorporation: A Case Study in Grammatical Interfaces 16:00-16:30 BREAK 16:30-17:30 Invited Speaker Gosse Bouma (Groningen) TBA Thursday, August 5, 1999 09:30-10:00 Andreas Kathol (UC Berkeley) Internally and Externally Headed Relative Clauses: The Case of Lai 10:00-10:30 Robert Levine (OSU), Tom Hukari (University of Victoria) and Mike Calcagno (Tuebingen) Parasitic Gaps in English: non-nominal, non-pronominal and case-consistent 10:30-11:00 Kordula De Kuthy (Saarbruecken) and Detmar Meurers (Tuebingen) Argument raising meets adjuncts-as-dependents and traceless extraction 11:00-11:30 BREAK 11:30-12:30 Invited Speakers Dani\232le Godard (Lille) and Anne Abeill\233 (Paris) TBA 12:30-14:00 LUNCH 14:00-14:30 Bob Borsley (Bangor) and Bob Morris Jones (Aberystwyth) Negation in Welsh 14:30-15:00 Frank Richter and Manfred Sailer (Tuebingen) Sentential Negation in French and Conditions on Logical Form in HPSG 15:00-15:30 Kook-Hee Gill (Edinburgh) Topicalisation, Scrambling and Anaphor Binding 15:30-16:00 BREAK 16:00-17:00 Invited Speaker Jonathan Ginzburg (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Describing Conversational Interaction: Some Implications for HPSG Friday, August 6, 1999 09:30-10:00 Theodora Alexopoulou (Edinburgh) A unified treatment of A/A-bar dependencies 10:00-10:30 Anna Kupsc (Polish Academy of Sciences and Universit\233 Paris7) Syntactic Analysis of Clitic Climbing in Polish 10:30-11:00 Stefan Mueller (Saarbruecken) Separable Prefix Verbs in German 11:00-11:30 BREAK 11:30-12:00 Robert Malouf (Stanford and UC Berkeley) A head-driven account of long-distance case assignment 12:00-12:30 Cathryn Donohue and Ivan Sag (Stanford) Domains in Warlpiri 12:30-14:00 LUNCH 14:00-14:30 Frank Van Eynde (Leuven) On the semantics of the auxiliaries 14:30-15:00 Emily Bender and Ivan A. Sag (Stanford) Incorporating Contracted Auxiliaries in English 15:00-15:30 BREAK 15:30-16:30 Invited Speaker Stephen Wechsler (Texas) Four Agreement Puzzles Alternates: Berthold Crysmann (Saarbruecken) Clitics and Coordination in Phenogrammatical Structure Jesse Tseng (Edinburgh) A Three-Way Classification of Prepositions Shalom Lappin (King's College London) and David Johnson (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center) Wh-questions in a multiple inheritance constructional type hierarchy From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Tue May 11 07:47:32 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 08:47:32 +0100 Subject: Jobs: 3 Offers Message-ID: ________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: marc.elbeze at lia.univ-avignon.fr Subject: Jobs LIA: 1 Ater TALN 2/ From: Gernot Kubin Subject: Speech Processing; Senior Researcher in Vienna 3/ From: Johanna Moore Subject: NLP and Discourse Analysis; Research Positions at U of Edinburgh ________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: marc.elbeze at lia.univ-avignon.fr Subject: Jobs LIA: 1 Ater TALN Bonjour, Le LIA disposera de 2 postes d'ATER en 27eme section pour la rentr�e http://www.lia.univ-avignon.fr/jobs/ dont un profil� en TALN http://www.lia.univ-avignon.fr/jobs/ATER0274.html Merci de le faire savoir autour de vous -- Cordialement, Marc El-Beze. ________________________________________________________________________________ 2/ From: Gernot Kubin Subject: Speech Processing; Senior Researcher in Vienna SENIOR RESEARCHER IN SPEECH PROCESSING at the VIENNA TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH CENTRE Vienna, Austria (Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wien, FTW) The Vienna Telecommunications Research Centre FTW (http://www.ftw.at) is a newly established cooperative research centre involving 3 institutes of Vienna University of Technology, 13 telecommunications companies, and the Austrian Research Centre Seibersdorf. In the field of signal processing and transmission technology, one project will be devoted to the collection of speech databases and algorithm development for the integration of speech recognition into telecom applications. The initial effort will target the creation of 2 Speechdat compliant databases of 1000 speakers of Austrian German each, collected over a fixed and a mobile telephone network. We are looking for a senior researcher who takes over the project management, contributes to the specification and validation aspects of the databases, and defines and works on research problems in the area of application-specific algorithm and database development in close coordination with the partner companies. The applicant should have earned a doctorate relevant to information technology and have at least five years of research experience beyond the first university degree. Familiarity with (a subset of) signal processing, speech and language technology, telecom applications, data base systems, phonetics, and computational linguistics is expected. Fluency in German and a strong interest into its regional variants is a must as well as proficiency in English. The position needs to be filled as soon as possible. Out of an initial two-year phase of the project, a long-term activity of the research centre in this area is foreseen. The successful applicant will be offered an indefinite employment contract and a salary commensurate with experience. The research centre is located in the heart of Vienna close to the University of Technology. Applications and inquiries should be directed to Gernot Kubin Institute of Communications and High-Frequency Engineering Vienna University of Technology Gusshausstrasse 25/389, A-1040 Vienna, Austria, Europe Tel: (+43-1) 58801-38958, Fax: (+43-1) 58801-38999 Email: g.kubin at ieee.org WWW: http://www.nt.tuwien.ac.at/dspgroup/gkubin.html Jingle: http://iuinfo.tuwien.ac.at/johnys-danube.au ________________________________________________________________________________ 3/ From: Johanna Moore Subject: NLP and Discourse Analysis; Research Positions at U of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh Human Communication Research Centre 2 RESEARCH POSITIONS: NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING and DISCOURSE ANALYSIS Closing date: 1 June 1999 The Tutorial Dialogue Project is aimed at studying human tutorial dialogues in order to inform the construction of computer-based tutors that can participate in effective tutorial interactions with their users. The project is using analysis of a corpus of tutorial dialogues, psycholinguistic experimentation, and WOZ studies to inform the design and implementation of an intelligent dialogue-based tutoring system. We seek two individuals to help with development of the dialogue manager and the generation component. Research Position in Natural Language Processing The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Computational Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence, or Computer Science and have in interest both in natural language processing and intelligent tutoring. S/he will have practical experience in developing robust language interfaces both on the algorithmic level and on the knowledge construction level. Programming or development expertise in Lisp, C or C++ is essential, and experience with Perl is highly desirable. Candidates with an interest in discourse planning, dialogue management, and/or the practical aspects of natural language generation are particularly encouraged to apply. (Please quote ref: 776267) Research Position in Discourse Analysis The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Computational Linguistics, Linguistics, or Artificial Intelligence and have in interest both in linguistic analysis and educational applications of technology. S/he will have practical experience in developing discourse tagging schemes, analysing discourse data, and/or performing empirical analyses of human tutoring. Should have experience with statistical analysis using Excel, SPSS, or other statistical analysis software. Experience with markup languages such as XML or SGML is also desirable. (Please quote ref: 776268) Successful candidates will be hired on the AR1A researcher scale (15,735-23,651 pounds per annum), depending on age and experience. The post is initially for a period of two years, starting as soon as possible. Additional information can be found on web site http://www.hcrc.ed.ac.uk and http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/overview.html Informal enquiries may be made to Johanna Moore (J.Moore at ed.ac.uk). Further particulars including the application procedure should be obtained from the Personnel Department, 1 Roxburgh Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9TB. Tel: 0131 650 2511 (24 hour answering service) http://www.personnel.ed.ac.uk/recruit.htm From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Tue May 11 07:48:10 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 08:48:10 +0100 Subject: Appel: Grammaires de Dependance Message-ID: From: kahanes at magellan.umontreal.ca (Sylvain Kahane) APPEL A COMMUNICATIONS POUR LA REVUE T.A.L. ******************************************* DATE LIMITE ETENDUE: 1er JUILLET 1999 Un prochain numero de la revue "Traitement Automatique des Langues" (T.A.L) sera consacre au theme suivant : GRAMMAIRES DE DEPENDANCE Ce numero special portera sur les differents aspects du traitement automatique des langues par des grammaires de dependance. Cela concerne tous les systemes automatiques ou modeles formels utilisant directement des arbres de dependance comme structure de representation syntaxique, ainsi que ceux utilisant des notions connexes comme la notion de tete syntaxique ou celle de fonction syntaxique. Voici une liste non limitatives de sujets sur lesquels des articles peuvent etre soumis: - presentation de systemes automatiques (analyse, generation, traduction, desambiguisation, correction, reconnaissance de la parole, eao, ...) bases les dependances; - presentation de ressources electroniques (dictionnaires, corpus annotes, grammaires) bases sur les dependances; - presentation d'algorithmes pour les grammaires de dependance; - presentation de modeles linguistiques orientes vers le TAL et bases sur les dependances; - evaluation de systemes bases sur les dependances ou comparaison avec d'autres systemes; - etude de l'interface syntaxe-s�mantique � partir d'arbres de d�pendance. Les etudes peuvent porter sur un phenomene linguistique particulier dans la mesure ou` elles donnent un eclairage particulier ou entraine une reflexion plus generale sur l'utilisation des dependances syntaxiques en traitement automatique de la langue. * FORMAT DES ARTICLES ********************* Les articles soumis n'excederont pas 30 pages en Helvetica 12. Ils seront acceptes dans un des formats suivants : RTF, LaTeX, Word. La feuille de style LaTeX est accessible sur le site web de la revue (http://www.linguist.jussieu.fr/~atala/tal/tal.html). On trouvera le detail des instructions destinees aux auteurs a la fin de chaque numero de la revue ou sur le site web. * LANGUE ******** Les soumissions se font en fran�ais. Les soumissions en anglais sont acceptees pour les auteurs non francophones. * ENVOI DES ARTICLES ******************** Les articles doivent etre envoyes par voie electronique (preferentiellement): sk at ccr.jussieu.fr ou en version papier: Sylvain Kahane Universite de Montreal CP 6128 Centre-Ville Montr�al H3C3J7 Canada * LA DATE LIMITE DES SOUMISSIONS ******************************** La date limite des soumissions est etendue au 1er juillet 1999. Les personnes qui ont l'intention de soumettre un article sont invitees a prendre contact avec Sylvain Kahane aussit�t que possible. Les decisions du comite de redaction et les commentaires des relecteurs devraient etre communiques aux auteurs courant juillet et les versions finales requises pour novembre 1999. * LA REVUE TAL ************** Deux numeros par an sont consacres a differents aspects du traitement automatique. La revue est publiee par l'ATALA (http://www.linguist.jussieu.fr/~atala/) et distribuee par les editions Klincksieck. Redacteurs en chef A. Abeille (Univ. Paris 7), B. Habert (ENS Fontenay) Comite de redaction : A. Abeille (Univ. Paris 7) C. d'Alessandro (CNRS LIMSI) P. Blache (LPL CNRS) D. Clement (Bergische Universit�t Wuppertal) A. Condamines (CNRS, Toulouse le Mirail) C. Gardent (Universit�t des Saarlandes) M. El-Beze (LIA, Univ. Avignon) B. Habert (ENS Fontenay-Saint Cloud et LIMSI) C. Jacquemin (IUT Nantes et LIMSI) J.-L. Lebrave (CNRS, ITEM) E. Tzoukermann (Bell Labs) B. Victorri (CNRS, Paris) P. Zweigenbaum (AP-HP, Univ. Paris 6) Comite Scientifique : M. Borillo (CNRS, Univ. Paul Sabatier, Toulouse) R. Carre (ENST, Paris) J.-P. Descles (Univ. Paris 4) C. Fuchs (CNRS, ENS Paris) M. Gross (LADL, Univ. Paris 7) R. Grunig (Univ.Paris 7) M. King (ISSCO, Geneve) P. Lafon (CNRS, ENS Fontenay St Cloud) F. Rastier (CNRS, Univ. Paris 4) W. von Hahn (Univ. Hambourg) Y. Wilks (Sheffield Univ.) A. Zaenen (Xerox Grenoble) From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Tue May 18 09:14:59 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:14:59 +0100 Subject: Jobs: 2 Offers Message-ID: _______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: steedman at cogsci.ed.ac.uk Subject: Temporary Positions 2/ From: Albert Subject: Lernout &Hauspie Language Technology, Openings in Machine Translation: grammars and lexicons development, based in Barcelona (Spain) _______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: steedman at cogsci.ed.ac.uk Subject: Temporary Positions *With apologies in advance for multiple mailings* DIVISION OF INFORMATICS TEMPORARY LECTURESHIPS in Computational Models of Human Cognition and Computational Linguistics Post 1 Ref: 776350 Areas of interest should include a number of the following: computational models of human reasoning and learning including skill and concept acquisition; multi-modal and cross-modal reasoning; diagrammatic reasoning; reasoning under uncertainty; planning and plan recognition; and applications of cognitive science theories to understanding the fundamental mechanisms of educational communication and its facilitation by technology. Post 2 Ref: 776351 Areas of interest should include a number of the following: information/language technology,including statistical natural language processing; speech recognition; natural language engineering; information retrieval; language resources; and computational dialogue modelling. Salary will be on the lecturer scales: AT2A/2B �16,655 - �29,048 p.a. or exceptionally AT3 �30,496 - �34,464 p.a. (under review) with placement according to experience. The appointment will be for three years. Further information about Informatics at Edinburgh may be obtained from the World Wide Web at http://www.informatics.ed.ac.uk or by email: hod at inf.ed.ac.uk Please quote Ref: WW Further particulars including the application procedure should be obtained from the Personnel Department, 1 Roxburgh Street, Edinburgh EH8 9TB or Tel: 0131-650-2511 (24 hour answering service). Closing Date: 28 May 1999 _______________________________________________________________________________ 2/ From: Albert Subject: Lernout &Hauspie Language Technology, Openings in Machine Translation: grammars and lexicons development, based in Barcelona (Spain) Openings in MACHINE TRANSLATION at L&H-LT Barcelona The L&H Language Technology GmbH & Co. KG (previously under the name GMS, Gesellschaft f�r Multilinguale Systeme mbH), with head office in Munich (Germany), is a leading developer of machine translation software. The L&H-LT language development division is based in Barcelona (Spain). For the development of new machine translation language pairs we have several job openings. The new candidates will back up the current team, comprising 45 members, in designing and implementing formal analysis, transfer, and generation grammars, or encoding the corresponding monolingual and bilingual lexicons. Candidate profile: - (Computational) Linguists for grammar and lexicon development (ref. LING) with: * university degree in linguistics or computational linguistics * some programming experience (grammar developers only); * experience in writing formal grammars for natural languages would be a plus Languages: * English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Dutch Successful candidates should: * be native speakers of one and have near-native proficiency in another of the languages mentioned above; additional languages would be an asset since further language pairs will soon be added * be willing to work together with the rest of the team * have good social and communicative abilities * show perseverance, accuracy and thoroughness Working language: English Starting date: As soon as possible (open for at least one year) Term of contract: 2 years with possibility of becoming permanent Salary: According to experience and age Office location: Center of Barcelona (in the charming 19th century district Eixample, within walking distance from the old part of the city and from the famous 'Las Ramblas') You will join a young, international, and highly motivated team. L&H-LT combines research and development of market-ready products. This will thus offer a great opportunity to those people who want to apply their acquired knowledge and apply their skills in real-world conditions. Since the L&H-LT long-term objective is to implement machine translation products for all possible language pair combinations between Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, this will also give future prospects to candidates beyond the initial term of contract. More information about L&H-LT can be found at the web page << http://www.lhs-lt.de >>. If you are interested, send CV and cover letter in English either by surface mail to: L&H-LT/GMS Sucursal en Espa�a Roger de Lluria, 50 1-B E-08009 BARCELONA Spain Fax: +34 - 93 - 487 76 19 or by email to jobs at bcn.gms.es indicating on the envelope or in the subject of the email the job reference. From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Tue May 18 09:16:11 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:16:11 +0100 Subject: Conf: EACL'99 Message-ID: From: Priscilla Rasmussen EACL '99 9th Conf. of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics Bergen, June 8-12, 1999 TAKING REGISTRATIONS NOW ! http://www.hit.uib.no/eacl99 The EACL '99 conference is this year's biggest academic event in Computational Linguistics taking place in Europe. Programme overview: ----------------------------------------------------------- June 7 Pre-conference excursion to the fjords June 8 Tutorials June 9-11 Main sessions, student sessions, posters&demos Invited speakers Bruce Croft & Wolfgang Wahlster Exhibit & Job Fair Social programme (reception & banquet) June 12 Workshops ----------------------------------------------------------- Please consult the website for the full programme, venue and local information, registration and hotel accommodation: http://www.hit.uib.no/eacl99 Welcome to Bergen ! Henry Thompson & Alex Lascarides, Programme Chairs Koenraad de Smedt, Chair of the Local Organization Committee Sponsors: LINGSOFT, University of Bergen (Humanities Faculty), Bergen University Fund, Norwegian Ministry of Education, Research and Church affairs _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ CALL FOR PARTICIPATION EACL'99 TUTORIALS PROGRAMME The EACL '99 conference is this year's biggest academic event in Computational Linguistics taking place in Europe. There will be two tutorial sessions on June 8th, 1999, with two tutorials each. TIME TABLE 8:30 Registration 9:30 Start Morning Session (1 and 3 below) 11:00 Break 11:30 Morning Session continued 13:00 Lunch 14.00 Start Afternoon Session (2 and 4 below) 15:30 Break 16.00 Afternoon Session continued 17:30 End of Sessions 1. Practical Text Mining Lecturer: Ronen Feldman 2. Natural Language Learning with the Maximum Entropy Framework Lecturer: Adwait Ratnaparkhi 3. Building Natural Language Generation Systems Lecturers: Robert Dale, Ehud Reiter 4. Lexicography for Computationalists Lecturers: Adam Kilgarriff, Michael Rundell The URL for the tutorials programme (with abstracts and further information) is http://ilk.kub.nl/~walter/eacl/prog.html The URL for the EACL'99 homepage is http://www.hit.uib.no/eacl99 -- Walter Daelemans From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Tue May 18 09:16:21 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:16:21 +0100 Subject: Conf: Formal Grammar Message-ID: From: Richard Oehrle FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 Formal Grammar Conference - FG99 PROGRAM August 7-8, 1999 Utrecht, The Netherlands In August 1999, the Eleventh European Summer School in Logic, Lan- guage and Information (ESSLLI XI) will be held in Utrecht, The Nether- lands, August 9-20. The ESSLLI Summer Schools have become a forum for work on formal grammar, encompassing the overlapping interests of work in formal linguistics, computational linguistics, and the role of logic and grammar formalisms. FG99 is the 5th conference on Formal Grammar held in conjunction with the European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information, which takes place in 1999 in Utrecht. Previous meetings were held in Barcelona (1995), Prague (1996), Aix-en-Provence (1997), and as part of the Joint Conference on Formal Grammar, Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, and Categorial Grammar (FHCG98) held in Saarbrucken last August. Themes of interest include formal and computational syntax, semantics, and pragmatics; head-driven phrase structure grammar and categorial grammar; model-theoretic and proof-theoretic methods in linguistics; constraint-based and resource-sensitive approaches to grammar; and foundational, methodological and architectural issues in grammar. Invited Lectures: Marcelo Finger (Department of Computer Science, University of Sao Paulo) Ed Keenan & Ed Stabler (Department of Linguistics, UCLA) Symposium: Grammatical Resources and Grammatical Inference David Dowty (Ohio State) Polly Jacobson (Brown) Gerhard Jager (Berlin) Reinhard Muskens (Tilburg) Mark Steedman (Edinburgh) commentator: Johan van Benthem (Amsterdam) On the following pages, a detailed program of the conference is pro- vided. Registration for the conference should be done via the ESSLLI XI Secretariat. The conference fee of Dfl. 80 includes a copy of the conference proceedings. Online registration for FG-99 and joint registration covering both FG99 and ESSLLI XI can be arranged at http://esslli.let.uu.nl Accommodation can be arranged via ESSLLI XI. Programme Committee: Anne Abeill'e (Paris) Gosse Bouma (Groningen) John Coleman (Oxford) Mary Dalrymple (Xerox Parc) David Dowty (Ohio State) Elisabet Engdahl (Gotenborg) Daniele Godard (Lille) Jack Hoeksema (Groningen) Polly Jacobson (Brown) Mark Johnson (Brown) Ruth Kempson (London) Shalom Lappin (London) Glyn Morrill (Barcelona) Anton Nijholt (Twente) Owen Rambow (Cogentex) Mark Steedman (Edinburgh) Further Information: Web site for ESSLLI XI: http://esslli.let.uu.nl Web site for FG99 : http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/fg.html Organizing Committee: Geert-Jan Kruijff (Prague) gj at ufal.mff.cuni.cz Paola Monachesi (Utrecht) Paola.Monachesi at let.uu.nl Dick Oehrle (Arizona) oehrle at linc.cis.upenn.edu FG-99 Program: Saturday, August 7, 1999 9.00 - 9.30 Generation and Parsing in OT-based Morphology Jochen Trommer (University of Potsdam) 9.30 - 10.00 Subsumption in Natural Language and Categorial Type Logic Martin Jansche (Ohio State University) 10.00 - 10.30 Monotonic Reasoning from a Proof-Theoretical Perspective Rafaella Bernardi (University of Utrecht) 10.30 - 11.00 break 11.00 - 11.30 Towards a Minimal Logic for Minimalist Grammars: Another Use of Lambek Calculus Alain Lecomte & Christian Retore (Universite Pierre Mendes- France/INRIA) 11.30 - 12.00 Proof Nets for Multimodal Categorial Grammars Richard Moot & Quintijn Puite (University of Utrecht) 12.00 - 13.00 Invited Lecture: Learning Structural Permissions in Categorial Grammar Marcel Finger (University of Sao Paulo) 13.00 - 14.30 break 14.30 - 15.00 Thematic Relations, Argument Hierarchy and Dynamic Event Semantics Ralf Naumann & Anja Latrouite (University of Dusseldorf) 15.00 - 15.30 Nominalisation and Rhetorical Structure Rodger Kibble (University of Brighton) 15.30 - 16.00 A Semantics of Temporal Questions Rani Nelken & Nissim Francez (Technion) 16.00 - 16.30 break 16.30 - 17.00 Quantification and Existential Sentences Agnes Bende-Farkas (University of Stuttgart) 17.00 - 17.30 Analyzing Context-Free and Context-Sensitive Grammars by Abstract Interpretation Michael Leuschel, Nick Linnenbrugger, & Jerome Thoma (Uni- versity of Southampton) 17.30 - 18.30 Invited Lecture: Linguistics Invariants and the Joys of Polytheism Ed Keenan & Ed Stabler (UCLA) Sunday, August 8, 1999 9.00 - 9.30 Clitic Climbing in Polish Verb Clusters: an HPSG Approach Anna Kupsc (Polish Academy of Sciences/Universite Paris 7) 9.30 - 10.00 Clitic Climbing and `Long' Transformations in HPSG and Tree Adjoining Grammar Seth Kulick (University of Pennsylvania) 10.00 - 10.30 A (HPSG) Quantification-based Approach to Negative Concord in Romanian Emil Ionescu (University of Bucharest) 10.30 - 11.00 break 11.00 - 11.30 Word Order, Negation, and Negative Polarity in Hindi Shravan Vasishth (Ohio State University) 11.30 - 12.00 Grammatical Marking in hpsg: A Unified Analysis of Prepo- sitions and Case Marking Jesse Tseng (University of Edinburgh) 12.00 - 12.30 Partial Proof Trees and Cross-Serial Dependencies in Dutch Aravind Joshi, Seth Kulick, & Natasha Kurtonina (University of Pennsylvania) 12.30 - 14.00 break Symposium: Grammatical Resources and Grammatical Inference 14.00 - 14.40 Pauline Jacobson (Brown University) 14.40 - 15.20 David Dowty (Ohio State University): Natural Language Anaphora and Type Logical Syntax 15.20 - 16.00 Gerhard Jager (University of Berlin): Resource sharing in type logical grammar 16.00 - 16.30 break 16.30 - 17.10 Mark Steedman (University of Edinburgh) 17.10 - 17.50 Reinhard Muskens (KUB, Tilburg): Logical Syntax and Dynamic Semantics 17.50 - 18.30 discussion: Johan van Benthem (University of Amsterdam) From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Tue May 18 09:16:27 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:16:27 +0100 Subject: Conf: ACL'99 Message-ID: From: Priscilla Rasmussen ACL '99 37th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA June 20-26, 1999 TAKING REGISTRATIONS NOW ! http://www.mri.mq.edu.au/conf/acl99 The ACL '99 conference this year will offer a larger and more diversified program than ever before. Below is a Program Overview. Detailed information and the entire registration brochure may be found at the website above. The registration brochure has also been sent to all ACL members in hardcopy on 19th April, 1999. If you would like an emailed version of the VERY LONG brochure, please contact Priscilla Rasmussen at acl at aclweb.org. We also plan to have the online registration working (hopefully) by the end of April. ----------------------------------------------------------- 19 June Registration and Tutorial Reception 20 June Tutorials--3 morning and 3 afternoon 21-22 June Workshops--4 1-day and 2 2-day workshops 23-26 June Technical, Thematic, and Student Sessions (23rd and 26th Technical, 24th and 25th Thematic and Student sessions); Invited Speakers: Marti Hearst, Sadaoki Furui, and George Miller. ACL Business Meeting and Student Member Lunch Meeting. Social program (Opening Reception, 22nd June, and Banquet, 23rd June) ----------------------------------------------------------- Please consult the website for the full program, venue and local information, registration and hotel accommodation: We hope to see you there! Robert Dale and Kenneth Church, Program Chairs Bonnie Dorr, Local Arrangements Chair ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ CO-LOCATED MEETING: There will also be a co-located symposium, Computer-Mediated Language Assessment and Evaluation in Natural Language Processing, organized by Mari Broman Olsen. This symposium will take place Tuesday, June 22nd on the University of Maryland campus. For further information, please contact Mari Olsen, molsen at umiacs.umd.edu or see the web http://umiacs.umd.edu/~molsen/acl-iall From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Tue May 18 09:16:29 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:16:29 +0100 Subject: Conf: SCIE'99 Message-ID: From: SCIE99 ********************** ********************** ********************** Apologies if you get this call more than once via mailing lists ********************** ********************** ********************** SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT Call for Participation School on Information Extraction SCIE99 Frascati(Rome), June 28, July 3, 1999 http://scie99.info.uniroma2.it/ ******* IMPORTANT DATES Early registration deadline: May 15 Grant application deadline: May 15 ******* The Artificial Intelligence research group of the Department of Computer Science, Systems and Production of the University of Roma Tor Vergata (Italy), in cooperation with the Italian Association of Artifical Intelligence (AI*IA), is pleased to announce the second edition of the School on Information Extraction (SCIE99), to be held in Frascati (Roma), Italy, from June 28 to July 3, 1999 . The school provides a forum for researchers and practitioners with different background and expertise, to discuss ideas and describe experiences in defining and implementing IE systems. To maximize interaction among SCIE-99 participants, the attendance will be limited to 80 persons. CONTENTS The school is organized as a set of lectures held by internationally renown experts from the different disciplines concerning IE themes. These lectures are explicitly meant to address interdisciplinary issues and will introduce common goals, needs and problems of the different approaches. Demo sessions on current IE technologies and systems will be also held at the school. INVITED SPEAKERS -Jean Pierre CHANOD (XEROX Research Centre Europe, FR) "Finite-state linguistic components: the case of digital libreries" -Veronica DAHL (Simon Fraser Univ. Ca) "From Speech to Knowledge" -Maria Teresa PAZIENZA (Univ. Rome Tor Vergata, IT) "Engineering IE systems: an Object Oriented perspective" -Harold SOMERS (UMIST, UK) "Knowledge extraction from bilingual corpora" -John SOWA (Westchester Polytechnic Univ. USA) "Relating Templates to Language and Logic" -Marc VILAIN (The MITRE Corporation, MA, USA) "Multilingual IE systems" -Ellen VOORHEES (NIST, MD, USA) "Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval" -Yorick WILKS (Univ. of Sheffield, UK) "Can we make Information Extraction more adaptive?" GRANTS Thanks to the support of the AI*IA (Italian Association of Artificial Intelligence) and some of the sponsors, grants will be available for advanced students and young researchers. Details at the SCIE99 web site. SCHOOL VENUE The School will be held in the pleasant atmosphere of the historic city of Frascati (near Rome, Italy). The school will be hosted by the European Space Agency at ESRIN establishment. Thanks to this hospitality, we hope to reach a friendly atmosphere as in the past edition of the school, which enabled fruitful exchanges of ideas among participants. ___________________________________________________________________________ Any information for SCIE-99 participation (registration fees, grants, lectures, accommodation, ...) may be found at the school web page http://scie99.info.uniroma2.it ___________________________________________________________________________ SCIE-99 Program Commettee: * Luigia Carlucci Aiello (Univ. of Roma La Sapienza) * Elisa Bertino (Univ. of Milano) * Maria Teresa Pazienza (Univ. of Roma, Tor Vergata) (chair) * Domenico Sacca' (Univ. of Calabria) * Lorenza Saitta (Univ. of Torino) SCIE-99 Organizing Committee: - R. Basili (Univ. Roma Tor Vergata) (chair) - C. Cardani (Univ. Roma Tor Vergata) - M. Di Nanni (Univ. Roma Tor Vergata) - M. Vindigni (Univ. Roma Tor Vergata) - F. Zanzotto (Univ. Roma Tor Vergata) School e-mail: scie99 at info.uniroma2.it -------------------------------------------------- For more details, please contact: prof. Maria Teresa Pazienza Dept. of Computer Science, Systems and Production University of Roma, Tor Vergata Via di Tor Vergata 00133 ROMA (ITALY) tel: +39 06 72597378 (office); fax +39 06 72597460; e_mail: pazienza at info.uniroma2.it -------------------------------------------------- From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Tue May 18 09:16:30 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:16:30 +0100 Subject: Ecole: Eurolan'99 Message-ID: From: Amalia Todirascu We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message. ***************************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The 4th EUROLAN Summer School on Human Language Technology "Lexical Semantics and Multilinguality" 19-31 July 1999 Iasi - Romania Extended deadline for early registration: 14 June Extended deadline for late registration: 12 July ***************************** Please consult the EUROLAN'99 pages: http://www.infoiasi.ro/~eurolan99/ http://bach.u-strasbg.fr/LIIA/todirascu/eurolan/index.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Dan Cristea University "A.I.Cuza" Iasi Phone: +40.32.20-1529/1542 Dept. of Computer Science Fax: +40.32.213330 16, Berthelot St. E-mail: dcristea at infoiasi.ro 6600 - Iasi URL: http://www.infoiasi.ro/~dcristea Romania --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End Included Message ----- From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Thu May 20 13:54:09 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:54:09 +0100 Subject: Jobs: 3 Offers Message-ID: ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: Kordula De Kuthy Subject: job openings at U. of Tuebingen 2/ From: Jodi Scheffler Subject: NL Development Mangager @ Microsoft/Redmond, WA - USA 3/ From: Jodi Scheffler Subject: NL Program Manager @ Microsoft/Redmond, WA - USA ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: Kordula De Kuthy Subject: job openings at U. of Tuebingen The Division of Computational Linguistics in the Dept. of Linguistics at the University of Tuebingen, Germany announces TWO JOB VACANCIES to be filled immediately. We are searching for: TWO THEORETICAL or COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTS to conduct research in a project of the Sonderforschungsbereich 340 "Theoretische Grundlagen der Computerlinguistik". The project is concerned with the development, formalization, and implementation of a large syntax fragment for German in combination with a constraint logic programming language for this purpose. It continues the work carried out in the projects B4 and B8; more detailed information about these projects is available at: http://www.sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de/en_nf_asc_b8.shtml http://www.sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de/controll/ Applicants should have one of the following qualifications: 1. theoretical and practical experience in logic programming and an interest in applying this knowledge to the design and implementation of a computational system for processing HPSG grammars. 2. strong background in the syntax of German, good knowledge of HPSG, and an interest in the formalization and implementation of a large German syntax fragment. The positions are at the rank of "Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter" (M.A. or Ph.D. required). The salary is on the German payscale of BAT IIa/2 (with M.A. in hand; min. 35.000DM/year) or BATIIa (with Ph.D. in hand; min. 70.000DM/year). The positions are funded until December 31, 2000. Applications should include CV, an outline of research experience/interests, and names and addresses of two referees. A sample publication representative of the applicant's research expertise would be helpful. Applications should be sent by mail or email to the address below. Kordula De Kuthy and Erhard W. Hinrichs Seminar fuer Sprachwissenschaft, Abt. Computerlinguistik Eberhard-Karls Universitaet Tuebingen Wilhelmstr. 113 D-72074 Tuebingen, Germany Email: kdk at sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de Although interviews may start at any time, applications received by June 20th, 1999 will receive full consideration. In case of equal qualifications, preference will be given to persons with disabilities. The University of Tuebingen strives to increase the representation of female scientists. Women are, therefore, especially encouraged to apply. ______________________________________________________________________________ 2/ From: Jodi Scheffler Subject: NL Development Mangager @ Microsoft/Redmond, WA - USA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER The Natural Language Group (NLG) is Microsoft's central organization for development of advanced linguistic technology. This strategic and growing group critical for making software easier for customers to use and central to Microsoft's future. The features ship in all of Microsoft's key applications and systems products, including Office, Windows and several consumer apps. Enabling computers to understand natural language is a difficult, fascinating, and critical task. Microsoft has amassed some of the top linguists in the world and we are in the business of developing and shipping high quality linguistic features such as grammars, and search engines and eventually machine translation. Primary responsibilities include management of a 40 person development team working on a set of diverse linguistic technology and product features. Additionally, the development manager is responsible for coordinating and driving the overall technical vision for the NLG. Qualifications should include a minimum of 3 years of prior development management or lead experience. Strong communication and technical skills are required. Prior dev mgr. experience preferred and bi-lingual and/or linguistic skills are a plus. A BA/BS degree in Computer Science or other related technical field preferred. Please send resume to SSolar at Microsoft.com ______________________________________________________________________________ 3/ From: Jodi Scheffler Subject: NL Program Manager @ Microsoft/Redmond, WA - USA GROUP PROGRAM MANAGER The Natural Language Group (NLG) is Microsoft's central organization for development of advanced linguistic technology. This strategic and growing group critical for making software easier for customers to use and central to Microsoft's future. The features ship in all of Microsoft's key applications and systems products, including Office, Windows and several consumer apps. Enabling computers to understand natural language is a difficult, fascinating, and critical task. Microsoft has amassed some of the top linguists in the world and we are in the business of developing and shipping high quality linguistic features such as grammars, and search engines and eventually machine translation. The GPM position is responsible for driving planning, design, schedules and integration of the NL features. The ideal leader will coordinate with NLG's development and test organizations, research, and the various client management teams. This person will be responsible for driving and evangelizing smart design strategies and influencing technical directions. Because of the technical challenges associated with this position, the ideal candidate will have broad experience in shipping technical products. Qualifications include a minimum of 7 years program management experience including leadership and management experience. Prior GPM experience preferred and bi-lingual and/or linguistic skills are a plus. Software engineering background and strong communication skills required. A BA/BS degree in Computer Science preferred. Please send resume to SSolar at Microsoft.com From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Thu May 20 13:54:17 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:54:17 +0100 Subject: Appel: ACIDCA'2000 Message-ID: From: BELGUITH Lamia [Please post : Apologies for any duplication ] ****************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS & EXHIBITION ACIDCA'2000 International Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence for Decision, Control and Automation in Engineering and Industrial Applications Monastir (Tunisia), 22-24 March 2000 Organized by : Association for Innovation and Technology (Tunisia) University of Sfax (ENIS - FSEGS) Sponsored by : IEEE SMC Co-Sponsored by : TSS Supported by : Tunisian State Secretariat of Scientific Research and Technology(SERST) ******************************************************************* SCOPE ----- Technological innovation is related to more than one scientific field. Cooperation between researchers in different scientific fields and industrials is nowadays inevitable. The International Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence for Decision, Control and Automation in Engineering and Industrial Applications (ACIDCA'2000) will provide a forum for theoretician and practitioner researchers, industrials, and academic experts to exchange ideas, share experiences, promote technological products, and address the important issue of the applications of advanced topics in computational intelligence, artificial intelligence, decision, control, and automation in engineering and industrial systems. ACIDCA'2000 will include exhibits and demonstrations of real-world applications and will be a job fair by matching up applicants with employment opportunities. TECHNICAL PROGRAM ----------------- ACIDCA'2000 will be organized into seven thematic technical sessions focusing on theory, implementation and applications. ACIDCA'2000 will also include invited plenary speeches on selected advanced aspects given by experts in the specific state-of-the art subject areas. Invited special talks on major topics by eminent speakers will be included in the technical sessions. There will be tutorial sessions on March 21. Detailed information on the sessions along with tutorial abstracts will be available at ACIDCA'2000 web site as soon as they are finalized. EXHIBITION ---------- The exhibition will be held in parallel with ACIDCA'2000. All delegates and guests will have an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the technical characteristics, performances, and details concerning the function and applications of the products and display. Exhibitors who wish to participate in the exhibition are requested to send application forms (available on the web site of the conference) to the Secretariat of ACIDCA'2000 no later than October 15, 1999. WORKING LANGUAGE ---------------- The working language of ACIDCA'2000 is English. THEMATIC SESSIONS ----------------- 1) Intelligent Methods : Computational Intelligence, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Genetic Algorithms, Evolutionary Computation, Hybrid Systems, Learning Algorithms, Heuristic Searching, Intelligent Agents, Cooperative Knowledge-based Systems, Expert Systems, Machine Learning, Knowledge Representation, Distributed AI and Multi-Agents, Computer-aided Reading, Data Analysis and Modeling, Data Fusion and Mining, Knowledge Discovery, Prediction & Time Series Analysis, Information Retrieval, Intelligent User Interface. 2) Methods and Heuristics for Decision Making : Intelligent Databases, Information Systems, Case-based Reasoning, Decision Support Systems, GDSS, Multiple Criteria Decision Making, Qualitative and Approximate-Reasoning Modeling, Meta-heuristics for Optimization, Decision Theory, Game Theory, Discrete Simulation. 3) Software Engineering : Requirement Engineering, Software Specification Techniques, Software Design Techniques, Software Architecture, Design Patterns, Refinement and Analysis Techniques, Formal Development Techniques, Software Prototyping, Software Implementation Techniques, Software Validation, Verification and Testing, Model Checking, Software Quality Assurance, Software Maintenance, Software Process Model (Life Cycles), Computer-Aided Software Engineering, Software Development Environments, Software Reuse, Reverse Engineering, Object-Oriented Design, Software Engineering for and over the Internet, Distributed Systems, Multi-agent Systems. 4) Corpora and Natural Language Processing : Lexicography, Lexical knowledge acquisition, Part of Speech Tagging, Unknown word guessing, Term recognition, Morphological Analysis, Robust Parsing, Word Sense Disambiguation, Anaphora Resolution, Discourse segmentation, Machine Translation, Agreement Error Correction, Spelling and Grammar Correction, Information Extraction, Automatic Abstracting, Text Categorisation, Speech processing, Multilingual corpora and multilingual applications, Corpus annotation, Evaluation. 5) Engineering and Industrial Applications : Industrial Process Control, Real-time Systems, Discrete Event Systems, Petri Nets, Robotics, Mechanical System Control, Mechatronics, Electric Machine Design, Variable Speed Drives, Automotive Electrical Systems, Power System Control, Renewable Energy Systems, Environment Engineering Systems, Chemical and Biotechnical Process Control, Irrigation Systems Control, Intelligent Sensors and Virtual Measurements, VLSI, Hardware Implementation, Communication Systems, Multimedia Systems, Intelligent Manufacturing and Production Systems, Production Management, Planning and Scheduling, Quality Control, CIM. 6) Systems Analysis and Automatic Control : System Identification, Modeling, Model Reduction, Filtering and Signal Processing, Optimal and Robust Control, Adaptive and Predictive Control, Pole Placement Control, Multivariable and Decentralized Control, Sliding Mode Control, Fuzzy Control, Neural Control, Computer Control, Computer Aided Control System, Fault Detection and Diagnostic, Expert and Knowledge Based Systems, Nonlinear Systems, Stochastic Systems, Time Varying Systems, Large-scale Systems. 7) Vision & Pattern Recognition : Pattern Recognition : Clustering and Classification, Handwriting Recognition and Verification : Cursive Script Recognition, Characters and Digits, Words, Signature, Graphics and Symbol Recognition : Engineering Drawings, Maps, Logo Types, Document Processing : Layout Analysis, Segmentation and Labeling, Language Identification, Document Structure Analysis and Modeling, Signal and Image Processing : Thresholding, Thinning, Noise Removal, Segmentation, Vision and Image Understanding, Fractals, Speech Recognition, Signal Compression and Transmission, Application Systems : Bank-Check Processing, Business Forms Reading, Postal Automation, Number Plate Recognition, Storage and Information Retrieval : Video Images, Compression Algorithms, Multimedia and Hypertext, Text Retrieval and Document Model. HONORARY CHAIRS --------------- M. Ben Ahmed (TN), G. Dabbeche (TN), L.A. Zadeh (USA) GENERAL CHAIRS -------------- A. M. Alimi (TN), L. Belguith Hadrich (TN), A. Ben Hamadou (TN) INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE ------------------------------- 1) Thematic Session on Intelligent Methods Chairs : R. Braham (TN), M. Mohammadian (AUS) Members : H. Adeli (USA), O. Castillo (MEX), D. Dubois (F), H. Farreny (F), L. Foulloy (F), T. Fukuda (J), P. Glize (F), D. Goldberg (USA), H. Hyotyniemi (FI), F. Karray (CDN), T.D. Pham (AUS), A. Rebai (TN), D. Rutkowska (PL), A. Sattar (AUS), J.L. Soubie (F), R.J. Stonier (AUS), S. Vassilyev (RU), J. Virbel (F), K. Warwick (UK), X. Yao (UK) 2) Thematic Session on Methods and Heuristics for Decision Making Chair : F. Ben Abdelaziz (TN) Members : H. Artiba (B), S. Ben Abdallah (TN), M. Bettaz (DZ), F. Badran (F), P. Borne (F), J. Climaco (P), Y. Gadhoum (CDN), K. Ghoudi (CDN), M. Haouari (TN), O. Ibrahim (KWI), M. Itmi (F), J.Y. Jaffray (F), O. Laritchev (RU), M. Maouch (DZ), J.M. Martel (CDN), K. Mellouli (TN), H. Merza (KWI), R. Mhallah (TN), J.C. Pomerol (F), B. Raggad (USA), M. Roubens (B), C. Roucairol (F), B. Roy (F), P. Smets (B), R.E. Steuer (USA), E. Talbi (F), M. Tamiz (UK), J. Teghem (B) 3) Thematic Session on Software Engineering Chairs : F. Kamoun (TN), P. Pepper (D) Members : K. Barkaoui (F), A. Belguith (TN), N. Belkhiter (CDN), H. Ben Ghezala (TN), R. Bouaziz (TN), M. Broy (D), S. Castano (I), A. Cherif (J), K. Drira (F), C.F. Ducateau (F), S. Jahnichen (D), A. Jaoua (SA), D. McGregor (USA), A. Mili (USA), M. Picavet (F), S. Sahraoui (BH), P. Srimani (USA) 4) Thematic Session on Corpora and NLP Chair : R. Mitkov (UK) Members : R. Basili (I), P. Blache (F), C. Boitet (F), R. Bruce (USA), J.-P. Chanod (F), F. Debili (TN), J.-P. Descles (F), J. Dichy (F), E. Ditters (NL), E. Gaussier (F), U. Hahn (D), N. Ide (USA), G. Lallich (F), C. Mankai (TN), T. McEnery (UK), J.-G. Meunier (CDN), A. Mikheev (UK), J.L. Minel (F), S. Piperidis (GR), H. Rodriguez (E), M. Rosner (MLT), M. Rolbert (F), P. Seuren (NL), H. Somers (UK), K.-Y. Su (TAI), I. Trancoso (POR), E. Tzoukermann (USA), A. Voutilainen (FI) 5) Thematic Session on Engineering and Industrial Applications Chairs : N. Derbel (TN), A. Elantably (USA) Members : M. Abid (TN), M. Annabi (TN), I. Belkhoja (TN), N. Benhadj Braiek (TN), S. Belguith (TN), A. Bouallegue (TN), R. Dhifaoui (TN), A. Dhouib (TN), M. Gabbouj (FI), F. Ghorbel (USA), T. Hadhri (TN), M. Ja�dane (TN), H. Kallel (TN), L. Kamoun (TN), M.B.A. Kamoun (TN), M. Karkoub (KWI), R. Le Doeuff (F), S. Lejmi (USA), A. Maalej (TN), K. Najim (F), M. Poloujadoff (F), A.S. Poznyak (MEX), M. Sawan (CDN), S. Siala (F), J.A. Tegopoulos (GR), R. Tourki (TN) 6) Thematic Session on Systems Analysis and Automatic Control Chairs : M.B.T. Kamoun (TN), A. Titli (F) Members : J. Aguilar-Martin (F), R. Ben Abdennour (TN), A. Benhammou (MA), J. Bernussou (F), J.-L. Calvet (F), B. Dahhou (F), G. Enea (F), G. Favier (F), F.G. Filip (R), Z. Gajic (USA) , G. Garcia (F), C.J. Harris (UK), M. Ksouri (TN), P. Millot (F), M. Najim (F), A. Ouali (TN), J. Quevedo (E), P.D. Roberts (UK), A. Toumi (TN), H.-R. Trankler (D) 7) Thematic Session on Vision & Pattern Recognition Chairs : M. Cheriet (CDN), F. Ghorbel (TN) Members : A. Amin (AUS), A. Belaid (F), F. Bouslama (J), N. Ellouze (TN), A. Ennaji (F), M. Gilloux (F), M. Leard (F), E. Lecolinet (F), Y. Lecourtier (F), C.G. Leedham (SGP), W. Li (PRC), G. Lorette (F), F. Merazka (DZ), C. Olivier (F), E.H. Ruspini (USA), S. Srihari (USA), G. Stamon (F), C.Y. Suen (CDN) LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------------- Chairs : W. Gargouri (TN), A. Masmoudi (TN) Members : H. Abdelkafi (TN), C. Aloulou (TN), N. Ben Amara (TN), M. Ben Jemaa (TN), H. Bouchhima (TN), M. Chtourou (TN), F. Gargouri (TN), A. Hadj Kacem (TN), M. Jaoua (TN), M. Jmaiel (TN), A. Kamoun (TN), O. Mazhoud (TN), H. Miled (TN), F. Mouria Beji (TN), H. Trabelsi (TN) INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ---------------------------------- Chairs : F. Ghorbel (USA), F. Karray (CDN) Members : F. Bouslama (J), A. Cherif (J), F. Derbel (D), O. Kanoun (D), S. Kanoun (F), M. Karkoub (KWI), M.A. Khabou (USA), S. Lejmi (USA), C. Olivier (F), T. Ouerfelli (F), S. Sahraoui (BH), I. Timimi (F) PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS ----------------------- Selected papers, in extended form, will be considered for publication in edited books and eventually in international journals. ACIDCA'2000 will offer best paper awards in three categories : Best Paper, Best Poster Paper and Best Student Paper. DEADLINES --------- ** Conference Schedule Paper Submission Due 01 October 1999 Notification of Acceptance 10 December 1999 Receipt of Camera-ready Paper and Registration Fees 10 January 2000 ** Exhibition Schedule Application Form Due 15 October 1999 Receipt of Registration Fees 15 January 2000 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES --------------------- Authors are requested to send four copies of full papers, written in English and not exceeding ten pages including figures, tables and references, to ACIDCA'2000 SECRETARIAT (please see the address below). Papers should be prepared on A4 or 8.5" x 11" (Letter size) paper with 2.5 cm (1") margins on all sides, simple-column format, in Times or similar style, 12 points. Papers must be written on one side of the sheets and they should include title, author's name(s) and affiliation(s) on top of the first page followed by an abstract. Fax or e-mail submissions are not acceptable. Please indicate corresponding authors with the e-mail addresses if available. Papers should be accompanied with a submission letter indicating the conference thematic session and four keywords covering the main paper subject. In addition, a 200-word (or so) abstract of the paper and a list of keywords should be emailed as plain text to : acidca2000-oc at majordomo.ieee.org Please indicate the thematic session in the subject of the message. CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION FEES ------------------------------ ACIDCA'2000 conference registration fee will be announced on the web as soon as possible. ACIDCA'2000 exhibition registration fee is estimated to US$ 140 per m� for those companies who wish to design and build their own stand, and US$ 195 per m� for package stands. A single room in a four-star hotel will cost around 50$. TOURISTIC INFORMATION ---------------------- Monastir is located at 165 km south-east of Tunis, 24 km east of Sousse, and 80 km east of Kairouan. Monastir is served by the Skanes-Monastir International Airport, an excellent road network, a Railway service connecting Monastir to Sousse, beautiful wide avenues surrounded by extensive parks as well as an impressive university. In Monastir there is no shortage of pleasures : vast stretches of golden beaches, breathtaking views, inland scenery of fascinating beauty and a thousand contrasts, a land of lushness and genuine local hospitality. Hotels are plentiful, often luxurious and always well located and well equipped. For more touristic information, please visit : http://www.tourismtunisia.com or contact : info at tourismtunisia.com. ACIDCA'2000 SECRETARIAT ----------------------- ADDRESS : Centre Postal Maghreb Arabe, BP 120, 3049 Sfax, Tunisia TEL : +216-4-279-154 (# 109) FAX : +216-4-296-229 E-MAIL : acidca2000-oc at majordomo.ieee.org WEB : http://www.chez.com/acidca2000 From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Thu May 20 13:55:12 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:55:12 +0100 Subject: Appel: ICoS-1 Message-ID: From: mdr at wins.uva.nl (Maarten de Rijke) FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS First workshop on INFERENCE IN COMPUTATIONAL SEMANTICS ICoS-1 Institute for Logic, Language and Computation Amsterdam, August 15, 1999 (Submission deadline: June 1, 1999) Endorsed by SIGSEM, the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) Special Interest Group (SIG) on computational semantics. ABOUT ICoS Traditional inference tools (such as theorem provers and model builders) are reaching new levels of sophistication and are now widely and easily available. In addition, a wide variety of new tools (statistical and probabilistic methods, ideas from the machine learning community) are likely to be increasingly applied in computational semantics for natural language. Indeed, computational semantics has reached the stage where the exploration and development of inference is one of its most pressing tasks --- and there's a lot of interesting new work which takes inferential issues seriously. The first workshop on Inference in Computational Semantics (ICoS-1) intends to bring together researchers from areas such as Computational Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, and Logic, in order to discuss approaches and applications of inference in natural language semantics. SUBMISSIONS We invite two kinds of submissions: research papers on inference methods in computational semantics as well as their applications; and system descriptions. Research papers can be up to 10 A4 size pages (formatted using the standard LaTeX2e options 11pt and a4paper), and system descriptions can be up to 4 A4 size pages (again, formatted using 11pt, a4paper as options). System descriptions should focus on actual implementations, explaining system architecture issues and specific implementation techniques. Every system description should be accompanied by a system demo at ICoS-1. The primary means of submission will be electronic, in PostScript format. Submissions should be sent to icos1 at wins.uva.nl. DATES * Submission deadline: June 1, 1999 * Notification date: July 1, 1999 * Final versions due: July 21, 1999 * Workshop: August 15, 1999 PROGRAM The following people will give invited presentations: * Johan Bos (Saarbruecken) Automated Reasoning for Natural Language Semantics * Steve Pulman (Cambridge and SRI International) Bidirectional Contextual Resolution * Matthew Stone (Rutgers) Towards a Computational Account of Knowledge, Action and Instructions The program committee for ICoS-1 consists of the following people: James Allen Alex Lascarides Patrick Blackburn Christof Monz Denys Duchier Reinhard Muskens Jan van Eijck Manfred Pinkal Claire Gardent Maarten de Rijke Jacques Jayez Len Schubert Aravind Joshi Henk Zeevat Michael Kohlhase LOCATION ICoS-1 will be held at the University of Amsterdam during the 11th European Summer School on Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI'99), which will be held in Utrecht, approximately 30 km from Amsterdam. FURTHER INFORMATION Detailed information about the program, and about registration and accommodation will be made available at a later stage. For further information, please contact the local organizers at icos1 at wins.uva.nl or visit the ICoS-1 home page: http://www.illc.uva.nl/~mdr/ICoS/ From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Thu May 20 13:56:01 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:56:01 +0100 Subject: Appel: CII'99 Message-ID: From: laskri tayeb CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on Computer Science (cii'99 : Conf�rence Internationale en Informatique) November 22-23, 1999, Annaba, Algeria Organized by Department of Computer Science - University of Annaba - Algeria http://www.multimania.com/cii99/cii99.htm http://www.cerist.dz/manifpub/ email : cii99 at ist.cerist.dz, ainfo at ist.cerist.dz The International Conference on Computer Science will be held in 1999 at the Department of computer science, Annaba, Algeria. The Purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers, developers and practitioners from academia and industry. The Conference provides an international forum for presentation and discussion of research on computer science. The conference will feature contributed papers , tutorials and Posters concerned with theory, practice and applications The topics will include, the following areas : - Software Engineering - Artificial Intelligence - Computer Human Interaction - Natural Language Processing - Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) - Pattern Recognition - Modeling, Scheduling Submission of Papers : We solicit new research and �real experience� papers in any of the technical areas listed above. Manuscripts must be in English, or French double-spaced, 12 point font, and must not exceed 16 pages. The first page of the manuscript should include the article title, authors' name(s), affiliations, postal addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address of the principal author. The second page should begin with the article title, a brief abstract, keywords and the text. Papers will be peer-reviewed. The submission process of papers will be handled electronically. Authors unable to submit electronically are invited to send three copies and one copy in 3�1/2 disk of their contribution to the Program Chair before May 31, 1999 at the following address. (Please e-mail the Program Chair to inform him that your paper has been mailed and you will present the paper if the paper is accepted.): Mohamed Tayeb Laskri , Program Chair Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science , University of Annaba B.P. 12 , Annaba 23000, Algeria. Telephone and Fax : (213) 8 87 28 12, (213) 8 87 27 56 E-mail: laskri at yahoo.com, laskri at ist.cerist.dz Final version of selected papers will be published in the scientific and technologic revue in a special number � Synth�se ISSN 111-4924� Submission of Tutorials: We invite you to submit proposals for technical tutorials. A proposal should include the title, instructor's name, topics covered, length of the tutorial, equipment needed, and instructor's biography and qualifications. It should also indicate the objectives and the time al location for major course topics. Important Deadlines : Papers and Tutorials Due : May 31, 1999 Notification of Acceptance : September 4, 1999 Final text : October 2, 1999 For more information, please contact : CII'99, Department of Computer Science - University of Annaba, B.P.12 Annaba 23000 Algeria. Telephone and Fax : (213) 8 87 27 56, (213) 8 87 28 12 Email: {ainfo, cii99}@ist.cerist.dz Web Site for current information about the cii'99 Go to http://www.cerist.dz/manifpub/ http://www.multimania.com/cii99/cii99.htm Program Committee chairman : Med Tayeb Laskri Permanent Secretary : Djamel Essolh Amrane Organization chairman : Tahar Bensebaa International Program Committee : M.Ahmed-Nacer (University of Algiers, Algeria) E.Aimeur (University of Montreal, Canada) A.Aissani (University of Blida, Algeria) D.Aissani (University of Bejaia, Algeria) A.Ait-Aoudia (I.N.I., Algiers, Algeria) Y.Amghar (INSA, Lyon, France) M.Amjad (Philadelphia University, Aman, Jordan) A.Attoui (LLP/CESALP, University of Savoie, France) M.Babes (University of Annaba, Algeria) N.Badache (University of Algiers, Algeria) M.Badri (Universiy of Quebec, Canada) M.C.Batouche (University of Constantine, Algeria) M.Bedda (University of Annaba, Algeria) N.Belkhiter (Laval University, Canada) S.Benbernou (University of Oran, Algeria) M.S.Bendelloul (University of Annaba, Algeria) B.Bendjillali (University of Oran, Algeria) A.Benhamadou (University of Sfax, Tunisia) S.A.Benjelloun (ITS, Rabat, Morocco) T.Bensebaa (University of Annaba, Algeria) M.Bettaz (University of Constantine, Algeria) E.Bianco (University of Aix-Marseille II, France) M.Boualem (LPL, University of Aix-Marseille, France) M.Boufaida (University of Constantine, Algeria) Z.Boufaida (University of Constantine, Algeria) A.Boukaram (University of Setif, Algeria) M.Chaib-Draa (University of Quebec, Canada) N.Djeddi (University of Biskra, Algeria) N.Doghmane (University of Annaba, Algerie) H.Drias (University of Algiers, Algeria) H.Hadjami ben ghezala (Ensi, Tunis, Tunisia) A.Henni (I.N.I., Algiers, Algeria) A.Hocine (University of Peau , France) S.Ghoul (Philadelphia University, Aman, Jordan) T.Khammaci (University of Nantes, France) M.K.Kholladi (University of Constantine, Algeria) J.M.Knippel (University of Provence, France) M.Lalam (University of Tizi Ouzou, Algeria) M.T. Laskri (University of Annaba, Algeria) Z.Maamar (University of Quebec, Canada) M.Maouche (University of Constantine, Algeria) M.Masud (Philadelphia University, Aman, Jordan) M.Mezghiche (University of Tizi Ouzou, Algeria) A.Mokhtari-Aissani (University of Algiers, Algerie) C.Oussalah (University of Nimes, France) G.Perennou (University of Toulouse, France) I.Rassoul (University of Tizi Ouzou, Algeria) D.Rebaine (Universit� of Tizi Ouzou, Algeria) P.Rubel (INSA, Lyon, France) Z.Sahnoun (University of Constantine, Algeria) M.Sellami (University of Annaba, Algeria) M.Si-Mohammed (University of Tizi Ouzou, Algeria) S.Slaoui (University of Rabat, Morocco) Y.Slimani (University of Tunis, Tunisia) N.Vigouroux (University of Toulouse, France) N.Vincent (University of Tours, France) R.Zajac (New Mexico State University, USA) Z.Zemirli (I.N.I., Algiers, Algeria) A.Ziou (University of Scherbrook, Canada) From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Thu May 20 13:56:19 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:56:19 +0100 Subject: Appel : Translating and the Computer 21 Message-ID: From: Jeff ALLEN Apologies if you receive more than one copy of this message - it has been sent to several lists. **************************************************************** 21st Conference "Translating and the Computer" 10-11 November 1999, London *************************************************************** The annual conference "Translating and the Computer" has been an important forum for Machine Translation and Translation Aids users over the past 20 years. The conference is one of the few international events which focuses on the user aspects of translation software and as such has been particularly beneficial to a very wide audience including translators, business managers, researchers and language experts. Against the background of an increasingly multilingual society and the all-encompassing impact of information technology, this year's conference will address the latest developments in translation (and translation-related) software. This call for papers invites abstracts of papers to be presented at the conference. The papers (and the presentations) should focus on the user aspects of translation or translation-related software rather than on research and development issues. Presentations accompanied by demonstrations are especially welcome. Topics ------ The range of conference topics includes (but is not limited to) - use of Machine Translation (MT) systems - machine-aided translation and translation aids - memory based translation - controlled languages and their use in MT - speech translation - terminology - localisation - translation aids for minority languages - multilingual document management/workflow - experience of companies using translation software - translating and the computer: the new millennium challenges - the Internet and translation aids Programme Chairs -------------------------- Daniel Grasmick (SAP) Ruslan Mitkov (University of Wolverhampton) Chris Pyne (ICE) Submission Guidelines --------------------- Authors are requested to submit an extended abstract (between 500 and 1000 words) of the paper they would like to present. Extended abstracts should be sent by post, fax or email before 1 June to: Ms Nicole Adamides, Manager, Professional Development Group ASLIB, The Association for Information Management Staple Hall, Stone House Court, London, EC3A 7PB Tel: +44 (0) 171 903 0030 Fax: +44 (0) 171 903 0011 Email nicole.adamides at aslib.co.uk The full-length versions of the accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings. From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Thu May 20 13:59:36 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:59:36 +0100 Subject: Conf: 2 EACL workshops Message-ID: _______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: Thorsten Brants Subject: LINC-99 call for participation 2/ From: Mike Rosner Subject: EACL99 Workshop: Call for Participation _______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: Thorsten Brants Subject: LINC-99 call for participation Apologies to those of you who receive this more than once EACL-99 Post-Conference Workshop on LINGUISTICALLY INTERPRETED CORPORA (LINC-99) June 12th, 1999, Bergen, Norway ** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AND PRELIMINARY PROGRAM ** URL: http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/linc99/ PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: Hans Uszkoreit, Saarbruecken (chair) Thorsten Brants, Saarbruecken (chair) Brigitte Krenn, Wien (chair) Rens Bod, Leeds Pierrette Bouillon, Geneva Tomaz Erjavec, Ljubljana Jan Hajic, Prag Veronique Hoste, Antwerp Wojciech Skut, Saarbruecken Atro Voutilainen, Helsinki BACKGROUND: The need for large linguistically interpreted (annotated) corpora keeps growing in an increasing number of applications and research tasks in the field of computational linguistics. Many groups have started to create corpus resources for a variety of languages and domains. These corpora are used for a broad range of different applications and theoretical investigations. This workshop aims at bringing together these activities in order to facilitate advanced and efficient corpus annotation providing re-usable resources. CONTRIBUTED PAPERS: Jose Mari Arriola, Xabier Artola, Aitor Maritxalar, Aitor Soroa "Methodology for the Analysis of Verb Usage Examples in a Context of Lexical Knowledge Acquisition from Dictionary Entries" Tamaz Varadi, Csaba Oravecz "Morpho-syntactic ambiguity and tagset design for Hungarian" Anne Abeille, Lionel Clement "A tagged reference Corpus for French" Massimo Poesio, Renate Henschel, Janet Hitzeman, Roger Kibble, Shane Montague, Kees van Deemter "Towards An Annotation Scheme For Noun Phrase Generation" Kemal Oflazer, Dilek Hakkani-Tur, Gokhan Tur "Design for a Turkish Treebank" John Carroll, Guido Minnen, Ted Briscoe "Corpus Annotation for Parser Evaluation" Ian Lewin, Pierrette Bouillon, Sabine Lehmann, David Milward, Ludovic Tanguy "Discourse Data in DiET" Chris Brew "An extensible visualization tool to aid treebank exploration" Frank Keller, Martin Corley, Steffan Corley, Matthew Crocker, Shari Trewin "Gsearch: A Tool for Syntactic Investigation of Unparsed Corpora" Tomaz Erjavec "A TEI Encoding of Aligned Corpora as Translation Memories" Josef van Genabith, Louisa Sadler, Andy Way "Data-Driven Compilation of LFG Semantic Forms" CONTACT: Thorsten Brants Saarland University Computational Linguistics, Geb. 17 P.O.Box 151150 D-66041 Saarbruecken GERMANY email: thorsten at coli.uni-sb.de URL: http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/linc99/ REGISTRATION: URL: http://www.hit.uib.no/eacl99/howtoregister.html _______________________________________________________________________________ 2/ From: Mike Rosner Subject: EACL99 Workshop: Call for Participation Apologies for duplicate listings ///////////////////////////////////////// POST CONFERENCE WORKSHOP ON COMPUTER AND INTERNET SUPPORTED EDUCATION IN LANGUAGE AND SPEECH TECHNOLOGY ///////////////////////////////////////// EACL-99, University of Bergen 12th June 1999 ///////////////////////////////////////// Sponsored by ELSNET Invited Speaker Dr. Jo Calder (University of Edinburgh) ///////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////////// CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ////////////////////// The field of language and speech technology is such that curricula have always been closely related to computational theories and related tools. Yet tools that are available to support curricula are often no more than unrefined versions of programs developed in research laboratories that authors have generously made available to the public. The aims of this workshop are: - To present examples of computer/internet supported tools that are in current use or under development. - To establish a registry of computational tools that are currently being used to support Education in Language and Speech Technology (ELST). - To consider the possibility of adopting a common framework for the development of tools and environments specifically designed with educational goals in mind. - To establish a special interest group (e.g. under the auspices of the learned associations and/or ELSNET) within which the educational issues in our field could be given the time and attention they deserve. Full Programme: http://www.cs.um.edu.mt/~mros/celst/prog.html Registration (via EACL99 Home Page): http://www.hit.uib.no/eacl99/ Further information from coordinator: Workshop Committee Michael Rosner (Malta - Coordinator) mros at cs.um.edu.mt Doug Arnold (Essex) Gerrit Bloothooft (Utrecht) Chris Bowerman (Sunderland) Anders Erikkson (Umea) Steven Krauwer (Utrecht) Mark Huckvale (London) Fabio Pianesi (Trento) Koenraad de Smedt (Bergen) Mark Tatham (Essex) Maria Wolters (Bonn) Felisa Verdejo (Madrid) From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Fri May 21 14:18:39 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 15:18:39 +0100 Subject: Appel: WFLA'99 Message-ID: From: Carlos Martin Vide CALL FOR PAPERS S E C O N D A N N O U N C E M E N T WORKSHOP ON FORMAL LANGUAGES AND AUTOMATA (WFLA) September 2-3 Iassy (Iasi), Romania This workshop is a satellite event of the conference Fundamentals of Computation Theory 1999 (FCT'99) that will be held in Iassy, Romania. (for more information see: http://www.infoiasi.ro/fct99/) We invite you to submit a paper (no more than 12 pages) to this workshop. The paper should be in the area of formal languages, theory of automata, combinatorics on words or any other related area. Your contribution will be refereed by the Program Committee members. We plan to publish the accepted papers in a special issue of an international journal. Authors are invited to send their contributions to: Alexandru Mateescu, Department of Mathematics, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland E-MAIL: mateescu at utu.fi (electronic submission by e-mail is highly encouraged) IMPORTANT: 1. Please, send your contributions by email in postscript (ps) ********** format and NOT compressed. 2. Note that the deadline (June, 10, 1999) will NOT be extended! _________________________________________________________________________ INVITED TALKS: Simeon Bozapalidis, Masami Ito, Kai Salomaa. PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: Erzsebet Csuhaj-Varju, Alica Kelemenova, Toader Jucan, Carlos Martin-Vide, Alexandru Mateescu (chair), Yurii Rogozhin. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Toader Jucan, Alexandru Mateescu, Victor Mitrana, Laurentiu Tiplea. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission deadline: June, 10, 1999 Notification deadline: July, 10, 1999 Final Version: during the workshop. YOU ARE VERY WELCOME TO IASSY! ____________________________________________________________________ From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Fri May 21 14:18:42 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 15:18:42 +0100 Subject: Appel: MT Summit Workshop Message-ID: From: MT ================================================================= MACHINE TRANSLATION SUMMIT VII "MT in the Great Translation Era" September 13-17, 1999, Singapore MT SUMMIT NEWS ================================================================= == Notice! ==== Notice! ==== Notice! ==== Notice! ==== Notice! == Paper submission dead line for the post-conference Workshop "Machine Translation for Cross Language Information Retrieval" is MAY 31st, 1999. The address for paper submission for the Workshop has been changed. Sophia Ananiadou Research Fellow Department of Language Engineering UMIST, PO BOX 88, M60 1QD Manchester, ENGLAND tel: +44 161 200 3082 fax: +44 161 200 3099 Email: effie at ccl.umist.ac.uk You can find more information on the Workshop Paper Submission at http://www.ccl.umist.ac.uk/events/clir.html For further information on MT SUMMIT VII, please visit the web site http://www.jeida.or.jp/aamt/mts99-e.html . ================================================================== We are pleased to inform you that many papers have been submitted to MT SUMMIT VII. This was more than we expected. We hope that the paper presentations will make the conference even more successful. We appreciate your cooperation. This news gives you information on a post-conference Workshop. The paper submission deadline for the Workshop is the end of this month, MAY 31st. Please note that the address for paper submission has been changed. Information of the Exhibition is also attached. [1] Workshop on Machine Translation for Cross Language Information Retrieval The goal of this workshop is to explore the role of MT in the context of CLIR. We invite papers on topics which link advances in Machine Translation or related technologies to CLIR. Organizing Committee: Sophia Ananiadou, UMIST, UK Yoshihiko Hayashi, NTT, Japan Christian Jacquemin, LIMSI, France Mun Kew Leong, Kent Ridge Digital Laboratories, Singapore Sung Hyon Myaeng, Chungnam National University, Korea Hsin-Hsi Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Important Dates: May 31, 1999 Paper submission deadline June 30, 1999 Notifications August 2, 1999 Final camera-ready copy deadline September 17, 1999 Workshop Submissions should be sent to: Sophia Ananiadou Research Fellow Department of Language Engineering UMIST, PO BOX 88, M60 1QD Manchester, ENGLAND tel: +44 161 200 3082 fax: +44 161 200 3099 Email: effie at ccl.umist.ac.uk Further information on the workshop: http://www.ccl.umist.ac.uk/events/clir.html [2] Exhibition We also provide a unique opportunity for vendors and developers of MT/NLP application systems in showing their latest products to wide range of audience. If you would like to exhibit in our conference, please contact the Exhibition Coordinator in Singapore: Ms Victorine Chen-Toh, KRDL Email: vicky at krdl.org.sg Phone:(65)874-2003 Fax:(65)779-6958 Further information on the workshop: http://www.jeida.or.jp/aamt/mtsummit99/CallForExhibition/index.html [3] Schedule The schedule of MT Summit VII is outlined as follows: [Papers for the Main Conference] 30 May, 1999 Notifications 15 July, 1999 Final camera-ready copy deadline [Papers for the the Workshop] 31 May, 1999 Paper submission deadline 30 June, 1999 Notifications 2 August, 1999 Final camera-ready copy deadline [Call For Participation] Mid of June 1999 Call For Participation [The Conference] Monday, 13 September: Tutorials Reception Tuesday, 14 September: Main conference Exhibition Wednesday, 15 September: Main conference Exhibition Banquet Thursday, 16 September: Main conference Exhibition Friday, 17 September: Workshops (The program of tutorials will soon be available) ************************************************ Secretariat of Organizing Committee, MT Summit VII c/o Inter Group Corp. Akasaka Dai-ichi Bldg., 4-9-17, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8486, Japan TEL:+81-3-3479-5311 FAX:+81-3-3423-1601 E-mai: secret-4 at tokyo.intergroup.co.jp ************************************************ From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Fri May 21 14:18:41 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 15:18:41 +0100 Subject: Appel: NLPRS'99 Message-ID: From: nlprs 99 -|-------------------------------------|- FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS NLPRS-99 5th Natural Language Processing Pacific Rim Symposium Beijing, China November 5-7, 1999 "Closing the Millennium" -|-------------------------------------|- NLPRS has contributed to the promotion and circulation of research efforts in Computational Linguistics and related subjects, primarily among scholars in the Pacific Rim area. As the NLPRS culminating a millennium, NLPRS-99 would like to invite more scholars than ever before, including those beyond the Pacific boundaries, covering topics of all related areas, in order to create a memorable occasion before the next century. The papers must be original and address unpublished work on all aspects of Computational Linguistics. TOPICS The conference papers may represent technical works in all areas of computational linguistics. The following categories are illustrative only. Do not hesitate to send your papers even if you think that the area of your paper is not exactly covered by the categories below. General Categories morphology syntax discourse generation anaphora resolution lexical semantics machine translation dialogue bilingual alignment statistical parsing Linguistic Data lexical acquisition corpus analysis Applications applied NLP systems parallel implementations Thematic topics millennium view/experiences from large projects internet THEMATIC SESSION and PANEL DISCUSSION : THE MILLENNIUM: FIFTY YEARS OF COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS NLPRS is considering organizing a millennium session and a panel discussion on the issues and thoughts of what we have achieved and what we may achieve over the fifty years of Computational Linguistics. For instance, historical landmarks with positive influence on the solutions of linguistic issues may need to be reinterpreted. What would be the implication of achievements so far? On this topic, NLPRS would like to encourage the submission of related papers. In particular, government officials and scholars who created, funded, and managed large-scale NLP projects are strongly urged to join this panel discussion. The panel meeting will provide a timely occasion to discuss successes and failures of large projects. Those who wish to join the panel discussion on the topics stated above are kindly requested to compile an email application with a brief note of the opinion statement to the following address. yshan at world.kaist.ac.kr THEMATIC SESSION : LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND THE INTERNET One of the key terms opening the next century will be the Internet. Linguistic ideas may need to be recast into internet primitives. NLPRS99 plans to organize a session devoted to related themes; papers addressing the following themes are welcome: - internet applications of NLP systems: computational models as well as case studies - general topics on group works: linguistic or non linguistic algorithms that foster group communications CONFERENCE Chair: Huang, Changning Tsinghua University, China ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Chair: Cao, Youqi Chinese Information Processing Society of China, China PROGRAM COMMITTEE Chair: Choi, Key-Sun KAIST, Korea Vice-Chairs: Yu, Shiwen Peking University, China Han, Young S. Suwon University, Korea Members: Ananiadou, Sofia UMIST, Manchester Boitet, Christian CLIPS-GETA, France Bond, Francis NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Japan Chen, Keh-Jiann Academia Sinica, Taiwan Church, Kenneth W. AT&T Labs, USA Dale, Robert Microsoft Research Institute, USA Dong, Zhendong China Information Processing Society, China Estival, Dominique Syrinx Speech Systems, Australia Hasida, Koiti Electrotechnical Lab, Japan Hausser, Roland University of Erlangen, Gemany Hideki, Kashioka ATR, Japan Hovy, Eduard USC Information Sciences Institute, USA Huang, Chu-Ren Academia Sinica, Taiwan Isahara, Hitoshi Communications Research Laboratory, Japan Joshi, Aravind K. University of Pennsylvania, USA Kando, Noriko NACSIS, Japan Kikui, Gen-ichiro NTT Information and Communication Systems Laboratories, Japan Kim, Yeunbae NHK, Japan Kurohashi, Sadao Kyoto University, Japan Kwon, Hyuk-Chul Pusan National University, Korea Lee, Jong-Hyeok Pohang University, Korea Leong, Munkew Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore Li, Sheng Harbin Institute of Technology, China Lua, Kim-Teng National University of Singapore, Singapore Meknavin Surapan NECTEC, Thailand Mitkov, Ruslan University of Wolverhampton, UK Myaeng, Sung Hyon Chungnam National University, Korea Nishino, Fumihito Fujitsu Labs, Japan Niwa, Yoshiki ARL Hitachi, Japan Park, Seyoung ETRI, Korea Rim, Hae-Chang Korea University, Korea Sangal, Rajeev Indian Institute of Information Technology, India Seo, Jungyun Sogang University, Korea Su, Keh-Yih Behavior Design Corporation, Taiwan Takeda, Koichi IBM Tokyo Labs, Japan Tokunaga, Takenobu Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Tsujii, Jun'ichi UMIST, Manchester T'sou, Benjamin K. City University of Hong Kong Uszkoreit, Hans University of Saarbruecken, Germany Utsuro, Takehito Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Wu, Dekai HKUST Human Language Technology Center, Hong Kong Wuwongse, Vilas Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Yao, Tian-Shun Northeastern University, China Yoshimura, Kenji Fukuoka University,Japan Yusoff, Zaharin University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia Zhang, Pu Beijing Language & Culture University, China Zhou, Ming Tsinghua University, China Zock, Michael Langage & Cognition LIMSI-CNRS, France PAPER SUBMISSION Papers should describe unique and completed work. When submitting papers, authors must specify the category of the presentation: regular paper, project paper, or poster paper. If a regular paper is intended for the thematic sessions, the author is asked to indicate so by choosing one of the two themes: millennium session or internet session. In particular if the paper is intended for the millennium session, the paper may length more than 3000 words constraints. SUBMISSION FORMAT Papers should not contain more than 3200 words except millennium papers. The title page must contain the title of the paper, author information, paper length in words, the thematic session (if appropriate), and up to 10 keywords in both English and the author's native language. The main pages should not contain the author information. Four hard copies of the original paper must be sent directly to the following address : NLPRS-99 Submission Prof. Key-Sun Choi Department of Computer Science KAIST(Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) 373-1 Kusong-dong Yusong-gu Taejon 305-701 Korea TEL +82-42-869-3565 FAX +82-42-867-3565 Hard copy submissions are strongly recommended, but for the authors who cannot make hard copy submissions, the file format must be readily browsable and printable in ps, html, or pdf. Electronic submissions should be made to the following address: nlprs99 at korterm.kaist.ac.kr IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submissions Deadline June 1, 1999 Notification of acceptance August 1, 1999 Camera ready paper September 1, 1999 Home page : http://korterm.kaist.ac.kr/~nlprs99 From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Fri May 21 14:18:45 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 15:18:45 +0100 Subject: Conf: HPSG'99 Message-ID: From: grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk REGISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION HPSG99 6th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar University of Edinburgh August 4-6, 1999 The 6th International Conference on HPSG will be held at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, on August 4th to 6th 1999, hosted by the Human Communication Research Centre and the Department of Linguistics. The following message contains information about registration and accommodation. The same information and an online booking form can be accessed from our website at http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~hpsg99/. ** PLEASE NOTE THAT EDINBURGH IS EXTREMELY BUSY IN AUGUST AND YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO BOOK YOUR ACCOMMODATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ** ___________________________________________________________________ REGISTRATION FEES Full Student Early registration (before June 23rd 1999) \16345 \16325 Late and on-site registration \16355 \16335 ___________________________________________________________________ The registration fee covers the cost of the conference, the conference party and coffee and tea at breaks. It does not include lunch. (But there are plenty of restaurants and sandwich bars close to the conference venue). Please assist us by registering before June 23rd, especially if you wish to book accommmodation through us. You can register and book accommodation by filling out the online registration form which can be accessed from our website at http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~hpsg99/. (If you do not have web access, please email us directly at hpsg99 at cogsci.ed.ac.uk.) We will process late registrations up until 21st July although we may not be able to assist with accommodation at such a late date. There will be on-site registration on Wednesday August 4th at the conference venue: Newhaven Lecture Theatre University Conference and Training Centre 15 South College Street Edinburgh EH8 9AA ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION - ----------------------- Edinburgh will be at the height of the tourist season in August with the Edinburgh Fringe starting on August 8th and the Edinburgh International Festival starting on August 15th. Accommodation will be very scarce and we therefore urge participants to register early and arrange accommodation as soon as possible. We have managed to reserve limited numbers of rooms of the following kinds for the nights of 3rd, 4th and 5th August: * Pollock Halls of Residence Holyrood Park Road (University of Edinburgh student accommodation). \16323.00 per night including breakfast. These are single study/bedrooms with a wash-hand basin, with an adequate ratio of shared WCs and showers in each corridor/wing. The Pollock Halls are in landscaped gardens close to Arthur's Seat, Holyrood Park and the Commonwealth Pool and fitness centre. It is a brief (15 minutes) walk from the conference venue, and frequent buses to and from the city centre pass close by. Breakfast is served in the refectory in the John MacIntyre Building where there is also a cash machine, shop and bar. * Fleming House 7 Richmond Place Single \16329.50 per night, Double \16355.00 per night for room and breakfast. Fleming House is located 5 minutes from the conference venue and the central university campus, with lots of shops and restaurants nearby. All rooms are double-bedded and en-suite with TV, mini-fridge and phone. The complex is run by the University Accommodation Services and is designed for use during term-time by visiting lecturers, examiners etc. Please note that all rooms in Fleming House are non-smoking. * Jury's Inn Hotel 43 Jeffrey Street Edinburgh EH1 1DG Tel +44 131 200 3300, Fax +131 200 0400 3-star, Single \16355.00 per night, Double \16362.00 per night for room and breakfast. These rooms are ensuite with modem socket, TV, radio, hairdryers etc. The hotel is in the centre of the city, 10 minutes from the conference venue and close to the main railway and bus stations, Princes Street, High Street and the castle. If you wish to reserve a room please indicate your choice(s) on the accommodation section of the online registration form at our website at http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~hpsg99/. We will email you to confirm availability/discuss alternatives. When we make a reservation we will add a deposit of one night's accommodation to your registration invoice. OTHER ACCOMMODATION: The registration page at our website contains information about other accommodation including hotels, guest houses and hostels. Certain hotels can be booked through HPSG99 at special rates though availability cannot be guaranteed. From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Fri May 21 14:18:47 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 15:18:47 +0100 Subject: Conf: INTEX Message-ID: From: fairon at ladl.jussieu.fr SECOND WORKSHOP OF INTEX USERS June, 7th and 8th, 1999 LADL, Universit� Paris 7 GRELIS, Universit� de Franche-Comt� INTEX is a development environment that allows linguists to describe natural languages, starting from their alphabet and morphology to the syntactic level. INTEX provides tools to: -- edit/maintain large-coverage dictionaries of simple and compound words; -- describe the inflectional and derivational morphology of a language; -- edit/maintain large libraries of finite state grammars; -- apply these dictionaries and grammars to large texts in real time in order to parse them, refine/debug the linguistic description, retrieve information and compute statistical results, etc. Large-coverage dictionaries for INTEX are already available for English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish. Bulgarian, Korean, Thai and Old French descriptions are currently under way. INTEX is used as a research tool by laboratories interested in corpus linguistics and literature studies, as well as a pedagogical tool to teach computational linguistics and French as a second language. The second Workshop of INTEX users will take place on June, 7th and 8th at: **** LADL, Universit� Paris 7, **** 2, place Jussieu, 75005 Paris **** Main Tower, 7th floor These two days will give INTEX users the opportunity to meet colleagues and confront their experience as researchers, teachers and developers. **** FOR ANY INFORMATION **** Cedrick Fairon (fairon at ladl.jussieu.fr) **** University of Paris 7, **** Laboratoire d'Automatique Documentaire et Linguistique (LADL) **** 2, place Jussieu (Tour centrale 9eme etage), 75221 Paris Cedex **** tel. : 44 27 56 92, fax : 44 27 68 51 **** http://www.ladl.jussieu.fr PROGRAMME Monday Morning -------------- 9H-9H30 Registration 9H30-10H Maurice Gross (Univ. Paris 7) : Lemmatisation des temps compos�s en anglais 10H-10H30 Max Silberztein (Univ. de Franche-Comt�) : Expressions fig�es dans INTEX 10H30-11H Agn�s Tutin (Univ. Stendhal 3) : L'utilisation d'INTEX pour constituer semi-automatiquement des corpus d'anaphores 11H-11H30 Break 11H30-12H Katia Zellagui (Univ. de Franche-Comt�) : Normalisation des textes anglais 12H-12H30 Elisabete Ranchhod (Centro Automatica da UTL, Lisbonne) : Portuguese Linguistic Resources Implemented in Intex Monday Afternoon ---------------- 14H-14H30 Eric Laporte (Univ. Marne-la-Vall�e) : Int�gration du dictionnaire phon�tique � Intex 14H30-15H Fr�d�ric Meunier (Thomson) : le projet CORAIL 15H-16H Max Silberztein (GRELIS): tutorial: Intex (les bases) 16H-16H30 Break 16H30-17H15 Anne Dister (Univ. de Li�ge): tutorial: La lev�e d'ambigu�t�s 17H15-18H Jean Senellart (LADL): tutorial: L'analyse statistique avec Intex 18H Cocktail Tuesday Morning --------------- 9H00-9H30 Xavier Blanco, Dolores Catal� (Univ. Aut�noma de Barcelona) : Vers un dictionnaire �lectronique d'adverbes compos�s en espagnol 9H30-10H Jean Senellart (Univ. Paris 7) : Identification des titres de personnalit�s 10H-10H30 D. Maurel (Univ. de Tours), O. Piton (Univ. Paris 1), C. Belleil (Univ. Nantes):Dictionnaire des noms propres pour Intex. 10H30-11H Break 11H-11H30 A. Elia, S. Vietri (Univ. de Salerne) : Analyse d'un texte litt�raire 11H30-12H Cristina Mota (Centro Automatica da UTL, Lisbonne) : Enhancing the INTEX morphological parser with lexical constraints 12H-12H30 C�drick Fairon (Univ. Paris 7) : Un Automate de veille : extraction automatique d'information sur le Web avec Intex Tuesday Afternoon ----------------- 14H-14H30 Agata Chrobot (Univ. de Marne-la-Vall�e, LCI) : Fonctionnalit�s INTEX dans l'outil d'aide � la traduction LexPro 14H30-15H Catherine Domingues (Univ. de Marne-la-Vall�e) : Reconnaissance de la coordination en documentation automatique 15H-15H45 Blandine Courtois (LADL) : tutorial: Le syst�me DELAS-DELAF 15H45-16H15 Break 16H15-17H Christian Lecl�re (LADL): tutorial: Le lexique-grammaire des verbes 17H-17H45 Max Silberztein (GRELIS): tutorial: Intex (avanc�) -------------------------------------------------------- C�drick Fairon Universit� Paris 7 Laboratoire d'automatique documentaire et linguistique (LADL) 2, Place Jussieu (CASE 7031) 75251 Paris CEDEX 05 Universit� catholique de Louvain (UCL) Facult� de Philosophie et Lettres Assistant informatique facultaire Place Blaise Pascal, 1 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgique From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Fri May 7 15:38:44 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 16:38:44 +0100 Subject: Jobs: 3 Offers Message-ID: ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: "Douglas Kendall (Volt Computer)" Subject: NLP 2/ From: "Vail" Subject: Japanese Computational Linguists; Seattle, Washington area 3/ From: Johanna Moore Subject: Research Positions in NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING and DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: "Douglas Kendall (Volt Computer)" Subject: NLP ***Note that French, German, Spanish, Japanese or English Language ability (grammar and syntax) is the most important aspect of this position.*** Please contact Doug Kendall by phone (425) 702-9000/1(800) 253-9605 or email at: v-dougke at microsoft.com if you are interested in pursuing this type of position. Position Start Date: ASAP Position End Date: 10/23/1999 (Will be extended) Standard Position Title: Software Test Engineer 1 Position Description: Creates expected results for linguistics products (e.g. grammar checker, information retrieval Effectively communicates bugs and issues related to consistency and quality of product to team. Works under supervision of more senior Testers. Skills Required: Near-native fluency in French. Strong, fast reading skills in language of product being tested. Ability to track details carefully and good judgment are essential. Basic Windows use necessary. Knowledge or ability to learn quickly computer networking skills required: i.e., working in NT domains, working with files on shares, mapping drives to one's computer, etc... Access skills useful but not required. General knowledge of personal computers, and the ability to install, upgrade and use Word and Excel, email application software, and MS operating system(s) preferred. Associate's degree in Linguistics or Language-related field, or equivalent work experience/training preferred. Focus of Position: Linguistic software Thank you for your help. Doug Kendall Volt Services Group v-dougke at microsoft.com (425) 702-9000 1(800)253-9605 ______________________________________________________________________________ 2/ From: "Vail" Subject: Japanese Computational Linguists; Seattle, Washington area We are looking for experienced Japanese linguists with technical ability, experience working technically with double-byte character sets, information retrieval and project management. The position is located in the Seattle, Washington area. The position is set up as a contract position and is projected as a 5 month initial assignment. I am pasting the description below. If you are interested, please send your resume to me at bvail at comforce.com with your letter of interest listing your availability and requirements. Thanks, Bruce Vail Technical Recruiter Comforce Technical Service Redmond, Washington bvail at comforce.com (425)-867-1899 ext 310 (800)-398-2432 ext. 310 Program Manager 1 (Job # 7360) Job Description: Manage a project to apply Natural Language technology to Japanese Search Project. Evaluate potential for improvement to current methods and design new functionality based on these evaluations. Creates functional specifications that will guide implementation. Develop working relationship with team members and provide technical and analytical information to guide the group. Organize cross-functional activities to drive the program to completion within given time-frame. Create and maintain program schedules. Experience Required: Experience with project management and/or software design and development required. Japanese fluency and/or understanding of Japanese linguistics is mandatory. Knowledge of Natural Language (NL) technologies, computational linguistics or Information Retrieval (IR) technologies is highly desirable. Strong analytical skills and excellent communication skills required. Must be able to work independently and as part of a team and have the analytical skills required to draw product decisions from data that becomes available in the course of the project. Focus of Position: Japanese Search Project ______________________________________________________________________________ 3/ From: Johanna Moore Subject: Research Positions in NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING and DISCOURSE ANALYSIS (Apologies for multiple postings. Please distribute to potential candidates.) University of Edinburgh Human Communication Research Centre 2 RESEARCH POSITIONS: NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING and DISCOURSE ANALYSIS Closing date: 1 June 1999 The Tutorial Dialogue Project is aimed at studying human tutorial dialogues in order to inform the construction of computer-based tutors that can participate in effective tutorial interactions with their users. The project is using analysis of a corpus of tutorial dialogues, psycholinguistic experimentation, and WOZ studies to inform the design and implementation of an intelligent dialogue-based tutoring system. We seek two individuals to help with development of the dialogue manager and the generation component. Research Position in Natural Language Processing The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Computational Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence, or Computer Science and have in interest both in natural language processing and intelligent tutoring. S/he will have practical experience in developing robust language interfaces both on the algorithmic level and on the knowledge construction level. Programming or development expertise in Lisp, C or C++ is essential, and experience with Perl is highly desirable. Candidates with an interest in discourse planning, dialogue management, and/or the practical aspects of natural language generation are particularly encouraged to apply. (Please quote ref: 776267) Research Position in Discourse Analysis The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Computational Linguistics, Linguistics, or Artificial Intelligence and have in interest both in linguistic analysis and educational applications of technology. S/he will have practical experience in developing discourse tagging schemes, analysing discourse data, and/or performing empirical analyses of human tutoring. Should have experience with statistical analysis using Excel, SPSS, or other statistical analysis software. Experience with markup languages such as XML or SGML is also desirable. (Please quote ref: 776268) Successful candidates will be hired on the AR1A researcher scale (15,735-23,651 pounds per annum), depending on age and experience. The post is initially for a period of two years, starting as soon as possible. Additional information can be found on web site http://www.hcrc.ed.ac.uk and http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/overview.html Informal enquiries may be made to Johanna Moore (J.Moore at ed.ac.uk). Further particulars including the application procedure should be obtained from the Personnel Department, 1 Roxburgh Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9TB. Tel: 0131 650 2511 (24 hour answering service) http://www.personnel.ed.ac.uk/recruit.htm From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Fri May 7 15:42:32 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 16:42:32 +0100 Subject: Appel: TMI'99 Workshop (Constraints on Machine Interpretation) Message-ID: From: Francis Bond Final TMI'99 Workshop Call for Papers CONSTRAINTS ON MACHINE INTERPRETATION http://crl.nmsu.edu/~jamtrup/tmi99/ Extended Deadline: May, 28, 1999 Conference: August 23 - 25, 1999 Workshop: August 26, 1999 University College, Chester, England The translation of spoken utterances (MI, machine Interpreting) is one of the most challenging tasks within the field of MT. There are still several phenomena which are unknown or insufficiently described and are not accounted for in the systems currently available. These phenomena affect all stages of processing within MT systems. To name just a few, the translation of spoken language has to take into account: - Prosody. While prosodic features have been integrated into MI systems over the last few years, their application has largely been restricted to disambiguation tasks (to detect boundaries of various kinds and for classification). The influence of specific conditions, e.g. stress, on the prosodic realization of texts is more or less unknown. - Basic characteristics of speech as opposed to written language. Hesitations, repairs, breaking offs and others fall into this class. Their occurrence if often unexpected, the recognition and utilization of these seems underdeveloped - Characteristics of lexica and grammars. Clearly, the knowledge sources for systems dealing with spoken input has to be different from those analyzing written language. Especially spontaneous speech can usually not be covered using a standard grammar constructed with written texts in mind. - User-Machine interfaces. Using speech as input and output of machine translation systems poses new and sometimes unexpected problems for the design of the interface through which an user interacts with a system. These range from designing a high quality of synthesis to the assessment of the reactions to sometimes long waiting periods during a translation. As a consequence, a MI system does not only contain the additional components needed to analyze and synthesize speech, but the core modules have to be adapted as well to the demands of speech-to-speech communication. The collaboration between researchers working in the traditional core field of MT and in the more speech-oriented fields is highly advantageous for a successful design and implementation of a speech-to-speech translation application. The workshop ``Constraints on Machine Interpretation'' calls for contributions relevant for the translation of spoken language, including, but not limited to: - Speech recognition, language recognition, speaker identification - Prosody and its use in MI systems - Analysis, transfer and generation of spoken input utterances - Architecture and design of MI systems and their user interfaces - Dialog behavior, design and analysis - Evaluation of MI systems The workshop complements the main theme of TMI'99 (Modalities and MT: Where can MT be used?) by concentrating on one important modality, namely speech. It will be held as a one day workshop on Aug, 26th 1999, right after the main conference. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submissions due May, 28, 1999 Acceptance notification June, 15, 1999 Final copies due July 2, 1999 Conference dates Aug 23-25, 1999 Workshop Aug 26, 1999 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES The format of submissions for the workshop should follow the general guidelines of the main conference. The submissions should be sent to one of the contact addresses below. Also note that the schedule for submissions, notification and final versions is different from the schedule of the main conference. CONTACT Susanne J. Jekat University of Hamburg Computer Science Department Vogt-Koelln-Str. 30 225 27 Hamburg Germany Phon: + 49 40 5494 - 2520 Fax: + 49 40 5494 - 2515 e-mail: jekat at informatik.uni-hamburg.de web: http://nats-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~jekat/ Jan W. Amtrup Computing Research Laboratory New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA Phone: (+1 505) 646.2965 Fax: (+1 505) 646.6218 e-mail: jamtrup at crl.nmsu.edu web: http://crl.nmsu.edu/~jamtrup/ From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Fri May 7 15:42:30 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 16:42:30 +0100 Subject: Appel: CSSP'99 Message-ID: From: cssp99 at linguist.jussieu.fr (CSSP 99) DEUXIEME APPEL A COMMUNICATIONS COLLOQUE DE SYNTAXE ET SEMANTIQUE A PARIS CSSP 99 Universite Paris 7 7-9 octobre 1999 Le Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle (Universite Paris 7 et CNRS, URA 1028) organise le troisieme colloque de syntaxe et de semantique a Paris, CSSP 99. L'un des objectifs de cette serie de colloques est de permettre la comparaison d'analyses men?es dans des cadres theoriques et formels differents. Les langues du colloque sont le fran?ais et l'anglais. Il comprendra deux sessions : SESSION GENERALE. SESSION THEMATIQUE : Structure de la phrase et structure du discours: structure informationnelle, relations de discours et connecteurs. CONFERENCIERS INVITES Nicolas Asher, Sandra Chung, Oswald Ducrot, Tanya Reinhart RESUMES Les propositions de communication (30 mn) sont a envoyer en 9 exemplaires (8 exemplaires anonymes et un exemplaire portant le nom de l'auteur, son affiliation, son adresse postale et son adresse electronique) sous la forme d'un resume de deux pages ? l'adresse suivante : Colloque de syntaxe et semantique a Paris Universite Paris 7, Linguistique, UFRL, Case 7003 Tour Centrale, 9? ?tage, 2 Place Jussieu, 75251 Paris-Cedex 05, France Ne pas envoyer de resume par fax ou courrier ?lectronique. Date limite pour la r?ception des r?sum?s: 20 mai 1999 Avis d'acceptation: 15 juillet 1999 Pour information, contacter: Francis Corblin: corblin at paris7.jussieu.fr email: cssp99 at linguist.jussieu.fr www: http://cssp99.linguist.jussieu.fr COMITE D'ORGANISATION F. Corblin (Rennes 2), C. Dobrovie-Sorin (CNRS-Paris 7), D. Godard (CNRS-Lille 3), J.-M. Marandin (President, CNRS-Paris7). ---------------------------------------------------------- CSSP 99 Universite Paris 7 Linguistique UFRL, Case 7003 2 Place Jussieu 75251 Paris-Cedex 05 France email: cssp99 at linguist.jussieu.fr http://cssp99.linguist.jussieu.fr ---------------------------------------------------------- From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Fri May 7 15:42:36 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 16:42:36 +0100 Subject: Conf: HPSG'99 Message-ID: From: grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME HPSG99 6th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar University of Edinburgh August 4-6, 1999 The 6th International Conference on HPSG will be held at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, on August 4th to 6th 1999, hosted by the Human Communication Research Centre and the Department of Linguistics. The following is the provisional conference programme. For further information see http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~hpsg99/ or email hpsg99 at cogsci.ed.ac.uk. Information about registration and accommodation will be posted soon. - ------------------------------------------------------------------- HPSG99 PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME Wednesday, August 4, 1999 Special Session on Grammatical Interfaces 09:00-10:00 Registration 10:00-11:00 Invited Speaker Ewan Klein (Edinburgh) TBA 11:00-11:30 BREAK 11:30-12:00 Valia Kordoni (Tuebingen) Agentivity vs. Causation: at the Syntax-Semantics Interface 12:00-12:30 Dimitra Kolliakou (Newcastle and Jerusalem) and Theodora Alexopoulou (Edinburgh) On Linkhood and Clitic Left Dislocation 12:30-13:00 Jong-Bok Kim and Byung-Soo Park (Seoul) Grammatical Interfaces in Korean Relatives 13:00-14:30 LUNCH 14:30-15:30 Invited Speaker Georgia Green (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) The Nature of Pragmatic Information 15:30-16:00 Ash Asudeh (Stanford) and Line Hove Mikkelsen (Santa Cruz) Danish Syntactic Noun Incorporation: A Case Study in Grammatical Interfaces 16:00-16:30 BREAK 16:30-17:30 Invited Speaker Gosse Bouma (Groningen) TBA Thursday, August 5, 1999 09:30-10:00 Andreas Kathol (UC Berkeley) Internally and Externally Headed Relative Clauses: The Case of Lai 10:00-10:30 Robert Levine (OSU), Tom Hukari (University of Victoria) and Mike Calcagno (Tuebingen) Parasitic Gaps in English: non-nominal, non-pronominal and case-consistent 10:30-11:00 Kordula De Kuthy (Saarbruecken) and Detmar Meurers (Tuebingen) Argument raising meets adjuncts-as-dependents and traceless extraction 11:00-11:30 BREAK 11:30-12:30 Invited Speakers Dani\232le Godard (Lille) and Anne Abeill\233 (Paris) TBA 12:30-14:00 LUNCH 14:00-14:30 Bob Borsley (Bangor) and Bob Morris Jones (Aberystwyth) Negation in Welsh 14:30-15:00 Frank Richter and Manfred Sailer (Tuebingen) Sentential Negation in French and Conditions on Logical Form in HPSG 15:00-15:30 Kook-Hee Gill (Edinburgh) Topicalisation, Scrambling and Anaphor Binding 15:30-16:00 BREAK 16:00-17:00 Invited Speaker Jonathan Ginzburg (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Describing Conversational Interaction: Some Implications for HPSG Friday, August 6, 1999 09:30-10:00 Theodora Alexopoulou (Edinburgh) A unified treatment of A/A-bar dependencies 10:00-10:30 Anna Kupsc (Polish Academy of Sciences and Universit\233 Paris7) Syntactic Analysis of Clitic Climbing in Polish 10:30-11:00 Stefan Mueller (Saarbruecken) Separable Prefix Verbs in German 11:00-11:30 BREAK 11:30-12:00 Robert Malouf (Stanford and UC Berkeley) A head-driven account of long-distance case assignment 12:00-12:30 Cathryn Donohue and Ivan Sag (Stanford) Domains in Warlpiri 12:30-14:00 LUNCH 14:00-14:30 Frank Van Eynde (Leuven) On the semantics of the auxiliaries 14:30-15:00 Emily Bender and Ivan A. Sag (Stanford) Incorporating Contracted Auxiliaries in English 15:00-15:30 BREAK 15:30-16:30 Invited Speaker Stephen Wechsler (Texas) Four Agreement Puzzles Alternates: Berthold Crysmann (Saarbruecken) Clitics and Coordination in Phenogrammatical Structure Jesse Tseng (Edinburgh) A Three-Way Classification of Prepositions Shalom Lappin (King's College London) and David Johnson (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center) Wh-questions in a multiple inheritance constructional type hierarchy From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Tue May 11 07:47:32 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 08:47:32 +0100 Subject: Jobs: 3 Offers Message-ID: ________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: marc.elbeze at lia.univ-avignon.fr Subject: Jobs LIA: 1 Ater TALN 2/ From: Gernot Kubin Subject: Speech Processing; Senior Researcher in Vienna 3/ From: Johanna Moore Subject: NLP and Discourse Analysis; Research Positions at U of Edinburgh ________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: marc.elbeze at lia.univ-avignon.fr Subject: Jobs LIA: 1 Ater TALN Bonjour, Le LIA disposera de 2 postes d'ATER en 27eme section pour la rentr?e http://www.lia.univ-avignon.fr/jobs/ dont un profil? en TALN http://www.lia.univ-avignon.fr/jobs/ATER0274.html Merci de le faire savoir autour de vous -- Cordialement, Marc El-Beze. ________________________________________________________________________________ 2/ From: Gernot Kubin Subject: Speech Processing; Senior Researcher in Vienna SENIOR RESEARCHER IN SPEECH PROCESSING at the VIENNA TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH CENTRE Vienna, Austria (Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wien, FTW) The Vienna Telecommunications Research Centre FTW (http://www.ftw.at) is a newly established cooperative research centre involving 3 institutes of Vienna University of Technology, 13 telecommunications companies, and the Austrian Research Centre Seibersdorf. In the field of signal processing and transmission technology, one project will be devoted to the collection of speech databases and algorithm development for the integration of speech recognition into telecom applications. The initial effort will target the creation of 2 Speechdat compliant databases of 1000 speakers of Austrian German each, collected over a fixed and a mobile telephone network. We are looking for a senior researcher who takes over the project management, contributes to the specification and validation aspects of the databases, and defines and works on research problems in the area of application-specific algorithm and database development in close coordination with the partner companies. The applicant should have earned a doctorate relevant to information technology and have at least five years of research experience beyond the first university degree. Familiarity with (a subset of) signal processing, speech and language technology, telecom applications, data base systems, phonetics, and computational linguistics is expected. Fluency in German and a strong interest into its regional variants is a must as well as proficiency in English. The position needs to be filled as soon as possible. Out of an initial two-year phase of the project, a long-term activity of the research centre in this area is foreseen. The successful applicant will be offered an indefinite employment contract and a salary commensurate with experience. The research centre is located in the heart of Vienna close to the University of Technology. Applications and inquiries should be directed to Gernot Kubin Institute of Communications and High-Frequency Engineering Vienna University of Technology Gusshausstrasse 25/389, A-1040 Vienna, Austria, Europe Tel: (+43-1) 58801-38958, Fax: (+43-1) 58801-38999 Email: g.kubin at ieee.org WWW: http://www.nt.tuwien.ac.at/dspgroup/gkubin.html Jingle: http://iuinfo.tuwien.ac.at/johnys-danube.au ________________________________________________________________________________ 3/ From: Johanna Moore Subject: NLP and Discourse Analysis; Research Positions at U of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh Human Communication Research Centre 2 RESEARCH POSITIONS: NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING and DISCOURSE ANALYSIS Closing date: 1 June 1999 The Tutorial Dialogue Project is aimed at studying human tutorial dialogues in order to inform the construction of computer-based tutors that can participate in effective tutorial interactions with their users. The project is using analysis of a corpus of tutorial dialogues, psycholinguistic experimentation, and WOZ studies to inform the design and implementation of an intelligent dialogue-based tutoring system. We seek two individuals to help with development of the dialogue manager and the generation component. Research Position in Natural Language Processing The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Computational Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence, or Computer Science and have in interest both in natural language processing and intelligent tutoring. S/he will have practical experience in developing robust language interfaces both on the algorithmic level and on the knowledge construction level. Programming or development expertise in Lisp, C or C++ is essential, and experience with Perl is highly desirable. Candidates with an interest in discourse planning, dialogue management, and/or the practical aspects of natural language generation are particularly encouraged to apply. (Please quote ref: 776267) Research Position in Discourse Analysis The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Computational Linguistics, Linguistics, or Artificial Intelligence and have in interest both in linguistic analysis and educational applications of technology. S/he will have practical experience in developing discourse tagging schemes, analysing discourse data, and/or performing empirical analyses of human tutoring. Should have experience with statistical analysis using Excel, SPSS, or other statistical analysis software. Experience with markup languages such as XML or SGML is also desirable. (Please quote ref: 776268) Successful candidates will be hired on the AR1A researcher scale (15,735-23,651 pounds per annum), depending on age and experience. The post is initially for a period of two years, starting as soon as possible. Additional information can be found on web site http://www.hcrc.ed.ac.uk and http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/overview.html Informal enquiries may be made to Johanna Moore (J.Moore at ed.ac.uk). Further particulars including the application procedure should be obtained from the Personnel Department, 1 Roxburgh Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9TB. Tel: 0131 650 2511 (24 hour answering service) http://www.personnel.ed.ac.uk/recruit.htm From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Tue May 11 07:48:10 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 08:48:10 +0100 Subject: Appel: Grammaires de Dependance Message-ID: From: kahanes at magellan.umontreal.ca (Sylvain Kahane) APPEL A COMMUNICATIONS POUR LA REVUE T.A.L. ******************************************* DATE LIMITE ETENDUE: 1er JUILLET 1999 Un prochain numero de la revue "Traitement Automatique des Langues" (T.A.L) sera consacre au theme suivant : GRAMMAIRES DE DEPENDANCE Ce numero special portera sur les differents aspects du traitement automatique des langues par des grammaires de dependance. Cela concerne tous les systemes automatiques ou modeles formels utilisant directement des arbres de dependance comme structure de representation syntaxique, ainsi que ceux utilisant des notions connexes comme la notion de tete syntaxique ou celle de fonction syntaxique. Voici une liste non limitatives de sujets sur lesquels des articles peuvent etre soumis: - presentation de systemes automatiques (analyse, generation, traduction, desambiguisation, correction, reconnaissance de la parole, eao, ...) bases les dependances; - presentation de ressources electroniques (dictionnaires, corpus annotes, grammaires) bases sur les dependances; - presentation d'algorithmes pour les grammaires de dependance; - presentation de modeles linguistiques orientes vers le TAL et bases sur les dependances; - evaluation de systemes bases sur les dependances ou comparaison avec d'autres systemes; - etude de l'interface syntaxe-s?mantique ? partir d'arbres de d?pendance. Les etudes peuvent porter sur un phenomene linguistique particulier dans la mesure ou` elles donnent un eclairage particulier ou entraine une reflexion plus generale sur l'utilisation des dependances syntaxiques en traitement automatique de la langue. * FORMAT DES ARTICLES ********************* Les articles soumis n'excederont pas 30 pages en Helvetica 12. Ils seront acceptes dans un des formats suivants : RTF, LaTeX, Word. La feuille de style LaTeX est accessible sur le site web de la revue (http://www.linguist.jussieu.fr/~atala/tal/tal.html). On trouvera le detail des instructions destinees aux auteurs a la fin de chaque numero de la revue ou sur le site web. * LANGUE ******** Les soumissions se font en fran?ais. Les soumissions en anglais sont acceptees pour les auteurs non francophones. * ENVOI DES ARTICLES ******************** Les articles doivent etre envoyes par voie electronique (preferentiellement): sk at ccr.jussieu.fr ou en version papier: Sylvain Kahane Universite de Montreal CP 6128 Centre-Ville Montr?al H3C3J7 Canada * LA DATE LIMITE DES SOUMISSIONS ******************************** La date limite des soumissions est etendue au 1er juillet 1999. Les personnes qui ont l'intention de soumettre un article sont invitees a prendre contact avec Sylvain Kahane aussit?t que possible. Les decisions du comite de redaction et les commentaires des relecteurs devraient etre communiques aux auteurs courant juillet et les versions finales requises pour novembre 1999. * LA REVUE TAL ************** Deux numeros par an sont consacres a differents aspects du traitement automatique. La revue est publiee par l'ATALA (http://www.linguist.jussieu.fr/~atala/) et distribuee par les editions Klincksieck. Redacteurs en chef A. Abeille (Univ. Paris 7), B. Habert (ENS Fontenay) Comite de redaction : A. Abeille (Univ. Paris 7) C. d'Alessandro (CNRS LIMSI) P. Blache (LPL CNRS) D. Clement (Bergische Universit?t Wuppertal) A. Condamines (CNRS, Toulouse le Mirail) C. Gardent (Universit?t des Saarlandes) M. El-Beze (LIA, Univ. Avignon) B. Habert (ENS Fontenay-Saint Cloud et LIMSI) C. Jacquemin (IUT Nantes et LIMSI) J.-L. Lebrave (CNRS, ITEM) E. Tzoukermann (Bell Labs) B. Victorri (CNRS, Paris) P. Zweigenbaum (AP-HP, Univ. Paris 6) Comite Scientifique : M. Borillo (CNRS, Univ. Paul Sabatier, Toulouse) R. Carre (ENST, Paris) J.-P. Descles (Univ. Paris 4) C. Fuchs (CNRS, ENS Paris) M. Gross (LADL, Univ. Paris 7) R. Grunig (Univ.Paris 7) M. King (ISSCO, Geneve) P. Lafon (CNRS, ENS Fontenay St Cloud) F. Rastier (CNRS, Univ. Paris 4) W. von Hahn (Univ. Hambourg) Y. Wilks (Sheffield Univ.) A. Zaenen (Xerox Grenoble) From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Tue May 18 09:14:59 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:14:59 +0100 Subject: Jobs: 2 Offers Message-ID: _______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: steedman at cogsci.ed.ac.uk Subject: Temporary Positions 2/ From: Albert Subject: Lernout &Hauspie Language Technology, Openings in Machine Translation: grammars and lexicons development, based in Barcelona (Spain) _______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: steedman at cogsci.ed.ac.uk Subject: Temporary Positions *With apologies in advance for multiple mailings* DIVISION OF INFORMATICS TEMPORARY LECTURESHIPS in Computational Models of Human Cognition and Computational Linguistics Post 1 Ref: 776350 Areas of interest should include a number of the following: computational models of human reasoning and learning including skill and concept acquisition; multi-modal and cross-modal reasoning; diagrammatic reasoning; reasoning under uncertainty; planning and plan recognition; and applications of cognitive science theories to understanding the fundamental mechanisms of educational communication and its facilitation by technology. Post 2 Ref: 776351 Areas of interest should include a number of the following: information/language technology,including statistical natural language processing; speech recognition; natural language engineering; information retrieval; language resources; and computational dialogue modelling. Salary will be on the lecturer scales: AT2A/2B ?16,655 - ?29,048 p.a. or exceptionally AT3 ?30,496 - ?34,464 p.a. (under review) with placement according to experience. The appointment will be for three years. Further information about Informatics at Edinburgh may be obtained from the World Wide Web at http://www.informatics.ed.ac.uk or by email: hod at inf.ed.ac.uk Please quote Ref: WW Further particulars including the application procedure should be obtained from the Personnel Department, 1 Roxburgh Street, Edinburgh EH8 9TB or Tel: 0131-650-2511 (24 hour answering service). Closing Date: 28 May 1999 _______________________________________________________________________________ 2/ From: Albert Subject: Lernout &Hauspie Language Technology, Openings in Machine Translation: grammars and lexicons development, based in Barcelona (Spain) Openings in MACHINE TRANSLATION at L&H-LT Barcelona The L&H Language Technology GmbH & Co. KG (previously under the name GMS, Gesellschaft f?r Multilinguale Systeme mbH), with head office in Munich (Germany), is a leading developer of machine translation software. The L&H-LT language development division is based in Barcelona (Spain). For the development of new machine translation language pairs we have several job openings. The new candidates will back up the current team, comprising 45 members, in designing and implementing formal analysis, transfer, and generation grammars, or encoding the corresponding monolingual and bilingual lexicons. Candidate profile: - (Computational) Linguists for grammar and lexicon development (ref. LING) with: * university degree in linguistics or computational linguistics * some programming experience (grammar developers only); * experience in writing formal grammars for natural languages would be a plus Languages: * English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Dutch Successful candidates should: * be native speakers of one and have near-native proficiency in another of the languages mentioned above; additional languages would be an asset since further language pairs will soon be added * be willing to work together with the rest of the team * have good social and communicative abilities * show perseverance, accuracy and thoroughness Working language: English Starting date: As soon as possible (open for at least one year) Term of contract: 2 years with possibility of becoming permanent Salary: According to experience and age Office location: Center of Barcelona (in the charming 19th century district Eixample, within walking distance from the old part of the city and from the famous 'Las Ramblas') You will join a young, international, and highly motivated team. L&H-LT combines research and development of market-ready products. This will thus offer a great opportunity to those people who want to apply their acquired knowledge and apply their skills in real-world conditions. Since the L&H-LT long-term objective is to implement machine translation products for all possible language pair combinations between Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, this will also give future prospects to candidates beyond the initial term of contract. More information about L&H-LT can be found at the web page << http://www.lhs-lt.de >>. If you are interested, send CV and cover letter in English either by surface mail to: L&H-LT/GMS Sucursal en Espa?a Roger de Lluria, 50 1-B E-08009 BARCELONA Spain Fax: +34 - 93 - 487 76 19 or by email to jobs at bcn.gms.es indicating on the envelope or in the subject of the email the job reference. From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Tue May 18 09:16:11 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:16:11 +0100 Subject: Conf: EACL'99 Message-ID: From: Priscilla Rasmussen EACL '99 9th Conf. of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics Bergen, June 8-12, 1999 TAKING REGISTRATIONS NOW ! http://www.hit.uib.no/eacl99 The EACL '99 conference is this year's biggest academic event in Computational Linguistics taking place in Europe. Programme overview: ----------------------------------------------------------- June 7 Pre-conference excursion to the fjords June 8 Tutorials June 9-11 Main sessions, student sessions, posters&demos Invited speakers Bruce Croft & Wolfgang Wahlster Exhibit & Job Fair Social programme (reception & banquet) June 12 Workshops ----------------------------------------------------------- Please consult the website for the full programme, venue and local information, registration and hotel accommodation: http://www.hit.uib.no/eacl99 Welcome to Bergen ! Henry Thompson & Alex Lascarides, Programme Chairs Koenraad de Smedt, Chair of the Local Organization Committee Sponsors: LINGSOFT, University of Bergen (Humanities Faculty), Bergen University Fund, Norwegian Ministry of Education, Research and Church affairs _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ CALL FOR PARTICIPATION EACL'99 TUTORIALS PROGRAMME The EACL '99 conference is this year's biggest academic event in Computational Linguistics taking place in Europe. There will be two tutorial sessions on June 8th, 1999, with two tutorials each. TIME TABLE 8:30 Registration 9:30 Start Morning Session (1 and 3 below) 11:00 Break 11:30 Morning Session continued 13:00 Lunch 14.00 Start Afternoon Session (2 and 4 below) 15:30 Break 16.00 Afternoon Session continued 17:30 End of Sessions 1. Practical Text Mining Lecturer: Ronen Feldman 2. Natural Language Learning with the Maximum Entropy Framework Lecturer: Adwait Ratnaparkhi 3. Building Natural Language Generation Systems Lecturers: Robert Dale, Ehud Reiter 4. Lexicography for Computationalists Lecturers: Adam Kilgarriff, Michael Rundell The URL for the tutorials programme (with abstracts and further information) is http://ilk.kub.nl/~walter/eacl/prog.html The URL for the EACL'99 homepage is http://www.hit.uib.no/eacl99 -- Walter Daelemans From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Tue May 18 09:16:21 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:16:21 +0100 Subject: Conf: Formal Grammar Message-ID: From: Richard Oehrle FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 FG99 Formal Grammar Conference - FG99 PROGRAM August 7-8, 1999 Utrecht, The Netherlands In August 1999, the Eleventh European Summer School in Logic, Lan- guage and Information (ESSLLI XI) will be held in Utrecht, The Nether- lands, August 9-20. The ESSLLI Summer Schools have become a forum for work on formal grammar, encompassing the overlapping interests of work in formal linguistics, computational linguistics, and the role of logic and grammar formalisms. FG99 is the 5th conference on Formal Grammar held in conjunction with the European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information, which takes place in 1999 in Utrecht. Previous meetings were held in Barcelona (1995), Prague (1996), Aix-en-Provence (1997), and as part of the Joint Conference on Formal Grammar, Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, and Categorial Grammar (FHCG98) held in Saarbrucken last August. Themes of interest include formal and computational syntax, semantics, and pragmatics; head-driven phrase structure grammar and categorial grammar; model-theoretic and proof-theoretic methods in linguistics; constraint-based and resource-sensitive approaches to grammar; and foundational, methodological and architectural issues in grammar. Invited Lectures: Marcelo Finger (Department of Computer Science, University of Sao Paulo) Ed Keenan & Ed Stabler (Department of Linguistics, UCLA) Symposium: Grammatical Resources and Grammatical Inference David Dowty (Ohio State) Polly Jacobson (Brown) Gerhard Jager (Berlin) Reinhard Muskens (Tilburg) Mark Steedman (Edinburgh) commentator: Johan van Benthem (Amsterdam) On the following pages, a detailed program of the conference is pro- vided. Registration for the conference should be done via the ESSLLI XI Secretariat. The conference fee of Dfl. 80 includes a copy of the conference proceedings. Online registration for FG-99 and joint registration covering both FG99 and ESSLLI XI can be arranged at http://esslli.let.uu.nl Accommodation can be arranged via ESSLLI XI. Programme Committee: Anne Abeill'e (Paris) Gosse Bouma (Groningen) John Coleman (Oxford) Mary Dalrymple (Xerox Parc) David Dowty (Ohio State) Elisabet Engdahl (Gotenborg) Daniele Godard (Lille) Jack Hoeksema (Groningen) Polly Jacobson (Brown) Mark Johnson (Brown) Ruth Kempson (London) Shalom Lappin (London) Glyn Morrill (Barcelona) Anton Nijholt (Twente) Owen Rambow (Cogentex) Mark Steedman (Edinburgh) Further Information: Web site for ESSLLI XI: http://esslli.let.uu.nl Web site for FG99 : http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/fg.html Organizing Committee: Geert-Jan Kruijff (Prague) gj at ufal.mff.cuni.cz Paola Monachesi (Utrecht) Paola.Monachesi at let.uu.nl Dick Oehrle (Arizona) oehrle at linc.cis.upenn.edu FG-99 Program: Saturday, August 7, 1999 9.00 - 9.30 Generation and Parsing in OT-based Morphology Jochen Trommer (University of Potsdam) 9.30 - 10.00 Subsumption in Natural Language and Categorial Type Logic Martin Jansche (Ohio State University) 10.00 - 10.30 Monotonic Reasoning from a Proof-Theoretical Perspective Rafaella Bernardi (University of Utrecht) 10.30 - 11.00 break 11.00 - 11.30 Towards a Minimal Logic for Minimalist Grammars: Another Use of Lambek Calculus Alain Lecomte & Christian Retore (Universite Pierre Mendes- France/INRIA) 11.30 - 12.00 Proof Nets for Multimodal Categorial Grammars Richard Moot & Quintijn Puite (University of Utrecht) 12.00 - 13.00 Invited Lecture: Learning Structural Permissions in Categorial Grammar Marcel Finger (University of Sao Paulo) 13.00 - 14.30 break 14.30 - 15.00 Thematic Relations, Argument Hierarchy and Dynamic Event Semantics Ralf Naumann & Anja Latrouite (University of Dusseldorf) 15.00 - 15.30 Nominalisation and Rhetorical Structure Rodger Kibble (University of Brighton) 15.30 - 16.00 A Semantics of Temporal Questions Rani Nelken & Nissim Francez (Technion) 16.00 - 16.30 break 16.30 - 17.00 Quantification and Existential Sentences Agnes Bende-Farkas (University of Stuttgart) 17.00 - 17.30 Analyzing Context-Free and Context-Sensitive Grammars by Abstract Interpretation Michael Leuschel, Nick Linnenbrugger, & Jerome Thoma (Uni- versity of Southampton) 17.30 - 18.30 Invited Lecture: Linguistics Invariants and the Joys of Polytheism Ed Keenan & Ed Stabler (UCLA) Sunday, August 8, 1999 9.00 - 9.30 Clitic Climbing in Polish Verb Clusters: an HPSG Approach Anna Kupsc (Polish Academy of Sciences/Universite Paris 7) 9.30 - 10.00 Clitic Climbing and `Long' Transformations in HPSG and Tree Adjoining Grammar Seth Kulick (University of Pennsylvania) 10.00 - 10.30 A (HPSG) Quantification-based Approach to Negative Concord in Romanian Emil Ionescu (University of Bucharest) 10.30 - 11.00 break 11.00 - 11.30 Word Order, Negation, and Negative Polarity in Hindi Shravan Vasishth (Ohio State University) 11.30 - 12.00 Grammatical Marking in hpsg: A Unified Analysis of Prepo- sitions and Case Marking Jesse Tseng (University of Edinburgh) 12.00 - 12.30 Partial Proof Trees and Cross-Serial Dependencies in Dutch Aravind Joshi, Seth Kulick, & Natasha Kurtonina (University of Pennsylvania) 12.30 - 14.00 break Symposium: Grammatical Resources and Grammatical Inference 14.00 - 14.40 Pauline Jacobson (Brown University) 14.40 - 15.20 David Dowty (Ohio State University): Natural Language Anaphora and Type Logical Syntax 15.20 - 16.00 Gerhard Jager (University of Berlin): Resource sharing in type logical grammar 16.00 - 16.30 break 16.30 - 17.10 Mark Steedman (University of Edinburgh) 17.10 - 17.50 Reinhard Muskens (KUB, Tilburg): Logical Syntax and Dynamic Semantics 17.50 - 18.30 discussion: Johan van Benthem (University of Amsterdam) From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Tue May 18 09:16:27 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:16:27 +0100 Subject: Conf: ACL'99 Message-ID: From: Priscilla Rasmussen ACL '99 37th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA June 20-26, 1999 TAKING REGISTRATIONS NOW ! http://www.mri.mq.edu.au/conf/acl99 The ACL '99 conference this year will offer a larger and more diversified program than ever before. Below is a Program Overview. Detailed information and the entire registration brochure may be found at the website above. The registration brochure has also been sent to all ACL members in hardcopy on 19th April, 1999. If you would like an emailed version of the VERY LONG brochure, please contact Priscilla Rasmussen at acl at aclweb.org. We also plan to have the online registration working (hopefully) by the end of April. ----------------------------------------------------------- 19 June Registration and Tutorial Reception 20 June Tutorials--3 morning and 3 afternoon 21-22 June Workshops--4 1-day and 2 2-day workshops 23-26 June Technical, Thematic, and Student Sessions (23rd and 26th Technical, 24th and 25th Thematic and Student sessions); Invited Speakers: Marti Hearst, Sadaoki Furui, and George Miller. ACL Business Meeting and Student Member Lunch Meeting. Social program (Opening Reception, 22nd June, and Banquet, 23rd June) ----------------------------------------------------------- Please consult the website for the full program, venue and local information, registration and hotel accommodation: We hope to see you there! Robert Dale and Kenneth Church, Program Chairs Bonnie Dorr, Local Arrangements Chair ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ CO-LOCATED MEETING: There will also be a co-located symposium, Computer-Mediated Language Assessment and Evaluation in Natural Language Processing, organized by Mari Broman Olsen. This symposium will take place Tuesday, June 22nd on the University of Maryland campus. For further information, please contact Mari Olsen, molsen at umiacs.umd.edu or see the web http://umiacs.umd.edu/~molsen/acl-iall From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Tue May 18 09:16:29 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:16:29 +0100 Subject: Conf: SCIE'99 Message-ID: From: SCIE99 ********************** ********************** ********************** Apologies if you get this call more than once via mailing lists ********************** ********************** ********************** SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT Call for Participation School on Information Extraction SCIE99 Frascati(Rome), June 28, July 3, 1999 http://scie99.info.uniroma2.it/ ******* IMPORTANT DATES Early registration deadline: May 15 Grant application deadline: May 15 ******* The Artificial Intelligence research group of the Department of Computer Science, Systems and Production of the University of Roma Tor Vergata (Italy), in cooperation with the Italian Association of Artifical Intelligence (AI*IA), is pleased to announce the second edition of the School on Information Extraction (SCIE99), to be held in Frascati (Roma), Italy, from June 28 to July 3, 1999 . The school provides a forum for researchers and practitioners with different background and expertise, to discuss ideas and describe experiences in defining and implementing IE systems. To maximize interaction among SCIE-99 participants, the attendance will be limited to 80 persons. CONTENTS The school is organized as a set of lectures held by internationally renown experts from the different disciplines concerning IE themes. These lectures are explicitly meant to address interdisciplinary issues and will introduce common goals, needs and problems of the different approaches. Demo sessions on current IE technologies and systems will be also held at the school. INVITED SPEAKERS -Jean Pierre CHANOD (XEROX Research Centre Europe, FR) "Finite-state linguistic components: the case of digital libreries" -Veronica DAHL (Simon Fraser Univ. Ca) "From Speech to Knowledge" -Maria Teresa PAZIENZA (Univ. Rome Tor Vergata, IT) "Engineering IE systems: an Object Oriented perspective" -Harold SOMERS (UMIST, UK) "Knowledge extraction from bilingual corpora" -John SOWA (Westchester Polytechnic Univ. USA) "Relating Templates to Language and Logic" -Marc VILAIN (The MITRE Corporation, MA, USA) "Multilingual IE systems" -Ellen VOORHEES (NIST, MD, USA) "Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval" -Yorick WILKS (Univ. of Sheffield, UK) "Can we make Information Extraction more adaptive?" GRANTS Thanks to the support of the AI*IA (Italian Association of Artificial Intelligence) and some of the sponsors, grants will be available for advanced students and young researchers. Details at the SCIE99 web site. SCHOOL VENUE The School will be held in the pleasant atmosphere of the historic city of Frascati (near Rome, Italy). The school will be hosted by the European Space Agency at ESRIN establishment. Thanks to this hospitality, we hope to reach a friendly atmosphere as in the past edition of the school, which enabled fruitful exchanges of ideas among participants. ___________________________________________________________________________ Any information for SCIE-99 participation (registration fees, grants, lectures, accommodation, ...) may be found at the school web page http://scie99.info.uniroma2.it ___________________________________________________________________________ SCIE-99 Program Commettee: * Luigia Carlucci Aiello (Univ. of Roma La Sapienza) * Elisa Bertino (Univ. of Milano) * Maria Teresa Pazienza (Univ. of Roma, Tor Vergata) (chair) * Domenico Sacca' (Univ. of Calabria) * Lorenza Saitta (Univ. of Torino) SCIE-99 Organizing Committee: - R. Basili (Univ. Roma Tor Vergata) (chair) - C. Cardani (Univ. Roma Tor Vergata) - M. Di Nanni (Univ. Roma Tor Vergata) - M. Vindigni (Univ. Roma Tor Vergata) - F. Zanzotto (Univ. Roma Tor Vergata) School e-mail: scie99 at info.uniroma2.it -------------------------------------------------- For more details, please contact: prof. Maria Teresa Pazienza Dept. of Computer Science, Systems and Production University of Roma, Tor Vergata Via di Tor Vergata 00133 ROMA (ITALY) tel: +39 06 72597378 (office); fax +39 06 72597460; e_mail: pazienza at info.uniroma2.it -------------------------------------------------- From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Tue May 18 09:16:30 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:16:30 +0100 Subject: Ecole: Eurolan'99 Message-ID: From: Amalia Todirascu We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message. ***************************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The 4th EUROLAN Summer School on Human Language Technology "Lexical Semantics and Multilinguality" 19-31 July 1999 Iasi - Romania Extended deadline for early registration: 14 June Extended deadline for late registration: 12 July ***************************** Please consult the EUROLAN'99 pages: http://www.infoiasi.ro/~eurolan99/ http://bach.u-strasbg.fr/LIIA/todirascu/eurolan/index.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Dan Cristea University "A.I.Cuza" Iasi Phone: +40.32.20-1529/1542 Dept. of Computer Science Fax: +40.32.213330 16, Berthelot St. E-mail: dcristea at infoiasi.ro 6600 - Iasi URL: http://www.infoiasi.ro/~dcristea Romania --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End Included Message ----- From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Thu May 20 13:54:09 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:54:09 +0100 Subject: Jobs: 3 Offers Message-ID: ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: Kordula De Kuthy Subject: job openings at U. of Tuebingen 2/ From: Jodi Scheffler Subject: NL Development Mangager @ Microsoft/Redmond, WA - USA 3/ From: Jodi Scheffler Subject: NL Program Manager @ Microsoft/Redmond, WA - USA ______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: Kordula De Kuthy Subject: job openings at U. of Tuebingen The Division of Computational Linguistics in the Dept. of Linguistics at the University of Tuebingen, Germany announces TWO JOB VACANCIES to be filled immediately. We are searching for: TWO THEORETICAL or COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTS to conduct research in a project of the Sonderforschungsbereich 340 "Theoretische Grundlagen der Computerlinguistik". The project is concerned with the development, formalization, and implementation of a large syntax fragment for German in combination with a constraint logic programming language for this purpose. It continues the work carried out in the projects B4 and B8; more detailed information about these projects is available at: http://www.sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de/en_nf_asc_b8.shtml http://www.sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de/controll/ Applicants should have one of the following qualifications: 1. theoretical and practical experience in logic programming and an interest in applying this knowledge to the design and implementation of a computational system for processing HPSG grammars. 2. strong background in the syntax of German, good knowledge of HPSG, and an interest in the formalization and implementation of a large German syntax fragment. The positions are at the rank of "Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter" (M.A. or Ph.D. required). The salary is on the German payscale of BAT IIa/2 (with M.A. in hand; min. 35.000DM/year) or BATIIa (with Ph.D. in hand; min. 70.000DM/year). The positions are funded until December 31, 2000. Applications should include CV, an outline of research experience/interests, and names and addresses of two referees. A sample publication representative of the applicant's research expertise would be helpful. Applications should be sent by mail or email to the address below. Kordula De Kuthy and Erhard W. Hinrichs Seminar fuer Sprachwissenschaft, Abt. Computerlinguistik Eberhard-Karls Universitaet Tuebingen Wilhelmstr. 113 D-72074 Tuebingen, Germany Email: kdk at sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de Although interviews may start at any time, applications received by June 20th, 1999 will receive full consideration. In case of equal qualifications, preference will be given to persons with disabilities. The University of Tuebingen strives to increase the representation of female scientists. Women are, therefore, especially encouraged to apply. ______________________________________________________________________________ 2/ From: Jodi Scheffler Subject: NL Development Mangager @ Microsoft/Redmond, WA - USA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER The Natural Language Group (NLG) is Microsoft's central organization for development of advanced linguistic technology. This strategic and growing group critical for making software easier for customers to use and central to Microsoft's future. The features ship in all of Microsoft's key applications and systems products, including Office, Windows and several consumer apps. Enabling computers to understand natural language is a difficult, fascinating, and critical task. Microsoft has amassed some of the top linguists in the world and we are in the business of developing and shipping high quality linguistic features such as grammars, and search engines and eventually machine translation. Primary responsibilities include management of a 40 person development team working on a set of diverse linguistic technology and product features. Additionally, the development manager is responsible for coordinating and driving the overall technical vision for the NLG. Qualifications should include a minimum of 3 years of prior development management or lead experience. Strong communication and technical skills are required. Prior dev mgr. experience preferred and bi-lingual and/or linguistic skills are a plus. A BA/BS degree in Computer Science or other related technical field preferred. Please send resume to SSolar at Microsoft.com ______________________________________________________________________________ 3/ From: Jodi Scheffler Subject: NL Program Manager @ Microsoft/Redmond, WA - USA GROUP PROGRAM MANAGER The Natural Language Group (NLG) is Microsoft's central organization for development of advanced linguistic technology. This strategic and growing group critical for making software easier for customers to use and central to Microsoft's future. The features ship in all of Microsoft's key applications and systems products, including Office, Windows and several consumer apps. Enabling computers to understand natural language is a difficult, fascinating, and critical task. Microsoft has amassed some of the top linguists in the world and we are in the business of developing and shipping high quality linguistic features such as grammars, and search engines and eventually machine translation. The GPM position is responsible for driving planning, design, schedules and integration of the NL features. The ideal leader will coordinate with NLG's development and test organizations, research, and the various client management teams. This person will be responsible for driving and evangelizing smart design strategies and influencing technical directions. Because of the technical challenges associated with this position, the ideal candidate will have broad experience in shipping technical products. Qualifications include a minimum of 7 years program management experience including leadership and management experience. Prior GPM experience preferred and bi-lingual and/or linguistic skills are a plus. Software engineering background and strong communication skills required. A BA/BS degree in Computer Science preferred. Please send resume to SSolar at Microsoft.com From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Thu May 20 13:54:17 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:54:17 +0100 Subject: Appel: ACIDCA'2000 Message-ID: From: BELGUITH Lamia [Please post : Apologies for any duplication ] ****************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS & EXHIBITION ACIDCA'2000 International Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence for Decision, Control and Automation in Engineering and Industrial Applications Monastir (Tunisia), 22-24 March 2000 Organized by : Association for Innovation and Technology (Tunisia) University of Sfax (ENIS - FSEGS) Sponsored by : IEEE SMC Co-Sponsored by : TSS Supported by : Tunisian State Secretariat of Scientific Research and Technology(SERST) ******************************************************************* SCOPE ----- Technological innovation is related to more than one scientific field. Cooperation between researchers in different scientific fields and industrials is nowadays inevitable. The International Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence for Decision, Control and Automation in Engineering and Industrial Applications (ACIDCA'2000) will provide a forum for theoretician and practitioner researchers, industrials, and academic experts to exchange ideas, share experiences, promote technological products, and address the important issue of the applications of advanced topics in computational intelligence, artificial intelligence, decision, control, and automation in engineering and industrial systems. ACIDCA'2000 will include exhibits and demonstrations of real-world applications and will be a job fair by matching up applicants with employment opportunities. TECHNICAL PROGRAM ----------------- ACIDCA'2000 will be organized into seven thematic technical sessions focusing on theory, implementation and applications. ACIDCA'2000 will also include invited plenary speeches on selected advanced aspects given by experts in the specific state-of-the art subject areas. Invited special talks on major topics by eminent speakers will be included in the technical sessions. There will be tutorial sessions on March 21. Detailed information on the sessions along with tutorial abstracts will be available at ACIDCA'2000 web site as soon as they are finalized. EXHIBITION ---------- The exhibition will be held in parallel with ACIDCA'2000. All delegates and guests will have an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the technical characteristics, performances, and details concerning the function and applications of the products and display. Exhibitors who wish to participate in the exhibition are requested to send application forms (available on the web site of the conference) to the Secretariat of ACIDCA'2000 no later than October 15, 1999. WORKING LANGUAGE ---------------- The working language of ACIDCA'2000 is English. THEMATIC SESSIONS ----------------- 1) Intelligent Methods : Computational Intelligence, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Genetic Algorithms, Evolutionary Computation, Hybrid Systems, Learning Algorithms, Heuristic Searching, Intelligent Agents, Cooperative Knowledge-based Systems, Expert Systems, Machine Learning, Knowledge Representation, Distributed AI and Multi-Agents, Computer-aided Reading, Data Analysis and Modeling, Data Fusion and Mining, Knowledge Discovery, Prediction & Time Series Analysis, Information Retrieval, Intelligent User Interface. 2) Methods and Heuristics for Decision Making : Intelligent Databases, Information Systems, Case-based Reasoning, Decision Support Systems, GDSS, Multiple Criteria Decision Making, Qualitative and Approximate-Reasoning Modeling, Meta-heuristics for Optimization, Decision Theory, Game Theory, Discrete Simulation. 3) Software Engineering : Requirement Engineering, Software Specification Techniques, Software Design Techniques, Software Architecture, Design Patterns, Refinement and Analysis Techniques, Formal Development Techniques, Software Prototyping, Software Implementation Techniques, Software Validation, Verification and Testing, Model Checking, Software Quality Assurance, Software Maintenance, Software Process Model (Life Cycles), Computer-Aided Software Engineering, Software Development Environments, Software Reuse, Reverse Engineering, Object-Oriented Design, Software Engineering for and over the Internet, Distributed Systems, Multi-agent Systems. 4) Corpora and Natural Language Processing : Lexicography, Lexical knowledge acquisition, Part of Speech Tagging, Unknown word guessing, Term recognition, Morphological Analysis, Robust Parsing, Word Sense Disambiguation, Anaphora Resolution, Discourse segmentation, Machine Translation, Agreement Error Correction, Spelling and Grammar Correction, Information Extraction, Automatic Abstracting, Text Categorisation, Speech processing, Multilingual corpora and multilingual applications, Corpus annotation, Evaluation. 5) Engineering and Industrial Applications : Industrial Process Control, Real-time Systems, Discrete Event Systems, Petri Nets, Robotics, Mechanical System Control, Mechatronics, Electric Machine Design, Variable Speed Drives, Automotive Electrical Systems, Power System Control, Renewable Energy Systems, Environment Engineering Systems, Chemical and Biotechnical Process Control, Irrigation Systems Control, Intelligent Sensors and Virtual Measurements, VLSI, Hardware Implementation, Communication Systems, Multimedia Systems, Intelligent Manufacturing and Production Systems, Production Management, Planning and Scheduling, Quality Control, CIM. 6) Systems Analysis and Automatic Control : System Identification, Modeling, Model Reduction, Filtering and Signal Processing, Optimal and Robust Control, Adaptive and Predictive Control, Pole Placement Control, Multivariable and Decentralized Control, Sliding Mode Control, Fuzzy Control, Neural Control, Computer Control, Computer Aided Control System, Fault Detection and Diagnostic, Expert and Knowledge Based Systems, Nonlinear Systems, Stochastic Systems, Time Varying Systems, Large-scale Systems. 7) Vision & Pattern Recognition : Pattern Recognition : Clustering and Classification, Handwriting Recognition and Verification : Cursive Script Recognition, Characters and Digits, Words, Signature, Graphics and Symbol Recognition : Engineering Drawings, Maps, Logo Types, Document Processing : Layout Analysis, Segmentation and Labeling, Language Identification, Document Structure Analysis and Modeling, Signal and Image Processing : Thresholding, Thinning, Noise Removal, Segmentation, Vision and Image Understanding, Fractals, Speech Recognition, Signal Compression and Transmission, Application Systems : Bank-Check Processing, Business Forms Reading, Postal Automation, Number Plate Recognition, Storage and Information Retrieval : Video Images, Compression Algorithms, Multimedia and Hypertext, Text Retrieval and Document Model. HONORARY CHAIRS --------------- M. Ben Ahmed (TN), G. Dabbeche (TN), L.A. Zadeh (USA) GENERAL CHAIRS -------------- A. M. Alimi (TN), L. Belguith Hadrich (TN), A. Ben Hamadou (TN) INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE ------------------------------- 1) Thematic Session on Intelligent Methods Chairs : R. Braham (TN), M. Mohammadian (AUS) Members : H. Adeli (USA), O. Castillo (MEX), D. Dubois (F), H. Farreny (F), L. Foulloy (F), T. Fukuda (J), P. Glize (F), D. Goldberg (USA), H. Hyotyniemi (FI), F. Karray (CDN), T.D. Pham (AUS), A. Rebai (TN), D. Rutkowska (PL), A. Sattar (AUS), J.L. Soubie (F), R.J. Stonier (AUS), S. Vassilyev (RU), J. Virbel (F), K. Warwick (UK), X. Yao (UK) 2) Thematic Session on Methods and Heuristics for Decision Making Chair : F. Ben Abdelaziz (TN) Members : H. Artiba (B), S. Ben Abdallah (TN), M. Bettaz (DZ), F. Badran (F), P. Borne (F), J. Climaco (P), Y. Gadhoum (CDN), K. Ghoudi (CDN), M. Haouari (TN), O. Ibrahim (KWI), M. Itmi (F), J.Y. Jaffray (F), O. Laritchev (RU), M. Maouch (DZ), J.M. Martel (CDN), K. Mellouli (TN), H. Merza (KWI), R. Mhallah (TN), J.C. Pomerol (F), B. Raggad (USA), M. Roubens (B), C. Roucairol (F), B. Roy (F), P. Smets (B), R.E. Steuer (USA), E. Talbi (F), M. Tamiz (UK), J. Teghem (B) 3) Thematic Session on Software Engineering Chairs : F. Kamoun (TN), P. Pepper (D) Members : K. Barkaoui (F), A. Belguith (TN), N. Belkhiter (CDN), H. Ben Ghezala (TN), R. Bouaziz (TN), M. Broy (D), S. Castano (I), A. Cherif (J), K. Drira (F), C.F. Ducateau (F), S. Jahnichen (D), A. Jaoua (SA), D. McGregor (USA), A. Mili (USA), M. Picavet (F), S. Sahraoui (BH), P. Srimani (USA) 4) Thematic Session on Corpora and NLP Chair : R. Mitkov (UK) Members : R. Basili (I), P. Blache (F), C. Boitet (F), R. Bruce (USA), J.-P. Chanod (F), F. Debili (TN), J.-P. Descles (F), J. Dichy (F), E. Ditters (NL), E. Gaussier (F), U. Hahn (D), N. Ide (USA), G. Lallich (F), C. Mankai (TN), T. McEnery (UK), J.-G. Meunier (CDN), A. Mikheev (UK), J.L. Minel (F), S. Piperidis (GR), H. Rodriguez (E), M. Rosner (MLT), M. Rolbert (F), P. Seuren (NL), H. Somers (UK), K.-Y. Su (TAI), I. Trancoso (POR), E. Tzoukermann (USA), A. Voutilainen (FI) 5) Thematic Session on Engineering and Industrial Applications Chairs : N. Derbel (TN), A. Elantably (USA) Members : M. Abid (TN), M. Annabi (TN), I. Belkhoja (TN), N. Benhadj Braiek (TN), S. Belguith (TN), A. Bouallegue (TN), R. Dhifaoui (TN), A. Dhouib (TN), M. Gabbouj (FI), F. Ghorbel (USA), T. Hadhri (TN), M. Ja?dane (TN), H. Kallel (TN), L. Kamoun (TN), M.B.A. Kamoun (TN), M. Karkoub (KWI), R. Le Doeuff (F), S. Lejmi (USA), A. Maalej (TN), K. Najim (F), M. Poloujadoff (F), A.S. Poznyak (MEX), M. Sawan (CDN), S. Siala (F), J.A. Tegopoulos (GR), R. Tourki (TN) 6) Thematic Session on Systems Analysis and Automatic Control Chairs : M.B.T. Kamoun (TN), A. Titli (F) Members : J. Aguilar-Martin (F), R. Ben Abdennour (TN), A. Benhammou (MA), J. Bernussou (F), J.-L. Calvet (F), B. Dahhou (F), G. Enea (F), G. Favier (F), F.G. Filip (R), Z. Gajic (USA) , G. Garcia (F), C.J. Harris (UK), M. Ksouri (TN), P. Millot (F), M. Najim (F), A. Ouali (TN), J. Quevedo (E), P.D. Roberts (UK), A. Toumi (TN), H.-R. Trankler (D) 7) Thematic Session on Vision & Pattern Recognition Chairs : M. Cheriet (CDN), F. Ghorbel (TN) Members : A. Amin (AUS), A. Belaid (F), F. Bouslama (J), N. Ellouze (TN), A. Ennaji (F), M. Gilloux (F), M. Leard (F), E. Lecolinet (F), Y. Lecourtier (F), C.G. Leedham (SGP), W. Li (PRC), G. Lorette (F), F. Merazka (DZ), C. Olivier (F), E.H. Ruspini (USA), S. Srihari (USA), G. Stamon (F), C.Y. Suen (CDN) LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------------- Chairs : W. Gargouri (TN), A. Masmoudi (TN) Members : H. Abdelkafi (TN), C. Aloulou (TN), N. Ben Amara (TN), M. Ben Jemaa (TN), H. Bouchhima (TN), M. Chtourou (TN), F. Gargouri (TN), A. Hadj Kacem (TN), M. Jaoua (TN), M. Jmaiel (TN), A. Kamoun (TN), O. Mazhoud (TN), H. Miled (TN), F. Mouria Beji (TN), H. Trabelsi (TN) INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ---------------------------------- Chairs : F. Ghorbel (USA), F. Karray (CDN) Members : F. Bouslama (J), A. Cherif (J), F. Derbel (D), O. Kanoun (D), S. Kanoun (F), M. Karkoub (KWI), M.A. Khabou (USA), S. Lejmi (USA), C. Olivier (F), T. Ouerfelli (F), S. Sahraoui (BH), I. Timimi (F) PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS ----------------------- Selected papers, in extended form, will be considered for publication in edited books and eventually in international journals. ACIDCA'2000 will offer best paper awards in three categories : Best Paper, Best Poster Paper and Best Student Paper. DEADLINES --------- ** Conference Schedule Paper Submission Due 01 October 1999 Notification of Acceptance 10 December 1999 Receipt of Camera-ready Paper and Registration Fees 10 January 2000 ** Exhibition Schedule Application Form Due 15 October 1999 Receipt of Registration Fees 15 January 2000 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES --------------------- Authors are requested to send four copies of full papers, written in English and not exceeding ten pages including figures, tables and references, to ACIDCA'2000 SECRETARIAT (please see the address below). Papers should be prepared on A4 or 8.5" x 11" (Letter size) paper with 2.5 cm (1") margins on all sides, simple-column format, in Times or similar style, 12 points. Papers must be written on one side of the sheets and they should include title, author's name(s) and affiliation(s) on top of the first page followed by an abstract. Fax or e-mail submissions are not acceptable. Please indicate corresponding authors with the e-mail addresses if available. Papers should be accompanied with a submission letter indicating the conference thematic session and four keywords covering the main paper subject. In addition, a 200-word (or so) abstract of the paper and a list of keywords should be emailed as plain text to : acidca2000-oc at majordomo.ieee.org Please indicate the thematic session in the subject of the message. CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION FEES ------------------------------ ACIDCA'2000 conference registration fee will be announced on the web as soon as possible. ACIDCA'2000 exhibition registration fee is estimated to US$ 140 per m? for those companies who wish to design and build their own stand, and US$ 195 per m? for package stands. A single room in a four-star hotel will cost around 50$. TOURISTIC INFORMATION ---------------------- Monastir is located at 165 km south-east of Tunis, 24 km east of Sousse, and 80 km east of Kairouan. Monastir is served by the Skanes-Monastir International Airport, an excellent road network, a Railway service connecting Monastir to Sousse, beautiful wide avenues surrounded by extensive parks as well as an impressive university. In Monastir there is no shortage of pleasures : vast stretches of golden beaches, breathtaking views, inland scenery of fascinating beauty and a thousand contrasts, a land of lushness and genuine local hospitality. Hotels are plentiful, often luxurious and always well located and well equipped. For more touristic information, please visit : http://www.tourismtunisia.com or contact : info at tourismtunisia.com. ACIDCA'2000 SECRETARIAT ----------------------- ADDRESS : Centre Postal Maghreb Arabe, BP 120, 3049 Sfax, Tunisia TEL : +216-4-279-154 (# 109) FAX : +216-4-296-229 E-MAIL : acidca2000-oc at majordomo.ieee.org WEB : http://www.chez.com/acidca2000 From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Thu May 20 13:55:12 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:55:12 +0100 Subject: Appel: ICoS-1 Message-ID: From: mdr at wins.uva.nl (Maarten de Rijke) FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS First workshop on INFERENCE IN COMPUTATIONAL SEMANTICS ICoS-1 Institute for Logic, Language and Computation Amsterdam, August 15, 1999 (Submission deadline: June 1, 1999) Endorsed by SIGSEM, the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) Special Interest Group (SIG) on computational semantics. ABOUT ICoS Traditional inference tools (such as theorem provers and model builders) are reaching new levels of sophistication and are now widely and easily available. In addition, a wide variety of new tools (statistical and probabilistic methods, ideas from the machine learning community) are likely to be increasingly applied in computational semantics for natural language. Indeed, computational semantics has reached the stage where the exploration and development of inference is one of its most pressing tasks --- and there's a lot of interesting new work which takes inferential issues seriously. The first workshop on Inference in Computational Semantics (ICoS-1) intends to bring together researchers from areas such as Computational Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, and Logic, in order to discuss approaches and applications of inference in natural language semantics. SUBMISSIONS We invite two kinds of submissions: research papers on inference methods in computational semantics as well as their applications; and system descriptions. Research papers can be up to 10 A4 size pages (formatted using the standard LaTeX2e options 11pt and a4paper), and system descriptions can be up to 4 A4 size pages (again, formatted using 11pt, a4paper as options). System descriptions should focus on actual implementations, explaining system architecture issues and specific implementation techniques. Every system description should be accompanied by a system demo at ICoS-1. The primary means of submission will be electronic, in PostScript format. Submissions should be sent to icos1 at wins.uva.nl. DATES * Submission deadline: June 1, 1999 * Notification date: July 1, 1999 * Final versions due: July 21, 1999 * Workshop: August 15, 1999 PROGRAM The following people will give invited presentations: * Johan Bos (Saarbruecken) Automated Reasoning for Natural Language Semantics * Steve Pulman (Cambridge and SRI International) Bidirectional Contextual Resolution * Matthew Stone (Rutgers) Towards a Computational Account of Knowledge, Action and Instructions The program committee for ICoS-1 consists of the following people: James Allen Alex Lascarides Patrick Blackburn Christof Monz Denys Duchier Reinhard Muskens Jan van Eijck Manfred Pinkal Claire Gardent Maarten de Rijke Jacques Jayez Len Schubert Aravind Joshi Henk Zeevat Michael Kohlhase LOCATION ICoS-1 will be held at the University of Amsterdam during the 11th European Summer School on Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI'99), which will be held in Utrecht, approximately 30 km from Amsterdam. FURTHER INFORMATION Detailed information about the program, and about registration and accommodation will be made available at a later stage. For further information, please contact the local organizers at icos1 at wins.uva.nl or visit the ICoS-1 home page: http://www.illc.uva.nl/~mdr/ICoS/ From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Thu May 20 13:56:01 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:56:01 +0100 Subject: Appel: CII'99 Message-ID: From: laskri tayeb CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on Computer Science (cii'99 : Conf?rence Internationale en Informatique) November 22-23, 1999, Annaba, Algeria Organized by Department of Computer Science - University of Annaba - Algeria http://www.multimania.com/cii99/cii99.htm http://www.cerist.dz/manifpub/ email : cii99 at ist.cerist.dz, ainfo at ist.cerist.dz The International Conference on Computer Science will be held in 1999 at the Department of computer science, Annaba, Algeria. The Purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers, developers and practitioners from academia and industry. The Conference provides an international forum for presentation and discussion of research on computer science. The conference will feature contributed papers , tutorials and Posters concerned with theory, practice and applications The topics will include, the following areas : - Software Engineering - Artificial Intelligence - Computer Human Interaction - Natural Language Processing - Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) - Pattern Recognition - Modeling, Scheduling Submission of Papers : We solicit new research and ?real experience? papers in any of the technical areas listed above. Manuscripts must be in English, or French double-spaced, 12 point font, and must not exceed 16 pages. The first page of the manuscript should include the article title, authors' name(s), affiliations, postal addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address of the principal author. The second page should begin with the article title, a brief abstract, keywords and the text. Papers will be peer-reviewed. The submission process of papers will be handled electronically. Authors unable to submit electronically are invited to send three copies and one copy in 3?1/2 disk of their contribution to the Program Chair before May 31, 1999 at the following address. (Please e-mail the Program Chair to inform him that your paper has been mailed and you will present the paper if the paper is accepted.): Mohamed Tayeb Laskri , Program Chair Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science , University of Annaba B.P. 12 , Annaba 23000, Algeria. Telephone and Fax : (213) 8 87 28 12, (213) 8 87 27 56 E-mail: laskri at yahoo.com, laskri at ist.cerist.dz Final version of selected papers will be published in the scientific and technologic revue in a special number ? Synth?se ISSN 111-4924? Submission of Tutorials: We invite you to submit proposals for technical tutorials. A proposal should include the title, instructor's name, topics covered, length of the tutorial, equipment needed, and instructor's biography and qualifications. It should also indicate the objectives and the time al location for major course topics. Important Deadlines : Papers and Tutorials Due : May 31, 1999 Notification of Acceptance : September 4, 1999 Final text : October 2, 1999 For more information, please contact : CII'99, Department of Computer Science - University of Annaba, B.P.12 Annaba 23000 Algeria. Telephone and Fax : (213) 8 87 27 56, (213) 8 87 28 12 Email: {ainfo, cii99}@ist.cerist.dz Web Site for current information about the cii'99 Go to http://www.cerist.dz/manifpub/ http://www.multimania.com/cii99/cii99.htm Program Committee chairman : Med Tayeb Laskri Permanent Secretary : Djamel Essolh Amrane Organization chairman : Tahar Bensebaa International Program Committee : M.Ahmed-Nacer (University of Algiers, Algeria) E.Aimeur (University of Montreal, Canada) A.Aissani (University of Blida, Algeria) D.Aissani (University of Bejaia, Algeria) A.Ait-Aoudia (I.N.I., Algiers, Algeria) Y.Amghar (INSA, Lyon, France) M.Amjad (Philadelphia University, Aman, Jordan) A.Attoui (LLP/CESALP, University of Savoie, France) M.Babes (University of Annaba, Algeria) N.Badache (University of Algiers, Algeria) M.Badri (Universiy of Quebec, Canada) M.C.Batouche (University of Constantine, Algeria) M.Bedda (University of Annaba, Algeria) N.Belkhiter (Laval University, Canada) S.Benbernou (University of Oran, Algeria) M.S.Bendelloul (University of Annaba, Algeria) B.Bendjillali (University of Oran, Algeria) A.Benhamadou (University of Sfax, Tunisia) S.A.Benjelloun (ITS, Rabat, Morocco) T.Bensebaa (University of Annaba, Algeria) M.Bettaz (University of Constantine, Algeria) E.Bianco (University of Aix-Marseille II, France) M.Boualem (LPL, University of Aix-Marseille, France) M.Boufaida (University of Constantine, Algeria) Z.Boufaida (University of Constantine, Algeria) A.Boukaram (University of Setif, Algeria) M.Chaib-Draa (University of Quebec, Canada) N.Djeddi (University of Biskra, Algeria) N.Doghmane (University of Annaba, Algerie) H.Drias (University of Algiers, Algeria) H.Hadjami ben ghezala (Ensi, Tunis, Tunisia) A.Henni (I.N.I., Algiers, Algeria) A.Hocine (University of Peau , France) S.Ghoul (Philadelphia University, Aman, Jordan) T.Khammaci (University of Nantes, France) M.K.Kholladi (University of Constantine, Algeria) J.M.Knippel (University of Provence, France) M.Lalam (University of Tizi Ouzou, Algeria) M.T. Laskri (University of Annaba, Algeria) Z.Maamar (University of Quebec, Canada) M.Maouche (University of Constantine, Algeria) M.Masud (Philadelphia University, Aman, Jordan) M.Mezghiche (University of Tizi Ouzou, Algeria) A.Mokhtari-Aissani (University of Algiers, Algerie) C.Oussalah (University of Nimes, France) G.Perennou (University of Toulouse, France) I.Rassoul (University of Tizi Ouzou, Algeria) D.Rebaine (Universit? of Tizi Ouzou, Algeria) P.Rubel (INSA, Lyon, France) Z.Sahnoun (University of Constantine, Algeria) M.Sellami (University of Annaba, Algeria) M.Si-Mohammed (University of Tizi Ouzou, Algeria) S.Slaoui (University of Rabat, Morocco) Y.Slimani (University of Tunis, Tunisia) N.Vigouroux (University of Toulouse, France) N.Vincent (University of Tours, France) R.Zajac (New Mexico State University, USA) Z.Zemirli (I.N.I., Algiers, Algeria) A.Ziou (University of Scherbrook, Canada) From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Thu May 20 13:56:19 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:56:19 +0100 Subject: Appel : Translating and the Computer 21 Message-ID: From: Jeff ALLEN Apologies if you receive more than one copy of this message - it has been sent to several lists. **************************************************************** 21st Conference "Translating and the Computer" 10-11 November 1999, London *************************************************************** The annual conference "Translating and the Computer" has been an important forum for Machine Translation and Translation Aids users over the past 20 years. The conference is one of the few international events which focuses on the user aspects of translation software and as such has been particularly beneficial to a very wide audience including translators, business managers, researchers and language experts. Against the background of an increasingly multilingual society and the all-encompassing impact of information technology, this year's conference will address the latest developments in translation (and translation-related) software. This call for papers invites abstracts of papers to be presented at the conference. The papers (and the presentations) should focus on the user aspects of translation or translation-related software rather than on research and development issues. Presentations accompanied by demonstrations are especially welcome. Topics ------ The range of conference topics includes (but is not limited to) - use of Machine Translation (MT) systems - machine-aided translation and translation aids - memory based translation - controlled languages and their use in MT - speech translation - terminology - localisation - translation aids for minority languages - multilingual document management/workflow - experience of companies using translation software - translating and the computer: the new millennium challenges - the Internet and translation aids Programme Chairs -------------------------- Daniel Grasmick (SAP) Ruslan Mitkov (University of Wolverhampton) Chris Pyne (ICE) Submission Guidelines --------------------- Authors are requested to submit an extended abstract (between 500 and 1000 words) of the paper they would like to present. Extended abstracts should be sent by post, fax or email before 1 June to: Ms Nicole Adamides, Manager, Professional Development Group ASLIB, The Association for Information Management Staple Hall, Stone House Court, London, EC3A 7PB Tel: +44 (0) 171 903 0030 Fax: +44 (0) 171 903 0011 Email nicole.adamides at aslib.co.uk The full-length versions of the accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings. From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Thu May 20 13:59:36 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:59:36 +0100 Subject: Conf: 2 EACL workshops Message-ID: _______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: Thorsten Brants Subject: LINC-99 call for participation 2/ From: Mike Rosner Subject: EACL99 Workshop: Call for Participation _______________________________________________________________________________ 1/ From: Thorsten Brants Subject: LINC-99 call for participation Apologies to those of you who receive this more than once EACL-99 Post-Conference Workshop on LINGUISTICALLY INTERPRETED CORPORA (LINC-99) June 12th, 1999, Bergen, Norway ** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AND PRELIMINARY PROGRAM ** URL: http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/linc99/ PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: Hans Uszkoreit, Saarbruecken (chair) Thorsten Brants, Saarbruecken (chair) Brigitte Krenn, Wien (chair) Rens Bod, Leeds Pierrette Bouillon, Geneva Tomaz Erjavec, Ljubljana Jan Hajic, Prag Veronique Hoste, Antwerp Wojciech Skut, Saarbruecken Atro Voutilainen, Helsinki BACKGROUND: The need for large linguistically interpreted (annotated) corpora keeps growing in an increasing number of applications and research tasks in the field of computational linguistics. Many groups have started to create corpus resources for a variety of languages and domains. These corpora are used for a broad range of different applications and theoretical investigations. This workshop aims at bringing together these activities in order to facilitate advanced and efficient corpus annotation providing re-usable resources. CONTRIBUTED PAPERS: Jose Mari Arriola, Xabier Artola, Aitor Maritxalar, Aitor Soroa "Methodology for the Analysis of Verb Usage Examples in a Context of Lexical Knowledge Acquisition from Dictionary Entries" Tamaz Varadi, Csaba Oravecz "Morpho-syntactic ambiguity and tagset design for Hungarian" Anne Abeille, Lionel Clement "A tagged reference Corpus for French" Massimo Poesio, Renate Henschel, Janet Hitzeman, Roger Kibble, Shane Montague, Kees van Deemter "Towards An Annotation Scheme For Noun Phrase Generation" Kemal Oflazer, Dilek Hakkani-Tur, Gokhan Tur "Design for a Turkish Treebank" John Carroll, Guido Minnen, Ted Briscoe "Corpus Annotation for Parser Evaluation" Ian Lewin, Pierrette Bouillon, Sabine Lehmann, David Milward, Ludovic Tanguy "Discourse Data in DiET" Chris Brew "An extensible visualization tool to aid treebank exploration" Frank Keller, Martin Corley, Steffan Corley, Matthew Crocker, Shari Trewin "Gsearch: A Tool for Syntactic Investigation of Unparsed Corpora" Tomaz Erjavec "A TEI Encoding of Aligned Corpora as Translation Memories" Josef van Genabith, Louisa Sadler, Andy Way "Data-Driven Compilation of LFG Semantic Forms" CONTACT: Thorsten Brants Saarland University Computational Linguistics, Geb. 17 P.O.Box 151150 D-66041 Saarbruecken GERMANY email: thorsten at coli.uni-sb.de URL: http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/linc99/ REGISTRATION: URL: http://www.hit.uib.no/eacl99/howtoregister.html _______________________________________________________________________________ 2/ From: Mike Rosner Subject: EACL99 Workshop: Call for Participation Apologies for duplicate listings ///////////////////////////////////////// POST CONFERENCE WORKSHOP ON COMPUTER AND INTERNET SUPPORTED EDUCATION IN LANGUAGE AND SPEECH TECHNOLOGY ///////////////////////////////////////// EACL-99, University of Bergen 12th June 1999 ///////////////////////////////////////// Sponsored by ELSNET Invited Speaker Dr. Jo Calder (University of Edinburgh) ///////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////////// CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ////////////////////// The field of language and speech technology is such that curricula have always been closely related to computational theories and related tools. Yet tools that are available to support curricula are often no more than unrefined versions of programs developed in research laboratories that authors have generously made available to the public. The aims of this workshop are: - To present examples of computer/internet supported tools that are in current use or under development. - To establish a registry of computational tools that are currently being used to support Education in Language and Speech Technology (ELST). - To consider the possibility of adopting a common framework for the development of tools and environments specifically designed with educational goals in mind. - To establish a special interest group (e.g. under the auspices of the learned associations and/or ELSNET) within which the educational issues in our field could be given the time and attention they deserve. Full Programme: http://www.cs.um.edu.mt/~mros/celst/prog.html Registration (via EACL99 Home Page): http://www.hit.uib.no/eacl99/ Further information from coordinator: Workshop Committee Michael Rosner (Malta - Coordinator) mros at cs.um.edu.mt Doug Arnold (Essex) Gerrit Bloothooft (Utrecht) Chris Bowerman (Sunderland) Anders Erikkson (Umea) Steven Krauwer (Utrecht) Mark Huckvale (London) Fabio Pianesi (Trento) Koenraad de Smedt (Bergen) Mark Tatham (Essex) Maria Wolters (Bonn) Felisa Verdejo (Madrid) From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Fri May 21 14:18:39 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 15:18:39 +0100 Subject: Appel: WFLA'99 Message-ID: From: Carlos Martin Vide CALL FOR PAPERS S E C O N D A N N O U N C E M E N T WORKSHOP ON FORMAL LANGUAGES AND AUTOMATA (WFLA) September 2-3 Iassy (Iasi), Romania This workshop is a satellite event of the conference Fundamentals of Computation Theory 1999 (FCT'99) that will be held in Iassy, Romania. (for more information see: http://www.infoiasi.ro/fct99/) We invite you to submit a paper (no more than 12 pages) to this workshop. The paper should be in the area of formal languages, theory of automata, combinatorics on words or any other related area. Your contribution will be refereed by the Program Committee members. We plan to publish the accepted papers in a special issue of an international journal. Authors are invited to send their contributions to: Alexandru Mateescu, Department of Mathematics, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland E-MAIL: mateescu at utu.fi (electronic submission by e-mail is highly encouraged) IMPORTANT: 1. Please, send your contributions by email in postscript (ps) ********** format and NOT compressed. 2. Note that the deadline (June, 10, 1999) will NOT be extended! _________________________________________________________________________ INVITED TALKS: Simeon Bozapalidis, Masami Ito, Kai Salomaa. PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: Erzsebet Csuhaj-Varju, Alica Kelemenova, Toader Jucan, Carlos Martin-Vide, Alexandru Mateescu (chair), Yurii Rogozhin. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Toader Jucan, Alexandru Mateescu, Victor Mitrana, Laurentiu Tiplea. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission deadline: June, 10, 1999 Notification deadline: July, 10, 1999 Final Version: during the workshop. YOU ARE VERY WELCOME TO IASSY! ____________________________________________________________________ From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Fri May 21 14:18:42 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 15:18:42 +0100 Subject: Appel: MT Summit Workshop Message-ID: From: MT ================================================================= MACHINE TRANSLATION SUMMIT VII "MT in the Great Translation Era" September 13-17, 1999, Singapore MT SUMMIT NEWS ================================================================= == Notice! ==== Notice! ==== Notice! ==== Notice! ==== Notice! == Paper submission dead line for the post-conference Workshop "Machine Translation for Cross Language Information Retrieval" is MAY 31st, 1999. The address for paper submission for the Workshop has been changed. Sophia Ananiadou Research Fellow Department of Language Engineering UMIST, PO BOX 88, M60 1QD Manchester, ENGLAND tel: +44 161 200 3082 fax: +44 161 200 3099 Email: effie at ccl.umist.ac.uk You can find more information on the Workshop Paper Submission at http://www.ccl.umist.ac.uk/events/clir.html For further information on MT SUMMIT VII, please visit the web site http://www.jeida.or.jp/aamt/mts99-e.html . ================================================================== We are pleased to inform you that many papers have been submitted to MT SUMMIT VII. This was more than we expected. We hope that the paper presentations will make the conference even more successful. We appreciate your cooperation. This news gives you information on a post-conference Workshop. The paper submission deadline for the Workshop is the end of this month, MAY 31st. Please note that the address for paper submission has been changed. Information of the Exhibition is also attached. [1] Workshop on Machine Translation for Cross Language Information Retrieval The goal of this workshop is to explore the role of MT in the context of CLIR. We invite papers on topics which link advances in Machine Translation or related technologies to CLIR. Organizing Committee: Sophia Ananiadou, UMIST, UK Yoshihiko Hayashi, NTT, Japan Christian Jacquemin, LIMSI, France Mun Kew Leong, Kent Ridge Digital Laboratories, Singapore Sung Hyon Myaeng, Chungnam National University, Korea Hsin-Hsi Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Important Dates: May 31, 1999 Paper submission deadline June 30, 1999 Notifications August 2, 1999 Final camera-ready copy deadline September 17, 1999 Workshop Submissions should be sent to: Sophia Ananiadou Research Fellow Department of Language Engineering UMIST, PO BOX 88, M60 1QD Manchester, ENGLAND tel: +44 161 200 3082 fax: +44 161 200 3099 Email: effie at ccl.umist.ac.uk Further information on the workshop: http://www.ccl.umist.ac.uk/events/clir.html [2] Exhibition We also provide a unique opportunity for vendors and developers of MT/NLP application systems in showing their latest products to wide range of audience. If you would like to exhibit in our conference, please contact the Exhibition Coordinator in Singapore: Ms Victorine Chen-Toh, KRDL Email: vicky at krdl.org.sg Phone:(65)874-2003 Fax:(65)779-6958 Further information on the workshop: http://www.jeida.or.jp/aamt/mtsummit99/CallForExhibition/index.html [3] Schedule The schedule of MT Summit VII is outlined as follows: [Papers for the Main Conference] 30 May, 1999 Notifications 15 July, 1999 Final camera-ready copy deadline [Papers for the the Workshop] 31 May, 1999 Paper submission deadline 30 June, 1999 Notifications 2 August, 1999 Final camera-ready copy deadline [Call For Participation] Mid of June 1999 Call For Participation [The Conference] Monday, 13 September: Tutorials Reception Tuesday, 14 September: Main conference Exhibition Wednesday, 15 September: Main conference Exhibition Banquet Thursday, 16 September: Main conference Exhibition Friday, 17 September: Workshops (The program of tutorials will soon be available) ************************************************ Secretariat of Organizing Committee, MT Summit VII c/o Inter Group Corp. Akasaka Dai-ichi Bldg., 4-9-17, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8486, Japan TEL:+81-3-3479-5311 FAX:+81-3-3423-1601 E-mai: secret-4 at tokyo.intergroup.co.jp ************************************************ From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Fri May 21 14:18:41 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 15:18:41 +0100 Subject: Appel: NLPRS'99 Message-ID: From: nlprs 99 -|-------------------------------------|- FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS NLPRS-99 5th Natural Language Processing Pacific Rim Symposium Beijing, China November 5-7, 1999 "Closing the Millennium" -|-------------------------------------|- NLPRS has contributed to the promotion and circulation of research efforts in Computational Linguistics and related subjects, primarily among scholars in the Pacific Rim area. As the NLPRS culminating a millennium, NLPRS-99 would like to invite more scholars than ever before, including those beyond the Pacific boundaries, covering topics of all related areas, in order to create a memorable occasion before the next century. The papers must be original and address unpublished work on all aspects of Computational Linguistics. TOPICS The conference papers may represent technical works in all areas of computational linguistics. The following categories are illustrative only. Do not hesitate to send your papers even if you think that the area of your paper is not exactly covered by the categories below. General Categories morphology syntax discourse generation anaphora resolution lexical semantics machine translation dialogue bilingual alignment statistical parsing Linguistic Data lexical acquisition corpus analysis Applications applied NLP systems parallel implementations Thematic topics millennium view/experiences from large projects internet THEMATIC SESSION and PANEL DISCUSSION : THE MILLENNIUM: FIFTY YEARS OF COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS NLPRS is considering organizing a millennium session and a panel discussion on the issues and thoughts of what we have achieved and what we may achieve over the fifty years of Computational Linguistics. For instance, historical landmarks with positive influence on the solutions of linguistic issues may need to be reinterpreted. What would be the implication of achievements so far? On this topic, NLPRS would like to encourage the submission of related papers. In particular, government officials and scholars who created, funded, and managed large-scale NLP projects are strongly urged to join this panel discussion. The panel meeting will provide a timely occasion to discuss successes and failures of large projects. Those who wish to join the panel discussion on the topics stated above are kindly requested to compile an email application with a brief note of the opinion statement to the following address. yshan at world.kaist.ac.kr THEMATIC SESSION : LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND THE INTERNET One of the key terms opening the next century will be the Internet. Linguistic ideas may need to be recast into internet primitives. NLPRS99 plans to organize a session devoted to related themes; papers addressing the following themes are welcome: - internet applications of NLP systems: computational models as well as case studies - general topics on group works: linguistic or non linguistic algorithms that foster group communications CONFERENCE Chair: Huang, Changning Tsinghua University, China ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Chair: Cao, Youqi Chinese Information Processing Society of China, China PROGRAM COMMITTEE Chair: Choi, Key-Sun KAIST, Korea Vice-Chairs: Yu, Shiwen Peking University, China Han, Young S. Suwon University, Korea Members: Ananiadou, Sofia UMIST, Manchester Boitet, Christian CLIPS-GETA, France Bond, Francis NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Japan Chen, Keh-Jiann Academia Sinica, Taiwan Church, Kenneth W. AT&T Labs, USA Dale, Robert Microsoft Research Institute, USA Dong, Zhendong China Information Processing Society, China Estival, Dominique Syrinx Speech Systems, Australia Hasida, Koiti Electrotechnical Lab, Japan Hausser, Roland University of Erlangen, Gemany Hideki, Kashioka ATR, Japan Hovy, Eduard USC Information Sciences Institute, USA Huang, Chu-Ren Academia Sinica, Taiwan Isahara, Hitoshi Communications Research Laboratory, Japan Joshi, Aravind K. University of Pennsylvania, USA Kando, Noriko NACSIS, Japan Kikui, Gen-ichiro NTT Information and Communication Systems Laboratories, Japan Kim, Yeunbae NHK, Japan Kurohashi, Sadao Kyoto University, Japan Kwon, Hyuk-Chul Pusan National University, Korea Lee, Jong-Hyeok Pohang University, Korea Leong, Munkew Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore Li, Sheng Harbin Institute of Technology, China Lua, Kim-Teng National University of Singapore, Singapore Meknavin Surapan NECTEC, Thailand Mitkov, Ruslan University of Wolverhampton, UK Myaeng, Sung Hyon Chungnam National University, Korea Nishino, Fumihito Fujitsu Labs, Japan Niwa, Yoshiki ARL Hitachi, Japan Park, Seyoung ETRI, Korea Rim, Hae-Chang Korea University, Korea Sangal, Rajeev Indian Institute of Information Technology, India Seo, Jungyun Sogang University, Korea Su, Keh-Yih Behavior Design Corporation, Taiwan Takeda, Koichi IBM Tokyo Labs, Japan Tokunaga, Takenobu Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Tsujii, Jun'ichi UMIST, Manchester T'sou, Benjamin K. City University of Hong Kong Uszkoreit, Hans University of Saarbruecken, Germany Utsuro, Takehito Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Wu, Dekai HKUST Human Language Technology Center, Hong Kong Wuwongse, Vilas Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Yao, Tian-Shun Northeastern University, China Yoshimura, Kenji Fukuoka University,Japan Yusoff, Zaharin University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia Zhang, Pu Beijing Language & Culture University, China Zhou, Ming Tsinghua University, China Zock, Michael Langage & Cognition LIMSI-CNRS, France PAPER SUBMISSION Papers should describe unique and completed work. When submitting papers, authors must specify the category of the presentation: regular paper, project paper, or poster paper. If a regular paper is intended for the thematic sessions, the author is asked to indicate so by choosing one of the two themes: millennium session or internet session. In particular if the paper is intended for the millennium session, the paper may length more than 3000 words constraints. SUBMISSION FORMAT Papers should not contain more than 3200 words except millennium papers. The title page must contain the title of the paper, author information, paper length in words, the thematic session (if appropriate), and up to 10 keywords in both English and the author's native language. The main pages should not contain the author information. Four hard copies of the original paper must be sent directly to the following address : NLPRS-99 Submission Prof. Key-Sun Choi Department of Computer Science KAIST(Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) 373-1 Kusong-dong Yusong-gu Taejon 305-701 Korea TEL +82-42-869-3565 FAX +82-42-867-3565 Hard copy submissions are strongly recommended, but for the authors who cannot make hard copy submissions, the file format must be readily browsable and printable in ps, html, or pdf. Electronic submissions should be made to the following address: nlprs99 at korterm.kaist.ac.kr IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submissions Deadline June 1, 1999 Notification of acceptance August 1, 1999 Camera ready paper September 1, 1999 Home page : http://korterm.kaist.ac.kr/~nlprs99 From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Fri May 21 14:18:45 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 15:18:45 +0100 Subject: Conf: HPSG'99 Message-ID: From: grover at cogsci.ed.ac.uk REGISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION HPSG99 6th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar University of Edinburgh August 4-6, 1999 The 6th International Conference on HPSG will be held at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, on August 4th to 6th 1999, hosted by the Human Communication Research Centre and the Department of Linguistics. The following message contains information about registration and accommodation. The same information and an online booking form can be accessed from our website at http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~hpsg99/. ** PLEASE NOTE THAT EDINBURGH IS EXTREMELY BUSY IN AUGUST AND YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO BOOK YOUR ACCOMMODATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ** ___________________________________________________________________ REGISTRATION FEES Full Student Early registration (before June 23rd 1999) \16345 \16325 Late and on-site registration \16355 \16335 ___________________________________________________________________ The registration fee covers the cost of the conference, the conference party and coffee and tea at breaks. It does not include lunch. (But there are plenty of restaurants and sandwich bars close to the conference venue). Please assist us by registering before June 23rd, especially if you wish to book accommmodation through us. You can register and book accommodation by filling out the online registration form which can be accessed from our website at http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~hpsg99/. (If you do not have web access, please email us directly at hpsg99 at cogsci.ed.ac.uk.) We will process late registrations up until 21st July although we may not be able to assist with accommodation at such a late date. There will be on-site registration on Wednesday August 4th at the conference venue: Newhaven Lecture Theatre University Conference and Training Centre 15 South College Street Edinburgh EH8 9AA ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION - ----------------------- Edinburgh will be at the height of the tourist season in August with the Edinburgh Fringe starting on August 8th and the Edinburgh International Festival starting on August 15th. Accommodation will be very scarce and we therefore urge participants to register early and arrange accommodation as soon as possible. We have managed to reserve limited numbers of rooms of the following kinds for the nights of 3rd, 4th and 5th August: * Pollock Halls of Residence Holyrood Park Road (University of Edinburgh student accommodation). \16323.00 per night including breakfast. These are single study/bedrooms with a wash-hand basin, with an adequate ratio of shared WCs and showers in each corridor/wing. The Pollock Halls are in landscaped gardens close to Arthur's Seat, Holyrood Park and the Commonwealth Pool and fitness centre. It is a brief (15 minutes) walk from the conference venue, and frequent buses to and from the city centre pass close by. Breakfast is served in the refectory in the John MacIntyre Building where there is also a cash machine, shop and bar. * Fleming House 7 Richmond Place Single \16329.50 per night, Double \16355.00 per night for room and breakfast. Fleming House is located 5 minutes from the conference venue and the central university campus, with lots of shops and restaurants nearby. All rooms are double-bedded and en-suite with TV, mini-fridge and phone. The complex is run by the University Accommodation Services and is designed for use during term-time by visiting lecturers, examiners etc. Please note that all rooms in Fleming House are non-smoking. * Jury's Inn Hotel 43 Jeffrey Street Edinburgh EH1 1DG Tel +44 131 200 3300, Fax +131 200 0400 3-star, Single \16355.00 per night, Double \16362.00 per night for room and breakfast. These rooms are ensuite with modem socket, TV, radio, hairdryers etc. The hotel is in the centre of the city, 10 minutes from the conference venue and close to the main railway and bus stations, Princes Street, High Street and the castle. If you wish to reserve a room please indicate your choice(s) on the accommodation section of the online registration form at our website at http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~hpsg99/. We will email you to confirm availability/discuss alternatives. When we make a reservation we will add a deposit of one night's accommodation to your registration invoice. OTHER ACCOMMODATION: The registration page at our website contains information about other accommodation including hotels, guest houses and hostels. Certain hotels can be booked through HPSG99 at special rates though availability cannot be guaranteed. From pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr Fri May 21 14:18:47 1999 From: pb at harar.lpl.univ-aix.fr (Philippe Blache) Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 15:18:47 +0100 Subject: Conf: INTEX Message-ID: From: fairon at ladl.jussieu.fr SECOND WORKSHOP OF INTEX USERS June, 7th and 8th, 1999 LADL, Universit? Paris 7 GRELIS, Universit? de Franche-Comt? INTEX is a development environment that allows linguists to describe natural languages, starting from their alphabet and morphology to the syntactic level. INTEX provides tools to: -- edit/maintain large-coverage dictionaries of simple and compound words; -- describe the inflectional and derivational morphology of a language; -- edit/maintain large libraries of finite state grammars; -- apply these dictionaries and grammars to large texts in real time in order to parse them, refine/debug the linguistic description, retrieve information and compute statistical results, etc. Large-coverage dictionaries for INTEX are already available for English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish. Bulgarian, Korean, Thai and Old French descriptions are currently under way. INTEX is used as a research tool by laboratories interested in corpus linguistics and literature studies, as well as a pedagogical tool to teach computational linguistics and French as a second language. The second Workshop of INTEX users will take place on June, 7th and 8th at: **** LADL, Universit? Paris 7, **** 2, place Jussieu, 75005 Paris **** Main Tower, 7th floor These two days will give INTEX users the opportunity to meet colleagues and confront their experience as researchers, teachers and developers. **** FOR ANY INFORMATION **** Cedrick Fairon (fairon at ladl.jussieu.fr) **** University of Paris 7, **** Laboratoire d'Automatique Documentaire et Linguistique (LADL) **** 2, place Jussieu (Tour centrale 9eme etage), 75221 Paris Cedex **** tel. : 44 27 56 92, fax : 44 27 68 51 **** http://www.ladl.jussieu.fr PROGRAMME Monday Morning -------------- 9H-9H30 Registration 9H30-10H Maurice Gross (Univ. Paris 7) : Lemmatisation des temps compos?s en anglais 10H-10H30 Max Silberztein (Univ. de Franche-Comt?) : Expressions fig?es dans INTEX 10H30-11H Agn?s Tutin (Univ. Stendhal 3) : L'utilisation d'INTEX pour constituer semi-automatiquement des corpus d'anaphores 11H-11H30 Break 11H30-12H Katia Zellagui (Univ. de Franche-Comt?) : Normalisation des textes anglais 12H-12H30 Elisabete Ranchhod (Centro Automatica da UTL, Lisbonne) : Portuguese Linguistic Resources Implemented in Intex Monday Afternoon ---------------- 14H-14H30 Eric Laporte (Univ. Marne-la-Vall?e) : Int?gration du dictionnaire phon?tique ? Intex 14H30-15H Fr?d?ric Meunier (Thomson) : le projet CORAIL 15H-16H Max Silberztein (GRELIS): tutorial: Intex (les bases) 16H-16H30 Break 16H30-17H15 Anne Dister (Univ. de Li?ge): tutorial: La lev?e d'ambigu?t?s 17H15-18H Jean Senellart (LADL): tutorial: L'analyse statistique avec Intex 18H Cocktail Tuesday Morning --------------- 9H00-9H30 Xavier Blanco, Dolores Catal? (Univ. Aut?noma de Barcelona) : Vers un dictionnaire ?lectronique d'adverbes compos?s en espagnol 9H30-10H Jean Senellart (Univ. Paris 7) : Identification des titres de personnalit?s 10H-10H30 D. Maurel (Univ. de Tours), O. Piton (Univ. Paris 1), C. Belleil (Univ. Nantes):Dictionnaire des noms propres pour Intex. 10H30-11H Break 11H-11H30 A. Elia, S. Vietri (Univ. de Salerne) : Analyse d'un texte litt?raire 11H30-12H Cristina Mota (Centro Automatica da UTL, Lisbonne) : Enhancing the INTEX morphological parser with lexical constraints 12H-12H30 C?drick Fairon (Univ. Paris 7) : Un Automate de veille : extraction automatique d'information sur le Web avec Intex Tuesday Afternoon ----------------- 14H-14H30 Agata Chrobot (Univ. de Marne-la-Vall?e, LCI) : Fonctionnalit?s INTEX dans l'outil d'aide ? la traduction LexPro 14H30-15H Catherine Domingues (Univ. de Marne-la-Vall?e) : Reconnaissance de la coordination en documentation automatique 15H-15H45 Blandine Courtois (LADL) : tutorial: Le syst?me DELAS-DELAF 15H45-16H15 Break 16H15-17H Christian Lecl?re (LADL): tutorial: Le lexique-grammaire des verbes 17H-17H45 Max Silberztein (GRELIS): tutorial: Intex (avanc?) -------------------------------------------------------- C?drick Fairon Universit? Paris 7 Laboratoire d'automatique documentaire et linguistique (LADL) 2, Place Jussieu (CASE 7031) 75251 Paris CEDEX 05 Universit? catholique de Louvain (UCL) Facult? de Philosophie et Lettres Assistant informatique facultaire Place Blaise Pascal, 1 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgique