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<p>==================================================<br>
First Call for Papers<br>
==================================================<br>
<br>
EACL 2012 Workshop on<br>
Computational Models of Language Acquisition and Loss<br>
<br>
<a href="http://sites.google.com/site/eaclcogws/">http://sites.google.com/site/eaclcogws/</a><br>
<br>
Deadline for Submissions: January, 20th, 2012<br>
<br>
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<br>
The past decades have seen a massive expansion in the application of<br>
statistical and machine learning methods to speech and natural<br>
language processing. This work has yielded impressive results<br>
which have generally been viewed as engineering achievements. Recently<br>
researchers have begun to investigate the relevance of computational<br>
learning methods for research on human language acquisition and loss.<br>
<br>
The human ability to acquire and process language has long attracted<br>
interest and generated much debate due to the apparent ease with which<br>
such a complex and dynamic system is learnt and used on the face of<br>
ambiguity, noise and uncertainty. On the other hand, changes in<br>
language abilities during aging and eventual losses related to conditions<br>
such as Alzheimer's disease and dementia have also attracted considerable<br>
investigative efforts. Parallels between the acquisition and loss have<br>
been raised, and a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in both,<br>
and of how the algorithms used to access concepts are affected in pathological<br>
cases can lead to earlier diagnosis and more targeted treatments.<br>
<br>
The use of computational modeling is a relatively recent trend boosted<br>
by advances in machine learning techniques, and the availability of resources<br>
like corpora of child and child-directed sentences, and data from psycholinguistic<br>
tasks by normal and pathological groups. Many of the existing computational<br>
models attempt to study language tasks under cognitively plausible criteria<br>
(such as memory and processing limitations that humans face), and to explain<br>
the developmental stages observed in the acquisition and evolution of the<br>
language abilities.<br>
<br>
The workshop is targeted at anyone interested in the relevance of computational<br>
techniques for understanding first, second and bilingual language acquisition<br>
and change or loss in normal and pathological conditions. Long and<br>
short papers are invited on, but not limited to, the following topics:<br>
<br>
*Computational learning theory and analysis of language learning<br>
*Computational models of first, second and bilingual language acquisition<br>
*Computational models of language changes in e.g. dementia and<br>
Alzheimer?s Disease<br>
*Computational models and analysis of factors that influence language<br>
acquisition and loss in different age groups and cultures<br>
*Computational models of various aspects of language and their<br>
interaction in acquisition and change<br>
*Computational models of the evolution of language<br>
*Data resources and tools for investigating computational models of<br>
human language processes<br>
*Empirical and theoretical comparisons of the environment and its<br>
impact on acquisition/loss<br>
*Cognitively oriented Bayesian models of language processes<br>
*Computational methods for acquiring various linguistic information<br>
(related to e.g. speech, lexicon, syntax, and semantics) and their<br>
relevance to research on human language acquisition<br>
*Investigations and comparisons of supervised, unsupervised and<br>
weakly-supervised methods for learning (e.g. machine learning,<br>
statistical, symbolic, biologically-inspired, active learning,<br>
various hybrid models)<br>
<br>
SUBMISSIONS<br>
<br>
We invite three different submission modalities:<br>
<br>
* Regular long papers (8 content pages + 1 page for references):<br>
Long papers should report on solid and finished research<br>
including new experimental results, resources and/or techniques.<br>
<br>
* Regular short papers (4 content pages + 1 page for references):<br>
Short papers should report on small experiments, focused contributions,<br>
ongoing research, negative results and/or philosophical discussion.<br>
<br>
* System demonstration (2 pages): System demonstration papers should<br>
describe and document the demonstrated system or resources. We<br>
encourage the demonstration of both early research prototypes and<br>
mature systems, that will be presented in a separate demo session.<br>
<br>
All submissions must be in PDF format and must follow the EACL<br>
2012 formatting requirements (available at<br>
<a href="http://eacl2012.org/information-for-authors/index.html">http://eacl2012.org/information-for-authors/index.html</a>).<br>
We strongly advise the use of the provided Word or LaTeX template<br>
files. For long and short papers, the reported research should<br>
be substantially original. The papers will be presented orally or as<br>
posters. The decision as to which paper will be presented orally<br>
and which as poster will be made by the program committee based<br>
on the nature rather than on the quality of the work.<br>
<br>
Reviewing will be double-blind, and thus no author information<br>
should be included in the papers; self-reference should be<br>
avoided as well. Papers that do not conform to these requirements<br>
will be rejected without review. Accepted papers will appear in the<br>
workshop proceedings, where no distinction will be made between<br>
papers presented orally or as posters.<br>
<br>
Submission and reviewing will be electronic, managed by the START system:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.softconf.com/eacl2012/Cognitive2012/">https://www.softconf.com/eacl2012/Cognitive2012/</a><br>
<br>
Submissions must be uploaded onto the START system by the submission deadline:<br>
<br>
January 20, 2012 (11:59pm Samoa Time; UTC/GMT -11 hours)<br>
<br>
Please chose the appropriate submission type from the starting<br>
submission page, according to the category of your paper.<br>
<br>
IMPORTANT DATES<br>
<br>
Jan 20, 2012 Paper submission deadline<br>
Feb 20, 2012 Notification of acceptance<br>
Mar 09, 2012 Camera-ready deadline<br>
Apr 23 or 24, 2012 Workshop<br>
<br>
PROGRAM COMMITTEE<br>
<br>
Afra Alishahi, Tilburg University (Netherlands)<br>
Colin J Bannard, University of Texas at Austin (USA)<br>
Marco Baroni, University of Trento (Italy)<br>
Jim Blevins, University of Cambridge (UK)<br>
Rens Bod, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)<br>
Antal van den Bosch, Tilburg University (Netherlands)<br>
Alexander Clark, Royal Holloway, University of London (UK)<br>
Robin Clark, University of Pennsylvania (USA)<br>
Matthew W. Crocker, Saarland University (Germany)<br>
James Cussens, University of York (UK)<br>
Walter Daelemans, University of Antwerp (Belgium) and Tilburg University (Netherlands)<br>
Barry Devereux, University of Cambridge (UK)<br>
Sonja Eisenbeiss, University of Essex (UK)<br>
Afsaneh Fazly, University of Toronto (Canada)<br>
Cynthia Fisher, University of Illinois (USA)<br>
Jeroen Geertzen, University of Cambridge (UK)<br>
Henriette Hendriks, University of Cambridge (UK)<br>
Marco Idiart, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)<br>
Aravind Joshi, University of Pennsylvania (USA)<br>
Shalom Lappin, King's College London (UK)<br>
Alessandro Lenci, University of Pisa (Italy)<br>
Igor Malioutov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)<br>
Marie-Catherine de Marneffe, Stanford University (USA)<br>
Fanny Meunier, Lumière Lyon 2 University (France)<br>
Brian Murphy, Carnegie Mellon University (USA)<br>
Maria Alice Parente, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)<br>
Massimo Poesio, University of Essex (UK)<br>
Brechtje Post, University of Cambridge (UK)<br>
Ari Rappoport, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)<br>
Dan Roth, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA)<br>
Kenji Sagae, University of Southern California (USA)<br>
Sabine Schulte im Walde, University of Stuttgart (Germany)<br>
Ekaterina Shutova, University of Cambridge (UK)<br>
Maity Siqueira, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)<br>
Mark Steedman, University of Edinburgh (UK)<br>
Shuly Wintner, University of Haifa (Israel)<br>
Charles Yang, University of Pennsylvania (USA)<br>
Beracah Yankama, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)<br>
Menno van Zaanen, Macquarie University (Australia)<br>
Michael Zock, LIF, CNRS, Marseille (France)<br>
<br>
WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS AND CONTACT<br>
<br>
Robert Berwick, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)<br>
Anna Korhonen, University of Cambridge (UK)<br>
Thierry Poibeau, LaTTiCe-CNRS (France) and University of Cambridge (UK)<br>
Aline Villavicencio, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and<br>
Massachussets Institute of Technology (USA)<br>
<br>
For any inquiries regarding the workshop please send an email<br>
to <a href="mailto:cognitivemodels2012%40gmail.com">cognitivemodels2012@gmail.com</a></p>
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