[Corpora-List] Last Call for Projects and Demonstrations SEPLN 2003

Tue May 13 11:33:47 UTC 2003

Dear friends,

It is our pleasure to send you the Last Call for Projects and Demonstrations for the XIX Congreso de la Sociedad Española para el Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural - 19th Conference of the Spanish Society for Natural Language Processing - (SEPLN), which will take place on September 10 to 12, 2003 at the University of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid, Spain). The conference is organised by Spanish Society for Natural Language Processing and the Oficina del Español en la Sociedad de la Información del Instituto Cervantes (Bureau for Spanish in the Information Society, at Instituto Cervantes).

The deadline for submitting projects and demonstrations is June 10, 2003

You will soon be able to download full information about the Conference at the following address: http://oesi.cervantes.es/sepln

We hope this informatin is of your interest,

Sincerely,

Oficina del Español en la Sociedad de la Información

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Call for Projects and Demonstrations
19th Conference of the Spanish Society for Natural Language Processing (SEPLN)

SEPLN 2003
19th  Conference of the Spanish Society for Natural Language Processing (SEPLN)
10, 11 and 12 September, 2003
University of Alcalá de Henares
Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)
Spain
Organised by the Spanish Society for Natural Language Processing and the Office for Spanish in the Information Society at Instituto Cervantes

Introduction

The 19th Conference of the Spanish Society for Natural Language Processing (SEPLN) will take place on September 10-12, 2003 in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid, Spain). As in previous editions, the aim of SEPLN for this Conference is to promote the dissemination of research, development and innovation activities conducted by Spanish and foreign researchers in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP). The conference will provide a forum for discussion and communication to facilitate an effective exchange of knowledge and scientific materials that are necessary for promoting the publication of relevant work and the establishment of means of collaboration with national and international Institutions that are active in this field. 

Objectives

The main motivation of this conference is to provide the business and scientific communities with an ideal forum for presenting their latest research work and developments in the field of Natural Language Processing, as well as to demonstrate the possibilities offered by these solutions and to know about new projects. Consequently, the 19th SEPLN Conference is a meeting place for presenting results and exchanging ideas concerning the present state of development in this field of knowledge. 

Furthermore, there is the intention of meeting the goal, achieved in previous editions, of identifying future paths for basic research and foreseen software applications, in order to compare them against the market needs. Finally, the conference intends to be an appropriate forum in helping new professionals to become active members in this field.  

Topics

Researchers and businesses are encouraged to send project abstracts or demonstrations related to any of the following topics: 

Linguistic, mathematic and psycholinguistic models of language
Corpus linguistics 
Monolingual and multilingual information extraction and retrieval 
Formalisms and grammars for morphological and syntactical analysis 
Computational Lexicography  
Monolingual and multilingual text generation 
Machine translation 
Speech synthesis and recognition
Semantics, pragmatics and discourse 
Word sense disambiguation  
NLP industrial applications  
Automatic textual content analysis

Structure of the Conference

The Conference will last three days, with sessions dedicated to presenting papers, ongoing research projects, prototype product demonstrations or products connected with topics addressed in the conference. Scientific activities will be complemented by social and tourist activities, allowing attendants to gain a better understanding about the social and cultural dimensions of Alcalá de Henares.

Projects and Demos

As in previous editions, depending on the number of proposals, it is planned to organise oral presentations of projects and product demos in any of the Conference topics. Proposals must meet certain format and style requirements for presentations.

The organizers encourage participants to give oral presentations of projects and product demos

For oral presentation of projects to be accepted, the following information must be included: 

-Project title 
-Funding institution 
-Participant groups in the project 
-Name, affiliation, e-mail and phone number of the project director 
-Abstract (2 pages maximum) 
- If a demonstration is to be performed, further information must be included, as indicated below 

For demonstrations to be accepted, the following information is mandatory: 

-Name, affiliation, e-mail and phone number of the authors 
-Abstract (2 pages maximum) 
-Time estimation for the whole presentation 
-This information must be received by June 10, 2003 

Publication Format

The final version of the article will be sent before June 27, 2003 through a web system: https://chair.dlsi.ua.es/sepln03/submit.html
Documents must not include headers or footings
Maximum length will be 2 pages DIN A4 (210 x 297 mm), included references and figures. 
Articles will be sent in Postscript or PDF format.

LaTeX format

Authors using LaTeX format may download from the Conference website the following style package zip file: latex_new.zip which contains document and bibliography styles, as well as an example showing existing possibilities.

Word format

Authors using Microsoft Word or compatible may download from the Conference website the following zip file: word_new.zip which includes a pattern file in RTF format and an example showing existing editing possibilities.

Important Dates

Deadline for submitting projects and demos: June 10, 2003
Deadline for submitting final versions: June 27, 2003

Program Committee 

Chairman: Prof. Maximiliano Saiz Noeda (Universitat d'Alacant) 
Members:

Prof. José Gabriel Amores Carredano (Universidad de Sevilla) 
Prof. Toni Badia i Cardús (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) 
Prof. Manuel de Buenaga Rodríguez (Universidad Europea de Madrid) 
Prof.ª Irene Castellón Masalles (Universitat de Barcelona) 
Prof.ª Arantza Díaz de Ilarraza (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea) 
Prof. Antonio Ferrández Rodríguez (Universitat d'Alacant)
Prof. Mikel Forcada Zubizarreta (Universitat d'Alacant)
Prof.ª Ana María García Serrano (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) 
Prof. Koldo Gojenola Galletebeitia (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea)
Prof. Xavier Gómez Guinovart (Universidade de Vigo) 
Prof. Julio Gonzalo Arroyo (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia) 
Prof. José Miguel Goñi Menoyo (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) 
Prof. Joaquim Llisterri (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) 
Prof. Javier Macías Guarasa (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
Prof. José B. Mariño Acebal (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
Prof.ª M. Antonia Martí Antonín (Universitat de Barcelona)
Prof.ª Lidia Ana Moreno Boronat (Universitat Politècnica de Valencia) 
Prof. Lluis Padró (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
Prof. Manuel Palomar Sanz (Universitat d'Alacant)
Prof. José Manuel Pardo Muñoz (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
Prof.ª Natividad Prieto Sáez (Universitat Politècnica de Valencia)
Prof. Germán Rigau (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
Prof. Horacio Rodríguez Hontoria (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
Prof. Kepa Sarasola Gabiola (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea)
Prof. L. Alfonso Ureña López (Universidad de Jaén) 
Prof.ª Mª Felisa Verdejo Maillo (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia) 
Prof. Manuel Vilares Ferro (Universidade de Vigo)

Organising Committee

Chairman:

Mr. Jesús Antonio Cid Martínez, Academic Director at Instituto Cervantes

Coordinator:

Ms. Isabel Bermejo Rubio, Responsible for the Bureau of Spanish in the Information Society - OESI - at Instituto Cervantes

Members:

Ms. Eva Mª García García, Technician at OESI, Instituto Cervantes
Ms. Raquel Tapias Aparicio, Technician at OESI, Instituto Cervantes
Mr. John Michael Urresti Graña, Technician at OESI, Instituto Cervantes

Collaborators:

Ms. Eva Mª Gómez Gómez, Collaborator at OESI, Instituto Cervantes
Ms. Rosario Guijarro Huerta, Collaborator at OESI, Instituto Cervantes

Advisors:

Ms. Esmeralda de Luis Martínez, Chief at the Department of External and Institutional Relations, Instituto Cervantes
Ms. Gloria Gamarra Alonso, Technician at the Department of External and Institutional Relations, Instituto Cervantes

Further Information 

Full information is available at the official website of the Conference: http://oesi.cervantes.es/sepln

You may also contact the coordinator at any of the following addresses:

Secretary of the 19th SEPLN Conference
Conference coordinator: Ms. Isabel Bermejo Rubio
Oficina del Español en la Sociedad de la Información
C/ Libreros, 23
28801 Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)
Spain
Tel.: +34 91 888 72 94
Fax: +34 91 888 18 26
E-mail: sepln at cervantes.es
Conference website: http://oesi.cervantes.es/sepln

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Oficina del Español en la Sociedad de la Información
C/ Libreros, 23
28801 Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)
Tfno.: 91 888 72 94; Fax: 91 888 18 26
informaoesi at cervantes.es
http://oesi.cervantes.es