[Corpora-List] COLING 2004, Call for Workshop Proposals

[Elia Yuste]

Second Call for Workshop Proposals

The COLING Organising Committee invites proposals for workshops to be
held at COLING 2004

University of Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.issco.unige.ch/coling2004/

Main conference: August 23rd-27th, 2004
Workshops: August 28th-29th, 2004

Following the regular program of the main conference, workshops on
current topics in Computational Linguistics will be held on 28th-29th,
August 2004, at the conference venue. Workshops will normally last one
day, but may extend to a second day if required. Proposals by
qualified individuals interested in organising a workshop are
solicited.

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The goal of the workshops is to provide an informal forum for researchers to
discuss important research questions and challenges. Controversial issues,
open problems, and comparisons of competing approaches are encouraged and
preferred as workshop topics. Representation of alternative viewpoints and
panel-style discussions are particularly encouraged. Workshops are intended
to ignite discussions of unresolved problems of the field, to present
thought provoking ideas, and to introduce controversial topics. They are not
meant to teach participants methodologies and techniques, or to present
working systems (this is the purpose of tutorials).

Preference will be given to workshops that reserve a significant portion of
time for open discussion or panel discussion, as opposed to pure
``mini-conference'' format. An example format is:

    * Tutorial lecture providing background and introducing terminology relevant
      to the topic.
    * Two short lectures introducing different approaches, alternating with
      discussions after each lecture.
    * Discussion or panel presentation.
    * Short talks or panels alternating with discussion and question/answer sessions.
    * General discussion and wrap-up.

We suggest that organizers allocate at least 50% of the workshop schedule to
questions, discussion, and breaks. Past experience suggests that workshops
otherwise degrade into mini-conferences as talks begin to run over.

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Proposals should be submitted by electronic mail, as soon as possible,
but no later than December 15, 2003. The subject line should be:
"COLING 2004 WORKSHOP PROPOSAL". Those interested in organising a
workshop should send a brief proposal (in plain text) to:

Michael Hess (hess at cl.unizh.ch), describing

* A title and brief (2-page max) description of the workshop topic and
  content, including a description of the proposed workshop format,
  regarding the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited
  talks, panels, and general discussion.

* relevance to COLING

* the target audience

* approximate number of participants expected

* tentative schedule for the workshop (at least half a day, up to two days)

* a calendar of deadlines for submission, notification, and camera-ready
  copy (which must be compatible with COLING deadlines)

* programme committee for the workshop

* relevant experience of the organiser(s)

* the name, postal address, phone number, e-mail address, and webpage of
  each chair

* facilities required (overhead projector, beamer, computer, etc.)

The goal of the workshops is to provide an opportunity to focus intensively
on a specific topic within computational linguistics/NLP. The workshop
should bring together researchers and practitioners from different
communities to discuss recent results and trends in the field.

The workshop proposers will be responsible for the organisational aspects
(e.g. workshop call preparation and distribution, review of papers,
notification of acceptance, coordinating workshop participation and content,
assembling of the workshop proceedings, etc.).

Proposers are encouraged to submit as early as possible to ensure that
appropriate arrangements can be made to accommodate all workshop
sessions, and to provide adequate time for proposal evaluation and
feedback. Deadline for submissions is December 15, 2003.

Finances: Workshops are expected to be financially
self-supporting. The conference organizers will establish workshop
registration rates so as to provide the room, audio-visual equipment,
Internet access, snacks for breaks, and the workshop proceedings.  The
registration fee will be waived for invited speakers at workshops (up
to a maximum of two invited speakers) but no remuneration or other
reimbursement of expenses will be covered from the workshop
registration fees.

Deadlines for workshops proposals

*  Electronic submission of proposals: December 15, 2003
*  Notification to proposers: January 16, 2004


Programme Committee

Michael Hess (hess at cl.unizh.ch)
Fabio Rinaldi  (rinaldi at cl.unizh.ch)
Kai-Uwe Carstensen  (carstensen at cl.unizh.ch)
(Institute of Computational Linguistics, University of Zurich)

Rolf Schwitter (rolfs at ics.mq.edu.au)
Diego Molla (diego at ics.mq.edu.au)
(Department of Computing, Macquarie University, Sydney)