[Corpora-List] ACL/HCSNet Advanced Program in Natural Language Processing, Melbourne, 10-14 July 2006

[Steven Bird]

ACL/HCSNet Advanced Program in Natural Language Processing
University of Melbourne, 10-14 July 2006

http://www.acl2006.mq.edu.au/school

The Australasian Language Technology Association is pleased to
announce the ACL/HCSNet Advanced Program in Natural Language
Processing, to be held at the University of Melbourne in the week
prior to the COLING/ACL meeting.

This event will consist of advanced tutorials on major topics of
current research interest in NLP.  The material will be organised
around four themes: NLP/IR; probabilistic parsing; lexical semantics;
and discourse & dialogue.  Presenters for each theme are currently
being finalised.

The goals are two-fold: to encourage international students to come to
Australia for the COLING/ACL by providing a second week of NLP
content, and to give Australian students the benefit of extended
interaction with researchers who will be attending the COLING/ACL.
Places are strictly limited.

STUDENTSHIPS:

Thirty ACL Studentships will be available on a competitive basis,
covering the cost of registration and accommodation.  Preference will
be given to students who have a paper accepted at the COLING/ACL
conference or a satellite event.  Applicants must provide a curriculum
vitae, letter of reference from their advisor, and a statement to
explain how the program relates to their research.  Please see the
website for the application form.

VENUE:

The University of Melbourne is one of Australia's premier research
universities.  The event will be held in the Department of Computer
Science, which has state-of-the-art lecture theatres and laboratory
facilities.  The city of Melbourne has been ranked as one of the
world's most liveable cities, on account of its infrastructure,
access, education levels, low crime rate, focus on the environment,
culture and events, its diversity and connectedness with the rest of
the world.

SPONSORSHIP:

This event is funded by the Association for Computational Linguistics,
and the ARC Network in Human Communication Science.  It is also
supported by the Australasian Language Technology Association.


IMPORTANT DATES:

1 May:
 deadline for early registration, studentship applications
26 May:
 scholarship notification
1 June:
 deadline for registrations, discount student accommodation

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

 Steven Bird, Nicola Stokes, James Curran (co-chairs)

 Timothy Baldwin, Lawrence Cavedon, James Curran, Nicola Stokes (theme
conveners)

USEFUL LINKS:

City of Melbourne:
  http://www.visitmelbourne.com/
Australasian Language Technology Association
  http://www.alta.asn.au/
HCSNet: ARC Network in Human Communication Science:
  http://www.hcsnet.edu.au/
Association for Computational Linguistics:
  http://www.aclweb.org/
COLING/ACL Conference, Sydney, 15-23 July
  http://www.acl2006.mq.edu.au/
Melbourne 'world's top city'
  http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/02/06/1075854028808.html