[Corpora-List] Call for posters: Lesser Used Languages and Computer Linguistics II

[Lyding Verena]

LULCL II - Call for posters
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Lesser Used Languages and Computer Linguistics (LULCL) II
"Combining efforts to foster computational support of minority languages"

13th - 14th of November 2008
European Academy Bolzano/Bozen, Italy

http://www.eurac.edu/Org/LanguageLaw/Multilingualism/Projects/LULCL_II.htm
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Following up on the "Lesser Used Languages and Computer Linguistics (LULCL)" conference in 2005, the Institute for Specialised Communication and Multilingualism at the European Academy Bozen/Bolzano is pleased to announce a second scientific meeting on computational approaches for lesser used, lesser standardised and lesser resourced languages. LULCL II will take place the 13th and 14th of November 2008 at the Convention Center of the European Academy Bozen/Bolzano. The aim of the colloquium is to provide an overview of ongoing research activities and to strengthen the research community and its practices.  
This year's LULCL colloquium puts a special focus on bringing together efforts from several related research communities, in order to join best practices, approaches and techniques and to add value to individual initiatives. In addition to lesser used languages, other types of language, including language varieties, sign languages, learner language and spoken language pose similar issues for researchers, having to do with sparse resources, little standardisation, and challenges with automatic processing and building up of computational resources.
The colloquium will provide an opportunity to learn what tasks are analogous and shared among the different research communities, what practices and resources could be exchanged and generally how the groups could gain from working together and how they can bring forward lesser used languages. 

The research communities of interest for this colloquium are:
* Lesser used / minority languages
* Language varieties
* Sign languages
* Learner languages
* Spoken language

During the two-day event invited researchers of each field will present ongoing research activities by pointing out challenges inherent to the automatic processing of a particular lesser resourced / lesser standardised language and relating it to the broader picture of working with lesser resourced / lesser standardised languages in general. The emerging dialogue should give particular consideration to smaller projects and thus help them to disseminate their objectives and to enter the international research community.

CALL FOR POSTERS
In addition to presentations by invited speakers this call for posters is open to all researchers working with lesser used, lesser resourced and lesser standardised languages. 

Topics of particular interest include:
* Corpora
* Lexicographic resources
* Terminological resources
* Computer assisted language teaching and learning
* Tools and resources for translation
* Language tools
* Multimedia and internet

* Representation and access of non-written language
* Impact of computational approaches to support/strengthen a language
* Transferability of approaches developed for major world languages

Posters may range from theoretical work to descriptions of resources and applications. We encourage PhD students to submit their research. 
The colloquium's language is English. Reviewing is non blind. 
Please submit an abstract (including relevant bibliography) of no more than 1000 words to : communication.multilingualism at eurac.edu

IMPORTANT DATES
September 22nd 2008: Deadline for submitting abstracts
October 20th 2008: Notification of acceptance
November 13th and 14th 2008: Colloquium at the Convention Center of the European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Karin Aijmer, Göteborg University, Sweden
Dafydd Gibbon, Bielefeld University, Germany

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Andrea Abel, Academy Bozen/Bolzano, Italy 
Stefanie Anstein, European Academy Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
Christopher Culy, European Academy Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
Dafydd Gibbon, Bielefeld University, Germany
Christer Laurén, Vaasa University, Finland
Marcello Soffritti, University of Bologna
Chiara Vettori, European Academy Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
Paul Videsott, Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy

CONTACT:
Institute for Specialised Communication and Multilingualism, European Academy Bozen/Bolzano
Viale Druso 1, 39100 Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
Organiser: Verena Lyding
Email: communication.multilingualism at eurac.edu
Tel: 0471-055127
Fax: 0471-055199

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LULCL II is co-financed by the "Autonome Region Trentino-Südtirol / Regione Autonoma Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Abteilung III Sprachminderheiten und Europäische Integration / Ripartizione III - Minoranze linguistiche ed integrazione europea, Amt für Sprachminderheiten / Ufficio per le minoranze linguistiche".
http://www.regione.taa.it/Minoranze/default_d.aspx
http://www.regione.taa.it/moduli/431_logo%20regione.pdf
		


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