[Corpora-List] Call For Workshop Proposals :: RANLP-2009 :: Recent Advances in NLP

[Nicolov, Nicolas]

Call for Workshop Proposals
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7th International Conference on
Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing
RANLP-2009

main conference: 14-16 Sep 2009 
workshops: 17-18 Sep 2009 (Thu-Fri)

Borovets, Bulgaria
www.lml.bas.bg/ranlp2009
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Further to the workshops held in conjunction to the 5th and 6th International Conferences "Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing" (RANLP-2005 and RANLP-2007), we invite submission of workshop proposals for RANLP-2009 on any topic of interest to the NLP community, ranging from fundamental research issues to more applied industrial or commercial aspects. The format of the workshop will be determined by the workshop organisers. Workshops can vary in length from a half day to full 1-2 days and can also feature demo sessions. Accepted workshops will receive one free registration to RANLP-2009 (full registration incl. tutorials, workshop, conference, reception, conference dinner).

VENUE

The workshops will take place at Hotel Samokov, the main RANLP-2009 conference venue. If more than 15 workshops are selected, the RANLP-2009 organisers will provide space at some of the neighbouring hotels in Borovets.


IMPORTANT DATES

-- Workshop proposals due: 1 Feb 2009
-- Workshop selection: 2 Mar 2009
-- Workshop website due: 28 Mar 2009
-- Workshop papers submission deadline (tentative): 3 Jun 2009
-- Workshop paper acceptance notification (tentative): 20 Jul 2009
-- Workshop camera-ready copies due: 24 Aug 2009
-- Workshops: 17-18 Sep 2009


REQUIREMENTS

Proposals should be no longer than 5 pages and should contain:

   1. Title and brief technical description of the workshop, specifying the goals and the technical issues that it will focus on;
   2. Brief description of target audience, including estimates of the numbers of submissions and attendees (a tentative list of potential contributors would be useful);
   3. List of related workshops/events held in the last 3 years or to be held in 2009;
   4. Tentative workshop program committee;
   5. Names and contact information (web page, email address) of the proposed Organising Committee;
   6. Description of the experience of the proposed organisers in the workshop topics and in organising events.

The workshop Organising Committee is responsible for:

   * Workshop website;
   * Call for papers/participation;
   * Paper submission, review process, authors notification, audio/visual requirements;
   * Verifying the camera ready copies and providing title page for the workshop proceedings.

Workshop invited speakers:

If the workshop organisers intend to host an invited talk, it is recommended that they invite somebody from the main conference keynote speakers or participants. If the workshop organisers decide to invite another speaker, it is very likely that the workshop organizers will have to secure financial support for the invited speaker.


The RANLP 2009 Organising Committee is responsible for:

   * Link to a workshop's web page;
   * Publishing the workshop proceedings;
   * Providing the workshop venue;
   * Registration, audio/visual support, coffee breaks, registration facilities, Internet access).


WORKSHOP PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

Workshop proposals in PDF format should e-mailed to 
Kiril Simov kivs[AT]bultreebank[dot]org   and cc'ed to 
ranlp2009[AT]lml[dot]bas[dot]bg 


EVALUATION

Submitted proposals will be reviewed with respect to:

   * Relevance, importance, and timeliness of the topics;
   * Completeness, clarity, and quality of the workshop proposal;
   * Experience of the organisers in the proposed topics;
   * Viability of the workshop.


THE TEAM BEHIND RANLP-09

-- Galia Angelova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria (Organising Committee Chair)
-- Kalina Bontcheva, University of Sheffield, UK
-- Ruslan Mitkov, University of Wolverhampton, UK (Programme Committee Chair)
-- Nicolas Nicolov, J.D.Power and Associates [McGraw-Hill company], U.S.A. (Editor of the volume with selected papers)
-- Nikolai Nikolov, INCOMA Ltd., Shoumen, Bulgaria
-- Kiril Simov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria (Workshop Coordinator)


CONTACT: ranlp2009[AT]lml[dot]bas[dot]bg

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Best wishes
Nicolas
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Dr Nicolas Nicolov
Senior Director
J.D. Power and Associates [McGraw-Hill company]
Web Intelligence REsearch Division (WIRED)
4888 Pearl East Circle, Suite 300W
Boulder, CO 80301, U.S.A.
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