[Corpora-List] Call for Participation: LREC 2008 Workshop on Natural Language Processing resources, algorithms and tools for authoring aids

[Aurélien Max]

LREC 2008 Workshop on Natural Language Processing resources, algorithms 
and tools for authoring aids

Conference: LREC 2008
Date : Sunday June 1st, 2008 (morning session)
Venue : Palais des Congrès Mansour Eddahbi, Marrakech, Morocco





Writing is a very complex task, involving many subtasks and constraints, 
including goal setting, content determination, outline planning, 
linguistic expression, discourse flow, and emphasis control. Finally, 
formal output aspects (spelling, layout choices, etc.) need to be 
checked. In sum, writers are juggling many, possibly even contradictory 
constraints; without proper control, they might be overwhelmed, losing 
orientation.

The aim of this workshop is to attract participants from both academia 
and industry interested in this topic and to address questions such as 
the following:

    * How can we get a clearer picture of the writers' processes, 
strategies and needs (for example, by looking over their shoulders, or 
asking them to annotate text or make their needs explicit via the use of 
verbal protocols)?
    * Which components of the overall task could be and should be supported?
    * What specific resources, algorithms and tools exist that could be 
used to improve existing authoring aids or to build new ones?
    * How do we evaluate such tools ?

One potential outcome of the workshop would be a roadmap for future 
research in the field, as well as some awareness-raising with regard to 
the needs and potential of authoring aids.
Workshop topics

The topics of interest for this workshop include, but are not limited to:

    * writing processes, and computational tools to support the writer;
    * resources to assist in writing;
    * NLP techniques that can be used or have been used for assisting in 
writing, including: grammar checking, document structuring, thematic 
segmentation, and information retrieval for the writer;
    * development of practical tools and resources for assisting writers 
and their evaluation.

Website: http://perso.limsi.fr/amax/recherche/lrec2008-authoring-aids/


WORKSHOP PROGRAMME


9.00 - 9.30 	Introduction by the workshop organizers
Natural Language Processing resources, algorithms and tools for 
authoring aids
Robert Dale (Macquarie University), Aurélien Max (LIMSI, Université 
Paris-Sud 11), Michael Zock (LIF)

9.30 - 10.30 	Invited talk
Authoring tools developed at Microsoft: that was then, this is now
Takako Aikawa (Microsoft Research)

10.30 - 11.00 	
Morning coffee break

11.00 - 11.25 	Proposal for a Foreign Language Drafting Aid
Elliott Macklovitch and Guy Lapalme (RALI, Montréal University)

11.25 - 11.50 	Language-aware text editing
Cerstin Mahlow, Michael Piotrowski and Michael Hess (University of Zurich)

11.50 - 12.15 	Enhancing the OpenOffice.org Word Processor with Natural 
Language Processing Capabilities
Thomas Gitzinger (Karlsruhe University) and René Witte (Concordia 
University)

12.15 - 12.40 	A Personalized Recommender System for Writing in the 
Internet Age
Mari Carmen Puerta Melguizo, Olga Muñoz Ramos, Lou Boves (Radboud 
University), Toine Bogers and Antal van den Bosch (Tilburg University)

12.40 - 13.05 	Towards Automatic Document Quality Assurance
Neil Newbold and Lee Gillam (University of Surrey)

13.05 - 13.30 	Panel discussion
Possible future directions for authoring aids


WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS

    * Robert Dale (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia)
    * Aurélien Max (LIMSI, Université Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France)
    * Michael Zock (LIF, Marseille, France)


SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

    * John Bateman (Universitat Bremen, Germany)
    * Nadjet Bouayad-Agha (Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain)
    * Eric Brunelle (Druide Informatique, Montréal, Canada)
    * Dan Cristea (University of Iasi, Romania)
    * Robert Dale (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia)
    * Marc Dymetman (XRCE, Grenoble, France)
    * Patrice Enjalbert (GREYC, Université de Caen, France)
    * Nicolas Hernandez (LINA, Université de Nantes, France)
    * Graeme Hirst (University of Toronto, Canada)
    * Eduard Hovy (ISI, University of Southern California, USA)
    * Aurélien Max (LIMSI, Université Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France)
    * Thierry Olive (LMDC, Poitiers, France)
    * Marie-Paule Péry-Woodley (ERSS, Université de Toulouse 2, France)
    * Gisela Redeker (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
    * Ehud Reiter (University of Aberdeen, UK)
    * Michael Zock (LIF, Marseille, France)



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