[Corpora-List] HLT2012 - Second Call for Papers

[Kadri Muischnek]

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HLT2012 - Second Call for Papers
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The Fifth Baltic Conference
HUMAN LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGIES - THE BALTIC PERSPECTIVE
TARTU, Estonia, October 4-5, 2012

Motivation
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"The conference will provide a significant push for research,
development and implementation of computer technologies for languages
of the Baltic countries. The main goals of the conference include
raising public awareness of the important role of the human language
technologies in information society, sharing information about latest
developments in the area of computer linguistics, building
interdisciplinary ties between specialists of computational science,
linguistic and information management, raising awareness about
development of smaller languages in the European Union and sharing
experience and establishing co-operation between different
institutions of the Baltic countries and the European Union," was
written in the call for papers of the First Baltic HLT Conference.

Meanwhile, six years and four Baltic HLT conferences have passed by, but the
main ideas remain the same.

Main topics of this conference are (but not limited to):

    * Multilinguality in language resources
    * Human Language Technology applications


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Important dates
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   * April 20, 2012 Abstracts due (500 -- 1000 words)
   * May 15, 2012 Notification of acceptance
   * June 29, 2012 Camera-ready copies (up to 8 pages for regular papers and
up to 4 pages for posters and demos)
   * October 3, 2012 Welcome reception: (Tartu Science Centre AHHAA, includes
exposition excursion)
   * October 4-5, 2012 HLT2012 Conference

Registration fees
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   * Early registration (until June 29, 2012): 110 EUR
   * Late registration: (until September 20, 2012): 150 EUR
   * On-site registration: 170 EUR

Students: 80 EUR (please send a proof of academic standing at the registration
time)

All prices include VAT 20%


SUBMISSIONS
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The conference will consist primarily of oral presentations, posters
and demonstrations sessions. Abstracts of papers (about 500 -- 1000
words) should be submitted via the EasyChair conference
tool:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hlt2012.
Abstracts will be blind reviewed by at least two members of the Program
Committee.
Therefore, authors' names and affiliations SHOULD NOT APPEAR in the abstract.


PROCEEDINGS
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Accepted papers selected by an international programme committee will
be published in the official conference proceedings by IOS Press,
Online Open Access, Book series: Frontiers in AI and Applications
(www.frontiersinai.com).



Invited speakers
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Peter Wittenburg, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands

Organisers and supporters
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The Conference is organised by Institute of Computer Science,
University of Tartu, and supported by CLARIN, META-NORD, National
Programme of Estonian Language Technology and Centre of Excellence in
Computer Science, EXCS

International Programme Committee:
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Arvi Tavast (chair), Institute of the Estonian Language, Estonia
Tanel Alumäe, Institute of Cybernetics, Tallinn University of Technology,
Estonia
Eckhard Bick, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Koenraad De Smedt University of Bergen, Norway
Mark Fishel, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Markus Forsberg, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Gintare Grigonyte, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Karin Harbusch, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Heiki-Jaan Kaalep, University of Tartu, Estonia
Kaarel Kaljurand, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Adam Kilgarriff, Lexical Computing Ltd, UK
Ramón López-Cózar Delgado, University of Granada, Spain
Bente Maegaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Ruta Marcinkeviciene, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Beata Megyesi, Uppsala University, Sweden
Costanza Navarretta, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Joakim Nivre, Uppsala University, Sweden
Bolette Sandford Pedersen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Fabio Rinaldi, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson, University of Iceland, Iceland
Inguna Skadina IMCS / Tilde, Latvia
Jörg Tiedemann, Uppsala University, Sweden
Martin Volk, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Peter Wittenburg, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands
Anssi Yli-Jyra, University of Helsinki, Finland


Local Organising Committee:
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Kadri Vider (chair)
Neeme Kahusk
Kadri Muischnek
Heili Orav
Kadri Raudvere
Urve Talvik

Venue
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Tartu Science centre AHHAA, Sadama 1 51004 Tartu Estonia
http://www.ahhaa.ee/


Language
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The conference language for presentations and publications is English.


Contact
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Web page: http://www.cl.ut.ee/HLT2012
E-mail: hlt2012 at ut.ee

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