[Corpora-List] 7th Global Wordnet Conference, call for papers

Mon Feb 25 21:02:00 UTC 2013

The Global Wordnet Association is pleased to announce the 7th International Global Wordnet Conference (GWC2014).

Local organization: Heili Orav, University of Tartu.

Details about the Association and the full announcement for the conference can be found on the GWA website (www.globalwordnet.org) and on the conference website: http://gwc2014.ut.ee/index.php?v=home.

The seventh Global Wordnet Conference will include a workshop with the special theme 'relations'. Relations are the backbone of semantic networks like wordnets and logical constructs such as ontologies. For many wordnets, intuive notions of semantic and lexical relations have been applied, often backed by tests based on lexical-semantic patterns (e.g., Cruse 1989). But comparisons show that a given label, such as synonymy or antonymy, can covers a range of different relations and that lexicographers are prone to interpret such relations more widely or narrowly. Furthermore, not all wordnets include the same relations, raising the questions as to an optimal set that can serve a broad range of applications. 

The aim of the workshop is to work towards a consensus and greater consistency in distinguishing, labeling and applying relations when building resources. Questions to be addressed include, but are not limited to the following: 

(a) How can relations among individual word forms and sets of word forms be defined?
(b) What is the optimal number and grainedness of such relations, in particular for different applications? Should there be systematic mappings of coarser and finer grained shades of one given relation? 
(b) How can lexical and semantic relations be consistently distinguished and implemented by human lexicographers and automatic systems? 
(c) What are reliable sources and techniques for extracting related word forms from corpora? 
(d) Can a uniform nomenclature be agreed on and adopted for wordnets and other lexical resources as well as ontologies? 
(e) (How) can equivalence of relations across languages be determined and quantified? 

We aim to address these questions with reference to both paradigmatic and syntagmatic relations.  

In addition to the workshop, we also welcome papers addressing the general wordnet topics listed, but not limited to, the ones below.

    Linguistics and lexical semantics, including:
        In depth analysis of Semantic Relations,
        Determining and representing word meanings (definitions, relations, semantic components, co-occurrence statistics, etc.)
        Necessity and Completeness issues.
        Ontologies and wordnets.
        The lexicon and wordnets.
    Architecture of lexical databases, including:
        Language independent and language dependent components
    Tools and Methods for Wordnet Development, including:
        User and Data entry interface, organization,
        Extending and enriching wordnets
    WordNet as a lexical resource and component of NLP and MT, including:
        Word sense disambiguation using wordnet,
        Ontologies and WordNet,
        The Lexicon and WordNet
    Applications of WordNet, including:
        Information Extraction and Retrieval,
        Document Structuring and Categorization,
        Automatic Hyperlinking
        Language Teaching,
        Psycholinguistic Applications
    Standardization, distribution and availability of wordnets and wordnet tools.

Presentations will fall into one of the following categories:

    long papers (30 mins)
    short papers (15 mins)
    project reports (10 mins)
    demonstrations (20 mins)

Submissions will have to state one of the preferred categories. Acceptance may be subject to changes in the category of the presentation, e.g. a long paper submission may be accepted as a short paper.

Final papers should be submitted in electronic form (PDF only):

    Long papers should be limited to 8 pages,
    Demonstration papers must be at most 5 pages text and can have additional 3 pages screen dumps or images;
    Short papers and project descriptions should be limited to 5 pages.

Papers need to be submitted to the EasyChair website:

GWA 2014 Easy Chair site: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gwc2014

The format of the paper is in ACL format (PDF):

ACL 2010 paper formats: http://acl2010.org/authors_final.html

The conference program will include oral presentations and demonstration sessions with sufficient time for discussions of the issues raised.

The deadline for submissions is September 6, 2013. Decisions regarding acceptance will be announced to the authors by end of September. Final papers are due at October 11.

Important note: Inclusion of accepted submissions into the final program and the proceedings is contingent upon at least one author's registration. Late registration and on site registration for participants is possible without inclusion of the paper and without presentation.
Important dates:

    September 6, 2013 Deadline for paper submission
    September 27, 2013 Notification of acceptance
    October 11, 2013 Final version due
    October 14, 2013 Registration opens
    November 15, 2013 Registration closes for author(s) of papers to be included in the proceedings
    January 25-29, 2014 Conference

Conference Chairs:

    Christiane Fellbaum
    fellbaum at princeton.edu
    Piek Vossen
    piek.vossen at vu.nl

Local Organizing Chair:

    Heili Orav
    heili.orav at ut.ee

Program committee:

    Heili Orav - University of Tartu
    Hitoshi Isahara - Toyohashi University of Technology
    Kyoko Kanzaki - Communications Research Laboratory
    Christiane Fellbaum - Princeton University
    Piek Vossen - University of Amsterdam
    Adam Kilgarriff - Lexical Computing Ltd
    Adam Pease - Articulate Software, USA
    Ales Horak - Masaryk University
    Darja Fiser - University of Ljubljana
    Bernado Magnini - Fondazione Bruno Kessler
    Gloria Vasquez - Lleida University, Spain
    Peter Schulam - Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
    Eneko Agirre - University of the Basque Country
    Karel Pala - Masaryk University
    Ted Pedersen - University of Minnesota
    Francis Bond - Nanyang Technological University
    Bolette Pedersen - University of Copenhagen
    Sanni Nimb - Society for Danish Language and Literature
    German Rigau - TALP Research Center, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
    Horacio Rodriguez - Universitat Polit ecnica de Catalunya
    Virach Sornlertlamvanich - National Electronics and Computer Technology Center
    Maciej Piasecki - Wroclaw University of Technology
    Zygmunt Vetulani - Adam Mickiewicz University
    Sonja Bosch - University of South Africa
    Margit Langemets - Institute of the Estonian Language
    Kaarel Kaljurand - University of Zurich
    Haldur Õim - University of Tartu
    Kadri Vider - Center of Estonian Language Resources
    Antske Fokkens - VU University Amsterdam
    Marieke van Erp - VU University Amsterdam
    Ruben Izquierdo - VU University Amsterdam
    Agata Cybulska - VU University Amsterdam

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