Pre-Coling 2002 seminar

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Subject: Pre-COLING 2002 Seminar - Calls for Papers


Call for Papers
Seminar on linguistic meaning representation and their applications over
the World Wide Web
19 - 21 August, 2002, before COLING 2002


The organizing committee wishes to invite submissions to the Seminar on
linguistic meaning representation and their applications over the World
Wide Web which will be held on 19 - 21 August, 2002, in Penang, Malaysia
in conjunction with COLING 2002.

The past decade has witnessed an explosion in the availability of
information online. Documents on just about every topic are accessible
via the Internet. As the amount of information increases, the difficulty
in the assimilation and utilization of such a large amount of
information becomes more apparent. Given the huge amount of information,
the question then arises on how the information may be analyzed and how
access to the information can be facilitated. Hence, there is a need to
find effective ways to annotate web information to facilitate automatic
processing.

In this seminar, we encourage papers on either theoretical or applied
research which focus on Web information annotation based on the
linguistic meaning representations.  We also welcome papers on working
systems which provide a critical appraisal of their capabilities as well
as their limitations. This seminar will consider in particular the usage
of linguistic meaning representation in areas such as:

1. Web natural language description annotation
2. Web directory annotation
3. Web graphic object annotation
4. Web sound object annotation
5. Web page annotation

In addition to the paper presentations and their discussions, there will
also be demonstration sessions and a panel session. The demonstration
sessions are opened to anyone who wishes to demonstrate their systems.
Presenters however are required to submit a paper describing the current
status of their demonstration systems, besides the significant
contributions and limitations.
These papers will be included in the seminar proceedings.

In the panel session we plan to bring together a group of experts
working on different type of annotation schemes to compare/integrate
various approaches to Web information annotation.

For additional information on the seminar, please go to this website
which will be updated from time to time:
http://utmk.cs.usm.my/seminar2002.





IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission deadline:                May 4, 2002
Notification of acceptance for papers:    June 1, 2002
Camera ready papers due:                  June 13, 2002
Seminar date:                             August 19 - 21, 2002

FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION

Submissions must use the ACL latex style or ACL Microsoft Word style,
both of which can be found at Latex style sheet (intended for use with
the acl.bst BibTeX bibliography style) and MS-Word document template.
Paper submissions should consist of a full paper of no more than 8 pages
(including references). Questions pertaining to papers submission or
conference should be sent to seminar2002 at cs.usm.my.

Submission Procedure:

Electronic submission only: send the pdf (preferred), postscript or MS
Word form of your submission to: seminar2002 at cs.usm.my. The Subject line
should be "Pre-COLING 2002 Seminar PAPER SUBMISSION". An identification
page must be sent together with the paper and must include title, all
authors, theme area, keywords, and an abstract of no more than 5 lines.
Late submissions will not be accepted. Notification of receipt will be
e-mailed to the first author shortly after receipt.

Cost:

There will be a registration fee of USD50.00 / RM190.00 per person. The
registration fee includes opening reception, proceedings, lunches,
refreshments in the morning and afternoon coffee breaks and a banquet. A
banquet for the participants and guests will be organized on the evening
of 20 August 2002 (Tuesday).

The Organizing Committee:

Prof. Zaharin Yusoff, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia (Chair)
Dr. Tang Enya Kong, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Dr. Chuah Choy Kim, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Mr. Tan Ewe Hoe, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Dr. Lai W. K., Mimos, Malaysia
Pr. Christian Boitet, Joseph Fourier University, France