[HPSG-L] Extended Deadline - Final CFP: PROPOR2016 Best Dissertation on Language Technology for Portuguese Award

[Aline Villavicencio]

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Final Call For Papers and Extended Deadline for Submissions 
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PROPOR 2016 Best Dissertation on Language Technology for Portuguese Award

						13-15 July 2016 
						 Tomar, Portugal

				http://propor2016.di.fc.ul.pt/?page_id=262 <http://propor2016.di.fc.ul.pt/?page_id=262>

Extended Deadline for Submissions: February 2, 2016 (11:59pm GMT -12)

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This Award recognizes the best of emerging academic work on processing of spoken and written Portuguese and related issues, concluded in the three years preceding the submission deadline. Awards are given for:

	• Best PhD Dissertation
	• Best MSc Dissertation

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Submission Criteria and Procedure:

• Eligible entrants are those candidates who have successfully defended their dissertations in the three years preceding the award submission deadline. A letter from the primary dissertation advisor must be submitted with the extended abstract (see item 3.), stating that the candidate meets this eligibility criterion.
• The dissertation must focus on some aspect of written and spoken Portuguese processing and related issues. In general, any topic that falls within the scope of PROPOR call for papers (http://propor2016.di.fc.ul.pt/ <http://propor2016.di.fc.ul.pt/>) is appropriate.
• Each entry should be in the form of an extended abstract that includes the nature of the problem to be researched, relevant theory, hypotheses to be tested, method, analysis, and indicative references.
• Documents must be submitted in English (even if the thesis is written in another language).
• Documents must be submitted in PDF format, following the same  style of PROPOR 2016. Submissions are limited to  8 pages, including all figures, tables, and references and should  begin with an abstract of 250 words or less.
• The top two ranked papers (1st PhD and 1st Masters)  will be included in the printed proceedings of PROPOR 2016.
• Submission deadline is February 2, 2016. Entries must be submitted electronically (no hard copy submissions will be accepted) via the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=proporphdmscdc2016 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=proporphdmscdc2016>
• Notifications to authors will be sent on March 15, 2016.
• Accepted entrants must prepare an A0 poster (portrait format) to be presented at a special session. Award winners are invited to prepare an oral presentation of their work (15 / 20 minutes).
• Evaluation will consist of two rounds of evaluation, and members of the second and final evaluation committee and their students are excluded from the PROPOR 2016 PhD and MSc Dissertation Award.
• All submissions must be in PDF format and must follow the EMNLP 2015 formatting requirements.
Important Dates:

	• February 2, 2016 - Submission deadline
	• March 15, 2016 - Notification to authors
	• March 31, 2016 - Deadline for camera-ready

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Evaluation Committee:

	• Alexandre Rademaker (IBM, Brazil)
	• Carlos Prolo Carlos Prolo (UFRN, Brazil)
	• Carlos Ramisch (Univ Aix-Marseille, France)
	• David Martins de Matos (Univ Lisboa, Portugal)
	• Fábio Kepler (UNIPAMPA, Brazil)
	• Fernando Perdigão (Univ Coimbra, Portugal)
	• Helena Caseli (UFSCAR, Brazil)
	• Laura Alonso Alemany (Univ Cordoba, Argentina)
	• Leandro Mendonça de Oliveira (EMBRAPA, Brazil)
	• Nuno Cavalheiro Marques (Univ Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)
	• Nuno Mamede (Univ Lisboa, Portugal)
	• Renata Vieira (PUC-RS, Brazil)
	• Sergio Freitas (UnB, Brazil)
	• Vera Strube de Lima (PUC-RS, Brazil)
	• Viviane Moreira (UFRGS, Brazil)

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Chair of the Best PhD and MSc Dissertation Award:

Aline Villavicencio, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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Contact Details:

For any inquiries regarding the workshop please send an email to  

proporthesis2016 at gmail.com <mailto:proporthesis2016 at gmail.com>
http://propor2016.di.fc.ul.pt/?page_id=262 <http://propor2016.di.fc.ul.pt/?page_id=262>