[HPSG-L] COLING 2018: First Call for Papers

[Emily M. Bender]

COLING 2018: First Call for Papers


The International Committee on Computational Linguistics (ICCL) is pleased
to announce its next event, COLING 2018, to be held at the Santa Fe
Community Convention Center, NM, USA, from 20-25th August 2018. We invite
the submission of papers on original and unpublished research on all
aspects of computational linguistics.

Official website: http://www.coling2018.org/


About COLING

The first COLING was held in New York in 1965, with the last iteration in
Osaka in 2016.  Throughout its history COLING has brought together
researchers from across the field of Computational Linguistics.

With COLING 2018 we continue this tradition and welcome papers on all
topics related to both natural language and contribution, with the
expectation that all papers will include linguistic insight.

Towards the goal of attracting and selecting a high quality, diverse
program, COLING 2018 invites papers of a broad variety of distinct types,
detailed below.


Important Dates

  Submission for mentoring: February 16, 2018
  Final submissions due: March 16, 2018
  Author feedback: April 20-24, 2018
  Notifications: May 17, 2018
  Main conference: August 22-25, 2018


Submission Instructions

We invite submissions of up to nine (9) pages maximum, plus bibliography.
The COLING 2018 templates must be used; these will be provided in LaTeX and
also Microsoft Word format. Submissions will only be accepted in PDF
format. Deviations from the provided templates should result in rejections
without review. Submit papers by the end of the deadline day via our
softconf site; the timezone is UTC-12.


Types of Paper

We invite papers in the following categories, each of which is associated
with a distinct review form.

Computationally-aided linguistic analysis:
The focus of this paper type is new linguistic insight. Originality could
be in the linguistic question being addressed, in the methodology applied
to the linguistic question, or in the combination of the two. It should be
shown how results generalize, either by deepening our understanding of some
linguistic system in general or by demonstrating methodology that can be
applied to other problems.

NLP engineering experiment paper:
This type of paper tests a hypothesis about the effectiveness of a
technique for a task.  The hypothesis should be clearly stated, the testing
methodology rigorous, and the experiment reproducible.  Furthermore, a
successful COLING paper of this type will include thoughtful error analysis
and a clear explanation of how the results in the experiment relate to the
hypothesis.

Reproduction paper:
The contribution of a reproduction paper lies in analyses of and in
insights into existing methods and problems—plus the added certainty that
comes with validating previous results or the information that certain
results are not reproducible. A strong reproduction paper offers analysis
and deepens our understanding of the methodology used or problem
approached, helping practitioners choose techniques / resources.

Resource paper:
Papers in this track present a new language resource. This could be a
corpus, but also could be an annotation standard, tool, and so on. Part of
the contribution of a reproduction paper lies in the quality, accessibility
and description of resources.

Position paper:
A position paper presents a challenge to conventional thinking or a
futuristic new vision. It could open up a new area or spur the development
of novel technology, propose changes in existing research practices, or
give a new set of ground rules. Creative and sound positions will do best,
with well-defined visions opening up new areas of research.

Survey paper:
A survey paper provides a structured overview of the literature to date on
a specific topic that helps the reader understand the kinds of questions
being asked about the topic, the various approaches that have been applied,
how they relate to each other, and what further research areas they open
up. A conference-length survey paper should be about a sufficiently focused
topic that it can do this successfully with in the page limits.


Author Responsibilities

Papers must be of original, previously-unpublished work. The formatting
template must be strictly adhered to and deadlines met. Papers must be
anonymized to support double-blind reviewing. If the paper is available as
a preprint, this must be indicated in the submission form but not in the
paper itself.

Papers that have been or will be under consideration for other venues at
the same time must indicate this at submission time. If a paper is accepted
for publication at COLING, it must be immediately withdrawn from other
venues. If a paper under review at COLING is accepted elsewhere and authors
intend to proceed there, the COLING committee must be notified immediately.


Writing Mentoring Program

COLING 2018 is offering a writing mentoring program.  Authors wishing to
participate must submit an abstract by February 16, 2018 and a complete
draft of their paper by February 23, 2018.  Further information is
available at: http://coling2018.org/writing-mentoring-program/


Program Committee

Emily M. Bender, University of Washington - PC co-chair
Leon Derczynski, University of Sheffield - PC co-chair
Contact us at coling2018pc at gmail.com


Further information

We are keeping a blog this year, detailing many parts of the process; this
includes technical information that may be helpful.
http://coling2018.org/pc-blog/

Follow us also on Twitter @coling2018 or find us on Facebook,
http://facebook.com/coling2018/