ANLP/NAACL 2000-Student Session CFP

[Priscilla Rasmussen]

                    Language Technology Joint Conference
                     Applied Natural Language Processing
                                   and the
                        North American Chapter of the
                  Association for Computational Linguistics

                April 29 - May 3, 2000, Seattle, Washington


                              CALL FOR STUDENT PAPERS


Student Session Co-Chairs:    Donna Byron, University of Rochester
                              Peter Vanderheyden, University of Waterloo

  Contents: 1. Overview and Purpose of the Student Session
            2. Topics of Interest
            3. Format for Submissions
            4. Deadlines

1.  Overview

The Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) is pleased to
announce the student session of the 2000 Applied Natural Language
Processing Conference (ANLP) and first meeting of the North American
Chapter of the ACL (NAACL).  During this session, students working in
any area of computational linguistics are given the opportunity to
present research in progress and receive feedback from other members of
the computational linguistics community. This is a valuable opportunity
for students to solicit comments on their research from a broader
audience than would otherwise be possible. We encourage all students,
no matter what their level, to participate.

Papers submitted to the student session should describe original,
unpublished work in progress.  For student papers presenting joint work,
all co-authors must be students. Concurrent submission to other conferences
is allowed, but this must be clearly indicated on the identification
page. If accepted, the paper must be withdrawn from all other
conferences or alternatively may be withdrawn from ANLP-NAACL 2000.
Students may not submit the same paper to the main sessions and the
student session of ANLP-NAACL 2000. Students may, of course, submit
different papers to the main conference and the student session, or
papers on different aspects of a particular problem or project.

Submissions are due by November 17, 1999. See submission details below.

A separate website for the student session is available at
http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/dbyron/naacl2000/.  All the submission and
paper preparation details described in this message can also be viewed
on the website.

The availability of travel grants and student funding has not yet
been finalized; up-to-date information will be posted to the
student session webpage.

2. Topics of Interest

There will be one joint student session spanning the entire range of
topics covered by both conferences.  The ANLP conference covers natural
language processing systems -- their development, integration,
adaptation and standardization; tools and resources contributing to the
development of complete end applications of NLP; evaluation of system
performance and related issues.  The NAACL meeting includes papers on all
aspects of computational linguistics methodology, enabling technologies,
approaches, algorithms, models, analyses, and experiments. Please see the
general session Call for Papers (sent separately and available on the web
site) for more details. The main conference web site is
http://www.gte.com/anlp-naacl2000.

3.  Format for Submissions

The maximum allowable length is 1800 words, including inline references
and footnotes but excluding the identification page, figures and
bibliography (the final size in the conference proceedings will be about
3 pages). Electronic submissions should be either self-contained LaTeX
source, PostScript, or PDF (we encourage postscript submissions).
PostScript submissions must use a standard font. LaTeX submissions should
not refer to any other external files or styles except for the standard
styles for TeX 3.14 and LaTeX 2.09. The bibliography for a LaTeX submission
cannot be submitted as separate .bib file; the actual bibliography entries
must be inserted in the submitted LaTeX source file.

We strongly recommend the use of ACL-standard LaTeX (plus bibstyle and
trivial example) or Word style files (available on our web site) for the
preparation of submissions. For papers prepared using Word, a postscript
or PDF file must be submitted. These styles include a place for the
required information such as contact author and word count, and allow for
a graceful transition to the style required for publication. Authors who
have difficulty accessing the style files from the student session web site
should contact the student session Co-Chairs for a textual description.

If you cannot use the ACL-standard styles directly, a description of the
required format is at
http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/dbyron/acl00/substyle.html.

Blind Reviewing

Since reviewing will be `blind', the heading of the paper should omit
author names and addresses (this information will be included in the
identification page). Self-references that reveal the authors' identity
(e.g., "We previously showed (Smith, 1991) . . . ") should be avoided.
Instead, use references in a neutral form (e.g., "Smith previously
showed (1991) . . . "). Furthermore, avoid obvious giveaways in the
bibliography such as listings for unpublished in-house technical
reports. Each paper will be reviewed by one non-student and two student
reviewers knowledgeable in the area addressed by the paper.

Identification Page

Identifying information should be on a separate page and must include
the following:

      Title
      Authors' names, affiliations, and e-mail addresses
      Designated contact author
      Short (5 line) summary
      Up to 5 keywords specifying subject area
      Submission to other conferences (`none' or a list)

Papers outside the specified length or that do not meet the formatting
guidelines are liable to rejection without review.

  SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

The preferred form for submission is via the author's web site. Load the
postscript, pdf or self-contained LaTex file to a web site, then email
the website's address to the Co-Chairs at naacl00 at cs.rochester.edu. If
an author has no web space available, the file containing the paper can
be emailed to the above address. Only in unusual cases will hard copy
submissions be allowed. Please contact the Co-Chairs well in advance of
the deadline if you need to make special arrangements.

Late submissions will not be accepted. Notification of receipt will be
e-mailed to the designated contact author shortly after receipt.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Inquiries to the Co-Chairs of the student session should be sent by
email to naacl00 at cs.rochester.edu or to either Co-Chair individually:

Donna Byron
Computer Science Department
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York
USA 14627
Phone: (716) 275-5679
Fax: (716) 461-2018
email: dbyron at cs.rochester.edu

Peter Vanderheyden
Department of Computer Science
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: (519) 888-4567 x3287
Fax: (519) 885-1208
email: pbvander at uwaterloo.ca


4.  Deadlines

 Paper submission deadline:                17-Nov-99
 Notification of acceptance for papers:    01-Feb-00
 Camera ready papers due:                  12-Mar-00

A signed copyright release statement will be needed along with the final
version.