Second CFP for Combining Shallow and Deep Processing for NLP ESSLLI 2004 Workshop

[Kiril Simov]

                      ESSLLI 2004 Workshop
                               on
          Combining Shallow and Deep Processing for NLP
              http://www.bultreebank.org/ComShaDeP
                   9th to 13th of August, 2004

                 A workshop held as part of the
     Sixteenth European Summer School in Logic, Language and
                   Information  (ESSLLI-2004)
                   http://esslli2004.loria.fr
              9th to 20th of August, Nancy, France


Workshop Organizers:

Erhard Hinrichs (University of Tuebingen)
and
Kiril Simov (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

Workshop Purpose:

Up until recently shallow and deep approaches to natural language
processing were largely considered complementary, if not rival,
paradigms in computational linguistics, serving different
purposes and each facing their own limitations. Due to recent
advances in statistical methods and machine learning approaches
for NLP and in efficient processing algorithms for high-level
grammar formalisms, there are now highly promising attempts to
combine shallow and deep processing techniques: e.g. using
part-of-speech tagging and/or chunk parsing as pre-processing
steps for constraint-based parsing or for memory-based parsing.
The workshop aims to provide a forum for advanced PhD students
and researchers to present and discuss their work with colleagues
and researchers who work in the broad subject areas represented
at ESSLLI. While papers can be submitted by researchers at any
rank, we particularly encourage submissions by junior researchers
and PhD students.


Workshop Topics:

- language models for deep robust processing;
- architecture for combining shallow and deep processing;
- machine learning techniques for deep language processing;
- definition of the connection between the levels of processing;
- language resources for deep language processing;
- software systems for implementation of hybrid architecture for
  language processing;
- applications


Submissions:

Authors are invited to submit a full paper. Papers should
describe existing research connected to the topics of the
workshop. Submissions should not exceed 10 A4 pages. The
following format are accepted: PDF, PS, MS Word, ASCII text.
Each submission should provide the following information: title;
author(s); affiliation(s); and contact author's e-mail address,
postal address.

The papers should be sent electronically to:

Kiril Simov
Email: kivs at bultreebank.org

by the deadline listed below. The submissions will be reviewed by
the workshop's programme committee. The accepted papers will
appear in the workshop proceedings published by ESSLLI. The
format of the final versions will be PDF, PS.


Workshop Format:

The workshop is part of ESSLLI and is open to all ESSLLI
participants. It will consist of five 90-minute sessions held
over five consecutive days in the first week of ESSLLI.  The
presentation at the workshop will be 45 minutes long (35 minutes
for presentation and 10 minutes for questions and discussion).

Invited Speakers:

Detmar Meurers, Ohio State University
Sandra Kuebler, Tuebingen University

Program Committee:

Sabine Buchholz, Toshiba Research Europe Ltd
Herve Dejean, Xerox Research Centre Europe
Anette Frank, DFKI
Erhard W. Hinrichs, Tübingen University (co-chair)
Josef van Genabith, Dublin City University
Frank Keller, University of Edinburgh
Sandra Kübler, Tübingen University
Detmar Meurers, Ohio State University
Petya Osenova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences & Sofia University
Adam Przepiorkowski, Polish Academy of Sciences
Kiril Simov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (co-chair)

Important dates

Deadline for the workshop abstract submission:
5th March 2004

Notification of acceptance
19th April 2004

Final version of the papers for the workshop proceedings
15th May 2004

Local Arrangements:

All workshop participants including the presenters will be
required to register for ESSLLI. The registration fee for authors
presenting a paper will correspond to the early student/workshop
speaker registration fee. Moreover, a number of additional fee
waiver grants will be made available by the OC on a competitive
basis and workshop participants are eligible to apply for those.
There will be no reimbursement for travel costs and
accommodation. Workshop speakers who have difficulty in finding
funding should contact the local organizing committee to ask for
the possibilities for a grant.

About the workshop: http://www.bultreebank.org/ComShaDeP
About ESSLLI: http://esslli2004.loria.fr