17.1562, Calls: Computational Ling/Belgium;Discipline of Ling/USA

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Subject: 17.1562, Calls: Computational Ling/Belgium;Discipline of Ling/USA

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1)
Date: 19-May-2006
From: Ineke Schuurman < ineke.schuurman at ccl.kuleuven.be >
Subject: New Approaches to Machine Translation 

2)
Date: 19-May-2006
From: Rocky Meade < rocky.meade at uwimona.edu.jm >
Subject: Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (SPCL) Annual Winter Meeting 2007 

-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 16:50:26
From: Ineke Schuurman < ineke.schuurman at ccl.kuleuven.be >
Subject: New Approaches to Machine Translation 

Full Title: New Approaches to Machine Translation 

Date: 11-Jan-2007 - 11-Jan-2007
Location: Leuven, Belgium 
Contact Person: Ineke Schuurman
Meeting Email: ineke.schuurman at ccl.kuleuven.be
Web Site: http://ccl.kuleuven.be/ws-metis/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 01-Oct-2006 

Meeting Description:

The METIS-II workshop 'New Approaches To Machine Translation' is devoted to innovative approaches to MT, be it rule-based, example-based, statistical, hybrid, ... which tackle issues raised by 'classical approaches', such as issues with respect to algorithms and resources. 

NEW APPROACHES TO MACHINE TRANSLATION

                            A METIS-II WORKSHOP
                         LEUVEN, JANUARY 11TH 2007
		     http://ccl.kuleuven.be/ws-metis/

First Call for Papers

Aim 

The aim of the workshop ''New Approaches To Machine Translation'' is
to raise awareness of innovative approaches to MT, be it rule-based,
example-based, statistical, hybrid, ... which tackle issues raised by
''classical approaches'', such as issues with respect to algorithms and
resources.
The workshop consists of a keynote lecture (t.b.a.), invited and submitted
papers, a panel discussion and demonstrations.

Topics

Papers are invited that describe research and development with respect to
new approaches in MT, including, but not restricted to, the following:
   · New machine translation architectures (rule-based, example-based,
   statistical, hybrid); projects and currently available software:
   complete engines, modules; 
   · Quality of the translations obtained, especially in comparison to
   other techniques; 
   · When using lean resources, the effect this has on your
   techniques/algorithms, or the information to be specified in these
   resources; 
   · Post-editing and feedback to the translation engine;
   · New approaches to the evaluation of MT.

All contributions will be published in the workshop proceedings. They will
also be made available at the METIS website.

Submissions

Abstracts should be in English and up to 10 pages long. For instructions
for authors, have a look at http://ccl.kuleuven.be/ws-metis/.
The (anonymous) papers will be reviewed by members of the programme committee.
Abstracts should be sent via e-mail to metis-clin at ccl.kuleuven.be. The
deadline for submission is October 1st, 2006.

Programme committee

         Frank Van Eynde (CCL, Leuven) (co-chair)
         Stella Markantonatou (ILSP, Athens) (co-chair)
         Vincent Vandeghinste (CCL, Leuven)
         Michael Carl (IAI, Saarbrucken)
         Maite Melero (FUPF, Barcelona)

Local organizition

         Centre for Computational Linguistics, K.U.Leuven:
         Peter Dirix, Ineke Schuurman, and Vincent Vandeghinste

Timetable

 Paper submission deadline:    Oct 1, 2006
 Notification of acceptance:   Nov 1, 2006
 Final version of paper:       Dec 1, 2006
 Workshop:                     Jan 11, 2007

About the METIS-II project

The partners involved in the METIS-II project are:
         ILSP (Institute for Language and Speech Processing), Athens, Greece
         K.U.Leuven (Centre for Computational Linguistics), Leuven, Belgium
         IAI (Institut fur Angewandte Informationsforschung), Saarbrucken, Germany
         FUPF (Fundacio Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Spain

METIS-II (10-2004 09-2007) is a hybrid machine translation system, in which
insights from statistical, example-based, and rule-based machine
translation (SMT, EBMT, and RBMT respectively) are used.  
METIS investigates rule-based and data-driven methods to the extent they
can be built and used with relative ease and they complement each
other. Rule-based methods are used where representations and decisions can
be determined a-priori with high accuracy, for instance, based on
linguistic insight. Corpora serve as a basis to ground decisions where
uncertainty remains. Data-driven methods are used for target language
generation, using only a target language corpus and a bilingual dictionary
instead of a parallel corpus.

METIS-II website: http://www.ilsp.gr/metis2/

CLIN 17

The METIS-II workshop is organised in conjunction with CLIN 17
(Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands), which will also be
organised in Leuven (January 12th 2007).

-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 16:50:31
From: Rocky Meade < rocky.meade at uwimona.edu.jm >
Subject: Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (SPCL) Annual Winter Meeting 2007 

Full Title: Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (SPCL) Annual Winter Meeting 2007 
Short Title: SPCL 2007 

Date: 05-Jan-2007 - 06-Jan-2007
Location: Anaheim, California, USA 
Contact Person: Armin Schwegler
Meeting Email: aschwegl at uci.edu
Web Site: http://www.mona.uwi.edu/dllp/spcl/Call%20for%20Abstracts%20SPCL%202007.htm 

Linguistic Field(s): Discipline of Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 16-Jun-2006 

Meeting Description:

The Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (SPCL)will meet in Anaheim, California, January 5-6, 2007, in conjunction with the 81st Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America at the Hilton Anaheim Hotel, located at 777 Convention Way 

Papers are invited on: 
Phonology 
Morphology 
Syntax
Semantics 
Lexicon
Social aspects of language
History of the discipline or 
Any pertinent issue involving pidgin and creole languages or other contact languages. 

Specifications:
Word limit: An abstract (including a bibliography or examples, if needed) must be no more than 500 words. Please note the word count at the bottom of the abstract. Except for the instructions given below, no special form or format is needed for this initial submission of the abstract (as specified in §5 below, a shorter abstract will be requested at a later date from authors of accepted papers). 

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A shorter abstract, intended for publication in the LSA Annual Meeting Handbook, will be requested at a later date from all authors of accepted papers. Specific instructions for the transmittal of this abstract will be included in the acceptance letter. 

Sample abstract: A sample abstract outline is given towards the bottom of this message.  

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