25.5017, Calls: Computational Linguistics/Spain

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Subject: 25.5017, Calls: Computational Linguistics/Spain

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Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:00:40
From: M. Dolores Jiménez López [mariadolores.jimenez at urv.cat]
Subject: Learning, Agents and Formal Languages

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Full Title: Learning, Agents and Formal Languages 
Short Title: LAFLANG 

Date: 03-Jun-2015 - 05-Jun-2015
Location: Salamanca, Spain 
Contact Person: M. Dolores Jiménez López
Meeting Email: mariadolores.jimenez at urv.cat
Web Site: http://paams.net/special-sessions/SS11-LAFLang 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 19-Jan-2015 

Meeting Description:

Special Session at PAAMS 15 - 13th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (http://www.paams.net)
LAFLang focuses on the common space delimited by three main areas: machine learning, agent technologies and formal language theory. The main goal of the special session is to promote interdisciplinarity among people working in such disciplines, boosting the interchange of knowledge and viewpoints between specialists. This interdisciplinary research can provide new models that may improve AI technologies.

Understanding human learning well enough to reproduce aspects of that learning behaviour in a computer system is a worthy scientific goal. One of the less understood learning capacities of humans is their ability to acquire a natural language. In order to better understand natural language acquisition, research in formal models of language learning, within the field of machine learning, has received significant attention. The theory of formal language theory is central to the field of machine learning, since the specific subfield of grammatical inference deals with the process of learning grammars and languages from data. 

The theory of formal languages was mainly originated from mathematics and generative linguistics as a tool for modelling and investigating syntax of natural languages, and then it played an important role in the field of computer science. While the first generation of formal languages was based on rewriting, a further development in this area has been the idea of several devices collaborating for achieving a common goal. Formal language theory has taken advantage of the idea of formalizing agent architectures where a hard task is distributed among several task-specific agents. In fact, non-standard formal language models have been proposed as grammatical models of agent systems. 

Call for Papers:

So, the areas of machine learning, agent technologies and formal languages are clearly related. Therefore we are interested in contributions on any interaction between those three research areas.

Topics include (but are not limited to):

- Agent systems modelling
- Grammatical models of agent systems
- Formal models of bio-inspired agent systems 
- Theoretical descriptions of languages based on agent systems
- Learning agents: Machine learning and Agent systems
- Applications of learning agents to natural language processing
- Applications of learning agents to human-computer interaction 
- Applications of learning agents to language evolution 
- Intelligent human-computer interaction

Submitting Papers:

All papers must be formatted according to the Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing Series Springer template, with a maximum length of 8 pages in length, including figures and references for the PAAMS 2015 Special Sessions.

This template can be downloaded here:

- Microsoft Word Format
- Latex Format

All proposed papers must be submitted in electronic form (PDF format) using the PAAMS 2015 conference management system for special sessions.

Review Process:

All submitted papers will undergo a thorough review process; each paper will be refered by at least two experts in the field based on relevance, originality, significance, quality and clarity.

Deadlines:

- Paper submission deadline: 19 January, 2015
- Notification of acceptance: 23 February, 2015
- Final version submission: 9 March, 2015
- Conference dates: 3-5 June, 2015

Publication:

At least one of the authors will be required to register and attend the symposium to present the paper in order to include the paper in the conference proceedings. All accepted papers will be published by Springer Verlag in the Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing series

Grants/Awards:

The BISITE research group (http://bisite.usal.es) of the University of Salamanca, organiser of PAAMS 2015, offers 40 grants/awards to facilitate the attendance to doctoral and young doctors both to the event itself (including Workshops and Special Sessions) and to the parallel collocated events.

Programme Committee:

- Leonor Becerra-Bonache, University of Saint-Etienne, France	
- M. Dolores Jiménez-López, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
- Amaury Habrard, University of Saint-Etienne, France 
- Jeffrey Heinz, University of Delaware, USA 
- Adrian Horia Dediu, “Politehnica” University of Bucharest, Romania 
- György Vaszil,University of Debrecen, Hungary

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