27.296, Calls: Computational Linguistics/Germany

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Subject: 27.296, Calls: Computational Linguistics/Germany

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Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 11:16:43
From: Stefanie Dipper [dipper at linguistics.rub.de]
Subject: KONVENS2016 -- Workshops and Tutorials

Full Title: KONVENS2016 -- Workshops and Tutorials 

Date: 22-Sep-2016 - 23-Sep-2016
Location: Bochum, Germany 
Contact Person: Stefanie Dipper
Meeting Email: konvens at linguistics.rub.de
Web Site: http://www.linguistics.rub.de/konvens16/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 26-Feb-2016 

Meeting Description:

KONVENS 2016

The Conference on Natural Language Processing (''Konferenz zur Verarbeitung
natürlicher Sprache'', KONVENS) is held in a two year rotation and will take
place September 19–21, 2016 in Bochum (Germany).

The KONVENS Organizing Committee invites proposals for workshops and tutorials
to be held in conjunction with KONVENS. We solicit proposals on any topic in
Natural Language Processing or interdisciplinary research areas between
computational linguistics and other research fields.

Call for Workshop & Tutorial Proposals:

KONVENS invites proposals for workshops (half-day or full-day) and tutorials
(half-day) to be held in conjunction with KONVENS on September 22 or 23, 2016.
We solicit proposals on any topic in Natural Language Processing or
interdisciplinary research areas between computational linguistics and other
research fields.

Workshops:

Proposals for workshops should contain:
1. A title and brief (2-page max) description of the workshop topic and
content.
2. An estimate of the number of attendees.
3. The desired workshop length -- half-day or full-day.
4. The names and email addresses of the organizers, with one-paragraph
statements of their research interests and areas of expertise.
5. A list of potential members of the program committee, with an indication of
which members have already agreed to serve.

Organizers of accepted proposals will be responsible for publicizing and
running the workshop, including reviewing submissions, producing the
camera-ready workshop proceedings, and organizing the meeting days.

Tutorials:

Tutorials are intended to provide a comprehensive introduction to core
techniques and areas of interest for the KONVENS community. We are interested
in tutorials on established or emerging research topics in these areas but we
also welcome tutorials from related research fields or applications. The ideal
tutorial should attract a wide audience. It should be broad enough to provide
a basic introduction to the chosen research area, but it should also cover the
most important topics in depth. Tutorial slides will be made available online
at the main conference website. Tutorial speakers will be offered the
possibility of a reduced or waived registration fee for the main conference,
depending on the number of instructors.

Submission Details:

The tutorial proposals should contain:
1. A title and abstract of the tutorial.
2. A brief description of the tutorial content and its relevance to the
KONVENS community (no more than 2 pages).
3. A brief outline of the tutorial structure showing that the tutorial's core
content can be covered in a half day.
4. The names and email addresses of the tutorial instructors, including
one-paragraph statement of their research interests and areas of expertise.
5. A list of previous venues and approximate audience sizes, if the same or a
similar tutorial has been given elsewhere; otherwise an estimate of the
audience size.
6. A description of special requirements for technical equipment (e.g.,
internet access).

Proposal Review:

All proposals will be reviewed by the organizing committee, who may use the
help of external reviewers depending on the submission topics. The features
that will be evaluated are: (i) the interestingness for the KONVENS areas,
which should result in a large audience; (ii) the clarity of the tutorial,
which should emerge from its description; (iii) good organization as appearing
from the outline; (iv) the adequacy of the speakers, i.e., her/his
background/experience in teaching the target topics; and (v) the ability to
explain the topics to a large audience with heterogeneous background.

Timeline for KONVENS 2016 Workshop and Tutorials: Dates

February 26, 2016: Workshop/Tutorial proposal deadline
March  4, 2016: Notification of acceptance
August 31, 2016: Camera-ready workshop proceedings/Tutorial slides due (PDF
format)
September 22+23, 2016: Tutorials

Submission by email konvens at linguistics.rub.de, with the subject line:
''KONVENS-2016: Workshop Proposal'' / ''KONVENS-2016: Tutorial Proposal''.

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