Appel: NLP-2000

[Philippe Blache]

From: "Dimitris N. Christodoulakis" <dxri at cti.gr>



		PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
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	 2nd International Conference on Natural Language Processing

	     NLP 2000:  Filling the gap between theory and practice

			Samos, Greece, 1-4 June 2000

		       URL: http://www.cti.gr/nlp2000
 	

ORGANIZED BY:
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 ·  Computer Technology Institute of Patras
 ·  University of Patras
    - Computer Engineering Dept. (Database Laboratory)
    - Philology Dept. (Linguistics Section)
 ·  University of Athens
    - Informatics Dept.
 ·  University of  the Aegean
    - Information & Communication Systems Dept.

OBJECTIVES                                                                      ----------
We feel that this is the most opportune time for a critical view of the
achievements both in theory and in practice, and for developing bridges in
order to build emerging advanced systems and services that will provide the
breadth of information envisaged. The aim is to fill the gap between theory
and practice so that developments and needs in theory to take advantage and
give insights for new developments in technological methods and applications,
and visa-versa. The goal is to bring together people that will attest to
the progress of the field and disseminate it to a wider audience.

The conference will provide a forum to bring together researchers from the
fields of computational linguistics, terminology, automated translation,
information retrieval and lexicography who share an interest in computational
aspects of terminology processing: acquisition, extraction, indexing,
machine-aided thesaurus building, dictionary construction, etc. We also
hope that researchers in all areas of NLP will participate, to discuss ways
in which their own work could contribute, even if they are not currently
working on these applications.

Specific themes of the conference include :

	- Linguistic Models in NLP
	- Language Engineering Techniques and Applications


INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
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All abstracts (not more than 2000 words, including references) must be
submitted in hard copy or electronic PostScript form to:

	Mrs. Xara Diamantopoulou
	University of Patras
	Department of Computer Engineering & Informatics
	Database Laboratory
	GR - 26 500 Patras - Greece
	Email: xdiam at cti.gr
	Tel: (+3061) 960.382
	Fax: (+3061) 997.783

PROCEEDINGS
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Proceedings will be published by an international Publishing Company (approval
pending).

IMPORTANT DATES
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	. 15 December 1999, Abstract submission
	. 30 January 2000, Selection of submitted abstracts
	. 5 February 2000, Acceptance Notification
	. 1 April 2000, Deadline for final camera-ready manuscripts

INVITED TALKS
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We are pleased to announce that the Scientific Program will include invited
talks by the following guest speakers:

	. Berwick Bob (MIT), USA
	. Blache Philippe (Universite Aix-en-Provence), France
	. Chanod Jean-Pierre (Xerox Research Center Europe), France
	. Di Sciullo Anna-Maria (Université du Québec a Montréal), Canada
	. Moens Marc (University of Edinburgh), Scotland
	. Morin Jean Yves (University of Montreal), Canada
	. Sag Ivan (Stanford University), USA
	. Theologitis Dimitris (Commission of the European Union), Luxemburg
	. Wehrli Eric (University of Geneva), Switzerland
	. Wilks Yorik (University of Sheffield), England

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Program Committee Chair:

	. Christodoulakis Dimitris (University of Patras), Greece

Members:

	. Berwick Bob (MIT), USA
	. Blache Philippe (Universite Aix-en-Provence), France
	. Chanod Jean-Pierre (Xerox Research Centre Europe), France
	. Di Sciullo Anna-Maria (Université du Québec a Montreal), Canada
	. Filokyprou George (University of Athens), Greece
	. Galiotou Eleni (Technological Educational Institute of Athens), Greece
	. Grigoriadou Maria (University of Athens), Greece
	. Iordanidou Anna (University of Patras), Greece
	. Kokkinakis George (University of Patras), Greece
	. Kontos John (Athens University of Economics and Business), Greece
	. Koster Kees (University of Nijmegen), The Netherlands
	. Moens Marc (University of Edinburgh), Scotland
	. Morin Jean-Yves (University of Montreal), Canada
	. Ralli Angela (University of Patras), Greece
	. Sag Ivan (Stanford University), USA
	. Simeonidi-Annastasiadi Anna (University of Thessaloniki), Greece
	. Theologitis Dimitris (Commission of the European Union), Luxemburg
	. Tsalidis Christos (Computer Technology Institute), Greece
	. Vouros George (University of the Aegean), Greece
	. Wehrli Eric (University of Geneva), Switzerland
	. Wilks Yorik (University of Sheffield), England

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
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	. Diamantopoulou Xara, (CTI), Greece
	. Gakis Panagiotis, (CTI), Greece
	. Karassimos Thanassis (University of Patras), Greece
	. Kourakos Evangelos
	. Malagardi Ioanna (General Secretariat for Research and Technology)
	. Manousopoulou Natassa
	. Markopoulos George
	. Orphanos Giorgos (CTI), Greece
	. Papakitsos Vagelis (University of Athens), Greece
	. Sgarbas Kyriakos (University of Patras), Greece