Appel : SEPLN 2003

Tue Apr 29 16:39:45 UTC 2003

____________Last Call for Proposals_________________________

SEPLN 2003

XIX CONGRESO DE
LA SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA PARA EL PROCESAMIENTO DEL LENGUAJE NATURAL (SEPLN)

(19th Conference of the Spanish Society for Natural Language Processing
SEPLN)

September 10-12, 2003
Universidad de Alcalá de Henares
Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)
http://oesi.cervantes.es/sepln

Introduction

The 19th Conference of the Spanish Society for Natural Language Processing
(SEPLN) will take place on September 10-12, 2003 in Alcalá de Henares
(Madrid, Spain). As in previous editions, the aim of SEPLN for this
Conference is to promote the dissemination of research, development and
innovation activities conducted by Spanish and foreign researchers in the
field of Natural Language Processing (NLP). The conference will provide a
forum for discussion and communication to facilitate an effective exchange
of knowledge and scientific materials that are necessary for promoting the
publication of relevant work and the establishment of means of
collaboration with national and international Institutions that are active
in this field.

Objectives

The main motivation of this conference is to provide the business and
scientific communities with an ideal forum for presenting their latest
research work and developments in the field of Natural Language Processing,
as well as to demonstrate the possibilities offered by these solutions and
to know about new projects. Consequently, the 19th SEPLN Conference is a
meeting place for presenting results and exchanging ideas concerning the
present state of development in this field of knowledge.

Furthermore, there is the intention of meeting the goal, achieved in
previous editions, of identifying future paths for basic research and
foreseen software applications, in order to compare them against the market
needs. Finally, the conference intends to be an appropriate forum in
helping new professionals to become active members in this field.

Topics

Researchers and businesses are encouraged to send communications, project
abstracts or demonstrations related to any of the following topics:

Linguistic, mathematic and psycholinguistic models of language
Corpus linguistics
Monolingual and multilingual information extraction and retrieval
Formalisms and grammars for morphological and syntactical analysis
Computational Lexicography
Monolingual and multilingual text generation
Machine translation
Speech synthesis and recognition
Semantics, pragmatics and discourse
Word sense disambiguation
NLP industrial applications
Automatic textual content analysis

Structure of the Conference

The Conference will last three days, with sessions dedicated to presenting
papers, ongoing research projects, prototype product demonstrations or
products connected with topics addressed in the conference. Scientific
activities will be complemented by social and tourist activities, allowing
attendants to gain a better understanding about the social and cultural
dimensions of Alcalá de Henares.

Communications

Authors are encouraged to send theoretical or system-related proposals, to
be presented at the demonstration sessions, earlier than May 16, 2003.
Proposals must meet certain format and style requirements

Both the delivery and revision of proposals will be done exclusively in
electronic format (PostScript or PDF). Proposals will include a title, the
complete names of the authors, their address, telephone, fax and e-mail.

Proposals will meet the following requirements (concerning the final
version, please check the publication format section):

- The proposals will be presented in Spanish or English
- Overall maximum length will be 3,500 words
- Final versions (after notification of acceptance) will follow the style
requirements that are described in the publication format section in the
website
- The proposals will be anonymously revised. Therefore, the files to be
submitted  will only include the title remaining the rest of the
communication free of any auto-references

Authors will submit their proposals through the following web system:
https://chair.dlsi.ua.es/sepln03/submit.html

Projects and Demos

As in previous editions, the organizers encourage participants to give oral
presentations of projects and demos. Depending on the estimated number of
oral presentations, any session may be reserved to this purpose. Proposals
must meet certain format and style requirements for presentations.

For oral presentation of projects to be accepted, the following information
must be included:

- Project title
- Funding institution
- Participant groups in the project
- Name, affiliation, e-mail and phone number of the project director
- Abstract (2 pages maximum)
- If a demonstration is to be performed, further information must be
included, as indicated below

For demonstrations to be accepted, the following information is mandatory:
- Name, affiliation, e-mail and phone number of the authors
- Abstract (2 pages maximum)
- Time estimation for the whole presentation
 This information must be received by June 10, 2003
Publication Format
The final version of the article will be sent before June 27, 2003 through
a web system: https://chair.dlsi.ua.es/sepln03/submit.html

- Documents must not include headers or footings
- Maximum length will be 8 pages DIN A4 (210 x 297 mm), included references
and figures.
- In the case of demonstrations and projects, maximum length will be 2
pages.
Articles will be sent in Postscript or PDF format.
LaTeX format

Authors using LaTeX format may download from the Conference website the
following style package zip file: latex_new.zip which contains document and
bibliography styles, as well as an example showing existing possibilities.

Word format

Authors using Microsoft Word or compatible may download from the Conference
website the following zip file: word_new.zip which includes a pattern file
in RTF format and an example showing existing editing possibilities.

Important Dates

Dates for submission and notifications of acceptance:

- Deadline for submitting abstracts: May 16, 2003
- Notification of acceptance: June 20, 2003
- Deadline for submitting the final version: June 27, 2003
- Deadline for submitting projects and demos: June 10, 2003

Program Committee

Chairman: Prof. Maximiliano Saiz Noeda (Universitat dAlacant)
Members:

Prof. José Gabriel Amores Carredano (Universidad de Sevilla)
Prof. Toni Badia i Cardús (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Prof. Manuel de Buenaga Rodríguez (Universidad Europea de Madrid)
Prof.ª Irene Castellón Masalles (Universitat de Barcelona)
Prof.ª Arantza Díaz de Ilarraza (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea)
Prof. Antonio Ferrández Rodríguez (Universitat dAlacant)
Prof. Mikel Forcada Zubizarreta (Universitat dAlacant)
Prof.ª Ana María García Serrano (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
Prof. Koldo Gojenola Galletebeitia (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea)
Prof. Xavier Gómez Guinovart (Universidade de Vigo)
Prof. Julio Gonzalo Arroyo (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia)
Prof. José Miguel Goñi Menoyo (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
Prof. Joaquim Llisterri (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Prof. Javier Macías Guarasa (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
Prof. José B. Mariño Acebal (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
Prof.ª M. Antonia Martí Antonín (Universitat de Barcelona)
Prof.ª Lidia Ana Moreno Boronat (Universitat Politècnica de Valencia)
Prof. Lluis Padró (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
Prof. Manuel Palomar Sanz (Universitat dAlacant)
Prof. José Manuel Pardo Muñoz (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
Prof.ª Natividad Prieto Sáez (Universitat Politècnica de Valencia)
Prof. Germán Rigau (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
Prof. Horacio Rodríguez Hontoria (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
Prof. Kepa Sarasola Gabiola (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea)
Prof. L. Alfonso Ureña López (Universidad de Jaén)
Prof.ª Mª Felisa Verdejo Maillo (Universidad Nacional de Educación a
Distancia)
Prof. Manuel Vilares Ferro (Universidade de Vigo)

Organising Committee

Chairman:

Mr. Jesús Antonio Cid Martínez, Academic Director at Instituto Cervantes

Coordinator:

Ms. Isabel Bermejo Rubio, Responsible for the Bureau of Spanish in the
Information Society  OESI  at Instituto Cervantes

Members:

Ms. Eva Mª García García, Technician at OESI, Instituto Cervantes
Ms. Raquel Tapias Aparicio, Technician at OESI, Instituto Cervantes
Mr. John Michael Urresti Graña, Technician at OESI, Instituto Cervantes

Collaborators:

Ms. Eva Mª Gómez Gómez, Collaborator at OESI, Instituto Cervantes
Ms. Rosario Guijarro Huerta, Collaborator at OESI, Instituto Cervantes

Advisors:

Ms. Esmeralda de Luis Martínez, Chief at the Department of External and
Institutional Relations, Instituto Cervantes
Ms. Gloria Gamarra Alonso, Technician at the Department of External and
Institutional Relations, Instituto Cervantes

Further Information

Full information is available at the official website of the Conference:
http://oesi.cervantes.es/sepln

You may also contact the coordinator at any of the following addresses:

Secretary of the 19th SEPLN Conference
Conference coordinator: Ms. Isabel Bermejo Rubio
Oficina del Español en la Sociedad de la Información
C/ Libreros, 23
28801 Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)
Spain
Tel.: +34 91 888 72 94
Fax: +34 91 888 18 26
E-mail: sepln at cervantes.es
Conference website: http://oesi.cervantes.es/sepln

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Oficina del Español en la Sociedad de la Información
C/ Libreros, 23
28801 Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)
Tfno.: 91 888 72 94; Fax: 91 888 18 26
informaoesi at cervantes.es <mailto:informaoesi at cervantes.es>
http://oesi.cervantes.es
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