Ecole: SSLST 2011, Tarragona, Spain, August 29 =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?=96_?=September 2, 2011

[Thierry Hamon]

Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:26:23 +0200
From: "Carlos Martín Vide"
Message-ID: <fbfee68b10e4a.4db149bf at urv.cat>
X-url: http://grammars.grlmc.com/sslst2011/


2011 INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL IN LANGUAGE AND SPEECH TECHNOLOGIES
(SSLST 2011)

(formerly International PhD School in Language and Speech
Technologies)

Tarragona, Spain, August 29 – September 2, 2011

Organized by:
Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC)
Rovira i Virgili University

http://grammars.grlmc.com/sslst2011/

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ADDRESSED TO:

Undergraduate and graduate students from around the world. Most
appropriate degrees include: Computer Science and Linguistics. Other
students (for instance, from Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or
Philosophy) are welcome too.

All courses will be compatible in terms of schedule.

COURSES AND PROFESSORS:

Walter Daelemans (Antwerpen), Computational Stylometry [advanced, 4
hours]
Robert Dale (Macquarie), Automated Writing Assistance: Grammar
Checking and Beyond [intermediate, 8 hours]
Christiane Fellbaum (Princeton), Computational Lexical Semantics
[introductory/intermediate, 10 hours]
Ralph Grishman (New York), Introduction to Information Extraction
[intermediate, 8 hours]
Daniel Jurafsky (Stanford), Computational Extraction of Social and
Interactional Meaning [introductory/advanced, 8 hours]
Chin-Hui Lee (Georgia Tech), Digital Speech Processing [intermediate,
8 hours]
Yuji Matsumoto (Nara), Syntax and Parsing: Phrase Structure and
Dependency Parsing [introductory, 8 hours]
Diana Maynard (Sheffield), Text Mining [introductory/intermediate, 8
hours]
Dan Roth (Urbana-Champaign), Structured Predictions in NLP:
Constrained Conditional Models, and Integer Linear Programming in NLP
[intermediate/advanced, 8 hours]

SCHOOL PAPER:

On a voluntary basis, within 6 months after the end of the School,
students will be expected to draft an individual or jointly-authored
research paper on a topic covered during the classes under the
guidance of the lecturing staff.

REGISTRATION:

It has to be done on line at

http://grammars.grlmc.com/sslst2011/Registration.php 

FEES:

They are variable, depending on the number of courses each student
takes. The rule is:

1 hour = 

- 10 euros (for payments until June 5, 2011), 
- 15 euros (for payments after June 5, 2011). 

The fees must be paid to the School's bank account: 

Uno-e Bank (Julian Camarillo 4 C, 28037 Madrid, Spain): IBAN:
ES3902270001820201823142 - Swift code: UNOEESM1 (account holder:
Carlos Martin-Vide GRLMC)

Please mention SSLST 2011 and your full name in the subject. An
invoice will be provided on site. Bank transfers should not involve
any expense for the School.

People registering on site at the beginning of the School must pay in
cash. For the sake of local organization, however, it is recommended
to complete the registration and the payment earlier.

ACCOMMODATION:

Information about accommodation will be provided on the website of the
School.

CERTIFICATES:

Students will be delivered a certificate stating the courses attended,
their contents, and their duration. Those participants who will choose
to be involved in a research paper will receive an additional
certificate at the end of the task, independently on whether the paper
will finally get published or not.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Announcement of the programme: April 21, 2011
Starting of the registration: April 25, 2011
Early registration deadline: June 5, 2011
Starting of the School: August 29, 2011
End of the School: September 2, 2011 

QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION:

Florentina-Lilica Voicu: florentinalilica.voicu at urv.cat 

WEBSITE:

http://grammars.grlmc.com/sslst2011/ 

POSTAL ADDRESS:

SSLST 2011
Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC)
Rovira i Virgili University
Av. Catalunya, 35
43002 Tarragona, Spain

Phone: +34-977-559543
Fax: +34-977-558386

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