[RNLD] LRL Workshop: Announcement and first Call for Papers

[Claudia Soria]

***Apologies for multiple postings***

*First Call for Papers***

LRL 2015

The 4th Biennial Workshop on Less-Resourced Languages

Under the patronage of ELRA

28 November 2015

Poznań, Poland

In conjunction with LTC’15, the 7^th Language and Technology Conference

Paper submission deadline: 22 August 2015

*Organizing Committee*

·Khalid Choukri (ELRA, ELDA, France)

·Joseph Mariani (LIMSI-CNRS, IMMI, France)

·Claudia Soria (CNR-ILC, Italy)

·Zygmunt Vetulani (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)

*Theme and Motivation*

/Language Technologies in support of Less-Resourced Languages (LRL)/

This Workshop is targeting all stakeholders somehow involved in Language 
Technology for less-resourced languages, either as users, developers, 
researchers, language activists, policy makers. As such, the Workshop 
broadly addresses current use and usability of Language Technologies for 
less-resourced languages. This year, we take the opportunity of 
celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Language and Technology 
Conference to analyze the influence of Language Technologies on 
Less-Resourced Languages over two decades. We will particularly welcome 
contributions addressing the following issues:

1) LRLs in the digital age - how well are 
regional/minority/less-resourced languages equipped for the digital age? 
What is the experience of speakers, what are their opportunities to act 
in the digital sphere by means of these languages? Do speakers of 
regional/minority/less-resourced languages experience any kind of 
"unequal digital opportunity"? What is the impact of LRTs on the use and 
usability of LRL on digital media and devices?

2) LRTs for LRL - development of LRTs for LRLs is often linked to 
purposes other than availability of applications for retrieving 
information or for enabling communication (e.g. language learning, 
identity-building or language reclamation): how often are LRLs targeted 
by applications for educational, entertainment, or revitalization purposes?

3) LRL: charting the field - what do we know about currently available 
LRTs for LRL? How to draw a comprehensive and accurate picture? Who are 
the actors to be involved? What is the experience of researchers and 
developers?

4) LRL: rethinking the BLaRK - the BLaRK still proves a useful tool for 
planning and implementing LT for LRL. How can it be remodeled/rethought 
in the light of current technological development? How can it be 
channeled into a coherent development roadmap?

*Publication*

The papers accepted for LRL 2015 will be published in the LTC 
Proceedings (hard copy, with ISBN number) and on CD-ROM. After the 
Workshop, a selection of the best papers will be published together with 
best LTC papers in a dedicated volume in the Springer Series Lecture 
Notes in Artificial Intelligence.

*Important Dates*

  * Paper submissions due: *22 August 2015*
  * Notification of acceptance: *3 October 2015*
  * Workshop: *28 November 2015*

For inquiries, please contact Claudia Soria (claudia.soria at ilc.cnr.it).

*Submission*

We accept two types of submissions: (a) full papers and (b) posters. 
Format and templates are the same as for the general LTC 
(http://www.ltc.amu.edu.pl/).

*Program Committee*

Victoria Arranz (ELRA/ELDA, France) TBC

Delphine Bernhard (LILPA, Strasbourg University, France)

Laurent Besacier (Université Joseph Fourier, France)

Nicoletta Calzolari (CNR-ILC, Italy)

Jeremy Evas (Cardiff University, Wales, UK)

Mikel Forcada (Universitat d’Alacant, Spain)

Dafydd Gibbon (Universität Bielefeld, Germany)

Tatiana Gornostay (Tilde, Latvia)

Marko Grobelnik (Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia) TBC

Sabine Kirchmeier-Andersen (Danish Language Council, Sweden)

Andras Kornai (Budapest Institute of Technology, Hungary)

Steven Krauwer (CLARIN, The Netherlands) TBC

Girish Nath Jha (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India)

Maite Melero (UPF, Catalonia, Spain)

Asunción Moreno (UPC, Spain)

Patrick Paroubek (LIMSI-CNRS, France) TBC

Justyna Pietrzak (Elhuyar, Basque Country, Spain)

Stelios Piperidis (ILSP, Greece)

Laurette Pretorius (University of South Africa, South Africa)

Gábor Proszeky (Morphologic, Hungary)

Georg Rehm (DFKI, Germany)

Kepa Sarasola Gabiola (Univ. del Pais Vasco, Basque Country, Spain) TBC

Kevin Scannell (St. Louis University, USA)

Virach Sornlertlamvanich (Sirindhorn International Institute of 
Technology (SIIT), Thammasat University, Thailand)

Marko Tadić (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social 
Sciences, Croatia)

Marianne Vergez-Couret (Université de Toulouse, France)

Kadri Vider (University of Tartu, Estonia)


-- 
Claudia Soria
Researcher
Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale "A. Zampolli"
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Via Moruzzi 1
56124 Pisa
Italy

Tel. +39 050 3153166
Skype clausor

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