FWD: 2nd Announcement _The Fifth Symposium on Natural Language Processing 2002 + Oriental COCOSDA Workshop 2002_Call for Papers

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Second Announcement of Joint International Conference of SNLP-Oriental COCOSDA
2002
                        Call for Papers
The Fifth Symposium on Natural Language Processing 2002 + Oriental COCOSDA
Workshop 2002
                       9-11 May 2002
       Hua Hin, Prachuapkirikhan, Thailand
http://kind.siit.tu.ac.th/snlp-o-cocosda2002/ or
http://www.links.nectec.or.th/itech/snlp-o-cocosda2002/
http://come.to/snlp-o-cocosda2002/  or
http://www.siit.net/snlp-o-cocosda2002/
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The Fifth Symposium on Natural Language Processing and Oriental COCOSDA 2002
will be jointly held
in a single all-encompassing event called SNLP-O-COCOSDA 2002. This
international joint conference
is hosted by Thammasat University in cooperation with the Thailand's National
Electronics and
Computer Technology Center (NECTEC). The Symposium on Natural Language
Processing (SNLP) is
an international conference held biannually since 1993 with the cooperative
effort of a number of
universities in Thailand. The purpose of SNLP is to promote research in
Natural Language Processing
by bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field to exchange
ideas and present results
from research in Natural Language Processing and various related fields.
Oriental COCOSDA is an
international workshop held annually by the oriental chapter of The
International Committee for the
Co-ordination and Standardization of Speech Databases and Assessment
Techniques for Speech
Input/Output. The first preparatory meeting was held in Hong Kong and then the
past four workshops
were held in Japan, Taiwan, China and Korea. The fifth workshop will be held
in Thailand incorporated
into SNLP-2002. Papers are invited on substantial, original, and unpublished
research on all aspects
of computational linguistics, including, but not limited to:

? pragmatics and discourse
? semantics, syntax and the lexicon
? phonetics, phonology and morphology
? interpreting and generating spoken and written language
? linguistic, mathematical and psychological models of language
? information retrieval, information extraction, text mining
? corpus-based language modeling
? multi-lingual processing
? machine translation and translation aids
? natural language interfaces and dialogue systems
? message and narrative understanding systems
? pattern recognition
? applied NLP systems
? language processing in internet applications
? human processing of language and speech
? tools and resources for natural language processing
? evaluation of natural language systems
? speech processing
? evaluation of speech understanding/dialogue systems
? multi-modal speech corpora
? speech corpus annotation tools
? spoken language processing
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Important Dates
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Submission Deadline: February 1, 2002
Notification of Acceptance: March 8, 2002
Camera Ready Paper Due: March 29, 2002
SNLP2002 Conference Date: May 9-11, 2002
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Submission Requirements and Reviewing
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Papers should describe original work. They should emphasize completed work
rather than intended work,
and should indicate clearly the state of completion of the reported results.
Wherever appropriate, concrete
results and evaluation should be included. Reviewing of papers will be blind.
Reviewing will be managed
by the Technical Committee and the International Advisory Committee who will
identify a set of representative
papers for submission. Each submission will be reviewed by at least three
reviewers. A paper accepted for
presentation at SNLP-O-COCOSDA 2002 cannot be presented or have been presented
at any other meeting
with publicly available published proceedings. Papers that are being submitted
to other conferences must
indicate this on the Identification Page (See below).
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Submission Process
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1. Register your intention to submit at
http://kind.siit.tu.ac.th/snlp-o-cocosda2002/subreg/. In response, an
Identification Page will be sent to
your e-mail address.
2. Your paper should be eight pages or less including references. Format your
paper using (preferably) LaTeX
or Microsoft Word style files according the format template at
http://kind.siit.tu.ac.th/snlp-o-cocosda2002/style/
or see a Description of Format Requirements if you cannot use these templates
at the same site.
3. Prepare four (4) hard copies of the paper and attach the completed
Identification Page to the first copy.
Send to:
Dr. Thanaruk Theeramunkong
Information Technology Program, Sirindhorn International Institute of
Technology,
Thammasat Rangsit Campus, Pathumthani 12121, Thailand
An Acknowledgement of your hard copy submission will be e-mailed soon after
receipt.
4. For the purposes of partially automated routing of papers to reviewers
only, submit one (1) electronic version
of the paper in PDF (without the Identification Page) via an upload program
available at:
http://kind.siit.tu.ac.th/snlp-o-cocosda2002/submit/ or
http://www.links.nectec.or.th/itech/snlp-o-cocosda2002/submit/. The submission
deadline for both hard copy
and electronic copy is 1 February 2002. You will be notified whether your
paper has been accepted by
8 March 2002.
PAPERS WHICH DO NOT MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE SUBJECT TO REJECTION
WITHOUT UNDERGOING THE APPROPIATE REVIEW PROCESS.
5. Once your paper has been accepted, submit your camera-ready copy along with
a signed Copyright
Release Statement by 29 March 2002.

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Invited Speakers
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1. Professor David Yarowsky(Johns Hopkins University)
2. Dr. Fangxin Chen (IBM China Research Laboratory)
3. Professor Hiroya Fujisaki (Science University of Tokyo)
4. Professor Hozumi Tanaka (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

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More Information
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For queries about complying to the submission process, e-mail
snlp-o-cocosda2002qa at kind.siit.tu.ac.th
sufficiently ahead of the submission deadline so that alternate arrangements
can be made. For help with
difficulties in electronic submission or technical problems, contact
snlp-o-cocosda2002 at kind.siit.tu.ac.th.

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Related Events
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? SNLP 2002, Student Session (see web sites
http://kind.siit.tu.ac.th/snlp-o-cocosda2002/)

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Host and Co-Host
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Thammasat University, Patumthani,
Thailand National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC),
Thailand

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Conference Chair
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? Rector of Thammasat University ? Director of Sirindhorn International
Institute of Technology
? Director of NECTEC ? Dean of Faculty of Arts, Thammasat University

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Technical Committee
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Virach Sornlertlamvanich (Chair, NECTEC)
Boonchareon Sirinaovakul (Co-Chair, KMUTT)
Asanee Kawtrakul (Kasetsart University)
Atsushi Fujii (University of Library and Information Science)
Alan W. Black (Carnegie Mellon University)
Boonserm Kijsirikul (Chulalongkorn University)
Boontee Kruatrachue (KMITL)
Bundit Tipakorn (KMUTT)
Chom Kimpan (KMITL)
Dekang Lin (University of Alberta)
Dosam Hwang (Yeungnam University)
Ekawit Nantajeewarawat (SIIT, Thammasat University)
Hitoshi Isahara (Communications Research Laboratory)
Ir. Samargi (Assessment and Application Technology)
Junalux Chalidabhongse (SIIT, Thammasat University)
Katunobu Itou (Electrotechnical Laboratory)
Kosin Chamnongthai (KMUTT)
Kritsana Wiyamai (Kasetsart University)
Lin-Shan Lee (National Taiwan University)
Manabu Okumura (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Masaaki Nagata (NTT Cyber Space Laboratories)
Ming Zhou (Microsoft Research, China)
Nick Cercone (University of Waterloo)
Niphon Charoenkitchakarn (KMUTT)
Peter Ross (Thammasat University)
Rachod Thongprasirt (NECTEC)
Sudaporn Luksaneeyanawin (Chulalongkorn University)
Somchai Jitapankul (Chulalongkorn University)
Somnuk Kereto (Kasetsart University)
Shun Ishizaki (Keio University)
Shuichi Itahashi (University of Tsukuba)
Sumali J. Conlon (University of Mississippi)
Surapan Meknavin (Siamguru)
Suthep Madarasmi (KMUTT)
Takenobu Tokunaga (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Takehito Utsuro (Toyohashi University of Technology)
Tanee Demeechai (Mahanakorn University of Technology)
Thomas Fang Zheng (Tsinghua University)
Thanaruk Theeramunkong (SIIT, Thammasat University)
Vilas Wuwongse (Asia Institute of Technology)
Wanchai Rivepiboon (Chulalongkorn University)
Wiphada Wettayaprasit (Prince of Songkla University)
Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong (Thammasat University)
Yongyuth Permpoontanalarp (KMUTT)
Yoshinori Sagisaka (Waseda University)
Yuji Matsumoto (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
Zaharin Yusoff (Universiti Sains Malaysia)

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International Advisory Committee
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Christian Boitet (University of Joseph Fourier)
Donna K. Harman (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Dan Smith (University of East Anglia, UK.)
Dekai Wu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Hozumi Tanaka  (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Key-Sun Choi (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Nick Cercone (University of Waterloo)
Peter Ross (Thammasat University)
Piek Vossen (University of Amsterdam)
Pham Ky Anh (Hanoi University of Science)
Sadaoki Furui (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Zhendong Dong (Chinese Information Processing Society)

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International Advisory Committee (Oriental COCOSDA)
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Fang Zheng (Tsing Hua University)
Hiroya Fujisaki (Science University of Tokyo)
Hsiao-Chuan Wang (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
Jialu Zhang (Chinese Academy of Science)
Lin-shan Lee (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Lua Kim Teng (National University of Singapore)
Qiang Huo (University of Hong Kong)
Yong-Ju Lee (Wonkwang University, Korea)
Yung-Hwan Oh (KAIST)

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Organizing Committee
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Thanaruk Theeramunkong (Chair, SIIT, Thammasat University)
Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong (Co-chair, Thammasat University)
Ekawit Nantajeewarawat (SIIT, Thammasat University)
Junalux Chalidabhongse (SIIT, Thammasat University)
Kaewchai Chancharoen (KMUTT)
Leah Bateman (Thammasat University)
Peter Ross (Thammasat University)
Rachada Kongkachandra (Thammasat University)
Rachod Thongprasirt (NECTEC)
Sudaporn Luksaneeyanawin (Chulalongkorn University)
Thatsanee Charoenporn (NECTEC)
Virach Sornlertlamvanich (NECTEC)

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Secretariat
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Rachada Kongkachandra (Thammasat University)
Amporn Pacharawan (NECTEC)
Chutima Pisarn (SIIT, Thammasat University)
Kritsada Sriphaew (SIIT, Thammasat University)
Rachanee Saengthong (SIIT, Thammasat University)
Thanasan Tanhermhong (SIIT, Thammasat University)
Thatsanee Charoenporn (NECTEC)
Verayuth Lertnattee (SIIT, Thammasat University)
Wirat Chinnan (SIIT, Thammasat University)