[Corpora-List] FINAL CFP - CL05 Workshop on Using Corpora for NLG

From: Anja Belz (a.s.belz@itri.brighton.ac.uk)
Date: Wed May 25 2005 - 13:16:42 MET DST

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    *** SUBMISSION DEADLINE THIS FRIDAY, 27th MAY ***

    Using Corpora for Natural Language Generation - Final Call for Papers
    ======================================================================

    Using Corpora for Natural Language Generation is a pre-conference
    workshop at Corpus Linguistics 2005, to be held in Birmingham, 14
    July 2005.

    We aim to bring together researchers who use corpora for NLG research
    either in the traditional, manual way, or automatically, involving
    machine learning and statistical methods. The goal of the workshop is
    to present and discuss current research, to compare manual and
    automatic corpus exploitation, to evaluate achievements, and to
    identify challenges for the future.

    We invite the submission of papers on original and unpublished
    research on all aspects of using corpora for natural language
    generation, including, but not limited to:

         * (Partial) automation of traditional corpus analysis for NLG
         * Issues in annotating corpora for NLG
         * Statistical approaches to deep and/or surface generation
         * Machine learning methods for deep and/or surface generation
         * Role of corpora in the evaluation of NLG systems
         * Reuse of resources developed for NLU (e.g. treebanks) in NLG
         * Domain-specific vs. general purpose corpora for NLG

    We would like to emphasise that where we say `NLG' we mean to include
    the language generation components of MT and dialogue systems.

    Invited Speaker
    -----------------

    Irene Langkilde-Geary (Brigham Young University, Provo, USA) will give
    an invited talk with the provisional title: Constraint programming
    as a Whiteboard Architecture for Probabilistic NLG.

    Panel on Exploiting Corpora for NLG
    -----------------------------------

    We will hold a panel discussion on the topics of this workshop.
    The following researchers have agreed to join the panel:

    Irene Langkilde-Geary, Computer Science, Brigham Young University, USA
    Donia Scott, Computing Research Centre, The Open University, UK
    Bonnie Webber, Informatics, University of Edinburgh, UK
    Ehud Reiter, Computing Science, University of Aberdeen, UK
    Chris Brew, Linguistics, Ohio State University, USA

    Proceedings
    -----------

    The proceedings of the workshop will be published in printed form and
    electronically on the web. We plan to publish selected papers in a
    special issue of a suitable journal.

    Requirements
    ------------

    Papers should describe original work, emphasizing actual rather than
    intended work, and should indicate clearly the state of completion of
    the reported results. Wherever appropriate, concrete evaluation of
    results should be included. A paper submitted to the Workshop on Using
    Corpora for NLG cannot have previously been published. Papers that are
    being submitted to other conferences or workshops should indicate
    this.

    Submission information
    ----------------------

    Reviewing will be based on abstracts, the final proceedings will
    contain papers of 4-6 pages.

    * Submission of abstracts:

    Submissions should be extended abstracts of papers, and should be sent
    in PDF format by email to ucnlg@itri.brighton.ac.uk. Abstracts should
    not exceed 500 words. RTF format is also accepted but not encouraged.

    Reviewing of papers will be blind. Reviewing will be managed by the
    workshop's international programme committee. Final decisions on the
    technical programme will be made by the workshop organisers.

    As reviewing will be blind, the paper should not include the authors'
    names and affiliations. Self-references that reveal the authors'
    identity, e.g., "We previously showed (Smith, 1991) ...", should be
    avoided. Instead, use citations such as "Smith previously showed
    (Smith, 1991) ...".

    In the body of the email submitting the abstract, please include
    the authors' names and affiliations, and the paper title.

    * Camera-ready full-length papers:

    4-6 pages in the IJCAI'05 format. Please follow the IJCAI formatting
    instructions (http://ijcai05.csd.abdn.ac.uk/). Further submission
    instructions for full-length papers will be included in acceptance
    emails.

    Important dates
    ---------------

    Abstract submission deadline: Friday 27th May 2005
    Notification of acceptance: Friday 10th June 2005
    Camera-ready full-length papers: Friday 1st July 2005
    Date of workshop: Thursday 14th July

    Programme committee
    -------------------

    Anja Belz, ITRI, University of Brighton, UK
    John Carroll, Informatics, University of Sussex, UK
    Robert Dale, Centre for Language Technology, Macquarie University, Australia
    Michel Genereux, ITRI, University of Brighton, UK
    Kevin Knight, ISI, University of Southern California, USA
    Chris Mellish, Computing Science, University of Aberdeen, UK
    Sebastian Varges, ITRI, University of Brighton, UK

    Workshop website
    ----------------

    http://www.itri.brighton.ac.uk/ucnlg/



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