Information Retrieval List Digest 219 (June 27) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-219 IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 June 27, 1994 Volume XI, Number 26 Issue 219 ********************************************************** III. NOTICES B. Meetings 1. 5th Int'l. Workshop on Natural Language Understanding and Logic Programming ********************************************************** III. NOTICES III.B.3. Fr: gpl@fct.unl.pt Re: 5th International Workshop on Natural Language Understanding and Logic Programming Fifth International Workshop on Natural Language Understanding and Logic Programming NLULP5 CALL FOR PAPERS CONFERENCE DATES: May 29 (Mon) -- 31 (Wed), 1995 CONFERENCE PLACE: Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal CHAIRMAN: Gabriel Pereira Lopes Department of Computer Science Faculty of Science and Technology Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Quinta da Torre, 2825 Monte da Caparica, Portugal Phon. +351-1-295 3220 Fax. +351-1-295 56 41 Email. gpl@fct.unl.pt The Organizing Committee of the Fifth International Workshop on Natural Language Processing and Logic Programming invites the submission of papers for NLULP5, in Lisbon, Portugal. TOPICS OF INTEREST: Papers are invited on substantial, original, and unpublished research on all aspects of Logic Programming applications to computational linguistics, including, but not limited to, the followings. - syntax - parsing - semantics - generation - phonetics - language understanding - phonology - speech analysis/synthesis - morphology - computational lexicons - discourse - electronic dictionaries - pragmatics - terminology - quantitative/qualitative linguistics - text database and retrieval - mathematical linguistics - documentation - contrastive linguistics - machine translation - cognitive linguistics - machine aids for translation - large text corpora - natural language interface - text processing - dialogue systems - hardware/software for NLP - multimedia systems It will be nice to have in Lisbon Practical Applications of PROLOG in the area of NLU, for demonstrating Prolog's attractiveness for this area. REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION: Papers should have a maximum fifteen pages in final format, should be written in English, and describe original work. They should emphasize completed work rather than intended work, and they should indicate clearly the state of completion of the reported results. FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION: Authors should submit four copies of preliminary versions of their papers with the page limits above, on A4 paper with the title, author(s), addresses (including email if possible), affiliation across the page top, a short (five to ten line) summary, and a specification of the topic area preferably drawn from the list above. As well, authors are strongly urged to email the title page information by the deadline date. Send the papers and emails to the chair. IMPORTANT DATES: Preliminary paper submission due: DECEMBER 19, 1994 Notification of paper arrival: DECEMBER 31, 1994 Inquiries for lost papers: JANUARY 20, 1995 Acceptance notification: MARCH 1, 1995 Camera-ready copies due: APRIL 1, 1995 REVIEW SCHEDULE: Preliminary papers are due by 19 December 1994. Papers received after that date will be returned unopened. Notification of receipt will be mailed to the first author (or designated author) soon after receipt by 31 December 1994. All inquiries regarding lost papers must be made by January 20, 1995. Designated authors will be notified of acceptance by March 1, 1995. Camera-ready copies of final papers prepared according to the publisher requirements, must be received by 1 April 1995 by the chair along with a signed copyright release statement. Papers received after that date may not be included in the proceedings. OTHER ACTIVITIES: (1) Invited talks and panels will be included in the program. 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