Information Retrieval List Digest 468 (August 30, 1999) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-468.txt IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 August 30, 1999 Volume XVI, Number 32 Issue 468 ****************************************************************** I. QUERIES 1. Request for Books on General Syntax 2. Syntax Books, Followup II. JOBS 1. Dept. Nuclear Energy, Austria: Section Head, Div. Scientific & Technical Information 2. West Group, MN: Research Position, CS Research Department 3. Search Technology, Atlanta, GA: Research Analyst III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. GreyNet Press Release 2. GreyNet Newsletter 8:3, 1999: ToC 3. [WASHINGTON-UPDATE] August 27, 1999 B. Meetings 1. CIR-2000 Challenge of Image Retrieval: CFPapers 2. IEEE Vis'99: CFRegistration 3. New Paradigms in Information Visualsation + Manipulation: CFPapers 4. 34th Colloquium of Linguistics: Final Announcement 5. ANLP/NAACL 2000: CFTutorial Proposals 6. ANLP/NAACL 2000-Student Session: CFPapers ****************************************************************** I. QUERIES I.1. Fr: Karen Smith Re: Request for Books on General Syntax Hello, I am trying to compile a literature review on general syntax and I was hoping that someone might be able to direct me to some new or recently released books on general syntax or even books which are about to be released on this topic. Any information is appreciated. I will post a list of my findings so that everyone can benefit. Thank you for your time. Karen Smith Linguist Ergo Linguistic Technologies ********** I.2. Fr: Karen Smith Re: Syntax Books, Followup To The Readers: We would like to extend this request. In particular, we are interested in books that provide reviews or comparisons of different/multiple theories of syntax. This is what we've found so far. I have reviews of most of these books if anyone is interested. Karen Smith Linguist Ergo Linguistic Technologies 1. Linguistics:Edited by VICTORIA A. FROMKIN University of California, Los Angeles Price : £ 65.00. $74.95 Format : 246 x 171 mm 6.75 x 9.75 in 500 pages. hardback Publication Date : October 1999 ISBN: 0631197095 2. Syntactic Theory: A Unified Approach, 2nd Edition Robert Borsley , Department of Linguistics, University of Wales, Bangor, UK Binding:Paperback Dimensions: 234 x 156mm Published: 02/04/1999 ISBN: 0340706104 Price: £15.99 sterling 3. Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introduction Ivan A. Sag and Thomas Wasow 4. Foundations of Computational Linguistics: Man-Machine Communication in Natural Language by Roland Hausser. 1999, XII, 532pp. Hardcover DM 89,-- ISBN 3-540-66015-1 5. Lynn M. Berk, (1999) English Syntax From Word to Discourse, Oxford University Press, N.Y. Pp. 315. Paper $24.95 6. New: Empirical Issues in Formal Syntax and Semantics 1999. 389 pp. ISBN 9055690945. Price: EUR 36,75. Individuals ordering directly from Holland Academic Graphics are eligible for a 33% discount. 7. FRAGMENTS: Studies in Ellipsis and Gapping Edited by Shalom Lappin, University of London, and Elabbas Benmamoun, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampagne January 1999 320 pp. 0195123026 $60.00 Oxford University Press 8. Postal, Paul (1999) Three Investigations of Extraction. MIT Press: Cambridge. http://mitpress.mit.edu/promotions/books/POSTHF98 ****************************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: Emil Levine Re: Dept. Nuclear Energy, Austria: Section Head, Div. Scientific & Technical Information International Atomic Energy Agency Vacancy Notice No. 99/035 Issue Date: 9 July 1999 Position and Grade: Section Head (P-5) Organizational Unit: INIS Section Division of Scientific and Technical Information Department of Nuclear Energy Duty Station Vienna Application Deadline 8 September 1999 Type/Duration of Appointment Fixed-term, 3 years Assignment Under the guidance of the Division Director, the Head of the International Nuclear Information System (INIS) will advise and assist in the management of the scientific and technical information systems operated by the Agency for Member States and other international organizations. In particular, the Head of the INIS Section will: --maintain regular liaison with national and international information centres which either provide information input to the Agency or use Agency scientific and technical information products; --organize and supervise the day-to-day operation of the INIS Section and plan, direct and co-ordinate the work of a group of approximately 40 staff members assigned to carry out the functions and responsibilities of the Agency in connection with INIS and other international and Agency-wide information systems; --co-ordinate the introduction and/or development of improved methods, techniques and equipment for the handling of scientific and technical information; --plan and co-ordinate the development of training and educational programmes for the staff members of national information centres; --co-ordinate Agency participation in the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Computer Program Service; --co-ordinate, in order to ensure compatibility, with other scientific and technical information systems for which the Agency has responsibilities; --develop the provision of qualitative information support by INIS for the Agency's technical programmes, especially its core activities; and --carry out other duties as may be assigned by the Director of the Division. Education and Experience Advanced university degree or equivalent in information science, natural sciences, computer science, mathematics or a related field. At least 15 years' experience including at least 5 years in the documentation and information field. Technical and administrative management experience. Experience in building and leading cohesive teams and also ability to provide feedback on performance and encourage staff development. Experience with the operation of INIS. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Good knowledge of large-scale computerized bibliographic information systems. Knowledge of human resource and financial management principles and the ability to apply this knowledge in allocating resources to achieve the Agency's objectives. Fluency in English, French, Russian, or Spanish essential. Ability to communicate fluently in written and spoken English. Remuneration Remuneration is quoted in annual amounts in Austrian schillings and is deemed to be exempt from national income tax. It is composed of net base salary plus local post adjustment and amounts, after deduction of the contribution to the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, to a total of: Rate Single ATS 885 790 (including a net base salary of US $59 963) Dependency ATS 961 790 (including a net base salary of US $64 545) How to Apply to the IAEA Internal and external applicants should provide a curriculum vitae (CV) written in accordance with the IAEA Guidelines for CVs and complete a Personal History Form (PHF). These can be obtained from your national nuclear energy commission or your ministry of foreign affairs, or directly from the IAEA either by mail or through the internet http://www.iaea.org/worldatom/vacancies. Please address your application to: Recruitment Unit, Division of Personnel, International Atomic Energy Agency, Wagramer Strasse 5, P.O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria. Facsimile: (+43 1) 26007. Please do not send additional documentation at this stage. Applications received after the application deadline will not be considered. All application material should be typewritten and in English. Applicants who do not comply with the aforementioned application guidelines or meet the essential requirements specified in this Vacancy Notice will not be considered. Applications from qualified women and candidates from developing countries are encouraged. Applicants should be aware that IAEA staff members are international civil servants and may not accept instructions from any other authority. Staff members may be assigned to any location. The IAEA retains the discretion not to make any appointment to this vacancy, to make an appointment at a lower grade or to make an appointment with a modified job description. ********** II.2. Fr: Jack G. Conrad Re: West Group, MN: Research Position, CS Research Department West Group, a leading international publisher and provider of value-added information to the legal and business communities, seeks qualified applicants to expand its research staff. The Computer Science Research Department at West Group currently consists of 15 individuals and is co-located in Rochester, New York and Eagan, Minnesota (a suburb of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul). The department's primary research interests include information retrieval (including cross-language retrieval), information extraction, text categorization, machine learning, natural language processing, and performance evaluation. Principal duties would include analysis, design, coding and testing of concepts and prototypes for retrieval, extraction, and categorization systems in the context of very large data environments such as Westlaw. The department and its staff are positioned to pursue cutting-edge research in order to impact the company's new technology-driven applications, and thus to achieve recognition both inside and outside the firm. Applicants should have a graduate degree in Computer Science or related field, with a focus in IR, IE, NLP, or ML. Excellent UNIX, C/C++, Java, OOA/OOD experience desirable. West Group offers excellent growth opportunities, a competitive salary, and comprehensive benefits. West is an equal opportunity employer. Send resume in electronic form to: Peter.Jackson@WestGroup.com Or via conventional mail to: Peter Jackson West Group 610 Opperman Drive D1-66F Eagan, MN 55123 USA ********** II.3. Fr: Brian Minsk Re: Search Technology, Atlanta, GA: Research Analyst This position will work with a small group performing analysis, design, development, enhancement, testing, documentation, and implementation of desktop software tools enabling flexible analysis and synthesis of text containing technical and scientific information from electronic information searches. See http://www.searchtech.com/toas.htm for project information. Applicants must have a BS or MS in computer science or engineering, and extensive knowledge of Visual C++ and MFC. Experience in developing applications for MS Windows 95/98/NT is highly desirable. Minimum 3.0 GPA. Search Technology performs research and development in human-relevant aspects of technology for complex systems. Our staff is trained in the methods of engineering, psychology and computer science. http://www.searchtech.com Prefer applicants already in the Atlanta area. Please email humanres@searchtech.com or send or fax resume to: Paul Frey Search Technology 4960 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Suite 230 Norcross, GA 30071-1580 Fax: 770-263-0802 Thanks, Brian Minsk Search Technology, Inc. 4960 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Suite 230 Norcross, GA 30071 (770) 441-1457 minsk@searchtech.com ****************************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. Fr: GreyNet Re: GreyNet Press Release PRESS RELEASE August 19, 1999 Today, the GL'99 Virtual Discussion goes live on the Internet. This Virtual Discussion will seek to enhance the program for the Fourth International Conference on Grey Literature, which will be held on October 4-5, 1999 in Washington D.C. The topics of the GL'99 Virtual Discussion already include comments by leading contributors in the field of grey literature. Take advantage of this global forum not only to agree or disagree with their ideas but to also to contribute your own ideas and special interests in the field of grey literature. For those interested in commenting/subscribing to the Virtual Discussion: http://www.mcb.co.uk/services/conferen/webforum/greynet-liblink-forum/ GL'99 VIRTUAL DISCUSSION THEMES: 1. ACCESS TO GREY LITERATURE IN THE 21st CENTURY: A Shift from issues of Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control to issues of Promotion, Marketing, and Pricing Grey Literature. 2. COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT AND GREY LITERATURE: The Policy and Management of Grey Literature Collections requires both designated Budgets and Human Resources. 3. PUBLISHING AND ARCHIVING ELECTRONIC GREY LITERATURE: The Corporate Authors and Producers of Grey Literature are also responsible for indexing and archiving these materials. 4. COPYRIGHT AND GREY LITERATURE: Authorship, Ownership, and Property Rights influence the very Processes of Knowledge Generation and Information Dissemination. 5. EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE FIELD OF GREY LITERATURE: Schools of Library and Information Science continue to neglect the importance of Grey Literature in their Curriculum Programs. ********** III.A.2. Fr: GreyNet Re: GreyNet Newsletter 8:3, 1999: ToC N e w s B r i e f N e w s GreyNet Quarterly Newsletter Vol. 8, No. 3, 1999 ISSN 1389-1804 (Print) ISSN 1389-1812 (Email) Table of Contents GL'99 Virtual Discussion now on the Net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The GL-Compendium Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 IJGL - Forthcoming Articles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Announcement CRIS 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Editors Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 GL'99 Registration Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Editorial Address: GreyNet, Grey Literature Network Service Koninginneweg 201, 1075 CR Amsterdam, The Netherlands Tel/Fax: 31-20-671.1818 Email: GreyNet@inter.nl.net URL: http://www.konbib.nl/infolev/greynet Annual Subscription : NLG. 40 | US$ 25 ********** III.A.3. Fr: EDUCAUSE Re: [WASHINGTON-UPDATE] August 27, 1999 EDUCAUSE: Transforming Education through Information Technologies http://www.educause.edu EDUCAUSE WASHINGTON UPDATE --- AUGUST 27, 1999 IN THIS ISSUE FEDERAL FUNDING OF IT: GAO REPORT FINDS NO OVERLAP OF FEDERAL IT PROGRAMS; NO EVIDENCE OF WASTE, FRAUD, OR ABUSE E-RATE (CORRECTION) DNS PRIVATIZATION: ICANN APPROVES COMPROMISE WITH DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE RESOLUTION PLAN AS HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE CHAIR INITIATES INVESTIGATION OF FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES UPCOMING EVENTS: CRA & TECHNOLOGY NETWORK PRESS CONFERENCE ON IMPLICATIONS OF FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS ON IT RESEARCH PITAC TO HOLD OPEN PUBLIC MEETING >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Written from EDUCAUSE'S Washington office, "The EDUCAUSE Washington Update" is a free service of EDUCAUSE, an international nonprofit association dedicated to transforming higher education through information technologies. Anyone may subscribe to the Update by sending e-mail to listserv@listserv.educause.edu with "subscribe update firstname lastname" in the body of the message. To unsubscribe, send a "signoff update" command to the same address. If you would like more information about the Update or would like to offer comments or suggestions, please contact Garret Sern at gsern@educause.edu. To view past Washington Updates, please refer to the EDUCAUSE Washington Update archives at http://www.educause.edu/pub/wu/. ********** III.B.1. Fr: Margaret Graham Re: CIR-2000 Challenge of Image Retrieval: CFPapers FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS CIR-2000: The Challenge of Image Retrieval Third UK Conference on Image Retrieval May 4-5 2000, Brighton, United Kingdom CIR moves to Brighton in 2000, with a new format - separate practitioner and research tracks linked by common plenary sessions. As in previous years, it aims to attract high-quality papers covering all aspects of image and video retrieval from both the UK and overseas. The main themes of CIR-2000 are video asset management, and image indexing and metadata, and content-based image retrieval. Image and video storage and retrieval continues to be one of the most exciting and fastest-growing research areas in the field of multimedia technology. However, opportunities within the UK for the exchange of ideas between different groups of researchers, and between researchers and potential users of image retrieval systems, are still limited. The Challenge of Image Retrieval series of conferences was set up specifically to bridge the gap between the different communities with an interest in image retrieval. Successful conferences were held in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1998 and 1999. The 2000 event again aims to bring together researchers and practitioners in the area of image data management, to exchange information and gain some idea of the significance of developments in related disciplines. It should be of interest to researchers in fields as diverse as information retrieval, database, computer vision and image processing, human visual perception and interface design, as well as users and managers of image and video libraries. CALL FOR PAPERS Original papers are solicited for the conference describing research or innovation in any area related to image or video storage and retrieval. Accounts of work in progress are acceptable provided at least some results are reported. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: * Studies of information-seeking behaviour among image users * HCI issues in image retrieval * Evaluation of image retrieval systems * Novel image data management systems and applications * Query models, paradigms and languages for image retrieval * Content-based indexing, search and retrieval of images * Feature extraction and representation * Visual perception and image retrieval * Image search and browsing on the Web * Semantic retrieval of images and video * Neural network techniques for image classification and retrieval * Database architectures for image retrieval * Image data management for multimedia systems The programme committee is aiming to ensure a balance between technical and user orientation in the submitted papers presented at the conference. To achieve this, we particularly welcome submissions which deal with user issues. SUBMISSION DETAILS Authors are asked to submit full papers (no longer than 5000 words), in English, to the Programme Chair, Dr John Eakins. Electronic submission is strongly encouraged. Electronic submissions should follow the style laid down for the BCS electronic Workshops in Computing, which can be found at http://www.ewic.org.uk/ewic/editors/submitting.cfm#papers. Authors are asked to follow the electronic submission guidelines set out at http://www.unn.ac.uk/iidr/sub.html. Authors who do not wish to submit electronically are asked to send three paper copies of their submission, together with a covering letter containing contact information, to: Dr John P Eakins, The Challenge of Image Retrieval, Institute for Image Data Research, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST. The closing date for both electronic and paper submissions is Friday 21 January 2000. Authors whose contributions are accepted for presentation will be notified by Friday 3 March 2000. They will be required to submit final versions of their papers, for inclusion in the conference proceedings, by Friday, 7 April 2000. It is intended that all accepted papers will be published in the BCS electronic Workshops in Computing series. PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: * John Eakins (co-chair), University of Northumbria at Newcastle * Peter Enser (co-chair), University of Brighton * Margaret Graham, University of Northumbria at Newcastle * David Harper, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen * Karina Holm, Getty Images * Paul Lewis, University of Southampton * Martin Nail, Library and Information Commission CONFERENCE SPONSORS (PROVISIONAL): * Institute for Image Data Research, University of Northumbria at Newcastle * The British Computer Society Information Retrieval Specialist Group * The Library and Information Commission * The Institute of Information Scientists * Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen * The British Machine Vision Association IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for Submission: 21 January 2000 Notification of Acceptance: 3 March 2000 Final version due: 7 April 2000 A Web version of this Call for Papers is available at: http://www.unn.ac.uk/iidr/cfp.html Margaret Graham Research and Development Manager Institute for Image Data Research University of Northumbria at Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST Tel: +44 (0)191 227 4646 Fax: +44 (0)191 227 4637 email: margaret.graham@unn.ac.uk Website: http://www.unn.ac.uk/iidr/ ********** III.B.2. Fr: Dirk Bartz Re: IEEE Vis'99: CFRegistration C A L L F O R R E G I S T R A T I O N Vis99 IEEE Visualization 1999 Celebrating Ten Years Call for Participation October 24 - October 29, 1999 San Francisco Airport Hyatt San Francisco, California http://www.erc.msstate.edu/vis99 http://davinci.informatik.uni-kl.de/vis99/ THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, INC. IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Visualization and Graphics In Cooperation with ACM/SIGGRAPH Welcome to the 10th annual IEEE Visualization conference! Please join us in our celebration of 10 years of leading edge research in scientific visualization by returning to the city where we started, San Francisco, California. In the past decade the field of scientific visualization and the IEEE visualization conference have grown in both size and sophistication. Reflecting this growth, our keynote talk will describe a series of workshops by the leaders in the scientific visualization field, resulting in "Data and Visualization Corridors". This talk will lay out some of the greatest problems facing our field today and strategies for their solution. Our capstone speaker, Rick Stevens, looks into the future with a presentation of "ActiveSpaces: The Access Grid, ActiveMural and Advanced Visualization Systems". Between these two talks you will find reports on the state of the art in data visualization, including new research, case studies and vociferous and opinionated panels. You will also be able to see and try the new technologies close up in the demonstration area and the Creative Applications Lab (CAL). Preceding the main conference on Wednesday through Friday are the Sunday through Tuesday sessions. In these sessions you will find several tutorials by leaders in the field, providing you with an opportunity for learning the background of their research, as well as studying their new work in depth. You will also find two symposia, the symposium on information visualization, where techniques for the visualization of abstract information will be studied, and the symposium on parallel visualization and graphics, where you will see new work in the application of parallel computer systems to our field. Our 10th conference celebration will be loudest at the Wednesday night banquet, where we will have special entertainment as well as recognition of those who started the visualization conference and nurtured it to its current success. Please join us in San Francisco, California October 24 through 29, to make this celebration memorable at the 10th visualization conference! Steve Bryson, NASA Ames Research Center Theresa-Marie Rhyne, Lockheed Martin/U.S., EPA Scientific Visualization Center IEEE Visualization '99 Conference Co-Chairs Please check the web pages at http://WWW.ERC.MsState.Edu/conferences/vis99/advanceprogram/registration.htm or http://davinci.informatik.uni-kl.de/vis99/advanceprogram/registration.htm for details on registration. ********** III.B.3. Fr: Chris Shaw Re: New Paradigms in Information Visualsation + Manipulation: CFPapers Call for Papers Workshop on New Paradigms in Information Visualization and Manipulation November 5-6, 1999 Kansas City, Missouri In Conjunction with the ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM'99) http://www.cs.umbc.edu/conferences/cikm/npiv/npiv99cfp.html The CIKM'99 Workshop on New Paradigms in Information Visualization and Manipulation will be a forum for presentation and discussion of new ideas and techniques for accessing, visualizing and manipulating information. Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to: * visualization of multidimensional information spaces; * visualization of large, dynamic information collections; * shared virtual environments and simulations; * dynamic data visualization; * applications of virtual reality, including VRML; * multi-modal information displays; * applications of Internet tools such as MUDs, MOOs, and IRCs; * document and corpus metrics; * visual data mining and knowledge discovery; * Web or network-based visualization; * applications in document analysis; * software and hardware architectures to support information visualization; * and social interaction in multi-user information visualization systems. We are particularly interested in reports of work in progress, implementation techniques, and practical experience with visualization of information collections of all sizes. A significant portion of the workshop agenda will be devoted to discussion of pending research questions, and directions for future work in this area. Prospective participants are invited (but not required) to submit position papers. The suggested maximum length is four pages. The position papers will be reviewed by the organizing committee, and accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings. The accepted papers will be selected for informal presentation at the workshop. Accepted papers that were submitted electronically will be available via WWW by early November. Final Proceedings will be published by ACM Press after the workshop. Watch this space for further information about preparation of camera-ready copy for accepted papers. Mail papers in either ASCII or HTML to ebert@cs.umbc.edu by September 15, 1999. We prefer e-mail submissions, but authors who lack e-mail access may send papers to Dr. David Ebert, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250 USA. Submissions should include the title, author(s), author's affiliation, e-mail address, fax number and postal address. In case of multiple authors, please indicate which author is responsible for correspondence. For more information on the CIKM'99 conference, please see the CIKM'99 Web page: http://www.cs.umbc.edu/conferences/cikm/npiv/npiv99cfp.html Important Dates Paper submission deadline September 15, 1999 Notification of acceptance October 13, 1999 Workshop date November 5-6, 1999 ********** III.B.4. Fr: Reinhard Rapp Re: 34th Colloquium of Linguistics: Final Announcement 34th COLLOQUIUM OF LINGUISTICS 34. LINGUISTISCHES KOLLOQUIUM 34e COLLOQUE LINGUISTIQUE September 7-10, 1999 University of Mainz, Germany LAST ANNOUNCEMENT LINGUISTICS ON THE WAY INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM INVITED SPEAKERS Juergen Handke (Universitaet Marburg) Linguistics and the New Technologies: Teaching Linguistics in the New Millennium Robert D. King (University of Texas) Linguistics & Public Linguistics in the 21st Century INVITED TUTORIAL SPEAKERS Sydney M. Lamb (Rice University) The Neurocognitive Basis of Language Peter Hellwig (Universitaet Heidelberg) Natural Language Parsing, Part 1 & 2 Christian Otto (Universitaet Erlangen) Sprachtechnologie fuer das Internet Uta Seewald-Heeg (FH Anhalt) Maschinelle Uebersetzung PROGRAM OVERVIEW Tuesday, 9/9: Tutorials Wednesday, 9/10: Opening & Papers Thursday, 9/11: Papers Friday, 9/12: Papers & Conference End The full program comprises more than 250 presentations. Please consult our website at http://www.fask.uni-mainz.de/lk/ for complete details. CONFERENCE ADDRESS 34th Colloquium of Linguistics http://www.fask.uni-mainz.de/lk/ c/o Dr. Reinhard Rapp rapp@usun2.fask.uni-mainz.de Universitaet Mainz, FASK Phone: (+49) 7274 / 508-457 D-76711 Germersheim Fax: (+49) 7274 / 508-429 Germany ********** III.B.5. Fr: Priscilla Rasmussen Re: ANLP/NAACL 2000: CFTutorial Proposals NEW ANLP-NAACL Website: www.gte.com/nalp-naacl2000 ANLP-NAACL 2000 Call for Tutorial Proposals TUTORIALS CHAIR: Jennifer Chu-Carroll Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories CALL: The ANLP/NAACL Program Committee invites proposals for the Tutorial Program for ANLP/NAACL 2000, to be held in Seattle, Washington, USA, April 29 - May 3, 2000. The tutorials will be held on April 29th. Each tutorial should be well-focused so that its core content can be covered in a three hour tutorial slot (plus a 30 minute break). In exceptional cases, 6-hour tutorial slots are possible as well. There will be space and time for between four and six three-hour tutorials. Submission Details: Proposals for tutorials should contain: * A title and brief (< 500 word) content description of the tutorial topic. * The names, postal addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of the tutorial speakers, with one-paragraph statement of the speaker's(s') research interests and areas of expertise. * Any special requirements for technical needs (computer infrastructure, etc.) Proposals should be submitted by electronic mail, in plain ASCII (iso8859-1) text as soon as possible, but no later than October 28, 1999. Please E-mail proposals to jencc@research.bell-labs.com, with the subject line: "ANLP/NAACL 2000 TUTORIAL PROPOSAL". Please Note: Proposals will not be accepted by regular mail or fax. PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS Accepted tutorial speakers must provide descriptions of their tutorials for inclusion in the Conference Registration material by January 10, 2000. The description must be provided in three formats: a latex version that fits onto 1/2 page; an ascii (iso8859-1) version that can be included with the email announcement; an HTML version that can be included on the Conference home page. Tutorial speakers will provide tutorial materials, at least containing copies of the overhead sheets used, by March 17, 2000. FINANCES The current ACL policy is that tutorials are reimbursed at the following rate: $500 per session plus $25 per registrant in the range 21-50 plus $15 per registrant in excess of 50. Note that this is per tutorial, not per presenter: multiple presenters will split the proceeds, the default assumption being an even split. The ACL does not usually cover travel expenses except where the presenter(s) are not independently attending the conference and getting travel reimbursed. IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline for Tutorial Proposal October 28, 1999 Notification of acceptance of Tutorial Proposal November 8, 1999 Tutorial descriptions due to Tutorial Chair January 10, 2000 Tutorial course material due to Tutorial Chair March 17, 2000 Tutorials Date April 29, 2000 ********** III.B.6. Fr: Priscilla Rasmussen Re: ANLP/NAACL 2000-Student Session: CFPapers Language Technology Joint Conference Applied Natural Language Processing and the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics April 29 - May 3, 2000, Seattle, Washington CALL FOR STUDENT PAPERS Student Session Co-Chairs: Donna Byron, University of Rochester Peter Vanderheyden, University of Waterloo Contents: 1. Overview and Purpose of the Student Session 2. Topics of Interest 3. Format for Submissions 4. Deadlines 1. Overview The Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) is pleased to announce the student session of the 2000 Applied Natural Language Processing Conference (ANLP) and first meeting of the North American Chapter of the ACL (NAACL). During this session, students working in any area of computational linguistics are given the opportunity to present research in progress and receive feedback from other members of the computational linguistics community. This is a valuable opportunity for students to solicit comments on their research from a broader audience than would otherwise be possible. We encourage all students, no matter what their level, to participate. Papers submitted to the student session should describe original, unpublished work in progress. For student papers presenting joint work, all co-authors must be students. Concurrent submission to other conferences is allowed, but this must be clearly indicated on the identification page. If accepted, the paper must be withdrawn from all other conferences or alternatively may be withdrawn from ANLP-NAACL 2000. Students may not submit the same paper to the main sessions and the student session of ANLP-NAACL 2000. Students may, of course, submit different papers to the main conference and the student session, or papers on different aspects of a particular problem or project. Submissions are due by November 17, 1999. See submission details below. A separate website for the student session is available at http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/dbyron/naacl2000/. All the submission and paper preparation details described in this message can also be viewed on the website. The availability of travel grants and student funding has not yet been finalized; up-to-date information will be posted to the student session webpage. 2. Topics of Interest There will be one joint student session spanning the entire range of topics covered by both conferences. The ANLP conference covers natural language processing systems -- their development, integration, adaptation and standardization; tools and resources contributing to the development of complete end applications of NLP; evaluation of system performance and related issues. The NAACL meeting includes papers on all aspects of computational linguistics methodology, enabling technologies, approaches, algorithms, models, analyses, and experiments. Please see the general session Call for Papers (sent separately and available on the web site) for more details. The main conference web site is http://www.gte.com/anlp-naacl2000. 3. Format for Submissions The maximum allowable length is 1800 words, including inline references and footnotes but excluding the identification page, figures and bibliography (the final size in the conference proceedings will be about 3 pages). Electronic submissions should be a self-contained LaTeX source, PostScript, or PDF (we encourage postscript submissions). PostScript submissions must use a standard font. LaTeX submissions should not refer to any other external files or styles except for the standard styles for TeX 3.14 and LaTeX 2.09. The bibliography for a LaTeX submission cannot be submitted as separate .bib file; the actual bibliography entries must be inserted in the submitted LaTeX source file. We strongly recommend the use of ACL-standard LaTeX (plus bibstyle and trivial example) or Word style files (available on our web site) for the preparation of submissions. For papers prepared using Word, a postscript or PDF file must be submitted. These styles include a place for the required information such as contact author and word count, and allow for a graceful transition to the style required for publication. Authors who have difficulty accessing the style files from the student session web site should contact the student session Co-Chairs for a textual description. If you cannot use the ACL-standard styles directly, a description of the required format is at http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/dbyron/acl00/substyle.html. Blind Reviewing Since reviewing will be `blind', the heading of the paper should omit author names and addresses (this information will be included in the identification page). Self-references that reveal the authors' identity (e.g., "We previously showed (Smith, 1991) . . . ") should be avoided. Instead, use references in a neutral form (e.g., "Smith previously showed (1991) . . . "). Furthermore, avoid obvious giveaways in the bibliography such as listings for unpublished in-house technical reports. Each paper will be reviewed by one non-student and two student reviewers knowledgeable in the area addressed by the paper. Identification Page Identifying information should be on a separate page and must include the following: Title Authors' names, affiliations, and e-mail addresses Designated contact author Short (5 line) summary Up to 5 keywords specifying subject area Submission to other conferences (`none' or a list) Papers outside the specified length or that do not meet the formatting guidelines are liable to rejection without review. SUBMISSION PROCEDURE The preferred form for submission is via the author's web site. Load the postscript, pdf or self-contained LaTex file to a web site, then email the website's address to the Co-Chairs at naacl00@cs.rochester.edu. If an author has no web space available, the file containing the paper can be emailed to the above address. Only in unusual cases will hard copy submissions be allowed. Please contact the Co-Chairs well in advance of the deadline if you need to make special arrangements. Late submissions will not be accepted. Notification of receipt will be e-mailed to the designated contact author shortly after receipt. CONTACT INFORMATION Inquiries to the Co-Chairs of the student session should be sent by email to naacl00@cs.rochester.edu or to either Co-Chair individually: Donna Byron Computer Science Department University of Rochester Rochester, New York USA 14627 Phone: (716) 275-5679 Fax: (716) 461-2018 email: dbyron@cs.rochester.edu Peter Vanderheyden Department of Computer Science University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2L 3G1 Phone: (519) 888-4567 x3287 Fax: (519) 885-1208 email: pbvander@uwaterloo.ca 4. 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