Return-Path: <@cs.cmu.edu:roscheis@Csli.Stanford.EDU> Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by A.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa14133; 28 May 93 21:06:57 EDT Received: from Csli.Stanford.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa02051; 28 May 93 21:06:39 EDT Received: from LOCALHOST.Stanford.EDU by CSLI.Stanford.EDU (4.1/25-CSLI-eef) id AA26419; Fri, 28 May 93 16:38:36 PDT Message-Id: <9305282338.AA26419@CSLI.Stanford.EDU> From: h63116g@center.osaka-u.ac.jp (by way of yarowsky@unagi.cis.upenn.edu (David Yarowsky)) Subject: COLING 94 - CALL FOR PAPERS To: empiricists@CSLI.Stanford.EDU Date: Fri, 28 May 93 16:38:35 -0700 Sender: roscheis@CSLI.Stanford.EDU COLING 94 CALL FOR PAPERS Conference dates: August 5(Fri) -- 9(Tue), 1994 Conference place: Miyako Hotel, Kyoto, Japan General Chairman: Prof. Makoto Nagao Department of Electrical Engineering Kyoto University Tel. +81-75-753-5344 Fax. +81-75-751-1576 Email. coling94@pine.kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp Program Chairman: Prof. Yorick Wilks University of Sheffield Sheffield, S10 2UH, England Program Committee: Yorick Wilks (Sheffield) Louise Guthrie (Las Cruces) Graeme Hirst (Toronto) Margaret King (Geneva) Judith Klavans (New York) Wendy Lehnert (Amherst) Candy Sidner (Cambridge, MA) Hozumi Tanaka (Tokyo) Henry Thompson (Edinburgh) Jun-ichi Tsujii (Manchester) Michael Zock (Paris) The International Committee on Computational Linguistics invites the submission of papers for COLING 94, the 15th International Conference on Computational Linguistics, in Kyoto, Japan. TOPICS OF INTEREST: Papers are invited on substantial, original, and unpublished research on all aspects of computational linguistics, including, but not limited to, the followings.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 REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION: Papers should be either topical papers (maximum six pages in final format) or project notes with demonstration (maximum four pages), preferably in English. Both should describe original work. The project note should specify the computer platform that will be used. They should emphasize completed work rather than intended work, and they should indicate clearly the state of completion of the reported results. A paper accepted for presentation at the COLING Conference cannot be presented at another conference. 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 line) summary, the words: topical paper or project note, 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: COLING 94 Department of Computer Science University of Sheffield Sheffield S10 2UH, England Email: coling@dcs.sheffield.ac.uk IMPORTANT DATES: Preliminary paper submission due: 6 January, 1994 Acceptance notification: 15 March, 1994 Camera-ready copies due: 1 May, 1994 REVIEW SCHEDULE: Preliminary papers are due by 6 January 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. All inquiries regarding lost papers must be made by 27 January 1994. Designated authors will be notified of acceptance by 15 March, 1994. Camera-ready copies of final papers prepared in a double-column format, preferably using a laser printer, must be received by 1 May 1994 at Prof. Makoto Nagao Department of Electrical Engineering Kyoto University Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan along with a signed copyright release statement. Papers received after that date may not be included in the proceedings. OTHER ACTIVITIES: (1) Tutorial program will be presented on 3(Wed) -- 4(Thu), August, 1994. (2) Invited talks and panels will be included in the program. Proposals and suggestions for invited talks and panels should be sent to Prof. Yorick Wilks as soon as possible. (3) Anyone wishing to arrange an exhibit or present a demonstration should send a brief description, together with a specification of physical requirements (space, power, telephone connections, tables, etc.) to Prof. M. Nagao. (4) Many attractive social programs will take place for the occasion of the 1200th anniversary of Kyoto.