SUBMISSIONS:

Authors may submit one of the following:

- - A technical paper (8 pages maximum) describing research in discourse 
  involving ML techniques.  Please provide a brief abstract including 
  1) form of discourse addressed: text or dialogue, 2) type of processing 
  addressed: generation, interpretation, or both, and 3) machine learning 
  techniques employed.
- - A position paper (3 pages maximum) addressing any of the issues listed
  in the CFP or other issues related to the symposium theme.
- - A statement of interest describing your prior experience and publications
  related to the symposium theme.  

For each author provide name, affiliation, and (optional) home page URL.
(If a URL is provided, a link to the author's home page will be included on
the symposium's public web site.)  If the paper has multiple authors,
please designate one author to be the primary contact and indicate which of
the authors would like to be invited to attend.  For the primary contact
and for each author who would like to be invited to attend, please provide
name, physical and electronic mailing addresses, and daytime telephone and
fax numbers.

Papers may be submitted either electronically (preferred) or in
hardcopy. Electronic submissions can be in plain ASCII text, or in pdf or
postscript. Alternatively, papers can be prepared in HTML and a web address
can be submitted. 

Hardcopy submissions (5 copies) are due October 24, 1997.  Electronic 
submissions should be received no later than October 21 to ensure 
that we are able to access them.  Authors will be notified of 
acceptance/rejection decision around November 14, 1997.

Submissions should be sent to:

  Jennifer Chu-Carroll
  Bell Laboratories, Rm 2C-440
  600 Mountain Avenue
  Murray Hill, NJ 07974, USA
  
  Phone: 908-582-5037
  E-mail: jencc@bell-labs.com