Subject: workshop on corpus - based terminology

call for participation workshop on corpus - based terminology bozen / bolzano , february 26-28 , 1998 european academy bozen / bolzano patronage autonome provinz bozen = = = = = = = = = = = = = background = = = = = = = = = = = = = the motivation to organize this workshop is a project currently in the planning phase at the european academy bozen / bolzano . the main goal of the project is to elaborate a comprehensive italian / german terminology in the areas of law and administration for the use in south tyrol by extracting the term pairs from a representative corpus of relevant bilingual texts . a more detailed description can be found here : http : / / www . eurac . edu / fb1 / projects / catex . htm the objective of the workshop is to bring together leading researchers working on corpus-based terminology and to provide a forum of discussion of the state of the art in this area . the main focus will be on computational methods and technologies covering the following topics : t1 : encoding ( multilingual ) text corpora t2 : extraction of data / knowledge from text corpora ( translation equivalents , concept relations , . . . ) t3 : terminological data / knowledge representation = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = invited speakers = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = khurshid ahmad ( university of surrey , united kingdoms ) susan armstrong ( university of geneva , switzerland ) lynne bowker ( dublin city university school , ireland ) ido dagan ( bar ilan university , israel ) ulrich heid ( university of stuttgart , germany ) david hull ( xerox research centre europe , france ) nancy ide ( vassar college , new york ) christian jacquemin ( iut de nantes , france ) bernardo magnini ( irst , italy ) maria t . pazienza ( university of roma , italy ) jordi vivaldi palatresi ( university pompeu fabra , spain ) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = preliminary programme = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = the programme consists of talks given by 11 invited speakers and a pannel discussion about the catex project ; there will be plenty of time for discussions . a preliminary programme outline is given below : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - thursday , february 26 , 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 . 30 - 8 . 45 registration 8 . 45 - 9 . 00 opening 9 . 00-10 . 00 general introduction into corpus - based terminology + some on t1 ( lynne bowker ) break 10 . 30-12 . 30 corpus encoding for linguistic research and term detection ( jordi vivaldi palatresi ) working with parallel corpora ( susan armstrong ) lunch 14 . 30-15 . 30 ( extraction of information from text corpora ) ( ulrich heid ) break 16 . 00-18 . 00 pannel discussion : the catex project ( werner aufschnaiter , johann gamper , felix mayer , francesco palermo ) 20 . 00 workshop dinner - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - friday , february 27 , 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 . 00-10 . 00 recognition and acquisition : two interrelated activities in corpus - based term extraction ( christian jacquemin ) break 10 . 30-12 . 30 automatic terminology extraction and alignment from a parallel sentence - aligned bilingual corpus ( david hull ) bilingual word alignment and its use for productive lexicon construction ( ido dagan ) lunch 14 . 00-19 . 00 tour : tobogganing at the seiser alm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - saturday , february 28 , 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 . 00-10 . 00 a domain specific terminology extraction system ( maria t . pazienza ) break 10 . 30-12 . 30 from terminologoy extraction to terminology representation ( khurshid ahmad ) use of a lexical knowledge base for information access systems ( bernardo magnini ) lunch 14 . 30-15 . 30 encoding linguistic corpora : encoding schemes and a data architecture for linguistic annotation ( nancy ide ) break 16 . 00 concluding remarks = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = conference address = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = european academy bozen / bolzano weggensteinstr . 12 / a i - 39100 bozen / bolzano phone : + 39 - 471 - 306111 fax : + 39 - 471 - 306199 = = = = = = = = = = = = social events = = = = = = = = = = = = informal get-together : an informal get-together will be held on wednesday evening , february 25 ( place will be communicated later to the workshop participants ) . workshop dinner : the workshop dinner will take place on thursday evening , february 26 , in a typical restaurant in the city center . tour " tobogganing at the seiser alm " : on friday afternoon , february 27 , we will organize a tour to the seiser alm , one of the most beautiful alpine pastures in south tyrol , where we have the chance of tobogganing . please , do n't forget warm clothes and heavy shoes ( we are walking in the snow ! ) . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = registration information = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = attending to the workshop ( including coffee breaks ) is free of charge , however , registration is required . only a limited number of participants will be allowed . travel , accommodation , meals and social activities are at the expense of the participant . on request , the accommodation can be organized by the european academy bozen / bolzano . if you are willing to participate , please contact the local organizer . registration deadline : monday , february 23 , 1998 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = organizing committee = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = giovanni b . flores d ' arcais ( university of padova ) bernhard eccher ( university of innsbruck ) johann gamper ( european academy bozen / bolzano ) felix mayer ( european academy bozen / bolzano ) alberto m . mioni ( university of padova ) oskar putzer ( university of innsbruck ) harro stammerjohann ( european academy bozen / bolzano ) oliviero stock ( irst , trento ) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = local organization = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = johann gamper european academy bozen / bolzano weggensteinstr . 12 / a 39100 bozen , italy phone : + 49 - 471 - 306114 fax : + 49 - 471 - 306199 jgamper @ eurac . edu for more information about the workshop , please contact the local organisation . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = johann gamper european academy bolzano / bozen phone : + 39 - 471 - 306114 research area " language and law " fax : + 39 - 471 - 306199 weggensteinstr . 12 / a email : jgamper @ eurac . edu 39100 bozen , italy www : http : / / www . eurac . edu
