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)

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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Papers are invited on substantial, original, and unpublished research on all aspects of computational linguistics, including, but not limited to, the followings.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
semantics
phonetics
phonology
morphology
discourse
pragmatics
quantitative/qualitative linguistics
mathematical linguistics
contrastive linguistics
cognitive linguistics
large text corpora
text processing
hardware/software for NLP
parsing
generation
language understanding
speech analysis/synthesis
computational lexicons
electronic dictionaries
terminology
text database and retrieval
documentation
machine translation
machine aids for translation
natural language interface
dialogue systems
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:

Tutorial program will be presented on 3(Wed) -- 4(Thu), August, 1994.
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.
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.
Many attractive social programs will take place for the occasion of the 1200th anniversary of Kyoto.

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shimazu@atom.ntt.jp (Akira Shimazu)