5.0426 ACL 92 Call for Papers (1/79)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sun, 3 Nov 1991 20:03:01 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0426. Sunday, 3 Nov 1991.

Date: Wed, 30 Oct 91 15:56:18 -0500
From: walker@flash.bellcore.com (Don Walker)
Subject: ACL-92 Call for Papers, 28 June - 2 July 1992, Newark, Delaware, USA

ACL-92 CALL FOR PAPERS

30th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics

28 June - 2 July 1992
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware, USA

TOPICS OF INTEREST: Papers are invited on substantial, original,
and unpublished research on all aspects of computational linguistics,
including, but not limited to, pragmatics, discourse, semantics,
syntax, and the lexicon; phonetics, phonology, and morphology;
interpreting and generating spoken and written language; linguistic,
mathematical, and psychological models of language; language-oriented
information retrieval; corpus-based language modelling; machine
translation and translation aids; natural language interfaces;
message understanding systems; and theoretical and applications
papers of every kind.

REQUIREMENTS: Papers should describe unique work; 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 ACL Meeting cannot be
presented at another conference.

FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION: Authors should submit six copies of preliminary
versions of their papers, not to exceed 3200 words (exclusive of
references). The title page should include the title, the name(s)
of the author(s), complete addresses, a short (5 line) summary,
and a specification of the topic area. Submissions that do not
conform to this format will not be reviewed. Send to:

Henry S. Thompson
University of Edinburgh
Human Communication Research Centre
2 Buccleuch Place
Edinburgh EH8 9LW, SCOTLAND UK
(+44-31)650-4440; (+44-31)650-4587 fax
acl92@cogsci.edinburgh.ac.uk (Internet)
acl92@uk.ac.edinburgh.cogsci (Janet)

SCHEDULE: Preliminary papers are due by 6 January 1992. Authors
will be notified of acceptance by 28 February 1992. Camera-ready
copies of final papers prepared in a double-column format, preferably
using a laser printer, must be received by 20 April 1992, along
with a signed copyright release statement.

STUDENT SESSIONS: Following last year's success, there will again
be a special Student Session organized by a committee of ACL graduate
student members. ACL student members are invited to submit short
papers describing innovative work in progress in any of the topics
listed above. The papers will again be reviewed by a committee of
students and faculty members for presentation in a workshop-syle
session. A separate call for papers will be issued; to get one or
for other information contact David Traum, University of Rochester,
Computer Science, Rochester, NY 14627, USA; (+1-716)275-7230;
traum@cs.rochester.edu.

OTHER ACTIVITIES: The meeting will include a program of tutorials
coordinated by Bonnie Webber, University of Pennsylvania, Computer
& Information Science, Philadelphia, PA 19104; (+1-215)898-7745;
bonnie@central.cis.upenn.edu. Some of the ACL Special Interest
Groups may arrange workshops or other activities.

CONFERENCE INFORMATION: Local arrangements are being chaired by
Sandra Carberry, University of Delaware, Computer & Information
Science, Newark, DE 19716, USA; (+1-302)451-1954; carberry@dewey.udel.edu.
CoChairs are Daniel Chester, (+1-302)451-1955; chester@dewey.udel.edu;
and Kathleen McCoy, (+1-302)451-1956; mccoy@dewey.udel.edu. 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 Chester.

ACL INFORMATION: For other information on the conference and on
the ACL more generally, contact Don Walker (ACL), Bellcore, MRE
2A379, 445 South Street, Box 1910, Morristown, NJ 07960-1910, USA;
(+1 201)829-4312; walker@flash.bellcore.com or bellcore!walker.