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CALL FOR PAPERS 24th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics 10-13 June 1986, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA SCOPE: Papers are invited on all aspects of computational linguistics, including, but not limited to, pragmatics, discourse, semantics, and syntax; understanding and generating spoken and written language; linguistic, mathematical, and psychological models of language; phonetics and phonology; speech analysis, synthesis, and recognition; translation and translation aids; natural language interfaces; and theoretical and applications papers of every kind. REQUIREMENTS: Papers should describe unique work that has not been submitted elsewhere; they should emphasize completed work rather than intended work; and they should indicate clearly the state of completion of the reported results. Authors should send eight copies of an extended abstract up to eight pages long (single-spaced if desired) to: Alan W. Biermann ACL86 Program Chair Department of Computer Science Duke University Durham, NC 27706, USA [919:684-3048; awb%duke@csnet-relay] SCHEDULE: Papers are due by 6 January 1986 . Authors will be notified of acceptance by 25 February. Camera-ready copies of final papers prepared on model paper must be received by 18 April along with a signed copyright release statement. OTHER ACTIVITIES: The meeting will include a program of tutorials and a variety of exhibits and demonstrations. Anyone wishing to arrange an exhibit or present a demonstration should send a brief description to Alan Biermann along with a specification of physical requirements: space, power, telephone connections, tables, etc. CONFERENCE INFORMATION: Local arrangements are being handled by Kathy McKeown and Cecile Paris, Department of Computer Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027; 212:280-8194 and 8125; mckeown and cecile @columbia-20.arpa. For other information on the conference and on the ACL more generally, contact Don Walker (ACL), Bell Communications Research, 445 South Street, MRE 2A379, Morristown, NJ 07960; 201:829-4312; walker@mouton.arpa or walker%mouton@csnet-relay or bellcore!walker@berkeley. Program Committee: Alan W. Biermann, Duke University Kenneth W. Church, AT&T Bell Laboratories Michael Dyer, University of California at Los Angeles Carole D. Hafner, Northeastern University George E. Heidorn, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center David D. McDonald, University of Massachusetts Fernando C.N. Pereira, SRI International Candace L. Sidner, BBN Laboratories John S. White, Siemens Communication Systems LSA SUMMER LINGUISTIC INSTITUTE: ACL-86 is scheduled just before the 53rd LSA Institute, which will be held at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York from 23 June to 31 July. The 1986 Institute is the first to focus on computational linguistics. During the intervening week, a number of special courses will be held that should be of particular interest to computational linguists. For further information contact D. Terence Langendoen, CUNY Graduate Center, 33 W. 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036; 212:921-9061; tergc%cunyvm@wiscvm.arpa.