rda@cogsci.edinburgh.ac.uk (Robert Dale) (06/06/91)
Call for Papers The Sixth International Workshop on Natural Language Generation Castel Ivano, Trento, Italy, 5th--7th April 1992 PURPOSE AND SCOPE: Following on from the five previous International Workshops on Natural Language Generation, this workshop aims to bring together researchers in a rapidly consolidating field. We intend to structure the workshop around a number of emerging topic areas: Multi-modality: the practical and theoretical issues underlying the development of systems that integrate language generation with other media (such as graphics, maps, and forms). The representation and use of syntactic knowledge: we particularly welcome papers which attempt to bridge the gap between earlier phrase structure grammar based approaches, systemic approaches, and newer constraint-based approaches, and discussions of how these approaches address the motivation of syntactic choice. Approaches to text planning: a number of approaches to discourse structure (such as RST, DRT and schemas) have relevance to text planning. What are their respective strengths and, especially, weaknesses? In what areas do we need additional theories? Applications of NLG: the use of language generation techniques in, for example, expert system explanation, machine translation, dialogue systems, and report generation; their implications for more theoretical issues. Multi-linguality: the effects upon system architecture and underlying representation of building systems which generate text in more than one language. To what extent is it possible to build plug-and-play realization components for different languages for use with generic text planners? SUBMISSIONS: It is our intention to publish a book consisting of the workshop papers in time for the workshop itself; contributors interested in participating in this workshop are initially requested to submit A PAPER OF BETWEEN 10 AND 20 PAGES in length. Accepted papers will be returned for final polishing and revision into full length papers before inclusion into the workshop proceedings. The cover page of the draft paper should include the title, the name(s) of the author(s), complete addresses (including email address and fax number if available), a short (10 line) summary, and a specification of the topic area. Send to: Mail: Robert Dale Centre for Cognitive Science, University of Edinburgh 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW Scotland Tel: (+44) 31 650 4416 Fax: (+44) 31 662 4912 Email: R.Dale@uk.ac.edinburgh SCHEDULE: Submissions are due at the above address NO LATER THAN 15TH SEPTEMBER 1991, either by paper mail, email (in LaTeX form), or fax; notifications of acceptance should be received by authors BY 1ST DECEMBER 1991; camera ready versions of the final papers are due 15TH JANUARY 1992. Approximately 15 papers will be accepted for presentation at the workshop and inclusion in the book. WORKSHOP INFORMATION: Attendance at the workshop will be limited to around 50 people. The workshop has been timed to follow the Third Conference on Applied Natural Language Processing, being held in Trento, Italy from 1st--3rd April 1991. Details of this conference can be obtained from Oliviero Stock, IRST, 38050 Povo (Trento), Italy; Tel: (+39) 461 81444, email: stock@irst.it. The cost of the workshop, including accommodation and meals, is expected to be in the region of $300 per person. Financial support for the workshop is being sought. The workshop is co-sponsored by the Esprit Basic Research Actions and the Special Interest Group on Generation of the Association for Computational Linguistics. Organising Committee: Robert Dale, Eduard Hovy, Dietmar R\"osner and Oliviero Stock.