walker@FLASH.BELLCORE.COM (Don Walker) (09/27/90)
CALL FOR PAPERS 29th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics 18 - 21 June 1991 University of California Berkeley, California, USA TOPICS OF INTEREST: Papers are invited on substantial, original, and unpublished research on all aspects of computational linguistics, including, but not limited to, pragmatics, discourse, semantics, syntax, and the lexicon; phonetics,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; 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: Douglas E. Appelt Artificial Intelligence Center SRI International 333 Ravenswood Road Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (+1-415)859-6150; (+1-415)859-6171 fax appelt@ai.sri.com SCHEDULE: Preliminary papers are due by 19 January 1991 (the December date specified in The FINITE STRING Fall issue is incorrect). Authors will be notified of acceptance by 8 March 1991. Camera-ready copies of final papers prepared in a double-column format, preferably on laser-printer output, must be received by 19 April 1991, along with a signed copyright release statement. OTHER ACTIVITIES: As a new feature, there will be a ***Special Student Session*** organized by a committee of ACL graduate student members. Participants must be ACL members; anyone interested should contact Philip Resnik, Computer & Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; (+1-215)898-1595; resnik@grad1.cis.upenn.edu. The meeting will also include a program of tutorials organized by Cecile Paris, USC/ISI, 4676 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, USA; (+1-213)822-1511; paris@isi.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 Sandra Newton, Brown Bear Consulting, 3842 Louis Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA; (+1-415)856-6506; newton@decwrl.dec.com. CONFERENCE INFORMATION: Local arrangements are being handled by by Peter Norvig, Division of Computer Science, University of California, 573 Evans Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; (+1-415)642-9533; norvig@teak.berkeley.edu; and Robert Wilensky, Division of Computer Science, University of California, 571 Evans Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; (+1-415)642-7034; wilensky@teak.berkeley.edu. 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. PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Doug Appelt (SRI International), Ken Church (AT&T Bell Labs and USC/ISI), Robin Cohen (University of Waterloo), Erhard Hinrichs (University of Illinois), Eduard Hovy (USC/ISI), Robert Ingria (BBN Systems & Technologies), Yasuhiro Katagiri (NTT Basic Research Laboratories), Diane Litman (Columbia University), K. Vijay-Shanker (University of Delaware), Meg Withgott (XEROX PARC), Henk Zeevat (University of Amsterdam).