walker@flash.bellcore.COM (Donald E Walker) (08/01/88)
CALL FOR PAPERS 27th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics 26-29 June 1989 University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada TOPICS OF INTEREST: Papers are invited on substantial, original, and unpublished research on all aspects of computational linguistics, including, but not limited to, pragmatics, discourse, semantics, syntax, and the lexicon; phonetics,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 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. FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION: Authors should submit twelve copies of an extended abstract not to exceed eight double-spaced pages (exclusive of references) in a font no smaller than 10 point (elite). 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: Julia Hirschberg ACL89 Program Chair AT&T Bell Laboratories, 2D-450 600 Mountain Avenue Murray Hill, NJ 07974, USA (201)582-7496; julia@btl.att.com SCHEDULE: Papers are due by 6 January 1989. Authors will be notified of acceptance by February 20. Camera-ready copies of final papers prepared in a double-column format, either on model paper or in a reduced font size using laserprinter output, must be received by 20 April along with a signed copyright release statement. OTHER ACTIVITIES: The meeting will include a program of tutorials organized by Martha Pollack, AI Center, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; (415)859-2037; pollack@ai.sri.com. 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 Richard Rosenberg at the address below. CONFERENCE INFORMATION: Local arrangements are being handled by Richard Rosenberg, Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA V6T 1W5; (604)228-4142; rosen%cs.ubc.ca@relay.cs.net. 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; (201)829-4312; walker@flash.bellcore.com or bellcore!walker. PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Joyce Friedman, Barbara Grosz, Julia Hirschberg, Bob Kasper, Richard Kittredge, Beth Levin, Steve Lytinen, Len Schubert, Martha Palmer, Fernando Pereira, Carl Pollard, Mark Steedman.