[news.announce.conferences] CFP: Assocation for Computational Linguistics Meeting '88

walker@flash.bellcore.com (Don Walker) (09/04/87)

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			    CALL FOR PAPERS

			  26th Annual Meeting 
				 of the 
	       Association for Computational Linguistics

			     7-10 June 1988
		State University of New York at Buffalo 
			   Buffalo, New York

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unpublished research on all aspects of computational linguistics,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:

	Jerry R. Hobbs
	ACL88 Program Chair
	Artificial Intelligence Center
	SRI International
	333 Ravenswood Avenue
	Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
	415:859-2229; hobbs@warbucks.ai.sri.com

SCHEDULE:  Papers are due by 4 January 1988.  Authors will be notified
of acceptance by 8 February.  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 4
April along with a signed copyright release statement.

OTHER ACTIVITIES: The meeting will include a program of tutorials
organized by Ralph Grishman, Computer Science Department, New York
University, 251 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012, USA; 212:460-7492;
grishman@nyu.arpa.  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 Lynda Spahr, Department of Computer
Science, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA; 716:636-2464 or 3181;
spahr@gort.cs.buffalo.edu, spahr@buffalo.csnet, spahr@sunybcs.bitnet,
or {ames,boulder,decvax,rutgers}!sunybcs!spahr.

CONFERENCE INFORMATION:  Local arrangements are being handled by
William J. Rapaport (ACL), Department of Computer Science, SUNY Buffalo,
Buffalo, NY 14260, USA; 716:636-3193, 3180; rapaport@gort.cs.buffalo.edu,
rapaport@buffalo.csnet, rapaport@sunybcs.bitnet, or
{ames,boulder,decvax,rutgers}!sunybcs!spahr.  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, USA; 201:829-4312; walker@flash.bellcore.com or
{ucbvax,decvax,allegra}!bellcore!walker.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:  Jared Bernstein, Roy Byrd, Sandra Carberry, Eugene
Charniak, Raymonde Guindon, Lynette Hirschman, Jerry Hobbs, Karen
Jensen, Lauri Karttunen, William Rounds, Ralph Weischedel, and Robert
Wilensky.

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