walker@flash.bellcore.com (Don Walker) (09/04/87)
- - 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of New York at Buffalo Buffalo, New York TOPICS OF INTEREST: Papers are invited on substantial, original, and unpublished research on all aspects of computational linguistics, including, but not limited to, pragmatics, discourse, semantics, syntax, and the lexicon; phonetics,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. - -