Subject: pacling 99 : first call for papers

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - this call for paper is also available at http : / / www . lpaig . uwaterloo . ca / ~ b2hui / pacling / additional information and updates will be posted to the website as they become available . ( please direct your questions to bowen hui at b2hui @ uwaterloo . ca . ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - pacling pacific association for computational linguistics university of waterloo waterloo , ontario , canada n2l 3g1 august 25-28 , 1999 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - cooperative hosts = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = o canadian society for computational studies of intelligence ( cscsi ) / societe canadienne pour l ' etude de l ' intelligence par ordinateur ( sceio ) o university of waterloo , canada o the technical group on natural language understanding and communication of institute of electronics , information , and communication engineers of japan o the technical group on thought and language of institute of electronics , information , and communication engineers of japan history and aims = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = pacling ( pacific association for computational linguistics ) has grown out of the very successful japan - australia joint symposia on natural language processing held in november 1989 in melbourne , australia and in october in iizuka , japan in 1991 . the first three meetings of the retitled pacling , a name designed to express the wider membership , took place in vancouver , canada in 1993 , in brisbane , australia in 1995 , and in ohme , tokyo , japan in 1997 . pacling ' 99 will be a low-profile , high-quality , workshop-oriented meeting whose aim is to promote friendly scientific relations among pacific rim countries , with emphasis on interdisciplinary scientific exchange demonstrating openness towards good research falling outside current dominant ` ` schools of thought ' ' , and on technological transfer within the pacific region . the conference represents a unique forum for scientific and technological exchange , being smaller than acl , coling , or applied nlp , and also more regional with extensive representation from the pacific . topics = = = = = = original papers are invited on any topic in computational linguistics ( and closely related areas ) including , but not limited to , the following : o phonology , phonetics , morphology , syntax , semantics , pragmatics o dialogues , spoken languages , corpora o text and message understanding and generation o language translation and translation aids o language learning and learning aids o question-answering systems and interfaces to ( multimedia ) o databases , language and input / output devices o natural-language - based software . submissions = = = = = = = = = = = authors should prepare extended abstracts , in english , not more than 3000 words including references . the title page must include : author 's name , postal address , e-mail address ( if possible ) , telephone and facsimile numbers ; a brief 100-200 word summary ; and some key words for classifying the submission . papers that are being submitted to other conferences , whether verbatim or in essence , must reflect this fact after key words . if a paper appears at another conference , it must be withdrawn from pacling ' 99 . papers that violate these requirements are subject to rejection without review . authors of a selection of representative papers which the program committee identifies will be invited to revise their papers and submit to a special issue of computational intelligence : an international journal based on pacling ' 99 . please send four copies of each submission to : nick cercone department of computer science william davis comp . research centre university of waterloo waterloo , ontario n2l 3g1 canada telephone : ( 519 ) 888-4567 ext . 3292 facsimile : ( 519 ) 885-1208 e - mail : ncercone @ uwaterloo . ca * or * kiyoshi kogure ntt communication science laboratories 2 - 4 , hikari - dai , seika - cho , soraku - gun , kyoto 619-023 japan telephone : + 81 744 93 5250 fascimile : + 81 744 93 5285 e - mail : kogure @ cslab . kecl . ntt . co . jp important dates = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = submission deadline : february 21 , 1999 notification of acceptance : may 1 , 1999 camera - ready copy due : june 18 , 1999 organizing committee = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = president : naoyuki okada ( kyushu institute of technology , japan ) members : naoyuki okada ( kyushu institute of technology , japan ) christian matthiessen ( macquarie university , australia ) nick cercone ( university of waterloo , canada ) charles fillmore ( university of california , berkeley , usa ) conference committee = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = chair : nick cercone ( university of waterloo , canada ) program coordinators : nick cercone ( university of waterloo , canada ) kiyoshi kogure ( ntt , japan ) members : francis bond ( ntt , japan ) sandra carberry ( university of delaware , u . s . a . ) robin cohen ( university of waterloo , canada ) veronica dahl ( simon fraser university , canada ) robert dale ( macquarie university , australia ) hercules dalianis ( royal inst . of technology , dsv-kth , sweden ) chrysanne dimarco ( university of waterloo , canada ) mike dent ( open text corp . , canada ) kohji dohsaka ( ntt , japan ) randy goebel ( university of alberta , canada ) graeme hirst ( university of toronto , canada ) satoru ikehara ( tottori university , japan ) kentaro inui ( kyushu institute of technology , japan ) shun ishizaki ( keio university , japan ) pierre isabelle ( university of montreal , canada ; xrce , france ) julia johnson ( university of regina , canada ) richard kittredge ( university of montreal , canada ) guy lapalme ( university of montreal , canada ) dekang lin ( university of manitoba , canada ) charles ling ( university of western ontario , canada ) stan matwin ( university of ottawa , canada ) robert mercer ( university of western ontario , canada ) johanna moore ( university of edinburgh , uk ) gordon mccalla ( univ . of saskatchewan , canada ) paul mcfetridge ( simon fraser university , canada ) paul mc kevitt ( aalborg university , denmark ) jun - ichi nakamura ( university of kyoto , japan ) minako o'hagan ( victoria univ . of wellington , new zealand ) kyonghee paik ( keio university , japan ) t . pattabhiraman ( seagate software , canada ) emmanuel planas ( universiti joseph fourier de grenoble , france ) fred popowich ( simon fraser university , canada ) gary promhouse ( open text corp . , canada ) hiroshi sakaki ( meisei university , japan ) l . k . schubert ( university of rochester , usa ) akira shimazu ( ntt , japan ) booncharoen sirinaovakul ( king mongkut 's university of technology , thailand ) tomek strzalkowski ( general electric , usa ) ryoichi sugimura ( matsushita , japan ) roland sussex ( university of queensland , australia ) masami suzuki ( kdd , japan ) yoichi tomiura ( kyushu university , japan ) hiroaki tsurumaru ( university of nagasaki , japan ) peter van beek ( university of alberta , canada ) ning zhong ( yamaguchi university , japan ) ingrid zukerman ( monash university , australia ) speakers : to be announced
