[Sigwac] First call for papers for FSMNLP 2015

[Katina Bontcheva]

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First CALL FOR PAPERS

Finite-State Methods and Natural Language Processing - FSMNLP 2015 
12th International Conference

Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany 
June 22-24, 2015

http://fsmnlp2015.phil.hhu.de

INTRODUCTION

The international conference series Finite-State Methods and Natural Language
Processing (FSMNLP) is 
the premier forum of the ACL Special Interest Group on Finite-State Methods
(SIGFSM). It serves 
researchers and practitioners working on:

* natural language processing (NLP) applications or language resources, 
* theoretical and implementational aspects, or 
* their combinations

that have obvious relevance or an explicit relation to finite-state methods.

TOPICS

The conference invites papers related to themes including but not limited to:

* NLP applications and linguistic aspects of finite-state methods 
* Finite-state models of language 
* Practices for building morphological models for the world's languages using
finite-state technology 
* Machine learning of finite-state models of natural language 
* Finite-state manipulation software and tools with relevance to NLP

We would like to reintroduce the FSMNLP 2012 SPECIAL THEME:

FINITE-STATE NLP IN PRACTICE

The special theme does not restrict the scope of papers. We would like to
encourage a variety of 
submissions relating to any practical dimension of finite-state NLP.

* Practical implementations of linguistic descriptions with finite-state
technology, including grammars, 
machine learning tools, language-specific challenges to finite-state NLP
* Software tools and utilities for finite-state NLP
* Finite-state models of linguistic theories
* Applications of finite-state-based NLP in closely related fields such as
comparative linguistics, text 
processing, field linguistics, applied linguistics, language teaching, and
computer-aided translation.

IMPORTANT DATES

* March 20, paper submission deadline 
* April 30, notification 
* May 14, camera-ready version

Deadlines are midnight Pacific Standard Time (UTC−8).

SUBMISSIONS

Papers should present original, unpublished research and implementation
results. Simultaneous 
submission to other venues with published proceedings is prohibited. FSMNLP
accepts two kinds of 
submissions:

* long papers (8 pages including references) reporting completed, 
significant research, 
* short papers (4 pages including references) reporting ongoing work and
partial results, 
implementations, grammars, practical tools, interactive software demos, etc.

Short papers are expected to be presented as system demos in demo sessions,
posters and/or short 
presentations, while long papers are presented in longer presentations.

All submissions are electronic and in PDF format via a web-based submission
server. Authors are 
strongly encouraged to use the latest ACL style (available for LaTeX and Word)
in producing the PDF 
document. The 2014 templates are available at:

http://fsmnlp2015.phil.hhu.de/?page_id=69

Information about the author(s) and other identifying information such as
obvious self-references (e.g., 
"We showed in [12] ...") and financial or personal acknowledgements should be
omitted in the submitted 
papers whenever feasible.

Papers will be submitted electronically in PDF using the EasyChair system. A
paper may contain a clearly 
marked appendix and data files to support its claims. This material will not
be published. While 
reviewers are urged to consult this extra material for better comprehension,
it is at their discretion 
whether they do so. Such extra material should also be anonymized to the
extent feasible.

Use the following link for submission:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fsmnlp2015

All accepted papers will be published in FSMNLP 2015 proceedings and archived
in the ACL Anthology.

Further information about the conference is available at the website:

http://fsmnlp2015.phil.hhu.de 
fsmnlp2015 at phil.hhu.de

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Dr. Katina Bontcheva
bontcheva at phil.uni-duesseldorf.de
http://user.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/~bontcheva