ACL-93

[Gary Cottrell]

PDPNLP'ers:

I am on the program committee for the Association for Computational
Linguistics conference this year. I encourage connectionists to submit
(excellent!) papers to this conference. Note that since (as far as I
can tell) I am the only one on the committee, I can't promise a large
representation by connectionists, but at least you'll be reviewed by
one of your own. Now, lessee, who's going to review *my* submission?
;-)

Gary Cottrell, UCSD

			ACL-93 CALL FOR PAPERS

31st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics

			   22-26 June 1993
			Ohio State University
			 Columbus, Ohio, USA

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and unpublished research on all aspects of computational linguistics,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; language-oriented
information retrieval; corpus-based language modelling; machine
translation and translation aids; natural language interfaces and
dialogue systems; message and narrative understanding systems; and
theoretical and applications papers of every kind.

REQUIREMENTS: Papers should describe unique work; they should
emphasize completed work rather than intended work; and they should
indicate clearly the state of completion of the reported results.
A paper accepted for presentation at the ACL Meeting cannot be
presented at another conference. Self-references which reveal the
authors' identity (e.g., ``We previously showed [Smith, 1991] . . .'')
should be avoided as far as possible, since reviewing will be
``blind''.

FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION: Authors should submit four copies of
preliminary versions of their papers, not to exceed 3200 words
(exclusive of references). To facilitate blind reviewing, two title
pages are required. The first (one copy only, unattached) 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.
The second (4 copies, heading the copies of the paper) should omit
author names and addresses. Submissions that do not conform to this
format will not be reviewed. As well, authors are strongly urged
to email the title page (in directly readable ASCII form, with
author information). Send to:

	Lenhart Schubert ACL-93
	University of Rochester
	Department of Computer Science
	Rochester, NY 14627, USA
	fax: +1-716-461-2018
	acl93 at cs.rochester.edu 

SCHEDULE: Preliminary papers are due by 6 January 1993.  Authors
will be notified of acceptance by 15 March 1993.  Camera-ready
copies of final papers prepared in a double-column format, preferably
using a laser printer, must be received by 1 May 1993, along with
a signed copyright release statement.

STUDENT SESSIONS: Following the ACL-91/92 successes, there will
again be a special Student Session organized by a committee of ACL
graduate student members.  ACL student members are invited to submit
short papers describing innovative work in progress in any of the
topics listed above.  The papers will again be reviewed by a
committee of students and faculty members for presentation in a
workshop-style session.  A separate call for papers will be issued;
to get one or for other information contact Linda Suri, University
of Delaware, Computer & Information Science, 103 Smith Hall, Newark,
DE 19716, USA; +1-302-831-1949; suri at cis.udel.edu.

OTHER ACTIVITIES: The meeting will include a program of tutorials
coordinated by Philip Cohen, SRI International, Artificial Intelligence
Center, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; +1-415-859-4840;
pcohen at ai.sri.com.  Some of the ACL Special Interest Groups may
arrange workshops or other activities.

CONFERENCE INFORMATION: Local arrangements are being chaired by Terry
Patten, Ohio State University, Computer & Information Science, 2036
Neil Avenue Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; +1-614-292-3989;
patten at cis.ohio-state.edu.  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 Robert Kasper,Ohio State University,
Linguistics, 222 Oxley Hall, 1712 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA;
+1-614-292-2844; kasper at ling.ohio-state.edu.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE: The committee is chaired by Lenhart Schubert (U
Rochester) and also includes

  Robert Carpenter (CMU)              Mitch Marcus (U Pennsylvania)
  Garrison Cottrell (UC-San Diego)    Kathleen McCoy (U Delaware)
  Robert Dale (U Edinburgh)           Marc Moens (U Edinburgh)
  Bonnie Dorr (U Maryland)            Johanna Moore (U Pittsburgh)
  Julia Hirschberg (AT&T Bell Labs)   John Nerbonne (German AI Center)
  Paul Jacobs (GE Schenectady)        James Pustejovsky (Brandeis U)
  Robert Kasper (Ohio State U)        Uwe Reyle (U Stuttgart)
  Slava Katz (IBM Watson)             Richard Sproat (AT&T Bell Labs)
  Judith Klavans (Columbia U)         Jun-ichi Tsujii (UMIST)
  Bernard Lang (INRIA)                Gregory Ward (Northwestern U)
  Diane Litman (AT&T Bell Labs)       Janyce Wiebe (New Mexico State U)

ACL INFORMATION: 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;
+1-201-829-4312; walker at bellcore.com.

1993 LINGUISTIC INSTITUTE: The 57th Linguistic Institute, sponsored by
the LSA and co-sponsored by the ACL, will be held at The Ohio State
University, in Columbus, Ohio, from June 28 until August 6, 1993,
beginning right after the annual meeting of ACL.  It will feature a
number of computational linguistics courses, as described in the
September 1992 issue of The FINITE STRING.  For more information and
application forms, see the June 1992 issue of the LSA Bulletin, or
contact Linguistic Institute, Department of Linguistics, 222 Oxley
Hall, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; 
+1-614-292-4052; +1-614-292-4273 fax; linginst at ling.ohio-state.edu.

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