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The next International Conference on Computational Semantics ([http://www.meaningfactory.com/iwcs2011/ IWCS-2011]), the main SIGSEM event, will be held in Oxford, UK, on 12-14 January 2011. The first call for papers has been distributed last week. The web site is up and running. Deadline for paper submissions is  
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The next International Conference on Computational Semantics ([http://www.meaningfactory.com/iwcs2011/ IWCS-2011]), the main SIGSEM event, will be held in Oxford, UK, on 12-14 January 2011. The first call for papers has been distributed last week. The web site is up and running. Deadline for paper submissions is 30 September 2010.
  
The events endorsed by SIGSEM in 2009/2010 were/are:  
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The events endorsed by SIGSEM in 2009 were:  
 
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* [http://www.gl2009.org/ GL2009] <br /> Pisa, Italy, 17-19 Sept 2009
   
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* [http://iwcs.uvt.nl/iwcs8/index.htm IWCS-8] 8th International Workshop on Computational Semantics<br />Jan 7-9, 2009 (Tilburg, Netherlands)
* [http://www.give-challenge.org/research/GIVE-2 Shared Task] Second NLG Challenge on Generating Instructions in Virtual Environments
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* [http://art.uniroma2.it/gems/ GEMS 2009] <br/>March  31, 2009 (Athens, Greece)
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* [http://www.lsi.upc.edu/~lluism/sew2009/index.html SEW 2009] <br />Boulder, CO, 4-5 June 2009
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* [http://www.diaholmia.org/ DiaHolmia 2009] <br /> Stockholm, Sweden, 24-26 June 2009

Revision as of 03:19, 18 May 2010

Report on SIGSEM by Johan Bos and Katrin Erk (May 2010)

The current SIGSEM membership counts 701 members. The database needs to be cleaned up as there is a relatively large number of registered members whose email addresses aren't valid anymore. This is planned for the coming term.

The SIGSEM constitution calls for board elections every three years. Elections were held early 2010, in compliance with the constitution. Here is a brief summary of the elections results: Johan Bos (President); Katrin Erk (Secretary); Luciana Benotti (Information Officer); Paul Buitelaar (Information Officer); Alexander Koller; (Information Officer); Christian Pietsch (Information Officer).

Since the last ACL report, one newsletter has been sent to the SIGSEM members, in October 2009, featuring ...

The next International Conference on Computational Semantics (IWCS-2011), the main SIGSEM event, will be held in Oxford, UK, on 12-14 January 2011. The first call for papers has been distributed last week. The web site is up and running. Deadline for paper submissions is 30 September 2010.

The events endorsed by SIGSEM in 2009 were:

  • GL2009
    Pisa, Italy, 17-19 Sept 2009
  • IWCS-8 8th International Workshop on Computational Semantics
    Jan 7-9, 2009 (Tilburg, Netherlands)
  • GEMS 2009
    March 31, 2009 (Athens, Greece)
  • SEW 2009
    Boulder, CO, 4-5 June 2009
  • DiaHolmia 2009
    Stockholm, Sweden, 24-26 June 2009