COLING 2012 to be held at IIT Bombay invites proposals for workshops and tutorials. Please visit http://www.coling2012-iitb.org for details:
Important Dates
Main Conference
25th August, 2012: Paper Submission deadline
15th October, 2012 : Paper accept/reject notification
1st November, 2012 : Camera ready paper due
10th to 14th December, 2012: Main conference
Workshops
15th June, 2012: Proposal submission deadline
15th July, 2012: Proposal accept/reject notification
30th September, 2012: Paper submission deadline
31st October, 2012: Paper accept/reject notification
15th November, 2012: Camera ready paper due
8th and 9th December, 2012: Pre-conference workshops
15th December, 2012: Post-conference workshops
Tutorials
15th June, 2012: Proposal submission deadline
15th July, 2012: Proposal accept/reject notificat
-Pushpak Bhattacharyya, Rajeev Sangal (Organizing chairs)
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COLING 2012
24th International Conference on Computational Linguistics
December 8th -15th December 2012, Mumbai, India
http://www.coling2012-iitb.org
CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
COLING 2012, the 24th International Conference on Computational Linguistics, is organized by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), at IIT Bombay (Mumbai, India), from 8-15 December 2012. The conference is organized under the umbrella of International Committee on Computational Linguistics (ICCL). COLING 2012 invite proposals for workshops to be held in IIT Bombay. We solicit proposals on all aspects of natural language processing and computational linguistics. The workshop will be held on 8th and 9th December, 2012 (Pre-conference workshops) and 15th December, 2012 (Post-conference workshops).
Proposals will be reviewed by the workshop chairs that will make the final decision about the selection of proposals.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Proposals for workshops should contain:
1. A title and brief (2-page max) description of the workshop topic and content.
2. The desired workshop length (half day, one day, one and a half day or two days), and an estimate of the number of attendees.
3. The names, postal addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of the organizers, with one-paragraph statements of their research interests and areas of expertise.
4. A list of potential members of the program committee, with an indication of which members have already agreed.
5. A description of any shared tasks associated with the workshop.
6. A description of special requirements for technical needs.
The committee will review the quality of the workshop proposals. Once the reviews are completed, the workshop chairs will assign workshops to the proposers.
Please submit proposals in plain text in the body of an email to the workshop organizers (coling2012.workshop at gmail.com.) on or before June 15, 2012.
The subject line should be: "COLING 2012: Workshop Proposal".
Notification of acceptance/rejection of workshop proposals will occur on 15th July 2012.
TIMELINES FOR WORKSHOP
June 15, 2012 Workshop proposal deadline
July 15, 2012 Notification of acceptance/rejection
Sept 30, 2012 Paper submission deadline
Oct 31 , 2012 Paper accept/reject notification
Nov 15, 2012 Camera ready paper due
Dec 8-9, 2012 Pre-conference workshops
Dec 15, 2012 Post-conference workshops
WORKSHOP CHAIR(S)
• Laurent Besacier, Professeur à l’Université J. Fourier, HDR, Laboratoire d’Informatique de Grenoble, équipe GETALP,
• Email: Laurent.Besacier at imag.fr
Other member(s):
Kashyap Popat, Masters Student, CSE Dept, IIT Bombay
Email: kan.pop at gmail.com
Prof. Ganesh Ramakrishnan, CSE Dept, IIT Bombay, ganesh [at] cse.iitb.ac.in
Please send inquiries concerning COLING 2012 workshop to: coling2012.workshop at gmail.com
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COLING 2012
24th International Conference on Computational Linguistics
December 8th -15th December 2012, Mumbai, India
http://www.coling2012-iitb.org
CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS
Proposals are invited for the Tutorial Program of COLING 2012, the 24th International Conference on Computational Linguistics, is organized by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), at IIT Bombay (Mumbai, India), from 8-15 December 2012. The conference is organized under the umbrella of International Committee on Computational Linguistics (ICCL).
COLING 2012 seeks proposals for tutorials on all topics of Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics.
The tutorial will be held on 8th and 9th Dec, 2012 at IIT Bombay.
SUBMISSION DETAILS
Proposals for tutorials should contain:
1. A title and brief description of the tutorial content and its relevance to the COLING (not more than 2 pages).
2. A brief outline of the tutorial structure showing that the tutorial's core content can be covered in a three-hour slot (including a coffee break). In exceptional cases six-hour tutorial slots are available as well.
3. The names, postal addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of the tutorial instructors, including a one-paragraph statement of their research interests and areas of expertise.
4. A list of previous venues and approximate audience sizes, if the same or a similar tutorial has been given elsewhere; otherwise an estimate of the audience size.
5. A description of special requirements for technical equipment (e.g., internet access).
Proposals should be submitted by electronic mail, in plain ASCII text no later than June 15, 2012 to coling2012.tutorial at gmail.com.
The subject line should be: "COLING 2012: Tutorial Proposal".
PLEASE NOTE:
1. Proposals will not be accepted by regular mail or fax.
2. You will receive an email confirmation from us that your proposal has been received. If you do not receive this confirmation 24 hours after sending the proposal, please contact us personally using emails
TUTORIAL SPEAKER RESPONSIBILITIES
Accepted tutorial speakers will be notified by July 2012, and must then provide abstracts of their tutorials for inclusion in the conference registration material by October 1, 2012. The description should be in two formats: an ASCII version that can be included in email announcements and published on the conference web site, and a PDF version for inclusion in the electronic proceedings (detailed instructions will be given). Tutorial speakers must provide tutorial materials containing copies of the course slides as well as a bibliography for the material covered in the tutorial by November 1, 2012.
IMPORTANT DATES
15th June, 2012: Proposal submission deadline
15th July, 2012: Proposal accept/reject notification
1st November, 2012: Tutorial material due
Tutorial teacher payment policy
The remuneration for tutorials will be computed as follows:
• $750 for up to 20 people
• plus $35 per person for registrants 21 to 50
• plus $25 per person for registrants greater than 50
The remuneration is per tutorial, not per presenter; multiple presenters will split the proceeds, the default assumption being an even split.
Note: Remuneration for Tutorial presenters is fixed according to the above policy and does not cover registration fees for the main conference.
TUTORIAL CHAIR(S)
• Prof. Sadao Kurohashi, Department of Intelligence Science and Technology
Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan
• Email: kuro at i.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Other member(s):
Rahul sharnagat, masters student, CSE Dept, IIT Bombay,
rdsharnagat at cse.iitb.ac.in
Prof Saketha Nath, CSE, Dept, IIT Bomay, saketha [at] cse.iitb.ac.in
Please send inquiries concerning COLING 2012 tutorials to: coling2012.tutorial at gmail.com
Proposals will be reviewed by the tutorial chairs and their decision with respect to selection will be final.