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==Summary==
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SIGGEN is the Special Interest group on Natural Language Generation, the study of systems and methods to generate text or speech from both non-linguistic and linguistic input.
 
SIGGEN is the Special Interest group on Natural Language Generation, the study of systems and methods to generate text or speech from both non-linguistic and linguistic input.
  
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==Membership==
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Currently, SIGGEN has around 309 members.
  
 
== Board ==
 
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* Xiao Li (University of Aberdeen), student representative
 
* Xiao Li (University of Aberdeen), student representative
  
in addition to the following serving members:
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in addition to the following serving members, whose term of elected office started on January 1, 2013:
  
* Barbara di Eugenio (University of Illinois at Chicago)
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* Barbara di Eugenio (University of Illinois at Chicago), Treasurer
* Verena Rieser (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh)
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* Verena Rieser (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh), Member at large
  
 
== Activities ==
 
== Activities ==

Revision as of 23:59, 23 June 2015

Summary

SIGGEN is the Special Interest group on Natural Language Generation, the study of systems and methods to generate text or speech from both non-linguistic and linguistic input.

Membership

Currently, SIGGEN has around 309 members.

Board

An election was held in December 2014 for three positions on the SIGGEN board. The new members are the following:

  • Claire Gardent (CNRS, Loria, Nancy), Chair
  • Albert Gatt (University of Malta), Secretary
  • Xiao Li (University of Aberdeen), student representative

in addition to the following serving members, whose term of elected office started on January 1, 2013:

  • Barbara di Eugenio (University of Illinois at Chicago), Treasurer
  • Verena Rieser (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh), Member at large

Activities

International Conference on Natural Language Generation (INLG)

The main activity of SIGGEN is the International Conference on Natural Language Generation, a biennial meeting. The 8th edition of INLG, INLG'14, was held in Philadelphia, PA, on June 19-21, 2014. On this occasion, INLG was We is co-located with the annual meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (SIGDIAL) and The Young Researchers’ Roundtable on Spoken Dialog Systems.

The next INLG is scheduled to take place in 2016. Currently, the SIGGEN board is taking the necessary steps to identify the local organisers and programme committee chairs for the next event.

SIGGEN-endorsed events

SIGGEN has also endorsed the following events: