Difference between revisions of "2020Q3 Reports: SIGLEX"
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'''President''' | '''President''' | ||
| − | Preslav Nakov, Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU, Qatar | + | - Preslav Nakov, Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU, Qatar |
'''Secretary''' | '''Secretary''' | ||
| − | Aline Villavicencio, The University of Sheffield, UK | + | - Aline Villavicencio, The University of Sheffield, UK |
'''Executive Board''' | '''Executive Board''' | ||
| − | Vice-President Elect: Steven Bethard, The University of Arizona, USA | + | - Vice-President Elect: Steven Bethard, The University of Arizona, USA |
| − | Vice-Secretary Elect: Ekaterina Shutova, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands | + | - Vice-Secretary Elect: Ekaterina Shutova, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
'''SIGLEX Section Representatives on the Executive Board''' | '''SIGLEX Section Representatives on the Executive Board''' | ||
| − | MWE section: Carlos Ramisch, Aix Marseille University, France | + | - MWE section: Carlos Ramisch, Aix Marseille University, France |
| − | SemEval section: David Jurgens, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA | + | - SemEval section: David Jurgens, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA |
| − | + | ''' Members''' | |
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| + | SIGLEX has 876 members and we manage membership and mailing lists using the website that was developed by Ken Litkowski and is now managed by Preslav Nakov. | ||
| − | + | SIGLEX has two sections: Multiword Expressions (MWE) with 289 members, and SemEval with 958 members. | |
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| − | Multiword Expressions (MWE) with | ||
| − | SemEval with | ||
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| − | '''SEM 2020''' | + | '''*SEM 2020''' |
The 9th Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics (* SEM 2020), organized by SIGLEX, will be co-located with COLING-2020 in Barcelona, Spain in December 2020. | The 9th Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics (* SEM 2020), organized by SIGLEX, will be co-located with COLING-2020 in Barcelona, Spain in December 2020. | ||
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General Chair | General Chair | ||
| − | Iryna Gurevych, Technische Universität Darmstadt | + | - Iryna Gurevych, Technische Universität Darmstadt |
Program Chairs | Program Chairs | ||
| − | Marianna Apidianaki, University of Helsinki | + | - Marianna Apidianaki, University of Helsinki |
| − | Manaal Faruqui, Google Assistant | + | - Manaal Faruqui, Google Assistant |
Publication Chair | Publication Chair | ||
| − | Jonathan May, ISI, University of Southern California | + | - Jonathan May, ISI, University of Southern California |
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Lexical semantics and word representations | Lexical semantics and word representations | ||
| − | Mohammad Taher Pilehvar (Iran University of Science and Technology) | + | |
| − | Vered Shwartz (Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) & University of Washington) | + | - Mohammad Taher Pilehvar (Iran University of Science and Technology) |
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| + | - Vered Shwartz (Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) & University of Washington) | ||
Semantic composition and sentence representations | Semantic composition and sentence representations | ||
| − | Ivan Vulić (University of Cambridge) | + | |
| − | Germán Kruszewski (Facebook AI Research) | + | - Ivan Vulić (University of Cambridge) |
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| + | - Germán Kruszewski (Facebook AI Research) | ||
Discourse, dialogue, and generation | Discourse, dialogue, and generation | ||
| − | Junyi Jessy Li (University of Texas at Austin) | + | |
| − | Philippe Muller (Université Paul Sabatier, IRIT) | + | - Junyi Jessy Li (University of Texas at Austin) |
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| + | - Philippe Muller (Université Paul Sabatier, IRIT) | ||
Multilinguality | Multilinguality | ||
| − | Alessandro Raganato (University of Helsinki) | + | |
| − | Shyam Upadhyay (Google Assistant) | + | - Alessandro Raganato (University of Helsinki) |
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| + | - Shyam Upadhyay (Google Assistant) | ||
Psycholinguistics and semantic processing | Psycholinguistics and semantic processing | ||
| − | Harm Brouwer (Saarland University) | + | |
| − | Alessandra Zarcone (Fraunhofer IIS) | + | - Harm Brouwer (Saarland University) |
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| + | - Alessandra Zarcone (Fraunhofer IIS) | ||
Resources and evaluation | Resources and evaluation | ||
| − | Darja Fišer (University of Ljubljana) | + | |
| − | Goran Glavaš (University of Mannheim) | + | - Darja Fišer (University of Ljubljana) |
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| + | - Goran Glavaš (University of Mannheim) | ||
Theoretical and formal semantics | Theoretical and formal semantics | ||
| − | Stergios Chatzikyriakidis (University of Gothenburg) | + | |
| − | Denis Paperno (Utrecht University) | + | - Stergios Chatzikyriakidis (University of Gothenburg) |
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| + | - Denis Paperno (Utrecht University) | ||
Commonsense reasoning and natural language understanding | Commonsense reasoning and natural language understanding | ||
| − | Ellie Pavlick (Brown University) | + | |
| − | Rachel Rudinger (University of Maryland) | + | - Ellie Pavlick (Brown University) |
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| + | - Rachel Rudinger (University of Maryland) | ||
Sentiment analysis and argument mining | Sentiment analysis and argument mining | ||
| − | Saif Mohammad (National Research Council Canada) | + | |
| − | Elena Cabrio (Université Côte d'Azur, INRIA, CNRS) | + | - Saif Mohammad (National Research Council Canada) |
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| + | - Elena Cabrio (Université Côte d'Azur, INRIA, CNRS) | ||
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'''SemEval 2020''' | '''SemEval 2020''' | ||
| − | The SIGLEX | + | The International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval 2020), organized by SIGLEX, will be co-located with COLING-2020 in Barcelona, Spain in December 2020. |
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Organizers: | Organizers: | ||
| − | Aurelie Herbelot, University of Trento | + | - Aurelie Herbelot, University of Trento |
| − | Xiaodan Zhu, Queen's University | + | - Xiaodan Zhu, Queen's University |
| − | Nathan Schneider, Georgetown University | + | - Nathan Schneider, Georgetown University |
| − | Alexis Palmer, University of North Texas | + | - Alexis Palmer, University of North Texas |
| − | Jonathan May, ISI, University of Southern California | + | - Jonathan May, ISI, University of Southern California |
| − | Ekaterina Shutova, University of Amsterdam | + | - Ekaterina Shutova, University of Amsterdam |
| − | SemEval 2020 included the following | + | SemEval 2020 included the following 12 shared tasks organized in four tracks: |
''Lexical semantics'' | ''Lexical semantics'' | ||
| − | Task 1: Unsupervised Lexical Semantic Change Detection | + | - Task 1: Unsupervised Lexical Semantic Change Detection |
| − | Task 2: Predicting Multilingual and Cross-Lingual (Graded) | + | - Task 2: Predicting Multilingual and Cross-Lingual (Graded) |
| − | Task 3: Graded Word Similarity in Context (GWSC) | + | - Task 3: Graded Word Similarity in Context (GWSC) |
''Common Sense Knowledge and Reasoning, Knowledge Extraction'' | ''Common Sense Knowledge and Reasoning, Knowledge Extraction'' | ||
| − | Task 4: Commonsense Validation and Explanation | + | - Task 4: Commonsense Validation and Explanation |
| − | Task 5: Modelling Causal Reasoning in Language: Detecting Counterfactuals | + | - Task 5: Modelling Causal Reasoning in Language: Detecting Counterfactuals |
| − | Task 6: DeftEval: Extracting Definitions from Free Text in Textbooks | + | - Task 6: DeftEval: Extracting Definitions from Free Text in Textbooks |
''Humour, Emphasis, and Sentiment'' | ''Humour, Emphasis, and Sentiment'' | ||
| − | Task 7: Assessing Humor in Edited News Headlines | + | - Task 7: Assessing Humor in Edited News Headlines |
| − | Task 8: Memotion Analysis | + | - Task 8: Memotion Analysis |
| − | Task 9: Sentiment Analysis for Code-Mixed Social Media Text | + | - Task 9: Sentiment Analysis for Code-Mixed Social Media Text |
| − | Task 10: Emphasis Selection for Written Text in Visual Media | + | - Task 10: Emphasis Selection for Written Text in Visual Media |
''Societal Applications of NLP'' | ''Societal Applications of NLP'' | ||
| − | Task 11: Detection of Propaganda Techniques in News Articles | + | - Task 11: Detection of Propaganda Techniques in News Articles |
| − | Task 12: OffensEval 2: Multilingual Offensive Language Identification in Social Media | + | - Task 12: OffensEval 2: Multilingual Offensive Language Identification in Social Media |
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'''SemEval 2021''' | '''SemEval 2021''' | ||
| − | + | A total of 12 tasks were selected for SemEval 2021. For more details about the event, check out https://semeval.github.io/SemEval2021/ | |
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| − | The | + | '''MWE-LEX 2020''' |
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| + | The Joint Workshop on Multiword Expressions and Electronic Lexicons (MWE-LEX 2020), will be co-located with COLING-2020 in Barcelona, Spain in December 2020. | ||
| + | It is co-organized by SIGLEX and the European Lexicographic Infrastructure (ELEXIS). This joint event is the 16th edition of the Workshop on Multiword Expressions (MWE). | ||
| − | + | The workshop features a PARSEME Shared Task on Semi-Supervised verbal MWE Identification. | |
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| + | Program Committee Chairs | ||
| − | + | Research track, MWE-specific topics: | |
| + | - Stella Markantonatou, Institute for Language and Speech Processing, R.C. "Athena" (Greece) | ||
| − | + | - Jelena Mitrović, University of Passau (Germany) | |
| + | Research track, MWE-LEX topics: | ||
| − | + | - John McCrae, National University of Ireland Galway (Ireland) | |
| + | - Carole Tiberius, Dutch Language Institute in Leiden (Netherlands) | ||
| − | + | Shared task track: | |
| − | + | - Carlos Ramisch, Aix Marseille University (France) | |
| − | + | - Ashwini Vaidya, Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi (India) | |
Latest revision as of 10:14, 9 July 2020
The following SIGLEX Executive Board officers are serving until Spring 2022:
President
- Preslav Nakov, Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU, Qatar
Secretary
- Aline Villavicencio, The University of Sheffield, UK
Executive Board
- Vice-President Elect: Steven Bethard, The University of Arizona, USA
- Vice-Secretary Elect: Ekaterina Shutova, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SIGLEX Section Representatives on the Executive Board
- MWE section: Carlos Ramisch, Aix Marseille University, France
- SemEval section: David Jurgens, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Members
SIGLEX has 876 members and we manage membership and mailing lists using the website that was developed by Ken Litkowski and is now managed by Preslav Nakov.
SIGLEX has two sections: Multiword Expressions (MWE) with 289 members, and SemEval with 958 members.
SIGLEX (co-)organises three yearly events: SemEval, *SEM, and MWE:
*SEM 2020
The 9th Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics (* SEM 2020), organized by SIGLEX, will be co-located with COLING-2020 in Barcelona, Spain in December 2020.
General Chair
- Iryna Gurevych, Technische Universität Darmstadt
Program Chairs
- Marianna Apidianaki, University of Helsinki
- Manaal Faruqui, Google Assistant
Publication Chair
- Jonathan May, ISI, University of Southern California
Area Chairs
Lexical semantics and word representations
- Mohammad Taher Pilehvar (Iran University of Science and Technology)
- Vered Shwartz (Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) & University of Washington)
Semantic composition and sentence representations
- Ivan Vulić (University of Cambridge)
- Germán Kruszewski (Facebook AI Research)
Discourse, dialogue, and generation
- Junyi Jessy Li (University of Texas at Austin)
- Philippe Muller (Université Paul Sabatier, IRIT)
Multilinguality
- Alessandro Raganato (University of Helsinki)
- Shyam Upadhyay (Google Assistant)
Psycholinguistics and semantic processing
- Harm Brouwer (Saarland University)
- Alessandra Zarcone (Fraunhofer IIS)
Resources and evaluation
- Darja Fišer (University of Ljubljana)
- Goran Glavaš (University of Mannheim)
Theoretical and formal semantics
- Stergios Chatzikyriakidis (University of Gothenburg)
- Denis Paperno (Utrecht University)
Commonsense reasoning and natural language understanding
- Ellie Pavlick (Brown University)
- Rachel Rudinger (University of Maryland)
Sentiment analysis and argument mining
- Saif Mohammad (National Research Council Canada)
- Elena Cabrio (Université Côte d'Azur, INRIA, CNRS)
SemEval 2020
The International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval 2020), organized by SIGLEX, will be co-located with COLING-2020 in Barcelona, Spain in December 2020.
Organizers:
- Aurelie Herbelot, University of Trento
- Xiaodan Zhu, Queen's University
- Nathan Schneider, Georgetown University
- Alexis Palmer, University of North Texas
- Jonathan May, ISI, University of Southern California
- Ekaterina Shutova, University of Amsterdam
SemEval 2020 included the following 12 shared tasks organized in four tracks:
Lexical semantics
- Task 1: Unsupervised Lexical Semantic Change Detection
- Task 2: Predicting Multilingual and Cross-Lingual (Graded)
- Task 3: Graded Word Similarity in Context (GWSC)
Common Sense Knowledge and Reasoning, Knowledge Extraction
- Task 4: Commonsense Validation and Explanation
- Task 5: Modelling Causal Reasoning in Language: Detecting Counterfactuals
- Task 6: DeftEval: Extracting Definitions from Free Text in Textbooks
Humour, Emphasis, and Sentiment
- Task 7: Assessing Humor in Edited News Headlines
- Task 8: Memotion Analysis
- Task 9: Sentiment Analysis for Code-Mixed Social Media Text
- Task 10: Emphasis Selection for Written Text in Visual Media
Societal Applications of NLP
- Task 11: Detection of Propaganda Techniques in News Articles
- Task 12: OffensEval 2: Multilingual Offensive Language Identification in Social Media
The proceedings contain both Task Description papers that describe each of the above tasks, and System Description papers that present the systems that participated in these tasks. A total of 12 task description papers and about 300 system description papers are included in the proceedings.
SemEval 2021
A total of 12 tasks were selected for SemEval 2021. For more details about the event, check out https://semeval.github.io/SemEval2021/
MWE-LEX 2020
The Joint Workshop on Multiword Expressions and Electronic Lexicons (MWE-LEX 2020), will be co-located with COLING-2020 in Barcelona, Spain in December 2020.
It is co-organized by SIGLEX and the European Lexicographic Infrastructure (ELEXIS). This joint event is the 16th edition of the Workshop on Multiword Expressions (MWE).
The workshop features a PARSEME Shared Task on Semi-Supervised verbal MWE Identification.
Program Committee Chairs
Research track, MWE-specific topics:
- Stella Markantonatou, Institute for Language and Speech Processing, R.C. "Athena" (Greece)
- Jelena Mitrović, University of Passau (Germany)
Research track, MWE-LEX topics:
- John McCrae, National University of Ireland Galway (Ireland)
- Carole Tiberius, Dutch Language Institute in Leiden (Netherlands)
Shared task track:
- Carlos Ramisch, Aix Marseille University (France)
- Ashwini Vaidya, Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi (India)