ACL-08: HLT combines the Annual Meeting of the Association for
Computational Linguistics (ACL) with the Human Language Technology
Conference (HLT) of the North American Chapter of the ACL. The
conference covers a broad spectrum of disciplines working towards
enabling intelligent systems to interact with humans using natural
language, and towards enhancing human-human communication through
services such as speech recognition, automatic translation,
information retrieval, text summarization, and information
extraction. ACL-08: HLT will feature full papers, short papers,
posters, demonstrations, and a student
research workshop, as well as pre-
and post-conference tutorials and workshops. The conference is
organized by the Association for Computational Linguistics, in
cooperation with The North American Chapter of the ACL.
The conference invites the submission of papers on substantial,
original, and unpublished research in disciplines that could impact
human language processing systems.
Important Dates:
Jan 10, 2008 Full paper submissions due
Feb 28, 2008 Full paper notification of acceptance
Mar 14, 2008 Short paper submissions due
Apr 14, 2008 Short Paper notification of acceptance
Submissions must describe original, completed,
unpublished work. Each submission will be
judged chiefly on the strength of the argument
it provides in support of its contribution,
through e.g., experimental evaluation,
theoretical analysis, or critical engagement
with HLT. Each submission will be reviewed by
at least three program committee members.
Full papers may consist of up to eight (8)
pages of content, with 1 extra page for
references, and may be presented either as a
poster or an oral presentation. Some research
is best suited to a traditional oral
presentation, whereas other research would
benefit from the more interactive presentation
a poster allows. As an experiment this year,
long paper presenters can express a preference
to deliver their paper as a poster or an oral
presentation. The program and area chairs will
attempt to fulfill as many of these
preferences as possible, organizational
factors permitting. ACL 08: HLT will
additionally aim to give poster presentations
higher status than usual (by scheduling,
physical arrangement, combination with
refreshments). The proceedings will not
distinguish long papers by presentation
format.
The deadline for full
papers is 11:59 PM EST on January 10, 2008. Submission will be
electronic using the paper submission software
available at
https://www.softconf.com/acl08/papers.
In keeping with the HLT tradition, ACL 08: HLT
solicits short papers, in order to bring fresh
research and new ideas to the
conference. Short paper submissions must
describe original and unpublished work.
Papers qualifying as short papers can be of
one of three types:
late-breaking results
smaller-scale work than a long paper, e.g., a new idea or a system without a full evaluation
opinion or position papers
It is in general possible to resubmit a submission which was recently
rejected as a long ACL-08:HLT paper. The resubmission must be
shortened to fit the short paper guidelines and should respond to
reviewer comments if appropriate. The reviewing of a resubmission will
be influenced by whether the reviewers of the long version recommended
to resubmit.
Short papers will be presented orally or in poster sessions, and will be given four pages in the proceedings. Authors should indicate their preference; the reviewers will
determine which format is more appropriate based on the
submission. Each new short paper submission will be reviewed by at
least two program committee members (previous reviews may be taken
into account for resubmissions). The deadline for short papers is
11:59 PM EDT on March 14, 2008. Submission will be electronic using
the paper submission software available at
https://www.softconf.com/acl08/shortPapers.
Full paper submissions
should follow the two-column format of ACL-08: HLT proceedings without exceeding
eight (8) pages of content, with 1 extra page
for references. Short paper submissions should follow the two-column
format of ACL proceedings, and should not exceed four (4) pages,
including references. As reviewing will be blind, the paper should
not include the authors' names and affiliations. Furthermore,
self-references that reveal the author's identity, e.g., "We
previously showed (Smith, 1991) ...", should be avoided. Instead,
use citations such as "Smith previously showed (Smith, 1991) ...".
Papers that do not conform to these requirements will be rejected
without review. All submissions must be electronic in PDF. Please
see the conference website for detailed typesetting specifications.
Authors are strongly encouraged to use the LaTeX or Microsoft Word
style files available at http://ling.osu.edu/acl08/stylefiles.html.
Demonstration, student sessions, tutorial, and workshop
proposals:
Multiple-submission policy: Papers that have been or will be
submitted to other meetings or publications must provide this
information at submission time. Papers may not be submitted to
ACL-08: HLT if they are currently or will be submitted to
other meetings or publications and that other meeting or publication
prohibits multiple submission. If ACL-08: HLT accepts a paper,
authors must notify the program chairs by March 7, 2008 (full
papers) or April 21, 2008 (short papers), indicating which meeting
they choose for presentation of their work. ACL-08: HLT cannot
accept for publication or presentation work that will be (or has
been) published elsewhere. For the short paper submissions to
ACL08: HLT, a paper will be considered identical to a long paper
(for example, an eight-page paper submitted to ACL) if it does not
differ in at least two content pages from the long paper.
