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***REMINDER - REDUCED REGISTRATION FEE IF YOU REGISTER BY ***MARCH 9, 1998***
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE RESOURCES AND EVALUATION
GRANADA, SPAIN, 28-30 MAY 1998
Hosted by
THE UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA
Departamento de Traduccisn e Interpretacisn
Departamento de Electrsnica y Tecnologma de Computadores
With the support of
DG-XIII of the European Commission and Fundacisn Banco Central-Hispano (Spain)
The First International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation
has been initiated by ELRA and is organized in cooperation with other
Associations and Consortia, including ACH, ACL, ALLC, Cocosda, EAFT,
Eagles, EDR, Elsnet, ESCA, Euralex, Francil, LDC, Parole, Telri, etc.,
and with major national and international organizations, including the
European Commission - DG XIII, ARPA, NSF, the IC/863 Project (China),
the ICSP Permanent Committee (Korea) and the Japanese Project for
International Coordination in Corpora, Assessment and Labeling.
The conference will focus on the following issues: the availability of
language resources and the methods for the evaluation of resources,
technologies and products, for written and spoken language. Substantial
mutual benefits can be expected from addressing issues like these
through international co-operation. The aim of this Conference is to
provide an overview of the state-of-the-art, discuss problems and
opportunities, exchange information regarding ongoing and planned
activities, language resources and their applications, discuss
evaluation methodologies and demonstrate evaluation tools, explore
possibilities and promote initiatives for international co-operation.
PROVISIONAL LIST OF ACCEPTED PAPERS (ABOUT 220)
May be found at our website http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra.html or via
e-mail by sending a request for list of provisional papers to
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PROVISIONAL LIST OF PANELS TO BE HELD AT LREC
1. Panel of the Funding Agencies:
Members of the major agencies funding research and development in
Language Engineering (EC, ARPA, NSF, etc) will discuss priorities and
perspectives for international cooperation.
2. Lexical Semantic Standards for Information Systems:
The panel will discuss guidelines for the standardization of lexical
encoding with specific reference to requirements for Machine Translation
and Information Systems.
3. Industrial and R&D use of Language Resources:
Users and providers of Language Resources, from industrial companies and
from the public research sector, will discuss the priorities and the
economical aspects of producing, distributing and using Language
Resources, and the importance of their availability.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AT LREC
The Program Committee will invite Keynote Speakers to discuss the major
aspects of Language Resources and Evaluation. The provisional list will
be circulated at a later date.
PRE AND POST CONFERENCE WORKSHOP INFORMATION
Pre-Conference Workshops, May 26 and 27
There are 8 half day workshops, to be held May 26 and 27 with two in
parallel during the morning session and two in parallel during the
afternoon session.
1. Linguistic Coreference Workshop
26 MAY 1998 morning session
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra/coreference.html
Contact: Sara J. Shelton, US Department of Defense, Ft. Meade, Maryland, USA
[log in to unmask], tel +301-688-0301, fax +301-688-0338
2. Adapting Lexical and Corpus Resources to Sublanguages and Applications
26 MAY 1998 morning session
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra/adapting.html
Contact: Paola Velardi, Dipartimento di Scienza dell'Informazione, Rome, Italy
[log in to unmask], tel 39-(0)6-49918356, fax +39-(0)6-8541842 8841964
3. Minimising the Effort for Language Resource Acquisition
26 MAY 1998 afternoon session
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra/minimizing.html
Contact: Svetlana Sheremetyeva, Computing Research Laboratory, Las Cruces,
New Mexico, USA
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4. The Evaluation of Parsing Systems
26 MAY 1998 afternoon session
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra/parsing.html
Contact: John Carroll, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
[log in to unmask], tel (+44 / 0)1273 678564,
fax (+44 / 0)1273 671320
5. Towards an Open European Evaluation Infrastructure for NL and Speech
27 MAY 1998 morning session
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra/towards.html
Contact: Steven Krauwer, ELSNET, Utrecht, NL
[log in to unmask], tel +31 30 253 6050, fax +31 30 253 6000
6. Language Resources for European Minority Languages
27 MAY 1998 morning session
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra/minority.html
Contact: Briony Williams, [log in to unmask]
7. Speech Database Development for Central and Eastern European Languages
27 MAY 1998 afternoon session
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra/speech.html
Contact: Peter Roach, University of Reading, UK
[log in to unmask], tel (44) 118 9318138, fax (44) 118 9753365
8. Distributing and Accessing Linguistic Resources
27 MAY 1998 afternoon session
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra/distributing.html
Contact: Yorick Wilks, University of Sheffield, UK
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POST CONFERENCE WORKSHOP, 31 MAY - 1 JUNE
"Translingual Information Management: Current Levels and Future Abilities"
Contact: Nancy Ide, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
[log in to unmask], tel: (+1 914) 437 5988, fax: (+1 914) 437 7498
This workshop is by invitation only. If you are interested in
participating, please contact Nancy Ide directly.
VISIT OUR WEBSITE OR REQUEST VIA E-MAIL FOR THE FULL CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION
OF THE WORKSHOPS
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra.html
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION FOR LREC AND PRE AND POST CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Conference
The registration fees will be 25.000 pesetas (about 150 ECU) per
participant, with reduced fees of 20.000 pesetas (about 120 ECU) for
early registration by March 9, 1998, and 12.000 pesetas (about 70 ECU)
for students. The fees cover the following services: a copy of the
proceedings, a social dinner, coffee breaks and refreshments. For
accompanying persons, the social dinner will be 6.000 pesetas (about 35
ECU).
Pre Conference Workshops
Pre Conference Workshops are 5,000 pesetas each for those attending LREC
and 10,000 pesetas each for those not attending LREC, and include a copy
of the proceedings of the workshop and a coffee break.
Post Conference Workshop
The 2-day Post Conference Workshop is 10,000 pesetas for those attending
LREC and 20,000 pesetas for those not attending LREC, and includes a
copy of the proceedings of the workshop and coffee breaks. Registration
will be made only for those persons who have been invited to participate
by the organizers.
Advance registration payment can be made using the Registration Forms
below.
Registration can be made on-site and must be paid in cash, using
pesetas.
REGISTRATION FORMS
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE RESOURCES AND EVALUATION
GRANADA, SPAIN, 28-30 MAY 1998
E-MAIL OR FAX TO:
LREC Secretariat
Facultad de Traduccisn e Interpretacisn
Dpto. de Traduccisn e Interpretacisn
C/ Puentezuelas, 55
18002 GRANADA, SPAIN, tel +34 58 24 41 00, fax +34 58 24 41 04,
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Last Name: ______________________________________
First Name: ______________________________________
Affiliation: ______________________________________
Address:
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City:___________________________________________
State/Province: ___________________________________
Country: ________________________________________
Postal/Zip Code: __________________________________
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Fax:____________________________________________
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REGISTRATION PAYMENT FORM
REGISTRATION FEES
Full participant*
By March 9, 1998 20.000 pesetas (about 120 ECU)
After March 9, 1998 25.000 pesetas (about 150 ECU)
sub total: __________
Student*
12.000 pesetas (about 70 ECU)
sub total: __________
* Registration fees include one copy of the proceedings, a social dinner,
coffee breaks and refreshments.
Social Dinner for accompanying persons
6.000 pesetas (about 35 ECU)
sub total: __________
Pre Conference Workshops, May 26 - 27, 1998
5,000 pesetas each for those attending LREC
10,000 pesetas each for those not attending LREC
Please indicate the workshops you plan to attend (X)
_____ "Linguistic Coreference"
May 26, morning session
_____ "Adapting Lexical and Corpus Resources to Sublanguages and Applications"
May 26, morning session
_____ "The Evaluation of Parsing Systems"
May 26, afternoon session
_____ "Minimizing the Effort for Language Resource Acquisition"
May 26, afternoon session
_____ "Towards an open European Evaluation Infrastructure for NL and Speech"
May 27, morning session
_____ "Language Resources for European Minority Languages"
May 27, morning session
_____ "Speech Database Development for Central and Eastern European Languages"
May 27, afternoon session
_____ "Distributing and Accessing Linguistic Resources"
May 27, afternoon session
Total Number: __________
x 5,000 (if attending LREC) __________
x 10,000 (if not attending LREC) __________
sub total: __________
Post Conference Workshop, May 31 - June 1*
_______"Translingual Information Management: Current Levels and Future
Abilities"
*Register only if you have been asked to participate and have confirmed with
the organizers
10,000 (if attending LREC)
20,000 (if not attending LREC)
sub total: __________
Grand Total: __________
METHOD OF PAYMENT
You may pay by credit card (VISA, MasterCard or Eurocard only; we cannot
accept American Express, Diners Club, etc.). You may also pay by Banker's
Cheque, bank transfer or by Eurocheque. All payments must be in Spanish
pesetas.
If payment is by Banker's Cheque, bank transfer or by Eurocheque, please
send it by regular mail. If payment is by credit card, it may be faxed.
Please DO NOT e-mail credit card numbers, as we cannot guarantee the
security of our e-mail system, and because we require signatures.
Please indicate (X) one of the following four payment options:
a)
____ I enclose a Banker's Cheque in Spanish pesetas payable to
"First International Conference on Language Resources and
Evaluation".
b)
____ I have transferred the full fees by bank transfer to your account at:
Banco Central Hispano, c/ Recogidas, 13, 18002 Granada.
Account Name:
First International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation.
Account Number: 0049 - 0372 - 18 - 2210856078.
I have told my bank to charge me/us with all bank charges so that
"First International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation"
will receive the full fees. I enclose a copy of the bank transfer papers
with the person(s) name written on the transfer.
c)
____ Please debit my VISA/MasterCard/Eurocard account:
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Cardholder's Name and Address:
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Affiliation: _________________________________________
Street Address:
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Country: __________________________________
Postal/Zip Code: ____________________________
E-mail: ____________________________________
Web: _____________________________________
Signature as on card:
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Credit card charges will be processed in Spanish pesetas.
d)
____ I enclose Eurocheque(s) for the full fees. I have written my
Eurocheque number on the back of each Eurocheque.
MAIL OR FAX TO:
LREC Secretariat
Facultad de Traduccisn e Interpretacisn
Dpto. de Traduccisn e Interpretacisn
C/ Puentezuelas, 55
18002 GRANADA, SPAIN
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+34 58 24 41 04 fax
VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra.html
CONFERENCE ADDRESSES
The Conference Chair is Antonio Zampolli (Istituto di Linguistica
Computazionale del CNR and President of ELRA).
Antonio Zampolli - LREC
Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale del CNR
via della Faggiola, 32
56126 Pisa, ITALY
+39 50 560 481 tel.
+39 50 555 013 fax
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The Secretariat of the Conference, who will provide general information on
the Conference, is:
LREC Secretariat
Facultad de Traduccisn e Interpretacisn
Dpto. de Traduccisn e Interpretacisn
C/ Puentezuelas, 55
18002 Granada, SPAIN
+34 58 24 41 00 tel.
+34 58 24 41 04 fax
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Harald Hoege, Siemens, Munich, Germany
Bente Maegaard, CST, Copenhagen, Denmark
Joseph Mariani, LIMSI-CNRS, Orsay, France
Angel Martin Municio, President of the Real Academia de Ciencias, Madrid, Spain
Antonio Zampolli, Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale, Pisa, Italy
EXHIBITION
An exhibition will be organised by ELRA. This exhibition is open to
companies and projects wishing to promote, present and demonstrate their
language resources products and prototypes to the wide range of experts
and representatives from all over the world participating in the
conference. For more information on this, please contact the ELDA office
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ELRA
For more information about ELRA (the European Language Resources
Association), please contact:
Khalid Choukri, ELRA CEO
55-57, rue Brillat Savarin
F- 75013 Paris, France
Tel. +33 1 43 13 33 33
Fax. +33 1 43 13 33 39
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web: http://www.icp.grenet.fr/ELRA/home.html
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