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From: jan@utrurt (Jan Wender)
To: mod-ki@unido.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
Date: 24 Aug 90 10:31:41 GMT
Subject: <mod-ki 0545> CFP Quantitative Linguistics Conference Sep 91
Keywords: Konferenzen

mod-ki message 0545            COPYRIGHT 1990 Hans-Werner Hein, Dortmund
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           First QUANTITATIVE LINGUISTICS CONFERENCE (QUALICO)
                         September 23 - 27, 1991
                       University of Trier, Germany
 
                            organized by the
         GLDV - Gesellschaft fuer Linguistische Datenverarbeitung
                (German Society for Linguistic Computing)
                                  and
                the Editors of "Quantitative Linguistics"

OBJECTIVES

QUALICO is being held for the first time as an International  Conference
to demonstrate the state of the art in  Quantitative  Linguistics.  This
domain of language study and research is gaining  considerable  interest
due  to  recent  advances  in  linguistic  modelling,  particularly   in
computational  linguistics,   cognitive  science,  and  developments  in
mathematics like  non-linear  systems  theory.  Progress  in  hard-  and
software technology together with ease of access to data  and  numerical
processing has provided new means of empirical data acquisition and  the
application of mathematical models of adequate  complexity.  The  German
Society for  Linguistic  Computation  (Gesellschaft  fuer  Linguistische
Datenverarbeitung - GLDV) and the editors of  'Quantitative Linguistics'
have taken the initiative in preparing this conference to take place  at
the University of Trier, in Trier (Germany), September 23rd-27th, 1991.

In view of the stimulating new developments in Europe and  the  academic
world, the organizers' aim is to encourage and promote  mutual  exchange
of ideas in this field of interest which has been limited in  the  past.
Challenging  advances  in   interdisciplinary   quantitative   analyses,
numerical  modelling  and  experimental   simulations   from   different
linguistic  domains  will  be  reported  on  by  the  following  keynote
speakers: Gabriel Altmann (Bochum), Michail V. Arapov (Moskau)  (pending
acceptance), Hans Goebl (Salzburg), Mildred L.G. Shaw (Calgary), John S.
Nicolis (Patras), Stuart M. Shieber (Harvard) (pending acceptance).

CALL FOR PAPERS

The International Program Committee invites communications (long papers:
20 minutes plus 10; short papers: 15 minutes plus 5; demonstrations  and
posters) on basic research and development as  well  as  on  operational
applications of Quantitative Linguistics, including  - but  not  limited
to - the following topics:

A. Methodology
   1. Theory Construction
   2. Measurement, Scaling
   3. Taxonomy, Categorizing
   4. Simulation
   5. Statistics, Probabilistic Modells, Stochastic Processes
   6. Fuzzy Theory: Possibilistic Modells
   7. Language and Grammar Formalisms
   8. Systems Theory: Cybernetics and Information Theory,
      Synergetics, New Connectionism

B. Linguistic Analysis and Modelling
   1. Phonetics
   2. Phonemics
   3. Morphology
   4. Syntax
   5. Semantics
   6. Pragmatics
   7. Lexicology
   8. Dialectology
   9. Typology
  10. Text and Discourse
  11. Semiotics

C. Applications
   1. Speech Recognition and Synthesis
   2. Text Analysis and Generation
   3. Language Acquisition and Teaching
   4. Text Understanding and Knowledge Representation

Authors are asked to submit  extended  abstracts  (1500 words; 4 copies)
of their papers in one of the conference's  working  languages  (German, English) not later than December 31, 1990 to:

QUALICO - The Program Committee
University of Trier
P.O.Box 3825
W-5500 TRIER
Germany

uucp:    qualico@utrurt.uucp
or:      ..!unido!utrurt!qualico
X.400:   qualico@ldv.rz.uni-trier.dbp.de
or:      <c=de;a=dbp;p=uni-trier;ou=rz;ou=ldv;s=qualico>

Notice of acceptance will be given by March 31, 1991; and full  versions
of invited and accepted papers (camera-ready) are due by  June 30,  1991
in order to have the Conference Proceedings be published in time  to  be
available for participants at the beginning of QUALICO. This  'Call  for
Papers' is distributed world-wide in order to reach  researchers  active
in universities and industry.

SOCIAL PROGRAMME

The oldest city in Germany, founded 16 b.C. by  the  Romans  as  Augusta
Treverorum in the Mosel valley is  situated  now  in  the  most  Western
region of Germany near both the French and Luxembourgian border. In  the
center of Europe this ancient city will host the participants of QUALICO
at  the  University  of  Trier,  surrounded  by  the  vineyards  of  the
Mosel-Saar-Ruwer wine district at vintage beginning. The  excursion  day
scheduled  midway  through  the  conference  (September 25,  1991)  will
provide an opportunity to visit points of  historical  interest  in  the
city and its vicinity during a boat-trip on the Mosel river.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Chair: B.B. Rieger, University of Trier
S. Embleton, University of York,
D. Gibbon, University of Bielefeld
R. Grotjahn, University of Bochum
J. Haller, IAI Saarbruecken
P. Hellwig, University of Heidelberg
E. Hopkins, University of Bochum
J. Kindermann, GMD Bonn-St.Augustin
U. Klenk, University of Goettingen
R. Koehler, University of Trier
J.P. Koester, University of Trier
J. Krause, University of Regensburg
W. Lehfeldt, University of Konstanz
W. Lenders, University of Bonn
C. Lischka, GMD Bonn-St.Augustin
W. Matthaeus, University of Bochum
R.G. Piotrowski, University of Leningrad
D. Roesner, FAW Ulm
G. Ruge, Siemens AG, Muenchen
B. Schaeder, University of Siegen
H. Schnelle, University of Bochum
J. Sambor, University of Warsaw

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chair: R. Koehler, University of Trier

CONFERENCE FEES
Early registration (paid before July 31, 1991):
   - regular fee                          DM 300,-
   - Members of supporting organizations  DM 250,-
   - Students (without Proceedings)       DM 150,-

Registration (paid after July 31, 1991):
   - regular fee                          DM 400,-
   - Members of supporting organizations  DM 350,-
   - Students (without Proceedings)       DM 250,-

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| Jan Wender (ian@utrurt, ..!unido!utrurt!ian)                         |
| FB II Linguistische Datenverarbeitung (Computational Linguistics)    |
| Universitaet Trier, West Germany                                     |
|                                           May the farce be with You. |
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