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From: Robert Dale <rda@cogsci.edinburgh.ac.uk>
To: mod-ki@unido.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
Date: 9 Aug 91 19:52 
Subject: <mod-ki 0757> International NLG Workshop 1992 (revised call)
Keywords: Workshops, Natural Language

mod-ki message 0757
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                            Call for Papers

    The Sixth International Workshop on Natural Language Generation
	         Castel Ivano, Trento, Italy, 5th--7th April 1992

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PURPOSE AND SCOPE:  

Following on from the five previous International Workshops  on  Natural
Language Generation, this workshop aims to bring together researchers in
a rapidly consolidating field.  We  intend  to  structure  the  workshop
around a number of emerging topic areas:

Multi-modality: the practical  and  theoretical  issues  underlying  the
   development of systems that integrate language generation with  other
   media (such as graphics, maps, and forms).

The representation and  use  of  syntactic  knowledge:  we  particularly 
   welcome papers which attempt to bridge the gap between earlier phrase
   structure grammar based approaches, systemic  approaches,  and  newer
   constraint-based approaches, and discussions of how these  approaches
   address the motivation of	syntactic choice.

Approaches to  text  planning:  a  number  of  approaches  to  discourse 
 	structure (such as RST,  DRT  and  schemas)  have  relevance  to  text
   planning.  What  are  their  respective  strengths  and,  especially,
   weaknesses? In what areas do we need additional theories?

Applications of NLG: the use of language generation techniques  in,  for
   example, expert system  explanation,  machine  translation,  dialogue
   systems,  and  report  generation;  their   implications   for   more
   theoretical issues.

Multi-linguality: the effects upon system  architecture  and  underlying
   representation of building systems which generate text in  more  than
   one language. To what extent is it possible  to  build  plug-and-play
   realization components for different languages for use  with  generic
   text planners?

SUBMISSIONS:
Contributors interested in participating in this workshop are  initially
requested to submit A PAPER  OF  10 PAGES  in  length.  Papers  will  be
reviewed by an international programme committee. Accepted  papers  will
be returned for polishing and revision into full  length  papers  before
inclusion into the workshop proceedings, which will be  published  as  a
book. The cover page of the draft paper should include  the  title,  the
name(s) of the author(s), complete addresses  (including  email  address
and  fax  number  if  available),  a  short  (10 line)  summary,  and  a
specification of the topic area. Send to:

   Mail: Robert Dale
         Centre for Cognitive Science, University of Edinburgh
         2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, Scotland

   Tel:	(+44) 31 650 4416 
   Fax:	(+44) 31 662 4912 
   Email:	R.Dale@uk.ac.ed

SCHEDULE: 
Submissions are due at the above address NO LATER THAN 4TH NOVEMBER 1991
, either by paper mail, email (in LaTeX form), or fax; notifications  of
acceptance should be received  by  authors  BY 6TH JANUARY 1992;  camera
ready  versions  of  the  final  papers  are  due  17TH  FEBRUARY  1992.
Approximately  15 papers  will  be  accepted  for  presentation  at  the
workshop and subsequent inclusion in the book. 

Note the change of  submission  date  and  change  in  length  of  paper
required.

WORKSHOP INFORMATION:
Attendance at the workshop will be  limited  to  around  50 people.  The
workshop has been timed  to  follow  the  Third  Conference  on  Applied
Natural Language Processing, being held in Trento, Italy  from  1st--3rd
April 1991. Details of this conference can  be  obtained  from  Oliviero
Stock, IRST, 38050 Povo (Trento), Italy;  Tel:  (+39) 461 81444,  email:
stock@irst.it

The cost of the workshop, including accommodation and meals, is expected
to be in the region of  $300  per  person.  Financial  support  for  the
workshop is being sought. The workshop is  co-sponsored  by  the  Esprit
Basic Research Actions and the Special Interest Group on  Generation  of
the Association for Computational Linguistics.

Organising Committee:
Robert Dale, Eduard Hovy, Dietmar Rosner and Oliviero Stock.
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