cfp nlp + ia ' 98 / taln ' 98 moncton , canada * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * call for papers & exhibits * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = appel aux communications & expositions = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = international conference on natural language processing and industrial applications nlp + ia 98 > > > special accent on computer assisted language learning < < < conference internationale sur le traitement automatique des langues et ses applications industrielles tal + ai 98 > > > attention speciale portee a l ' enseignement de la langue < < < august / aout 18 - 21 , 1998 moncton , new - brunswick , canada come to canada this summer . . . iwnlg august 5 - 7 in niagara - on-the - lake coling - acl & workshops august 10-16 in montreal nlp + ia / call august 18-21 in moncton topics of interest : the nlp study group ( gretal ) at l ' universite de moncton is organizing its second international conference on nlp and industrial applications . this year a special attention is given to computer assisted language learning & teaching . papers are invited on all aspects of natural language processing , including , but not limited to , * computer assisted language learning & teaching , * natural language understanding and generation of textual , spoken and hand-written language , * natural language interfaces to databases , expert systems , or industrial applications * machine translation , computer aided translation , translation aids , * syntax , semantics , pragmatics , lexicon , morphology , * dictionaries , corpora , & other language resources * multimodality * multilinguality * nlp industrial applications * papers of every kind that can help bridge the gap between the theory and practice of nlp in general and language learning in particular . language : authors are invited to submit preliminary versions of their papers not exceeding 400 words ( exclusive of references ) either in english or in french , the two official languages of the conference . proceedings would be published in the language of the submitted texts . final versions would be around 7 - 8 pages . submission : 1 ) the first page should be an identification page containing the title , the authors ' names , affiliations , addresses , a five ( 5 ) keyword list specifying the subject area , a five ( 5 ) line summary , and the name and address of the contact person . title / titre : authors info / auteurs et infos : keywords / mots clefs : summary / resume : contact person / personne contact : 2 ) abstracts should not exceed 400 words in length excluding references ( 12 pt , times roman , 1 inch margins ( 2 , 5 cm ) all around ; if using a4 please keep text within 19cm x 25 , 5 cm ) . 3 ) the identification page and the abstract should be submitted in 4 hard copies ( 12 pt , times roman , 1 inch margins ( 2 , 5 cm ) all around ; if using a4 please keep text within 16 , 5 cm x 23 cm ) to : nlp + ia 98 / tal + ai 98 pr . chadia moghrabi geta , clips , imag 385 rue de la bibliotheque bp 53 x 38041 grenoble cedex 9 france phone : + 33 4 76 51 4369 fax : + 33 4 76 51 4405 e - mail : nlp + ia-98 @ imag . fr 4 ) the identification page should also be e-mailed in plain text . refereeing : all submissions shall be refereed by three members of the program committee . international program committee : anne de roeck ( essex , uk ) arnold smith ( nrc , canada ) chadia moghrabi ( moncton , canada ) christian boitet ( geta , grenoble , france ) chrysanne dimarco ( logos , waterloo , canada ) eric wehrli ( geneva , switzerland ) eva hajicova ( charles u . , prague ) genvieve caelen - haumont ( geod , grenoble , france ) graeme hirst ( toronto , canada ) harry bunt ( tilburg , netherlands ) henry hamburger ( george mason , usa ) howard hamilton ( regina , canada ) jean - pierre chanod ( xerox , france ) johanna moore ( pennsylvania , usa ) john hutchins ( east anglia , uk ) john tait ( sunderland , uk ) junichi tsujii ( umist & tokyo , japan ) kathleen mccoy ( delaware , usa ) margaret king ( issco , switzerland ) manfred stede ( tu - berlin , germany ) marcel cori ( paris-7 , france ) mark seligman ( geta-clips & red pepper , usa ) michael levison ( queens , canada ) nocoletta calzolari ( pisa , italy ) pierre isabelle ( rali , montreal , canada ) pierrette bouillon ( geneva , switzerland ) paul tarau ( moncton , canada ) remi chadel ( inxight , xerox , france ) roberto basili ( roma , italy ) ruddy lelouche ( laval , canada ) susan armstrong ( issco , geneva , switzerland ) thierry chanier ( franche - comte , france ) thierry van steenberghe ( louvain - la - neuve , belgium ) veronica dahl ( simon fraser , canada ) yael ravin ( ibm , usa ) yorick wilks ( sheffield , uk ) schedule : submissions are due on april 28th 1998 . notification of receipt will be mailed to the contact person soon after receipt . authors will be notified of acceptance by 15 june 1998 . camera - ready copies of final full papers must be received by the 1st of august 1998 along with registration fees . participants are also requested to indicate their intention to participate in the conference as soon as possible to the same e-mail address with the single word intention in the subject line . exhibits : anyone wishing to arrange an exhibit or present a demonstration should send a brief electronic description along with a specification of physical requirements ( table size , power , telephone connections , number of chairs , etc . ) to the same address with the single word exhibit in the subject line . other activities : accompanying persons can enjoy the lovely outdoor living in new - brunswick and visit the highest tides in the world . moncton is only 20km away from the sandy beaches of shediac , la capitale mondiale du homard . conference organization : the conference is organized by gretal , groupe d ' etude sur le traitement automatique des langues at the universite ' de moncton in cooperation with geta-clips at l ' universite ' joseph fourier in grenoble . the members of the organizing committee are : chadia moghrabi , professor of computer science , conference chair jalal almhana , director & professor of computer science julien chiasson , professor of computer science sadek eid , professor of industrial engineering , director manufacturing technology centre boubaker meddeb - hamrouni , researcher geta & winsoft paul tarau , professor of computer science