2nd Call for Papers - INAP2001

Workshop on Logic Programming for Natural Language Processing
20-22 October 2001
University of Tokyo (Sanjo Conference Hall)
Tokyo, Japan

Purpose

We are going to organize a Workshop on Logic Programming for Natural Language Processing at the INAP2001 conference that will be held at the University of Tokyo from 20-22 October 2001. The workshop intends to bring researchers and practitioners in the fields of logic programming (LP) and natural language processing (NLP) together. LP and NLP stand in a natural alliance and can complement each other in a fruitful way as the research of the last two decades has proven. Logic builds the natural basis for natural language semantics and using LP for implementing natural language systems throughout reduces the need for complex interfaces between syntax, semantics and other knowledge sources. On the other hand unification-based linguistic theories (e.g. HPSG, LFG, GPSG) inspired the development of elegant LP formalisms.

The goal of the workshop is to review and assess which LP techniques and linguistic theories found their way into practical NLP applications and which techniques and theories have a potential to be used in the near future. We invite the submissions of papers on research on all aspects of logic programming for natural language processing. Authors are especially encouraged to submit papers that have a potential impact on practical real world applications. We invite people from both industry and academia working on logic-based NLP applications to send us their submissions and offer an opportunity to discuss and demonstrate their latest ideas on NLP applications of logic programming in front of an avid audience.

Specific topic areas relevant to the workshop include, but are not limited to:


Workshop Organizers

Akira Ishikawa, Sophia University, Tokyo (ishikawa@sophia.ac.jp)
Rolf Schwitter, Macquarie University, Sydney (schwitt@ics.mq.edu.au.)
 

Submission Format

Submissions should not exceed 10 pages and have to be prepared according to the format rules of the INAP2001 conference. Since it is planned to publish a post-conference book/proceedings in the Springer Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence LNCS/LNAI series you should use the LNCS formatting guidelines to prepare your submission (and to reduce downstream work later). We only accept electronic submissions of PDF or PostScript files. If we cannot print your file by the submission date it will be rejected without being reviewed. Therefore you are encouraged to send an early version with the typographical complexity of your final intended version so that we can check it is printable. Electronic submissions should be sent to schwitt@ics.mq.edu.au.
 

Extended Deadlines

Electronic submissions must be received by Friday 27th July 2001. Notification of receipt will be mailed to the first author (or designated author) soon after receipt. Authors will be notified of acceptance by Friday 17th August 2001. Camera-ready copies of the final version must be received by Friday 31st August 2001.

Enquiries about this page should be mailed to schwitt@ics.mq.edu.au.
Last updated 21st August 2001.