FIRST CALL FOR WORKSHOPS

The Program Committee of the 18th Nordic Conference of Computational Linguistics (NODALIDA 2011) invites proposals for well-focused workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference in Riga, Latvia. We solicit proposals on any topic of relevance for language technology, including both text and speech processing. The workshops will be held on Wednesday 11 of May, the day before the main conference.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Proposals should be submitted in plain text to nodalida2011 at lumii.lv no later than December 17. The subject line should be NODALIDA 2011 WORKSHOP PROPOSAL. There is no special form, but the proposal should contain information about the following aspects of the proposed workshop:

  • Title: Title of the workshop.
  • Organizers: Name, affiliation, e-mail address and brief biographical information about the workshop organizers.
  • Topic/Purpose: What is the main topic of the workshop? What purpose is it going to achieve?
  • Organization: How is the workshop going to be organized? Will there be an open call for papers or other contributions? Would you suggest a half or a full workshop day?
  • Target groups: Who are the expected workshop participants?

MORE INFORMATION

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

  • Bolette Sandford Pedersen (Program Chair), University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Kristiina Jokinen, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • Jussi Karlgren, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden
  • Ruta Marcinkeviciene, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
  • Meelis Mihkla, Institute of the Estonian Language, Estonia
  • Costanza Navarretta, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Anders Nøklestad, University of Oslo, Norway
  • Eirikur Rögnvaldsson, University of Iceland, Iceland

LOCAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE

  • Inguna Skadiņa (Local Chair), Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia
  • Rihards Balodis, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia
  • Gunta Nešpore, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia
  • Gunta Plataiskalna, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia
  • Ilmārs Poikāns, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia
  • Baiba Saulīte, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia
  • Andrejs Spektors, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia