ACL-08:HLT -- call for proposals

ACL 2008: HLT (http://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/acl08/) is soliciting
tutorials on all topics of natural language processing, speech processing
and information retrieval. Especially encouraged are tutorials that educate
the community about advancements in emerging areas not covered by previous
tutorials, as well as tutorials that span multiple areas of human language
processing. More information is available at:
http://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/acl08/cft.html.

Submission Details
1.           A title and brief description of the tutorial content and its
relevance to the ACL community (not more than 2 pages).
2.           A brief outline of the tutorial structure showing that the
tutorial's core content can be covered in a three-hour slot (including a
coffee break). In exceptional cases six-hour tutorial slots are available
as well.
3.           The names, postal addresses, phone numbers, and email
addresses of the tutorial instructors, including a one-paragraph statement
of their research interests and areas of expertise.
4.           A list of previous venues and approximate audience sizes, if
the same or a similar tutorial has been given elsewhere; otherwise an
estimate of the audience size.
5.           A description of special requirements for technical equipment
(e.g., internet access)

Proposals should be submitted by electronic mail, in plain ASCII text no
later than January 4, 2008 to tutorials-acl08-nHFbR+4dATOoZA3Q9b/B0Llo2+AOOWU/@public.gmane.org

The subject line should be: "ACL-08:HLT TUTORIAL PROPOSAL".

Important Dates
             Submission deadline for tutorial proposals: January 4, 2008
             Notification of acceptance: February 4, 2008
             Tutorial descriptions due: February 21, 2008
             Tutorial course material due: May 5, 2008
             Tutorial date: June 15, 2008

Chairs:
             Ani Nenkova (Univ of Pennsylvania, USA) [email protected]

             Marilyn Walker (Univ of Sheffield, UK)
[email protected]
             Eugene Agichtein (Emory University, USA)
eugene-e8LCmkz3ZKC/[email protected]

Please send inquiries concerning ACL-08 tutorials to
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