PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT: COLING 2004

     The 20th International Conference on Computational Linguistics

        University of Geneva, Switzerland -- August 23-27, 2004

We are pleased to announce that COLING 2004 will take place at the 
University of Geneva, Switzerland, on August 23-27, 2004 (main 
conference dates), together with satellite events before and after the 
main conference. Information about submission, registration and venue 
will be posted in due time at the URL below. The head of the program 
committee for COLING 2004 is Prof. Sergei Nirenburg (University of 
Maryland Baltimore County), and the head of the organizing committee is 
Prof. Margaret King (University of Geneva).

Important dates
* deadline for submission of papers: March 26, 2004
* notification of acceptance: May 14, 2004
* deadline for workshop and tutorial proposals: December 15, 2003
* workshop and tutorial notification: January 16, 2004

URL for local organization
* http://www.issco.unige.ch/coling2004/