CALL FOR PAPERS

                                  FSMNLP'98
                           International Workshop
                                     on
                             FINITE STATE METHODS
                                     IN
                         NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING

                           June 29 - July 1, 1998
                     Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

                                sponsored by
EACL - European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics,
TUBITAK- Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council(*)
NATO Science for Stability Program TU-LANGUAGE Project

SCOPE: Original papers in the theory and applications of finite state
techniques in all aspects of natural language processing including,
but not limited to: speech, phonology, morphology, tagging, parsing,
information retrieval, and discourse, are sought.

A journal special issue based on papers selected from 
accepted submissions is being planned. 

(*) to be confirmed
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PROGRAMME AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

   * Lauri Karttunen (Xerox Research Centre Europe,  France, Co-Chair)
   * Kemal Oflazer (Bilkent University, Turkey, Co-Chair)

   * Kenneth R. Beesley (Xerox Research Centre Europe,  France)
   * Eric Brill  (Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA)
   * Eva Ejerhed (Umea University, Sweden)
   * Jerry Hobbs (SRI International, CA, USA)
   * Ronald M. Kaplan (Xerox  Palo Alto Research Center, CA, USA)
   * Martin Kay (Xerox  Palo Alto Research Center, CA, USA)
   * George Kiraz (Bell Laboratories, NJ, USA)
   * Andras Kornai (BBN, MA, USA)
   * Kimmo Koskenniemi (University of Helsinki, Finland)
   * Tomasz Kowaltowski  (University of  Campinas, Brazil)
   * Claudio Leonardo Lucchesi ( University of  Campinas, Brazil)
   * Mehryar Mohri (ATT Labs Research, NJ, USA)
   * Mark-Jan Nederhof (University of Groningen,The Netherlands)
   * Richard Sproat (Bell Laboratories, NJ, USA)
   * Emmanuel Roche (Teragram Corp.,  MA, USA)
   * Yves Schabes (Teragram Corp.,  MA, USA)
   * Gertran Van Noord (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
   * Atro Voutilainen (University of Helsinki, Finland)



 IMPORTANT DATES

 JAN.16,1998  SUBMISSIONS DUE
 Mar.16,1998  Authors Notified
 Apr.17,1998  Camera Ready Copies Due

 JUNE 29   -  JULY 1  WORKSHOP


SUBMISSIONS

Electronic submissions are encouraged.  Please limit full paper
submissions to 12, and extended abstracts to 8, single column, single
spaced pages. Please submit postscript files by e-mail to

        fsmnlp98@cs.bilkent.edu.tr

with the subject line containing the first few words of the paper
title. We ask that you send postscript files a few days in advance so
that if there are any printing problems, you may have time to submit a
hard copy version.  If you prefer hard copy submissions, please send 4
copies of your manuscript

FSMNLP'98 Workshop
Department of Computer Eng. 
Bilkent University
Bilkent, ANKARA, TR-06533,TURKEY

In either case, please send a separate e-mail message to
fsmnlp98@cs.bilkent.edu.tr containing the title, abstract, keywords
for the paper and the relevant contact information, with a subject
line similar to above.

OTHER ACTIVITIES                     
                                      
The workshop will be held just after the 7th Turkish Symposium on
Artificial Intelligence that will also be held at Bilkent University
on June 24-26 1998.

If there is sufficient interest, sightseeing trips to the Museum of
Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara, to the Cappadocia Region known
worldwide for its lunar landscape, fairy chimneys, underground cities,
and mystical valleys will be organized during the weekend between the
Symposium and the Workshop.

ACCOMMODATIONS 

Bilkent University campus has a 4* hotel on the premises.  In
addition, a number of free lodging facilities in the University
dormitories will be provided on site for conference participants.
Numerous hotels in downtown Ankara are also available.


FURTHER INFORMATION
Information about the  workshop will be available at

http://www.nlp.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/fsmnlp98/ 

and will be updated  regularly.