@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ CALL FOR PROPOSALS InSTIL/ICALL Symposium 2004 NLP and Speech Technologies in Advanced Language Learning Systems 17-19 June 2004 Venice, Italy Auditorium Santa Margherita Symposium website: http://project.cgm.unive.it @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ The InSTIL SIG is delighted to announce our next symposium to be held in Venice on June 17-19, 2004. LOCATION Auditorium Santa Margherita, Universit=E0 Ca=92 Foscari - Venezia IMPORTANT DATES - Workshop CFP Distribution Deadline: Nov 10, 2003 - Workshop Paper Submission Suggested Deadline: Feb 21, 2004 - Acceptance Notification : April 21, 2004 - Camera Ready papers: May 21, 2004 - Workshop dates: June 17-19, 2004 GOALS AND SCOPE The scope of this workshop is to join together people working in the two neighbouring and often overlapping fields of Natural Language and Speech Technologies research oriented towards Language Learning and Tutoring. Thanks to latest remarkable advances in NLP research, there has been an increasing interest among researchers in the implementation of NLP-based educational applications for both large-scale assessment and classroom instruction. Educational applications have been developed across a variety of subject domains, among others, in automated evaluation of free-responses and intelligent tutoring. We feel that research in Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, Corpus-Driven and Corpus Linguistics, Formal Linguistics, Machine Aided Translation, Machine Translation, Natural Language Interfaces, Natural Language Processing, Theoretical Linguistics has produced results which have proven, are proving and will prove very useful in the field of Computer-Assisted Language Learning. Research areas may concern Second language oriented research but also First Language learning in presence of language deficiencies deafness, dislexia - and sign language. In more general terms, we are targeting intelligent tutoring systems that incorporate state-of-the-art NLP methods to evaluate response content, using either text- or speech-based analyses. The three-day Symposium is supported by the InSTIL SIG three parent associations, CALICO, EUROCALL and ISCA (International Speech Communication Association) and . It builds on the excellence and excitement of the ISCA workshop STiLL 98 , held in Marholmen, Sweden and on InSTIL events since (2000 and 2002). Sub-themes: In the selection process, preference will be given to submissions for Papers, Show & Tell Demonstrations and Posters (please specify) related to at least one of the following areas: 1. Language Processing for CALL NLP for Language Tutoring Systems Automatic Summary/Essay/Precis Evaluation Tools Innovative text analysis for evaluation of student writing Grammar Checkers for Language Learning Natural Language Generation for Collaborative Interfaces Machine Translation and Machine Aided Translation Tools for Language Learning Corpus-Based NLP Tools for Language Learning Text Understanding Systems for Language Learning Question-Answering and Dialogue Systems for Language Learning Evaluation of NLP-based tools for education Use of student linguistic databases (text or speech) for tool building 2. Speech Processing for CALL CALL Tools for learning/teaching pronunciation CALL Tools for learning/teaching phonetics and phonology CALL Applications using Speech Recognition as learning aid CALL Applications using Speech Synthesis as learning aid Multimodal CALL System using Speech or Voice Recognition CALL Applications with graphic display of pronunciation features CALL tools Speech Analysis CALL tools networks for Speech Storage/Databases/Archives Multimodal CALL System using voice triggered operations and learning Multimodal CALL System using networks for semi-intelligent interactions involving knowledge bases accessed through voice Multimodal CALL System using visual display of phonemic symbols from voice input CALL tools for corrective phonology/phonetics CALL tools to help with Speech and Hearing Disorders PROGRAMME The Scientific Programme will include invited speakers, oral presentations, poster presentations, referenced demonstrations and panels. There is no difference in quality between oral presentations and poster presentations. Only the appropriateness of the type of communication to the content of the paper will be considered. All papers will be blind refereed by two members of the Scientific Committee. The information on paper submission will soon appear on the website and on the InSTIL site at Paper length will be up to 8 A4 pages for keynote speakers and 4 A4 pages both for oral and poster presentations. All accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings. All submissions will be acknowledged by e-mail, numbered sequentially and sent to the Chair of the Scientific Committee, Philippe Delcloque for distribution to the Scientific Panel. The Scientific Panel includes the following names: Reiko Akahane-Yamada Jared Bernstein Ron Cole Piero Cosi Peter Roach Bjorn Granstrom Catia Cucchiarini Helmer Strik Masatake Dantsuji Philippe Delcloque Rodolfo Delmonte (Chair of Panel and co-organiser of Symposium) Kathleen Egan Maxine Eskenazi Aline Germain Bjorn Granstrom Marie Jo Hamel Valerie Hazan Trude Heift Melissa Holland Eric Keller Ton Koet Steve La Rocca Philippe Martin Dominic Massaro Blaise N=92Kwenti-Azeh Patti Price Mat Schulze Yorick Wilks Brigitte Zellner-Keller Submissions will be refereed on a double blind basis using a criterion-referencing system, details of which can be found at the conference website: and All applicants will be notified of the Panel's decision by 15 April 2000. The symposium, which will also include several free hands-on workshops and a separate one-day training event, will be open to presenters as well as parties simply interested in the field. The Organisation Committee: Rodolfo Delmonte, Antonella Bristot, Sara Tonelli, Rachele de Nicola, Ciprian Bacalu, Luminita Chiran. We look forward to giving you all a warm Venetian welcome. CONFERENCE REGISTRATION You are kindly requested to bring a copy of the form together with a copy of the bank transfer documents to the conference secretariat at your arrival in case you would like to pay in advance. Otherwise, it is recommended that you pay cash on site at your arrival at the Registration Desk directly in the Auditorium. No Credit-Card payment will be available, sorry. The conference registration fee includes: conference fee, conference package, 5 coffee breaks, and Proceedings. Normal Fee $ 300 Euro 300 Student Fee $ 100 Euro 100 Industrial Session Fee $ 500 Euro 500 Please pay the conference fee to the: Dipartimento di Scienze del Linguaggio on the c/c n. 221528 at the Banca Intesa B.C.I. ABI 3069 CAB 2010 SWIFT BCITIT22221 with the subject "Quota di iscrizione INSTIL/ICALL" and your name.