P R O P O R ' 2 0 0 3

 6th Workshop on Computational Processing of the Portuguese Language -
 Written and Spoken

 Universidade do Algarve-FCHS, Faro, Portugal
 June 26-27, 2003
 http://www.ualg.pt/propor

 Call for Papers

 We cordially invite you to participate in the 6th PROPOR - Workshop on
 Computational Processing of the Portuguese Language - Written and
 Spoken, to be held in the University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal,
 June 26-27, 2003.

 This PROPOR Workshop follows previous workshops held in 1993 (Evora,
 Portugal), 1996 (Curitiba, Brazil), 1998 (Porto Alegre, Brazil), 1999
 (Evora, Portugal) and 2000 (Atibaia-SP, Brazil).

 This edition will have as satellite-workshop the AVALON ' 2003 -
 Workshop for Evaluation Campaigns for Portuguese, also to be held in
 the University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal, June 28, 2003.

 Scope of the Workshop

 We invite the scientific community to submit original and unpublished
 research on aspects of Computational Processing of Portuguese,
 including, but not limited to:

   Linguistic, mathematical and psychological models of language
   Pragmatics, discourse, semantics, syntax and the lexicon
   Phonetics, phonology and morphology
   Terminology
   Understanding and generating spoken and written language
   Summarization and information extraction
   Natural language interfaces and dialogue systems
   Machine learning for natural language
   Speech production and perception
   Speech analysis, processing and feature estimation
   Speaker authentication
   Speech coding and transmission
   Multi-lingual processing, machine translation and translation aids
   Tools and resources
   Evaluation
   Applications
   Education


 We invite the scientific community to submit papers reporting original
 and completed, rather than intended work on all fields of
 Computational Processing of Portuguese. Wherever appropriate,
 concrete evaluation results should be included. Preference will be
 given to papers that may contribute in a significant way to the
 development of the domain. Further details can be found on the
 Workshop web-site.

 We also invite people and institutions of NLP industries to
 participate in the Workshop and to benefit from this forum where the
 most recent applications can be presented.

 Important Dates

 February 3, 2003 - Papers' submission
 March 3, 2003     - Notification of accepted papers
 March 31, 2003    - Submission of final (camera-ready) version of the
 papers
 June 26, 2003      - The Workshop begins

 Organization
 Universidade do Algarve
 Faculdade de Ciencias Humanas e Sociais

 Chair: Jorge Baptista (UALG-FCHS/LabEL, Portugal)
 Co-Chair: Isabel Trancoso (L2F/INESC-ID, Portugal)
 Co-Chair  (and Latin-American Liaison): Maria das Graças Volpe Nunes
 (USP/NILC, Brasil)

 Secretariat: Susana Mendonça (UALG, Portugal)
 Publications Chair: Nuno Mamede (L2F/INESC-ID, Portugal)

 Jorge Baptista, Isabel Trancoso e Maria das Graças Volpe Nunes