Subject: Pre-COLING 2002 Seminar - Calls for Papers Call for Papers Seminar on linguistic meaning representation and their applications over the World Wide Web 19 - 21 August, 2002, before COLING 2002 Crown Prince Hotel, Penang, Malaysia The organizing committee wishes to invite submissions to the Seminar on linguistic meaning representation and their applications over the World Wide Web which will be held on 19 - 21 August, 2002, in Penang, Malaysia in conjunction with COLING 2002. The past decade has witnessed an explosion in the availability of information online. Documents on just about every topic are accessible via the Internet. As the amount of information increases, the difficulty in the assimilation and utilization of such a large amount of information becomes more apparent. Given the huge amount of information, the question then arises on how the information may be analyzed and how access to the information can be facilitated. Hence, there is a need to find effective ways to annotate web information to facilitate automatic processing. In this seminar, we encourage papers on either theoretical or applied research which focus on Web information annotation based on the linguistic meaning representations. We also welcome papers on working systems which provide a critical appraisal of their capabilities as well as their limitations. This seminar will consider in particular the usage of linguistic meaning representation in areas such as: 1. Web natural language description annotation 2. Web directory annotation 3. Web graphic object annotation 4. Web sound object annotation 5. Web page annotation In addition to the paper presentations and their discussions, there will also be demonstration sessions and a panel session. The demonstration sessions are opened to anyone who wishes to demonstrate their systems. Presenters however are required to submit a paper describing the current status of their demonstration systems, besides the significant contributions and limitations. These papers will be included in the seminar proceedings. In the panel session we plan to bring together a group of experts working on different type of annotation schemes to compare/integrate various approaches to Web information annotation. For additional information on the seminar, please go to this website which will be updated from time to time: http://utmk.cs.usm.my/sem2002. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline: June 15, 2002 Notification of acceptance for papers: July 1, 2002 Camera ready papers due: July 15, 2002 Seminar date: August 19 - 21, 2002 FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION Submissions must use the ACL latex style or ACL Microsoft Word style, both of which can be found at Latex style sheet (intended for use with the acl.bst BibTeX bibliography style) and MS-Word document template. Paper submissions should consist of a full paper of no more than 8 pages (including references). Questions pertaining to papers submission or conference should be sent to sem2002@cs.usm.my. Submission Procedure: Electronic submission only: send the pdf (preferred), postscript or MS Word form of your submission to: sem2002@cs.usm.my. The Subject line should be "Pre-COLING 2002 Seminar PAPER SUBMISSION". An identification page must be sent together with the paper and must include title, all authors, theme area, keywords, and an abstract of no more than 5 lines. Late submissions will not be accepted. Notification of receipt will be e-mailed to the first author shortly after receipt. Cost: There will be a registration fee of USD50.00 / RM190.00 per person. The registration fee includes opening reception, proceedings, lunches, refreshments in the morning and afternoon coffee breaks and a banquet. A banquet for the participants and guests will be organized on the evening of 20 August 2002 (Tuesday). The Organizing Committee: Prof. Zaharin Yusoff, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia (Chair) Prof. Christian Boitet, Joseph Fourier University, France Mr. Michel Pasquier, French Embassy, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Dr. Tang Enya Kong, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia Dr. Chuah Choy Kim, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia Mr. Tan Ewe Hoe, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia Dr. Lai W. K., Mimos, Malaysia