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        Workshop on International Proofing Tools and Language Technologies

                           1st Call for Papers

 
 Workshop Motivation

 Recent years have seen major breakthroughs in natural language processing
 (NLP) technology based on the development of powerful new techniques that
 combine linguistic information and statistical methods. A critical element
 that is still lacking, however, is the availability of NLP technology to
 end users as a default service of any system independently of working
 environments and application platforms. Despite the heavy usage of some
 Proofing Tools in specific tasks and environments there are still areas of
 computing systems that lack any service provided by such tools. In this
 respect the workshop on Proofing Tools and Language Technologies aims at
 sheding light on the availability and services of such tools as well as
 setting the grounds for their extension to other areas of computer
 technology.


 Workshop Objectives

 The purpose of the workshop is to bring together researchers, engineers
 and vendors interested in the advances and real-life applications of
 various Proofing Tools incorporated in their information systems. The
 workshop will cover different aspects of Information Systems Applications,
 including Database Technology, Natural Language Processing Modules,
 Systems Integration, Desktop Applications, Information Systems
 Specification and Services Improvement for sustainable development.

 The workshop focuses on real world applications; therefore contributors
 should highlight the benefits of Proofing Tools, Language Technologies and
 NLP applications for industrial purposes, suggesting alternatives on how
 to solve Informantion Systems' problems and improve their performance.
 Papers describing advanced approaches towards Proofing Tools design and
 implelementation and survey papers indicating future directions in the
 area of Information Systems' Applications are strongly encouraged. Papers
 describing original work or new approaches in any of the areas listed
 below are encouraged.

 Accepted papers, presented at the event will be published in the
 Proceedings of the Workshop, which will be published after the event and
 made available via the workshop's web site. Both full research reports and
 work-in-progress reports are welcome. A special session dedicated to
 demonstrations as well as a turorial dedicated to technical and scientific
 topics are also envisaged. Industrial and private sector vendors
 interested in demonstrating their products as well as their methodologies
 for Proofing Tools and applications development are invited to submit a
 short paper indicating the main points of their demos.

 Topics of Interest

 We invite submission of papers on topics relevant to Information Systems'
 Applications, Proofing Tools Development and Language Technologies,
 including but not limited to:

 -Proofing Tools Specifications with emphasis on linguistic issues

 -Language Technologies and multilingualism

 -Bussines competitiveness and NLP services improvement for meeting end
  users and developers requirements

 -Language-specific tools

 -Lexical resources and standardization patterns

 -Evaluation measures

 -Security mechanisms

 -Difficulties encountered while developing Proofing Tools

 -Databases and Information Systems Integration

 -Futute advances and perspectives in Poofing Tools development and how
  these affect language processing modules

 -Proofing Tools integration platforms

 Papers may address one or more of the listed topics, although
 contributions are not limited by them and can also discuss relevant topics
 that fit in one or more of the main topic areas.


 Important Dates

 Deadline for woskhop abstract submission: 30 August 2003

 Notification of acceptance: 15 September 2003

 Final version of full/short papers and demos for workshop proceedings: 20
 October 2003

 Submissions

 Papers should describe existing work and research connected to the topics
 of the workshop. The presentation at the workshop will be 20 minutes long
 (15 minutesd presentation and 5 minutes discussion). Each submission
 should include: tittle, author(s), affiliation, and contact author's
 e-mail address, postal address, phone and fax numbers. Extended abstracts
 (maximum 1,500 words), plain-text format should be sent to:
 aggeliki@ceid.upatras.gr

 The final version of the accepted submissions should be no longer that 10
 A4 pages. Instructions on the format and presentation of the final version
 will be sent to authors upon notification of acceptance.


 Submissions of tutorials.

 Anyone interested in organizing a tutorial should submit a proposal to the
 Wokshop secretary (aggeliki@ceid.upatras.gr) before 20 September 2003 by
 -e-mail. Proposals should specify the topic and scope of the tutorial, the
 background knowledge of the participants as well as a short CV of the
 instructor(s).

 Workshop location: Athens, Greece (the venue will be announced soon).

 Workshop dates: 23-24 October 2003 (TBC)

 Program Committee

 Dimitris Christodoulakis, Greece (chair)
 Athanassios Skodras, Greece
 Frederique Segond, France
 Manolis Tzagarakis, Greece
 Goran Nenadic, UK