Description
Computational linguistics studies natural language in its various manifestations from a computational point of view, both on the theoretical level (modeling grammar modules dealing with natural language form and meaning, and the relation between these two) and on the practical level (developing applications for language and speech technology). Right from the start in the 1950ties, there have been strong links with computer science, logic, and many areas of mathematics - one can think of Chomsky's contributions to the theory of formal languages and automata, or Lambek's logical modeling of natural language syntax. The workshop assesses the place of logic, mathematics, and computer science in present day computational linguistics. It intends to be a forum for presenting new results as well as work in progress.
Scope
The workshop focuses mainly on logical approaches to computational processing of natural language, and on the applicability of methods and techniques from the study of artificial languages (programming/logic) in computational linguistics. We invite participation and submissions from other relevant approaches too, especially if they can inspire new work and approaches.
The topics of LACompLing2017 include, but are not limited to:
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Computational theories of human language
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Computational syntax
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Computational semantics
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Computational syntax-semantics interface
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Interfaces between morphology, lexicon, syntax, semantics, speech, text, pragmatics
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Computational grammar
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Logic and reasoning systems for linguistics
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Type theories for linguistics
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Models of computation and algorithms for linguistics
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Language processing
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Parsing algorithms
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Generation of language from semantic representations
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Large-scale grammars of natural languages
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Multilingual processing
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Data science in language processing
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Machine learning of language
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Interdisciplinary methods
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Integration of formal, computational, model theoretic, graphical, diagrammatic, statistical, and other related methods
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Logic for information extraction or expression in written and spoken language
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Language theories based on biological fundamentals of information and languages
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Computational neuroscience of language
Important Dates
| Submission deadline for regular papers: |
May 10 June 9, 2017 (AoE)
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| Notification of paper acceptance: |
May 31 June 15, 2017
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| Deadline for abstracts of short presentations: |
June 4 June 9, 2017
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| Notifications for short presentations: |
June 12 June 15, 2017
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| Deadline for final submissions: |
June 25, 2017 |
| Workshop LACompLing2017: |
August 16–19, 2017 |
Note: The deadlines have been extended due to requests. Submissions within the previous deadlines will receive their notifications within the corresponding dates.
Submission Instructions
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Regular papers: between 10-15 pages, including figures and references, by using LaTeX, with
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
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Abstracts of short presentations: not more than 1 page, by using LaTeX, with
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
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We invite original papers that are not submitted concurrently to another conference or for publication elsewhere
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The submissions of proposed papers and abstracts of short presentations have to be in pdf
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The camera-ready submissions require the pdf of the papers and their LaTeX sources
The submissions are via the EasyChair management system of LACompLing2017:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lacompling2017
Publications
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The proceedings of the workshop on Logic and Algorithms in Computational Linguistics 2017 (LACompLing2017) will be published digitally by the DiVA system of Stockholm University:
http://su.diva-portal.org
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Improved and extended versions of selected papers, which have been presented at the workshop LACompLing2017, will be published by the Journal of Logic, Language and Information, JoLLI, after the workshop.
Registration
For participants who have a presentation at LACompLing2017, the registration deadline is:
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June 20, 2017 23:59 CEST (Swedish Time)
The registration fee for LACompLing2017 is:
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Early registration (until June 20, 2017): 200 SEK
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Late registration (until August 8, 2017): 200 SEK
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On site registration 400 SEK
The registration for all events at Logic in Stockholm 2017 is at:
https://www.math-stockholm.se/en/konferenser-och-akti/logic-in-stockholm-2/logic-in-stockholm-2017-august-7-25-1.718739
To register for LACompLing2017, you need to go through all pages of the registration form, for all events, and fill up relevant information.
Everybody who registers for LACompLing2017 is warmly welcome.
Invited Speakers
Chris Barker, New York University, New York, USA
Wojciech Buszkowski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
Lucas Champollion, New York University, USA
Robin Cooper, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Ann Copestake, University of Cambridge, UK
Henriette de Swart, Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS - Language, logic and information, The Netherlands
Fredrik Engström, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Gintare Grigonyte, Stockholm University, Sweden
Lars Hellan, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Valia Kordoni, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
Nikola Kompa, University of Osnabrück, Germany
Staffan Larsson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Louise McNally, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Richard Moot, CNRS, France
Glyn Morrill, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Joakim Nivre, Uppsala University, Sweden
Rainer Osswald, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
Peter Pagin, Stockholm University, Sweden
Gerald Penn, University of Toronto, Canada
Sam Sanders, Ludwig-Maximilian-University of Munich, Germany
Mila Vulchanova, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Markus Werning, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
all giving fascinating talks
Well, human language is fascinating, and such is computational linguistics.
Organizers
Krasimir Angelov, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Valeria de Paiva, Nuance Communications, USA
Kristina Liefke, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Roussanka Loukanova, Stockholm University, Sweden (chair)
Michael Moortgat, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Reinhard Muskens, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Local Organization
Roussanka Loukanova, Stockholm University, Sweden (chair)
Dilian Gurov, KTH, Sweden
Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine, Stockholm University, Sweden
Johan Lindberg, Stockholm University, Sweden
Venue
LACompLing2017,
August 16–19, 09:00–19:00, 2017
Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University
classroom 22, house 5, Kräftriket, Stockholm
Practical Information
Lunch locations at Kräftriket, during LACompLing2017:
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Café Matte
Cheap main meals, soups, sandwiches
Opening hours: 10:00–16:30, 16–18 Aug
Provides lunch on 19 Aug
Address: Kräftriket, house 5A
Note: Cash only
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Värdshuset Kräftan
A lunch buffet is served each day for 110 kr. Still water, coffee, and cookies are included in the price.
Opening hours: Lunch served 11:30–14:00
Address: Kräftriket 9
Transport, food, maps, including for Kräftriket, the location of LACompLing2017:
Accommodation
Information about accommodation can be found on the pages of Logic in Stockholm 2017 under General Information / Local Information:
https://www.math-stockholm.se/en/konferenser-och-akti/logic-in-stockholm-2/logic-in-stockholm-2/logic-in-stockholm-2017-august-7-25-1.717575
Contact
Roussanka Loukanova (rloukanova@gmail.com)
Valeria de Paiva (valeria.depaiva@gmail.com)
The photos are courtesy of the Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University
Last modified: Tue Sep 12 14:34:56 CEST 2017
