Workshop on Logic and Algorithms in Computational Linguistics 2017 (LACompLing2017)

Stockholm, August 16–19, 2017
Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University

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LACompLing2017 is a part of a series of events Logic in Stockholm 2017:
https://www.math-stockholm.se/en/konferenser-och-akti/logic-in-stockholm-2

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:

Important Dates

Submission deadline for regular papers: May 10   June 9, 2017 (AoE)
Notification of paper acceptance: May 31   June 15, 2017
Deadline for abstracts of short presentations:     June 4     June 9, 2017
Notifications for short presentations: June 12   June 15, 2017
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

The submissions are via the EasyChair management system of LACompLing2017:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lacompling2017

Publications

Registration

For participants who have a presentation at LACompLing2017, the registration deadline is: The registration fee for LACompLing2017 is: 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: 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