LACompLing2021 is part of the week Mathematical Linguistics (MALIN) 2021, Université de Montpellier, LIRMM, CNRS, Montpellier, France, 13-17 December 2021, Online, conjointly with:

• Mathematics of Language 2021 (MoL 2021), 13 Dec 2021
• Logical Aspects of Computational Linguistics 2021 (LACL 2021), 14 Dec 2021
• Logic and Algorithms in Computational Linguistics 2021 (LACompLing2021), 15-17 Dec 2021

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 1950s, 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 symposium 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 symposium 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 LACompLing2021 include, but are not limited to:

• Computational theories of human language
• Computational syntax
• Computational semantics
• Computational syntax-semantics interface
• Interfaces between morphology, lexicon, syntax, semantics, speech, text, pragmatics
• Computational grammar
• Logic and reasoning systems for linguistics
• Type theories for linguistics
• Models of computation and algorithms for linguistics
• Language processing
• Parsing algorithms
• Generation of language from semantic representations
• Large-scale grammars of natural languages
• Multilingual processing
• Data science in language processing
• Machine learning of language
• Interdisciplinary methods
• Integration of formal, computational, model theoretic, graphical, diagrammatic, statistical, and other related methods
• Logic for information extraction or expression in written and spoken language
• Language theories based on biological fundamentals of information and languages
• Computational neuroscience of language

LACompLing2021 is especially interested in topics on the interconnections between Logic, Language, and Argumentation, e.g.:

• Formal languages of reasoning and argumentation
• Algorithms related to natural language of argumentation - theories, implementations, applications
• Formal models of argumentations
• Logic of preferences
• Beliefs, attitudes, persuasions - theories and applications

Important Dates

Submission deadline of abstracts:	14 November 2021 (was 30 October 2021)
Notification:	21 November 2021 (was 6 November 2021)
Final, Camera-Ready Submission:	29 November 2021
LACompLing2021:	15-17 December 2021 / Wed 15, Thu 16, Fri 17 Dec

Submission Instructions

We welcome submissions of abstracts of original work. The intended papers should not be submitted concurrently to another conference or conference event and should not have been published or submitted for publication consideration elsewhere.

NOTE: We will not accept submissions to LACompLing2021 that are on work submitted to another event at MALIN 2021, concurrently during the submission.

• Submission of abstracts of presentations: limited to 1 page, including the title, other heading material, about half of a page text, and references
• Authors can submit more than one abstract. Invited speakers can submit invited and contributed abstracts
• The camera-ready submissions may require all the necessary typesetting sources, which are not in the standard LaTeX distribution

Typesetting Instructions

For LaTeX, authors are required to use Springer LNCS package. Styles and templates can be downloaded from Springer, for LaTeX (recommended!) and Microsoft Word:

• https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
• For bibliography citations, please use BibTeX with the style for mathematics and computer science:
  \bibliographystyle{spmpsci}
• Sample sources of abstracts:
  • For contributed talks:
    pdf / YourFamilyName.tex file with no spaces in the file name! / YourFamilyName.bib file
  • For invited (keynote) talks:
    pdf / YourFamilyName.tex file with no spaces in the file name! / YourFamilyName.bib file

SUBMISSIONS

The submission Web page for LACompLing2021 is:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lacompling2021

Publications

• Proceedings of the SymposiumLogic and Algorithms in Computational Linguistics 2021 (LACompLing2021). Ljungström, Axel, Loukanova, Roussanka, Lumsdaine, Peter LeFanu, Muskens, Reinhard (Editors). Publisher: Stockholm University, 2021, DiVA Portal for Digital Publications
  http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-200167
  https://su.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2:1623904
• We have organized a post-symposium, book volume, after the symposium LACompLing2021, for publication of extended papers based on accepted abstracts with presentations at LACompLing2021. The submissions to the special volume have to be original, unpublished, and not concurrently submitted elsewhere. They will go through thorough peer review.

  Logic and Algorithms in Computational Linguistics 2021 (LACompLing2018). Roussanka Loukanova, Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine, Reinhard Muskens (Editors). 2022. Book series: Studies in Computational Intelligence (SCI). Springer International Publishing, Cham. https://www.springer.com/series/7092

Registration

The registration for LACompLing2021, including payment of the registration fee, is obligatory via MALIN 2021, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, at:
https://malin2021.sciencesconf.org/

Program

Fascinating talks: Well, human language is fascinating, and such are logic and computational linguistics.

• Programme with links to slides of talks
• Program of LACompLing2021 in plain text (Program.txt)
  
  Online streaming by CNRS, Montpellier, France
  You can access the Program of LACompLing2021 on the MALIN website:
  https://malin2021.sciencesconf.org/

• Proceedings of the SymposiumLogic and Algorithms in Computational Linguistics 2021 (LACompLing2021). Ljungström, Axel, Loukanova, Roussanka, Lumsdaine, Peter LeFanu, Muskens, Reinhard (Editors). Publisher: Stockholm University, 2021, DiVA Portal for Digital Publications
  http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-200167
  https://su.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2:1623904

Organization of MALIN 2021

The conferences participating in MALIN 2021 are represented by:

• Chair of MALIN: Christian Retoré, Université de Montpellier and LIRMM-CNRS, Montpellier, France
• LACL: Richard Moot, Université de Montpellier and LIRMM-CNRS, Montpellier, France
• LACompLing: Roussanka Loukanova, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria; and Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
• MoL: Frank Drewes, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Organization of LACompLing2021

CHAIRS of LACompLing2021

Roussanka Loukanova, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria; and Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Reinhard Muskens, Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ORGANISATION of LACompLing2021 at Stockholm University

Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine, Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden (local organiser, publication chair)
Axel Ljungström, Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden (local organiser, publication associate)
Roussanka Loukanova, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria; and Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

PROGRAM CHAIRS of LACompLing2021

Roussanka Loukanova, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria; and Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Richard Moot, Université de Montpellier and LIRMM-CNRS, Montpellier, France
Christian Retoré, Université de Montpellier and LIRMM-CNRS, Montpellier, France VENUE
LACompLing2021 (15-17 Dec 2021) is part of MALIN (13-17 Dec 2021), Université de Montpellier, LIRMM, CNRS, France

Online streaming by CNRS, Montpellier, France
https://malin2021.sciencesconf.org/