COLING/ACL 2006 First Call For Interactive Presentations 21st International Conference on Computational Linguistics AND 44th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics 17th-21st July 2006 Sydney, Australia http://www.coling2006.org/ http://www.acl2006.org/ *** Submission deadline: MARCH 15, 2006 *** The COLING/ACL 2006 Program Committee invites proposals for the Interactive Presentation program. This forum will allow developers of implemented software systems and libraries the opportunity to describe the design, development and functionality of their work in an interactive setting. It is also an opportunity to gain feedback from users and exchange ideas. The committee encourages submission of early or experimental prototypes but will also consider mature systems, particularly those with novel or experimental features. Please note that marketing commercial systems is not appropriate for the Interactive Presentation program, and should be arranged as part of the exhibit program. Please contact the Exhibits Chair, Menno van Zaanen (menno@ics.mq.edu.au) for more details. Interactive Presentations Chair: James Curran (University of Sydney) Areas of Interest ----------------- We encourage proposals for the interactive presentation of software systems and libraries related to any area of computational linguistics. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: * speech recognition and retrieval systems * natural language generation systems * interactive dialogue systems * multi-modal user interfaces * machine translation systems * message and narrative understanding systems * information retrieval, extraction and filtering systems * question answering and summarisation systems * document classification and clustering systems * multilingual and cross-lingual applications * embedded or mobile language technology applications * domain-specific CL applications (e.g. biological text mining) * reusable CL components, libraries and frameworks * software engineering tools * annotation and other resource development tools * evaluation tools * aids for teaching computational linguistics Interactive Presentation sessions --------------------------------- There will be two days of interactive presentations running during the main ACL/COLING conference. Each interactive presentation will be allocated a session which will overlap a morning/afternoon tea or lunch break for maximum exposure. The interactive presentations will be setup in a room with a (240 volt Australian) power supply, data projector for each presentation and a cluster of chairs. This environment will allow for presenters to communicate with many people at once but still encourage interactive engagement in the presentation. Questions and comments should be strongly encouraged during the presentation. Presenters will be expected to provide their own laptops and/or other hardware unless otherwise arranged with the Interactive Presentation chair when it is absolutely necessary. We cannot confirm internet access will be available at this point. Format for Submission --------------------- Interactive poster proposals must consist of a detailed 4 page description of the system or library being presented, and a (maximum) two page script of the Interactive Presentation itself. * System/Library description (4 pages) The system or library description will be included in the companion to the ACL/COLING 2006 proceedings. It should be typeset using the standard ACL/COLING 2006 guidelines including the title, authors, contact information, references and acknowledgements. The 4 pages should describe the purpose, functionality and applications of the system or library. It should also contain information about the design, implementation, testing and evaluation of system. The description should also compare the work to existing work and highlight the novel functionality/techniques of the system/library. Preference will be given to detailed descriptions that will support the reproduction of results (as much as is possible in only 4 pages). * Interactive Presentation script (2 pages) The presentation script will not appear with the system description in the companion proceedings. The presentation script should describe the aim of the presentation, a narrative or script of the presentation itself and a description of any other visual aids to be used during the presentation: live demos, websites, screenshots, diagrams etc. It should also describe how the audience will be able interact during the presentation. The 2 pages should conclude with a description of any other hardware or software required for the presentation to be provided by the local organiser. Please remember that we cannot guarantee any other equipment other than the power supply and projector. Submissions will be evaluated on the basis of their relevance to computational linguistics, innovation, scientific contribution, presentation, and user friendliness, as well as potential logistical constraints. The reviewing will be single blind and reviewers will be asked to provide feedback on both the system/library description and the content of the presentation script itself. Submission Procedure -------------------- Proposals should be submitted by 15 March 2006, to the COLING/ACL 2006 Interactive Presentation Chair using the Start Conference Management system. Please submit any inquiries to: James Curran School of Information Technologies Madsen Building, F09 University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia Phone: +61 2 9036 6037 Fax: +61 2 9351 3838 Email: james@it.usyd.edu.au Important Dates --------------- Submission Deadline: 15 March 2006 Notification: 7 April 2006 Camera Ready: 28 April 2006 Conference Dates: 17-21 July 2006