ACL '99 Student Session Call for Papers 37th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics 20--26 June, 1999 University of Maryland [You may find it easier to read this information on the Web at http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~melanie/acl99/] 1. Purpose The goal of the student sessions is to provide a forum for student members to present _work in progress_ and receive feedback from other members of the computational linguistics community. The session will consist of paper presentations by student authors. The number of papers accepted is contingent on the quality of the submissions and the availability of presentation time during the conference, but the student session will be at least half a day. The accepted papers will be published in a special section of the conference proceedings. Note that the student session and the main conference session are independent; students are free to submit to either session, and each submission will be evaluated independently and with respect to the criteria set out by the respective organizing committees. 2. Requirements Papers should describe original, unpublished work that is in progress and demonstrates insight, creativity, and promise. Topics of interest are the same as for the main conference or the thematic sessions. 2.1 Submission Restrictions Due to differences in format requirements, papers submitted to the main conference _cannot_ be considered for the student sessions. Students may, of course, submit different papers to the main conference and the student session, or papers on different aspects of a particular problem or project. Note that for papers presenting joint work, _all_ co-authors must be students. Papers may be submitted to other conferences, but this must be clearly indicated on the cover page. The official language of the conference is English, and hence student papers should be written in English. 2.2 Length The maximum allowable length is 3 pages (about 1800 words), including references. 2.3 Format of Submission Submissions packages should consist of a title page, followed by the paper. The title page should contain: o the paper's title; o the name and affiliations of the author(s); o a complete address for each author; o an abstract; o a designation of the topic area(s) (one or two); o a statement about submission to other conferences (e.g., 'none' or a list); and o the paper ID code (see below). We recommend that if the student authors plan to apply for travel grants, that they include the application form (please see "Travel Grants") with their paper submission. 2.4 Electronic Submission Code To identify each paper, an ID code _must_ be acquired by filing an electronic paper registration form (http://www.mri.mq.edu.au/conf/acl99/register.html); upon successful completion of this form, an ID code will be sent to the designated author by e-mail. If you cannot access the electronic paper registration form, send email to acl99@mri.mq.edu.au with subject IDFORM for an automatic reply. 2.5 Medium of Submission Authors must submit their papers electronically. Only in unusual cases will hard copy submissions be allowed. Electronic submissions should be either self-contained LaTeX source, PostScript, or PDF (we encourage LaTeX submissions). PostScript submissions must use a standard font. LaTeX submissions should not refer to any other external files or styles except for the standard styles for TeX 3.14 and LaTeX 2.09. The bibliography for a LaTeX submission cannot be submitted as separate .bib file; the actual bibliography entries must be inserted in the submitted LaTeX source file. We strongly recommend the use of ACL-standard LaTeX or Word style files for the preparation of submissions (please note that while we do not accept Word-format files for electronic submission, postscript files produced from them are acceptable). These styles include a place for the required information such as ID code and word count, and allow for a graceful transition to the style required for publication. These files are available from the main conference web site at http://www.mri.mq.edu.au/conf/acl99. If you cannot use the ACL-standard styles directly, a description of the required format is at http://www.mri.mq.edu.au/conf/acl99/style/substyle.html. If you cannot access this web page, send email to acl99@mri.mq.edu.au with subject SUBSTYLE for an automatic reply. 2.6 Blind Reviewing Since reviewing will be `blind', the heading of the paper should omit author names and addresses (this information will be inlcuded in the title page). Self-references that reveal the authors' identity (e.g., "We previously showed (Smith, 1991) . . . ") should be avoided. Instead, use references in a neutral form (e.g., "Smith previously showed (1991) . . . "). Furthermore, avoid obvious giveaways in the bibliography such as listings for unpublished in-house technical reports. 2.7 Caveat Papers outside the specified length and/or without an ID code are liable to rejection without review. 2.8 Questions? Enquiries to the co-chairs of the student session should be sent to acl99-student@cs.utoronto.ca. 3. Travel Grants Please see the student session web page for information about available travel grants (http://cs.utoronto.cs/~melanie/acl/). 4. Schedule Submissions must be received by 8 February 1999. Late submissions (those arriving on or after 9 February 1999) will not be considered. Acknowledgments will be emailed soon after receipt. Notification of acceptance will be sent to authors (by email) by 29 March 1999. Camera-ready copies of final papers must be received by 3 May 1999, along with a signed copyright release statement. Detailed formatting guidelines will be provided to authors with their acceptance notice. The student paper sessions will take place during the main conference on June 23 -- 26, 1999.