2nd Annual CLUK Research Colloquium Call for Papers 11-12 January 1999 University of Essex, Colchester

Topics:
The CLUK Symposia aim to offer PhD students in Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Engineering an opportunity to present and discuss their work with members of the wider research community.

The Symposia are organised as mini-conferences. Candidates submit a 500 word abstract, which is refereed by the CLUK programme committee. Presentations are held in conference style sessions, to which senior established researchers are invited. Authors of accepted contributions are invited to submit full papers for refereeing and publication.

For this 2nd CLUK symposium we have two invited speakers: Professor Johanna Moore (University of Edinburgh) and Dr. Rens Bod (University of Leeds).

Submission:
Authors are requested to submit a 500 word abstract of their presentation (including name, address, email address and title) to:

Anne De Roeck
Department of Computer Science
University of Essex.
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester CO4 3SQ
email: deroe@essex.ac.uk

Submissions as emailed ASCII text are preferred, but hardcopy format will be accepted. Abstracts will be refereed by the Programme Committee. The Committee will actively pursue a means of publishing selected full papers in a journal or monograph series.

Important Dates:
Submission deadline: November 23rd
Notification of acceptance: December 14th

Programme Committee:
Anne De Roeck, University of Essex (Chair)
Adam Kilgarriff, University of Brighton
Diana Maynard, Manchester Metropolitan University
Mark Moens, University of Edinburgh
Nicholas Ostler, Linguacubun Ltd.
John Tait, University of Sunderland
Carole Tiberius, University of Brighton
Yorick Wilks, University of Sheffield

Local Arrangements and Cost:
This event will be held at the University of Essex on January 11th and 12th 1999. The meeting will start at 11 on January 11th, and will finish after lunch on January 12th. It is organised by the Organising Committee:

Anne De Roeck (deroe@essex.ac.uk)
Udo Kruschwitz (udo@essex.ac.uk)
Nick Webb (webbnw@essex.ac.uk)
Rachele Winn (rachele@essex.ac.uk) - secretarial

Cost of participation is £55 and includes tea/coffee, lunches and dinner with wine. Accommodation will be in local hotels. PARTICIPANTS ARE EXPECTED TO BOOK THEIR OWN ACCOMMODATION, though we will provide information and assist where we can. Problems should be addressed to cluk2@essex.ac.uk.

Registration:
Please use this on-line registration form.

Location:
The 2nd Annual CLUK Research Symposium will be held at the University of Essex, on Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th of January 1999. For more information on the University, the Campus and how to get there, see the Web pages.

The University of Essex, at Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, received its Royal Charter in 1965 and is one of the UK's leading academic institutions. The University is set in over 200 acres of attractive parkland, much of it landscaped in the 18th Century. It is situated between Colchester and Wivenhoe, a small fishing village.

For information on this page, contact: Udo Kruschwitz University of Essex Dep. of Computer Science tel +44-1206-872669

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