Sunday, March 27, 2011

ICON-2011: Ninth INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING

ICON-2011: Ninth INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NATURAL LANGUAGE
PROCESSING

ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI, INDIA

16 - 19 December 2011

Organized by
NLP Association, India
International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad,
India
AU-KBC Research Centre, Anna University, Chennai, India
Linguistic Data Consortium for Indian Languages (LDC-IL), CIIL,
Mysore


FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

The Ninth International Conference on Natural Language
Processing(ICON-2011) will be held at Anna University, Chennai, India
during 16-19 December, 2011. The ICON conference series is a forum for
promoting interaction among researchers in the field of Natural
Language Processing in India and abroad. The main conference is on
December 18-19 December 2011. This will be preceded by two days of pre-
conference tutorials and workshops on 16-17 Dec 2011.

1. TOPICS:

Papers are invited on substantial, original and unpublished research
on all aspects of Natural Language Processing, with a particular focus
on languages, issues, and applications relevant to India. The areas of
interest include, but are not limited to:

Morphology Parsing
Phonology Word Sense
Disambiguation
Syntax Machine
Translation
Semantics Information
Retrieval
Discourse Text
Summarization
Pragmatics Question
Answering
Statistical methods Dialog Systems
Knowledge-based methods Performance Evaluation
Annotated Corpora Speech Corpora
Lexical Resources Speech Recognition
Ontology Speech
Synthesis
POS tagging

The authors must mark the topic of their paper at the time of
submission.

2. TRACKS

2.1 The authors have to submit the papers under any one of the
following
categories.

- Theoretical Linguistics
- Theoretical computational linguistics
- Empirical/data-driven approaches
- Paradigms/techniques/strategies
- Resources and evaluation
- Applications/systems

2.2 Special track
- Natural Language Software Engineering
- Linguistic Engineering

2.3 Position Papers
A paper which expresses an opinion or point of view affecting
the field.

3. FORMAT OF SUBMISSION:

Papers in English, not exceeding 10 pages, should be submitted at
www.iiit.ac.in/icon2011. One can also submit hard copies (four copies)
under special circumstances. Papers should include an abstract of
about 100-200 words. Papers outside the specified length are subject
to rejection without review. Please see the style file at
www.aclweb.org/downloads/acl-ftp/Styfiles/Proceedings/

BLIND REVIEW:
Kindly ensure that authors' names and affiliations are given only on a
separate cover sheet. Papers in electronic form can be in plain text,
Postscript, PDF, Latex or Microsoft Word (RTF only). If your paper
contains text of languages other than English, please attach relevant
font files along with your submission.

4. CALL FOR TUTORIALS/WORKSHOPS:

Proposals are invited for pre-conference tutorials/workshops.
Tutorials/Workshops can be of half-day or full-day duration. The
proposal should be presented in the form of a 200-word abstract, one
page topical outline of the content, description of the proposers and
their qualifications relating to the tutorial content.

Workshops on Linguistic aspects of South Asian Languagaes are also
welcome.

Send tutorial/Workshop proposals to the ICON-2011 Secretariat. For
further information, please refer to the Conference URL or contact the
ICON-2011 Secretariat.


5.NLP TOOLS CONTEST ON ANAPHORA RESOLUTION IN INDIAN LANGUAGES:

The ICON2011 tools contest is on Anaphora Resolution in Indian
languages (IL). Any entity that is referred to another entity
preceding it is called an anaphor. The referent to the anaphor is
termed as the antecedent. The identification of the antecedent of an
anaphora automatically is anaphora resolution.

CONTEST:

Participants will be provided training, development and test data to
report the efficiency of their Anaphora Resolution System. Bengali,
Hindi, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu languages will be explored. The task
of the contest is to identify the antecedents for an anaphor from a
POS, NP Chunked and NE tagged corpus. Efficiency of the system is
measured using Precision and Recall. Shortlisted candidates will
present their techniques and results in a special session at ICON
2011.


The Contest will have two prizes :
FIRST PRIZE: Rs.7500/-
SECOND PRIZE: Rs.5000/-

6. STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION IN LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGIES:

ICON-2011 announces STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION in two tracks:
Track I : NLP (All areas)
Track II : Linguistics (Morphology, Syntax and Semantics)

Papers may be submitted under the link on the web page. Prizes will be
awarded in each track for up to two papers based on original work
carried out. The prizes are::

FIRST PRIZE: Rs.7500/-
SECOND PRIZE: Rs.5000/-

The short-listed papers in each track will be invited for presentation
in a special session in the conference. Registration, domestic travel
and subsistence expenses will be provided by the conference organizers
for one author of each paper. Up to two winners will be offered summer
fellowships at major NLP Centres in India. For any clarifications,
contact Student Paper Competition Chair on icon2011@iiit.ac.in.

7. IMPORTANT DATES:
Paper registration deadline Jul 25, 2011
Paper submission deadline Jul 25, 2011
Paper acceptance notification Sep 15, 2011
Camera ready copy due Oct 15, 2011

Tutorial/Workshop proposals due Aug 7, 2011
Tutorial acceptance notification Aug 16,2011
Lecture Materials for tutorial Nov 7, 2011

NLP Tools Contest registration
deadline Jul 21, 2011
Student Paper Competition
submission deadline Aug 7, 2011


8. COMMITTEES:

ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIR
Aravind K Joshi, University of Pennsylvania, USA

CONFERENCE GENERAL CHAIR
Rajeev Sangal, IIIT Hyderabad, India

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE CHAIR
Dipti Misra Sharma, IIIT Hyderabad
Sobha L, AU-KBC Centre, Chennai, India

TOOLS CONTEST CHAIR
Sobha L, AU-KBC Centre, Chennai, India (Chair)
Sivaji Bandyopadhyay, Jadavpur University, India (Co-Chair)

STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION CHAIR
Sriram Venkatapathy, Xerox Research Centre Europe, France

ORGANIZING CHAIR
C N Krishnan, AU-KBC Centre, Chennai, India

9. CONTACT INFORMATION
ICON-2011 Secretariat
Language Technologies Research Centre
International Institute of Information Technology
Gachibowli, Hyderabad - 500 032, India
Ph: +91-40-6653 1333 Fax: +91-40-6653 1413
e-mail: icon2011@iiit.ac.in
www.iiit.ac.in/icon2011

Friday, March 25, 2011

The 44th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics

The 44th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics

First Circular and Call for Abstracts

March 18, 2011

We are pleased to announce that the 44th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages & Linguistics will be held in Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India from 07th Oct to 09th Oct 2011.

The conference is hosted by the Central Institute of Indian Languages. Updated information on the conference, as well as copies of all circulars and other announcements will be sent to all the participants.

Intent to Participate

If you are considering attending the conference, whether you plan to present a paper or not, please e-mail us at sinotibetan2k11@ yahoo.com and indicate your intent to participate by April 30, 2011. This will help us to determine how many participants to plan for. We intend to make a list of participants and paper titles available on the web site in advance of the conference.

You may also add or remove your name from the conference email list by mailing to our mail-id.

Call for Abstracts

Papers are welcome on all aspects of linguistics in the Sino-Tibetan area. The deadline for abstracts is June 30, 2011.

Abstract format: Abstracts shall be limited to one page. Abstracts should be in English, or bilingual including English. At the top of the abstract please include the paper title, your name, institution, and email.

Abstract submission: If possible, please send abstracts as email attachments to sinotibetan2k11@yahoo.com. Pdf format is preferred. If pdf is not possible, Microsoft Word (.doc/docx) format is acceptable. Please embed the fonts in the word document. The file name should include both "icstll" and your last name, for example "icstll44_sastry.pdf" or "icstll44_sastry.doc/docx". If submission in electronic form is not possible, abstracts may instead be sent by regular mail to

G. Devi Prasada Sastry
Reader cum Research Officer

Head, Centre for Tribal and Endangered Languages

Central Institute of Indian Languages

Manasagangothri, Hunsur Main Road,

Mysore – 570 006

Ph: -0091-0821-2345094


Conference Language

The language of conference presentations will be English. If you are unable to present in English, please make arrangements for English-language handouts and/or interpretation into English.

Registration

Information on registering for the conference will be included in the second circular, to be mailed out in May, 2011. We anticipate a registration fee of US $50 (US $20 for students) and a registration deadline of July 15, 2011. Both the cost and the deadline are subject to change. There will be a separate charge for the conference banquet and other meals. We regret that we will be unable to accept late registrations. Please plan accordingly.

Lodging

Accommodation will be arranged in the International Guest House and the Guest House attached to the Central Institute of Indian Languages. In addition, hotel accommodation will be secured if prior intimation is given to us.

Transportation

The nearest airport is Bengaluru International Airport, located 180 kms away from Mysore. Travel time from the airport to the venue is about 4 hrs in normal traffic conditions. There is a domestic airport at Mysore but the connectivity is very limited.

Visas

All non-Indian citizens who are attending the Conference need a visa to enter India. Please contact the Indian Consulate nearest to you for visa procedures.

When you indicate your intent to participate in ICSTLL-44, you will be issued an official letter inviting you to the conference, which you can submit with your visa application.

Meals

The conference banquet will be held on Saturday evening, Oct. 08, 2011. There will be a separate charge for attending the banquet. We also plan to provide dinners on other nights of the conference for a small fee. There will be a Conference lunch and light refreshments for the participants at all conference sessions, provided by the organisers. Breakfast will be available at your place of stay.

Further details on meals will be included in the second or third circular.

Email List

If you received this circular directly from sinotibetan2k11@yahoo.com, then you are already on the conference email list. Please circulate this announcement to colleagues. If you did not receive this email directly from sinotibetan2k11@yahoo.com, please send in your email address so that you can receive future emails directly.

Welcome

We hope to see many of you in Mysore! If you have any questions about the conference, or suggestions for workshops, panels, or other activities, please contact G. Devi Prasada Sastry at sinotibetan2k11@yahoo.com.

For the ICSTLL-44 Organizing Committee

G. Devi Prasada Sastry

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Ek Kahani Aur Bhi...

University of Hyderabad

Avartan Theatre Ensemble & Department of Economics

Presents...

Ek Kahani Aur Bhi...

(A Play in Hindi & Telugu based on Harishankar Parsai’s Stories and Baba Nagarjuna’s Poetries)

Script, Design & Direction: Avdhesh Jha

Venue: B R Ambedkar Auditorium, University of Hyderabad

Date: 17 March, 2011, Time: 6.30 PM

AVARTAN - The Ensemble of Theatre...

Theatre, being a collaborative medium of Art, needs a certain amount of dedication and commitment. Avartan is an amalgamation of diverse minds from various Departments of our University (University of Hyderabad); with define objectives to reach to the various culture, people and communities. While working in an academic environment, we realised the need to break the elitist, often labelled on the performing arts, particularly theatre. The group has tried to break-through the conventions of theatre academics, in order to reach to the common man, to make him/her aware of his/her responsibilities in today’s society. Understanding the fact that our time and society is being reflected directly through this art, we formed the group with a definite sense of commitment. Ours is a new born group, which aims to achieve professionalism, perfection and to break the dogmas of conventions, that drags our society towards conservatism, and obstacle to progresses in all senses.

EK KAHANI AUR BHI…A Collage...An Experience...

Based on Harishankar Parsai’s Stories Bholaram Ka Jeev & Hum Bihar Se Chunav Lad Rahe Hain and Baba Nagarjuna’s Poetry Chandu Maine Sapna Dekha & Aaye Din Bahar Ke. This play is a collage work of experiences that one goes through while reading these text. The theatre treatment given to the play is contemporary one.

We lived in a world where cynicism and hypocrisy has crossed its limits. Indian Political System has failed to address the pressing issues of ‘Aam Aadmi’. Across the party line, the slogans are merely rhetorical. The questions which this play thrives to ask is can we have another set of politics which is derived by humanistic values and principles? The answer must be given by the people. Failed system perpetuate themselves, where even godly figures have failed to address the vary issues on the basis of which they try to liberate human beings from the clutches of misery. It is a black comedy in the Indian context.

The message of the play is very clear and loud, that humanity deserves a better political establishment and institutions. Political ideologies restrict human critical thinking and it acts as bondage. Dogmas can’t solve the problems of the world because it is not the way to solve the problems. Certain fixed agendas decide the way, the life goes on in an attempt to get rid of dogmas, and it only breeds more dogmas. In short, the concept of Dogma revolves in a cyclic order.

The medium of play is unique one in which the presentations of different characters, movements, posters and style are like colourful Flower Vass. It represents the colours of Bihari, Bengali, Deccani, Marathi and Malayalam Slang and dialects of Saurastry and Bhagely. The presentation style reflects the entirety of the play.

CAST

Harishankar: G. Raju

Yamraj, Media Person & Bade Sahab: Vinayak Kale

Yamdoot, Congress Spokes Person & Marxist: Abu Saleh

Narad: S. Pramode

Lord Krishna: Zikrullah Khan

Professor and Sanghi: K. Suresh

Pujari, Congress Member & Bholaram’s Son: Venkatchalapati

Congress & Bahujan President: Chandini P. C. Senan

Chitragupt, Socialist, Common Man & Peon: Jitendra Kumar

Bholaram’s Daughter: Nitheen Kaperi

Bholaram’s Wife: Kalyani Mishra

Street Leaders: Chandini, Suresh & Abu Saleh

Public: Jitendra Kumar, Nitheen Kaperi & Kalyani Mishra

CREDITS

Set & Properties: Vinayak Kale, Chandini & Raju

Costume: Kalyani, Nitheen & Jitendra

Music: Shyam Rao & Shrikant

Make Up: Venkat, Suresh & Pramode.

Posters and Brochure: Chandini, Aditi & Abu Saleh

Chorography: Vasudev & Avdhesh

Stage Manager: Pooja Lucky

Voiceovers: Avdhesh & Team.

Script, Design & Direction: Avdhesh Jha

Acknowledgement: Department of Economics, School of Social Sciences & Avartan Theatre Ensemble Group, University of Hyderabad.

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Monday, March 7, 2011

Conference on distance learning, MANUU, Hyderabad.....

Maulana Azad National Urdu University and Distance Education Council (Delhi) are organising a three-day national conference on “Access and Equity through Open and Distance Learning in Higher Education: Role of Indian Language Universities” from March 23 to 25 at the university campus in Gachibowli.

The last date for submission of abstracts is March 15, 2011 and submission of full paper is March 20.

Further details on the conference can be had on the website www.manuu.ac.in.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Ek Kahani Aur Vi....

Videos of Ek Kahani Aur Bhi...........
Enjoy..........
Links......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN9elpnxasQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYs7431k7SQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GonuTud217Y&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Ziv5dPdkk

have a look......................