Subject: Dialog'98
From: dialog98@bull.nmd.msu.ru
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 15:18:28 +0300 (MEST)


                             DIALOGUE'98

International Workshop on computational linguistics and its applications
                    Kazan(Russia), May 31 - June 4, 1998

                   **** FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS ****

                            Dear Colleagues,

As you probably know DIALOGUE'98, an international annual workshop on
computational linguistics and its applications, will take place this
year in May 31 - June 4, near Kazan (Tatarstan, Russian Federation).

DIALOGUE'98 should become fourth International Workshop in row of
            DIALOGUE'95  Kazan
            DIALOGUE'96  Puschino
            DIALOGUE'97  Yasnaya Polyana
reviving the tradition of the interdisciplinary DIALOGUE seminars which
were regular national events in the USSR during 70s-80s.

The Workshop is an annual meeting place for a dialogue:
a) between researchers from different fields that are related to
   computational linguistics (linguists, computer and cognitive
   scientists, psychologists, researchers in the artificial intelligence);
b) between researchers from the former USSR and the international
   community.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

*  theoretical and cognitive linguistics
*  syntax, semantics, pragmatics and their interaction
*  multilingual natural language processing
*  systems for natural language processing
*  text, dialogue and speech act in the computational framework
*  knowledge representation and processing

The number of participants is expected about 100. Every prospective
attendee is required to submit a short research summary including
relevant recent publications, regular and e-mail address, fax and
phone numbers.

Participants who wish to present their work are additionally required to
submit a poster (3-4 double-spaced pages, 6-8 kB) or a full paper (not
exceeding 12 double- spaced pages, 24 kB) preferably via e-mail (in
plain ASCII or uuencoded Winword files) to the aldress of the Program
Committee.

Because of some additional organizing difficulties which postponed this
letter the Commitee decided to add two weeks to the time-table of
formation of the Workshop's program:
  *** Deadline for submission:  March 16, 1998
  *** Notification of acceptance:  March 25, 1998
  *** Final paper due: April 15, 1998

Please send submissions in Russian or English, papers in Russian should
be accompanied with a short summary in English (approximately 100-200
words). We plan to organize selected English-to-Russian and
Russian-to-English translation of talks.

Addresses for all correspondence:
e-mail: dialog98@bull.nmd.msu.ru
Snail mail:
     DIALOGUE'98
     Russian Instititue for Artificial Intelligence
     P.O.Box 111, Moscow,
     103001, Russia.

In the field of computational linguistics in Russia the DIALOGUE
Workshops became regular annual events which attract leading researchers
from the former USSR as well as other countries. We hope that
DIALOGUE'98 will continue this tradition.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Alexander S. Narin'yani, Program Chair (Russian Institute
                                            of Artificial Intelligence)
Christian Boitet (Grenoble University)
Rais.G. Bukharajev (Kazan State University)
Ilya N. Gorelov (Saratov State University)
Alexander E. Kibrik (Moscow State University)
Igor A. Mel'chuk (Montreal University)
Sergei Nirenburg (New-Mexico State University)
Haldur Oim (Tartu University)
Dmitrij A. Pospelov (Computer Center of Russian Academy of Sciences)

Secretariate:
Natalya I. Laufer, (Russian Institute of Artificial Intelligence)
Olga.V. Fedorova,  (Moscow State University)

In the ORGANIZING COMMITTEE are included:

Rais.G. Bukharajev (Kazan State University)
Valeri Solovyev (Kazan State University)
Djavdet Sulejmanov (Kazan State University)
Il'dus Hajbullin (Tatarstan Academy of Scienses)
Nail' Zaimov (Kazan State University)

If  you have questions about the Workshop, please send e-mail letters
to the above-mentioned addresses.

Please, share this information letter with people you think it may concern.