8.0063 Summer School: Computational Linguistics (1/139)

Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Tue, 21 Jun 1994 22:31:09 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 8, No. 0063. Tuesday, 21 Jun 1994.

Date: Wed, 15 Jun 94 09:09:48 BST
From: Nicolas Nicolov <nicolas@aisb.edinburgh.ac.uk>
Subject: CompLing Summer School



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First Announcement

International Summer School
"CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS"
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1 - 6 Sept 1994
Tuzlata, Black Sea Coast, BULGARIA

UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF:

European Association for Machine Translation and
ECCAI-European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence

DATES: 1 - 6 Sept 1994, (arrival 31 Aug, departure 7 Sep)

LOCATION:

Bulgaria, Black Sea Coast, Tuzlata, SBA Motel (60km to the north of
Varna, 10km to the north of Balchik). The motel is 30m from the
beach and has been chosen to allow for a creative environment. It
has a lecture hall, two restaurants, one bar, two swimming pools.

PROGRAMME:

TUTORIALS:

Margaret King (ISSCO, University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Evaluation of Machine Translation Systems

Sergei Nirenburg (Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA)
Latest Developments in Machine Translation

Pieter Seuren (University of Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Introduction to Semantic Syntax

Michael Zock (LIMSI - CNRS, Paris, France)
The meanings in the language, in the world,
in our minds

Wolfgang Wahlster (DFKI, Saarbruecken, Germany)
Multilingual Natural Language Interfaces

Harold Somers (CCL, UMIST, Manchester, UK)
Introduction to Machine Translation

Rodolfo Delmonte (University of Venice, Italy)
Discourse Structure and Reference resolution

Zaharin Yusoff (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia)
Machine-Aided Translation


SHORT COURSES:

Manfred Kudlek (University of Hamburg, Germany)
Models for Time, Tense and Aspect in Natural
Languages

Carlos Martin-Vide (Universidad Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain)
Mathematical Linguistics: Its relevance for
Computational Linguistics and Cognitive Science

Benjamin T'sou (City Polytechnic of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Automatic Abstraction

Ruslan Mitkov (IAI, Saarbruecken, Germany)
Anaphora resolution in Machine Translation

Dan Cristea (University "Al. I. Cuza" of Iasi, Romania)
How to synthesize words: the problem of
multilingual word-form generation

COSTS:

REGISTRATION FEE:

USD 460 industrial participants
USD 350 academic participants
USD 280 students

The registration fee covers attendance at the lectures, materials,
accommodation, meals, reception, and coffee breaks.

TRAVELLING:

The nearest airport to the location of the summer school is Varna.
Varna can be reached from the capital (Sofia) by plane, train or bus.
Another close international airport is Bourgas (south coast).
Foreign nationals might need a valid entry permit (visa).

ORGANISERS:

R.Mitkov Institute of Mathematics BULGARIA
M.Zock LIMSI, Orsay FRANCE
M.Kudlek University of Hamburg GERMANY
N.Nikolov Incoma-TD Co, Ltd, Shumen BULGARIA

FURTHER INFORMATION:

People wishing to participate should contact one of the people
mentioned below. Please use the attached registration form.

Ruslan Mitkov E-mail: ruslan@iai.uni-sb.de
Nicolas Nicolov E-mail: nicolas@aisb.edinburgh.ac.uk
Nikolai Nikolov E-mail: nikolov@incoma-td.bg
Tel: +359-54 56948
Fax: +359-54 56881


REGISTRATION REPLY FORM:

International Summer School
"CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS"


Name: (Last)_________________________ (First)_______________________
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* Mail Registration Reply Form to:

Mr. Nikolai Nikolov
P.O. Box 20, Incoma,
9700 Shumen
BULGARIA


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