CLiC-it 2017 - Fourth Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics (1st CfP)

CLiC-it 2017

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             Fourth Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics
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  11-13 December, 2017
       Rome, Italy

                Conference Announcement and First Call for Papers
http://sag.art.uniroma2.it/clic2017 <http://sag.art.uniroma2.it/clic2017>

The Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics, CLiC-it, aims at 
establishing a reference forum for the Italian community of researchers 
working in the fields of Computational Linguistics (CL) and Natural 
Language Processing (NLP). CLiC-it promotes and disseminates high-level, 
original research on all aspects of automatic language processing, both 
written and spoken, and targets state-of-the-art theoretical results, 
experimental methodologies, technologies, as well as application 
perspectives, which may contribute to the advancement of the CL and NLP 
fields.

The spirit of the conference is inclusive. In the conviction that the 
complexity of language phenomena needs cross-disciplinary competences, 
CLiC-it intends to bring together researchers of related disciplines 
such as Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, 
Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Machine Learning, Computer Science, 
Knowledge Representation, Information Retrieval, and Digital Humanities. 
CLiC-it is open to contributions on all languages, with a particular 
emphasis on Italian.

The fourth edition of CLiC-it will be held in Rome, on 11-13 December, 
2017. CLiC-it is organised by the Italian Association of Computational 
Linguistics (AILC -- www.ai-lc.it <http://www.ai-lc.it/>).


Requirements
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The conference invites the submission of papers on all aspects of 
automated language processing. Relevant topics for the conference 
include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

   Cognitive Modeling of Language Processing and Psycholinguistics
   Information Extraction, Information Retrieval and Question Answering
   Linguistic Issues in CL and in NLP
   Language Resources
   Machine Learning and Language Processing
   Machine Translation and Multilinguality
   Morphology and Syntax Processing
   NLP for Digital Humanities
   NLP for Web and Social Media
   Pragmatics and Creativity
   Semantics and Knowledge Acquisition
   Spoken Language Processing and Automatic Speech Understanding

CLiC-it 2017 has the goal of a broad technical program. We invite papers 
in theoretical computational linguistics, empirical/data-driven 
approaches, resources and their evaluation, as well as NLP applications 
and tools. We also invite papers describing a challenge in the field, 
position papers, survey papers, and papers that describe a negative result.

This year we are also favouring a parallel submission policy for 
outstanding papers that have been submitted and accepted elsewhere in 
2017. If you are the author of a paper accepted at a major international 
CL conference or journal in 2017, you can present your work at CLiC-it 
2017 in the form of a short research communication, within a dedicated 
session at the conference. Research communications will not be published 
in the proceedings, but are mostly intended to enforce dissemination of 
excellence in research within the Italian CL community.



Submission Format
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Papers may consist of up to four (4) pages of content, and two (2) 
additional pages of references. Papers can be either in English or 
Italian, with the abstract both in English and Italian. Accepted papers 
will be published on-line and will be presented at the conference either 
orally or as a poster. For research communications (see above) a two (2) 
page abstract is required. The deadline for all types of submissions is 
July 15, 2017.

Submissions should follow the two-column format. We strongly recommend 
the use of LaTeX style files or Microsoft Word style files according to 
the ACL format, which will be soon available on the conference website 
under "Submissions". Submission must be electronic in PDF, using the 
Easychair submission software.

Reviewing will NOT be blind, so there is no need to remove author 
information from manuscripts.


Important Dates
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15/07/2017:     Paper submission deadline
23/09/2017:     Notification to authors of reviewing outcome
10/15/2017:     Camera ready version of accepted papers
11-13/12/2017:  CLiC-it Conference, Rome


People
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Program co-chairs:
Roberto Basili (University of Roma, Tor Vergata)
Malvina Nissim (University of Groningen)
Giorgio Satta (University of Padova)

Local Organizing Committee:
Danilo Croce  (University of Roma, Tor Vergata, local chair)
Giuseppe Castellucci (Almawave)
Andrea Vanzo (Sapienza University of Rome)



Further information
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Conference website:
http://sag.art.uniroma2.it/clic2017 <http://sag.art.uniroma2.it/clic2017>

Mail:
clicit2017@gmail.com <mailto:clicit2017@gmail.com>

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