[logic-ml] CFP: LENLS11 (Logic and Engineering of Natural Language Semantics 11)

[Koji Mineshima]

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今年の１１月に東京で開催される LENLS 11 国際ワークショップの
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峯島 宏次（お茶の水女子大学）


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                    SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

                  Logic and Engineering of
             Natural Language Semantics 11 (LENLS 11)

Workshop Site : "Raiousha Building, Keio University"
                Kanagawa, Japan.
                http://www.keio.ac.jp/en/maps/hiyoshi.html
Dates         : November 22-24, 2014
Contact Person: Koji Mineshima (Ochanomizu University)
Contact Email : lenls11[[at]]easychair.org
Website       : http://www.is.ocha.ac.jp/‾bekki/lenls/
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Chair:  Koji Mineshima (Ochanomizu University)
Co-chair: Daisuke Bekki (Ochanomizu University/National Institute of Informatics)
          Eric McCready (Aoyama Gakuin University)
          
Invited Speaker(s):
- Chris Barker (New York University)
- Kimiko Nakanishi (Ochanomizu University)
- Matthew Stone (Rutgers University)
- Christopher Tancredi (Keio University)

LENLS is an annual international workshop on formal syntax, 
semantics and pragmatics. It will be held as one of the workshops of 
the Sixth JSAI International Symposia on AI (isAI2014)
(http://www.ai-gakkai.or.jp/isai/)
sponsored by the Japan Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI)
(http://www.ai-gakkai.or.jp/en).


Aims and Topics:
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We invite submissions to this year's workshop on topics in formal
syntax, semantics and pragmatics, and related fields, including but in no way
limited to the following:

- Formal syntax of natural language
- Formal semantics and pragmatics of natural language
- Model-theoretic and/or proof-theoretic semantics of natural language
- Computational Semantics
- Continuations in natural language
- Game-theoretic/Bayesian approaches to pragmatics
- Nonclassical Logic and its relation to natural language (especially Substructural/Fuzzy/Categorical/Topological logics)
- (Formal) Philosophy of language
- Scientific methodology and/or experimental design for linguistics


Submissions:
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Abstracts (up to 4 pages, including figures and references, A4 or 
letter size, with 12 point font) must be submitted electronically 
in PDF format at:

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lenls11

When the abstract is accepted, the author is expected to submit a
full paper (10-14 pages) before the workshop. The proceedings of the
workshop will be available at the conference site for registered persons.


Selected Papers
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A selection of the accepted/invited papers will be published as a portion of a volume
"JSAI-isAI selected papers" by Springer Verlag in Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series. 


Student Session:
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This year we will organize the Student Session of LENLS 11. We invite submissions
from students (i.e., those students who have not received their PhD degree before
November 2014). This session will provide an opportunity for students to get
feedback from other researchers, so we encourage submission of work in progress.
Papers co-authored by non-students may be submitted, but the primary author
must be a student who will present the paper. The submission guidelines are
the same as those for regular submission as described above. One may not submit
the same paper both to the main session and to the student session.

Submitted student papers will be peer-reviewed. All accepted papers will be
included in the proceedings. The best student paper prize will be awarded.
All accepted student papers will be considered for this award. A selection of
revised versions of accepted papers will be published by Springer Verlag in
Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series. 

A limited number of travel grants will be available to those students who are
presenting a paper at the Student Session.  Authors of accepted student papers
will be informed about further details.


Important dates:
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Abstract submission deadline (regular and student submission): August 15, 2014
Notification of acceptance: September 30, 2014
LENLS11: November 22-24, 2014

Sponsor:
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LENLS is being organized by an alliance of "Establishment of Knowledge-Intensive Structural Natural Language Processing and Construction of Knowledge Infrastructure"
(http://www.extreme-bigdata.jp/workshop/jebdp-1/speakers.html#SadaoKurohashi) project, funded by JST CREST Programs "Advanced Core Technologies for Big Data Integration"
(http://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/crest/en/research_area/ongoing/areah25-6.html).


Workshop Organizers/Program Committee:
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  - Koji Mineshima (Ochanomizu University)
  - Daisuke Bekki (Ochanomizu University/National Institute of Informatics)
  - Alastair Butler (PRESTO JST/Tohoku University)
  - Richard Dietz (University of Tokyo)
  - Eric McCready (Aoyama Gakuin University)
  - Yoshiki Mori (University of Tokyo)
  - Yasuo Nakayama (Osaka University)
  - Katsuhiko Sano (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
  - Katsuhiko Yabushita (Naruto University of Education)
  - Tomoyuki Yamada (Hokkaido University)
  - Shunsuke Yatabe (West Japan Railway Company)
  - Kei Yoshimoto (Tohoku University)