ACL 2012: Call for Tutorial Proposals
Proposals are invited for the Tutorial Program of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL 2012). The conference is to be held on Jeju Island, Korea, July 8-14, 2012. The tutorials will be held on Sunday, July 8.

ACL 2012 seeks proposals for tutorials on all topics of computational linguistics, broadly conceived to include areas such as speech and dialogue processing, information retrieval, multilingual language processing, psycholinguistics and language issues in emerging domains such as social media, bioinformatics, processing of legal documents and political speeches, etc. Especially encouraged are tutorials that educate the community about advancements in cross-disciplinary areas such as network analysis, machine learning, embodied conversational agents and grounding in language processing, as well as tutorials that provide insight in the application of NLP technology in industry.

Information on the payment for tutorial instructors can be found in the ACL Tutorial Teacher Payment Policy.

Please NOTE: Remuneration for Tutorial presenters is fixed according to the above policy and does not cover registration fees for the main conference.
SUBMISSION DETAILS
Proposals for tutorials should contain:
  1. 1. A title and brief description of the tutorial content and its relevance to the ACL community (not more than 2 pages).
  2. 2. A brief outline of the tutorial structure showing that the tutorial's core content can be covered in a three-hour slot (including a coffee break). In exceptional cases six-hour tutorial slots are available as well.
  3. 3. The names, postal addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of the tutorial instructors, including a one-paragraph statement of their research interests and areas of expertise.
  4. 4. A list of previous venues and approximate audience sizes, if the same or a similar tutorial has been given elsewhere; otherwise an estimate of the audience size.
  5. 5. A description of special requirements for technical equipment (e.g., internet access).

Proposals should be submitted by electronic mail, in plain ASCII text no later than January 22nd, 2012 to michael dot strube at h-its dot org.

The subject line should be: "ACL 2012: TUTORIAL PROPOSAL".

You will receive an email confirmation that your proposal has been received. If you do not receive this confirmation 24 hours after sending the proposal, please contact me again
TUTORIAL SPEAKER RESPONSIBILITIES
Accepted tutorial speakers will be notified by March 18, 2012, and must then provide abstracts of their tutorials for inclusion in the conference registration material by April 30, 2012. The description should be in two formats: an ASCII version that can be included in email announcements and published on the conference web site, and a PDF version for inclusion in the electronic proceedings (detailed instructions will be given). Tutorial speakers must provide tutorial materials, at least containing copies of the course slides as well as a bibliography for the material covered in the tutorial, by May 18, 2012.
IMPORTANT DATES
  • • Submission deadline for tutorial proposals: January 22, 2012
  • • Notification of acceptance: March 18, 2012
  • • Tutorial descriptions due: April 30, 2012
  • • Tutorial course material due: May 18, 2012
  • • Tutorial date: July 08, 2012
TUTORIALS CHAIR
  • • Michael Strube, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies gGmbH, Germany

Please send inquiries concerning ACL 2012 tutorials to: michael dot strube at h-its dot org