The HLT-NAACL03 Committee invites proposals for tutorials, to be held at the Westin Edmonton Hotel, Alberta, on May 27 to June 1, 2003. Tutorials will be held on Tuesday May 27.

Introductory tutorials that review Information Retrieval, Speech Processing, Text Processing, and Machine Learning are especially encouraged.

There will be space and time for at most eight half-day tutorials.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Proposals for tutorials should contain:
- A title and brief (2-page max) description of the tutorial topic and content.
- If approximately the same tutorial has been given elsewhere, please list previous venues and approximate audience sizes. (Nothing wrong with this; we'd just like to know.)
- The desired tutorial length, and an estimate of the audience size.
- The names, postal addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of the organizers, with one-paragraph statements of their research interests and areas of expertise.
- A description of special requirements for technical needs (computer infrastructure, etc.)

Proposals should be submitted by electronic mail, in plain ASCII or Microsoft Word text as soon as possible, but no later than December 30th, 2002.

The subject line should be: "HLT-NAACL03 TUTORIAL PROPOSAL".

PLEASE NOTE: PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY REGULAR MAIL OR FAX.

Submissions should be sent to hlt-naacl-tutorials@sims.berkeley.edu

PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS

Accepted tutorial presenters must provide descriptions of their tutorials for inclusion in the conference registration material by March 1, 2003. The description must be provided in two formats: an ASCII version that can be included with the email announcement, and an HTML version that can be included on the conference home page.

Organizers must provide full tutorial notes to the Proceedings Chair by April 17, 2003.

FINANCES

Tutorials must be financially self-supporting. The conference organizers will establish tutorial registration rates so as to provide the room, audio-visual equipment, internet access, snacks for breaks, and the tutorial notes.

Tutorial presenters will be remunerated according to the policies of the NAACL.

IMPORTANT DATES

- Submission Deadline for Tutorial Proposal: 30 Dec 2002
- Notification of acceptance of Tutorial Proposal: TBA
- Workshop descriptions due to Tutorial Chair: 1 Mar 2003
- Tutorial notes due to Proceedings Chair: 17 Apr 2003
- Tutorial date: 27 May 2003