Call for Tutorial Proposals

ACL-IJCNLP-09: Call for Tutorial Proposals

Proposals for tutorials on all topics of computational linguistics and speech processing are sought. Especially encouraged are tutorials that educate the community about advancements in cross-disciplinary areas such as machine learning and cognitive approaches as they relate to computational linguistics, as well as tutorials that span multiple areas of human language processing.

Information on the tutorial instructor payment policy can be found at

http://aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php?title=Policy_on_tutorial_teacher_payment

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. A title and brief description of the tutorial content and its relevance to the ACL community (not more than 2 pages).
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. 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. 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. 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 February 2, 2009 to tutorials-acl09 "at" sussex "dot" ac "dot" uk. The subject line should be: "ACL-IJCNLP 2009: TUTORIAL PROPOSAL".

PLEASE NOTE:

1. Proposals will not be accepted by regular mail or fax.
2. You will receive an email confirmation from us that your proposal has been received. If you do not receive this confirmation 24 hours after sending the proposal, please contact us personally using both emails dianam "at" sussex "dot" ac "dot" uk and cqzong "at" gmail "dot" com

TUTORIAL SPEAKER RESPONSIBILITIES

Accepted tutorial speakers will be notified by March 2, 2009, and must then provide abstracts of their tutorials for inclusion in the conference registration material by April 24, 2009. 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 June 7, 2009.

IMPORTANT DATES

• Submission deadline for tutorial proposals: February 2, 2009
• Notification of acceptance: March 2, 2009
• Tutorial descriptions due: April 24, 2009
• Tutorial course material due: June 7, 2009
• Tutorial date: August 2, 2009
  

TUTORIALS CO-CHAIRS

• Diana McCarthy, University of Sussex, UK
• Chengqing Zong, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASIA), China
  

Please send inquiries concerning ACL-09 tutorials to tutorials-acl09 "at" sussex "dot" ac "dot" uk