The 23rd Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation
(PACLIC 23)

3-5 December 2009
City University of Hong Kong
http://paclic23.ctl.cityu.edu.hk

The submission deadline for PACLIC 23 is now extended to 15 Aug 2009 11:59PM Hong Kong Time (GMT+8).

The 23rd Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation
(PACLIC 23) will be held in the City University of Hong Kong on 3-5 December
2009. The PACLIC series of conferences emphasizes the synergy of
theoretical analysis and processing of language, and provides a forum for
researchers in different fields of language study in the Pacific-Asia region
to meet, to inspire and to be inspired. According to the Computer Science
Conference Ranking Website, as in Feb 2009, PACLIC is ranked 50th out of 701
conferences in topic area II (AI and Machine Learning), roughly at top 7%.
(http://www.cs-conference-ranking.org/conferencerankings/topicsii.html)

Paper submissions are invited on original and unpublished research on all
aspects of both theoretical and computational linguistics. Topics include
but are not limited to: morphology, phonology, syntax, semantics,
pragmatics, discourse analysis, typology, corpus linguistics, formal grammar
theory, natural language processing, natural language systems and related
computer applications. Papers which are interdisciplinary, demonstrating
synergy among language, information, and computation especially on Asian
languages, are particularly encouraged.


Important Dates:

15 Aug 2009 Paper submission deadline
21 Sep 2009 Acceptance notification
19 Oct 2009 Camera-ready paper due
3-5 Dec 2009 PACLIC 23 conference


Paper Submission:

Submissions should describe substantial, original, and unpublished work.
Papers should be written in English and may not exceed ten (10) pages,
including references. Please follow the formatting instructions and use the
style files provided on the conference website
(http://paclic23.ctl.cityu.edu.hk). Accepted papers will be presented in
one of the regular sessions or poster sessions as determined by the program
committee. Such decisions will be based on the nature rather than on the
quality of the work.

The deadline for paper submissons is 11:59PM Aug 9, 2009 Hong Kong time
(GMT+7). Submissions should be made via the submission software at:

https://www.softconf.com/a/PACLIC23/

Submissions will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength,
significance, relevance to the conference, and interest to the attendees.
Each submission will be reviewed by at least three program committee
members. As the reviewing will be blind, manuscripts must not include the
authors' names and affiliations. Authors should ensure that their
identities are not revealed in any way in the paper. Papers that do not
conform to these requirements will be rejected without review.

Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, which will
subsequently be digitally archived and sent to ISI for indexing. PACLIC
conference proceedings are indexed in the ISI Web of Science since 2002 and
authors are encouraged to cite previous PACLIC papers in their work.


Conference Chair
Benjamin Tsou, City University of Hong Kong

Conference Co-chair
Chu-Ren Huang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Program Committee
Jonathan Webster, City University of Hong Kong (Advisor)
Olivia Kwong, City University of Hong Kong (Chair)
Shu-Kai Hsieh, National Taiwan Normal University (Co-chair)
Donghong Ji, Wuhan University (co-chair)
Yae-Sheik Lee, Kyungpook National University (Co-chair)
Rachel Edita Roxas, De La Salle University-Manila (Co-chair)
Kei Yoshimoto, Tohoku University (Co-chair)
Min Zhang, Institute for Infocomm Research (Co-chair)
Timothy Baldwin, University of Melbourne
Francis Bond, National Institute of Information and Communications
Technology
Hee-Rahk Chae, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Eng Siong Chng, Nanyang Technological University
Siaw-Fong Chung, National Chengchi University
Alex Fang, City University of Hong Kong
Guohong Fu, Heilongjiang University
Zhao-Ming Gao, National Taiwan University
Yasunari Harada, Waseda University
Munpyo Hong, Sungkyunkwan University
Kiyoshi Ishikawa, Hosei University
Jong-Bok Kim, Kyung Hee University
Young-Gil Kim, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Chunyu Kit, City University of Hong Kong
Anna Korhonen, University of Cambridge
Paul Law, City University of Hong Kong
Hae-yun Lee, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Gina-Anne Levow, University of Chicago
Haizhou Li, Institute for Infocomm Research
Wenjie Li, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Qun Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ting Liu, Harbin Institute of Technology
Qin Lu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yuji Matsumoto, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Yoshiki Mori, Tsukuba University
Toshiyuki Ogihara, University of Washington
Haihua Pan, City University of Hong Kong
Laurent Prevot, Universite de Provence
Pornsiri Singhapreecha, Thammasat University
I-Wen Su, National Taiwan University
Shu-Chuan Tseng, Academia Sinica
Haifeng Wang, Toshiba (China) R&D Center
Houfeng Wang, Peking University
Hui Wang, National University of Singapore
Kam-Fai Wong, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jiun-Shiung Wu, National Chiayi University
Jae Il Yeom, Hongik University
Jun Zhao, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qiang Zhou, Tsinghua University
Jingbo Zhu, Northeastern University


For enquiries on paper submission, please contact the program committee
chair at paclic23@cityu.edu.hk.