The 7th International Workshop on
Natural Language Processing and Cognitive Science (NLPCS 2010)

http://www.iceis.org/Workshops/nlpcs/nlpcs2010-cfp.htm


8-9th June 2010
Funchal Madeira, Portugal

In conjunction with the 12th International Conference on Enterprise
Information Systems (ICEIS 2010)


Co-Chairs
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Bernadette Sharp
Staffordshire University
United Kingdom
b.sharp@staffs.ac.uk

Michael Zock
CNRS, LIF, Marseille
France
michael.zock@lif.univ-mrs.fr


Aim of the Workshop
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The aim of this workshop is to foster interactions among researchers and
practitioners in Natural Language Processing (NLP) working within the
paradigm of Cognitive Science. Research into NLP involves concepts and
methods from many fields including artificial intelligence, linguistics,
computational linguistics, statistics, computer science, and most
importantly cognitive science. Because it is impossible to cover all aspects
of NLP this workshop emphasises the contribution of cognitive science to
language processing, including conceptualisation, representation, discourse
processing, meaning construction, ontology building, and text mining.


Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Cognitive and Psychological Models of NLP
- Computational Models of NLP
- Evolutionary NLP
- Situated (embodied) NLP
- Multimodality in speech / text processing
- Text Summarization and Information Extraction
- Natural Language Interfaces and Dialogue Systems
- Multi-Lingual Processing
- Pragmatics and NLP
- Speech Processing
- Tools and Resources in NLP
- Ontologies
- Text Mining
- Electronic Dictionaries
- Evaluation of NLP Systems

These topics can be addressed from any of the following perspectives: full
automation by machines for machine (traditional NLP or HLT), semi-automated
processing, i.e. machine-mediated processing (programs assisting people in
their tasks), simulation of human cognitive process.


Important Dates
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Regular Paper Submission: March 8, 2010

Authors Notification: April 6, 2010

Final Paper Submission and Registration: April 21, 2010



Submission of Papers
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Prospective authors are invited to submit papers for oral presentation in
any of the areas listed above. Only full papers in English will be accepted,
and the length of the paper should not exceed 12 pages (7000
words). Instructions for preparing the manuscript (in Word and Latex format)
are available at the ICEIS web site
http://www.iceis.org/Submission_Guidelines.htm. Postscript/RTF versions of
the manuscript should be submitted through ICEIS web-based paper submission
procedure.


Keynote Speaker
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Professor Patrick W. hanks


Workshop Format
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The workshop will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations. The
proceedings of the workshop will be published in the form of a book.


Workshop Programme Committee
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S. Anfantenos, IRIT, University of Toulouse 3, France

M. Aretoulaki, Dialogconnection.com, UK
J. Barnden, Birmingham University, UK
D. Cristea, University "A.I.Cuza" of Iasi, Romania
C. Day, Keele University, UK
R. Delmonte, University of Texas, USA
B. Endres-Niggemeyer, Fachhochschule Hanover, Germany
O. Ferret, CEA, France

I. Fischer, University of Konstanz, Germany
S. Helmreich, New Mexico State University, USA
N. Hernandez, LINAS, University of Nantes, France

C. A. Higgins, Nottingham University, UK
E. W. Hinrichs, University of Tuebingen, Germany
O. Kutz, University of Bremen, Germany

G. Lapalme, University of Montréal, Canada
D. Mladenic, J. Stefan Institute, Slovenia
D. Molla, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
W. R. Murray, Boeing Research and Technology, USA

K. Netter, Consulting GmbH, Saarbrücken, Germany

N. Nicolov, J.D. Power and Associates, USA

T. Poibeau, CNRS, LIPN university of Paris-13, France

B. R. Rapp, GRLC, Tarragona, Spain
P. Rayson, Lancaster University, UK
F. Ren, University of Tokushima, Japan
C. Roche, Université de Savoie, France
S. Russell, University of New Hampshire, USA

R. Schwitter, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
F. Sedes, Université de Toulouse, France
G. Serasset, CLIPS-IMAG, Grenoble, France

B. Sharp, Staffordshire University, UK
C. Soule-Dupuy, Université de Toulouse, France
D. Schwab, LIG-GETALP, Grenoble, France

G. Thompson, Liverpool University, UK
D. Tufis, University "A.I.Cuza" of Iasi, Romania
T. Wandmacher, CEA, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France

Y. Wilks, Sheffield University, UK

P. Windridge, Staffordshire University, UK
M. Zock, LIF-CNRS, Marseille, France


Workshop Location
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The workshop will take place in conjunction with the 12th International
Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2010) in Funchal,
Madeira