CBA-2010: Call for Papers

"Corpus-Based Approaches to PARAPHRASING AND NOMINALIZATION"
1-2 December 2010

Deadline for paper submission: Monday 20 September, 2010
Workshop location: Universitat de Barcelona
Workshop Email : cba2010@ub.edu


Description
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The goal of the "Corpus-based Approaches to Paraphrasing and Nominalization"
workshop is to discuss different corpus-based approaches to the automatic
processing of paraphrases and nominal structures. This workshop also aims to
evaluate to what extent the analysis of paraphrases and nominal structures
can improve the quality of NLP applications. Finally, this workshop might
constitute a platform for the exchange of resources and tools derived from
research projects. Although paraphrasing and nominalization are established
as independent research fields, there exists a close connection between
them: nominalizations can be understood as a kind of paraphrase.

We believe there is a need to bring together linguists and computer
scientists, and we invite unpublished contributions related to issues in
these fields with a special emphasis on -though not limited to:
- Paraphrasing: scope and typology
- Methods for paraphrase extraction, recognition and generation
- Paraphrase corpora compilation
- Formalisms for paraphrase representation
- Multilingual paraphrasing
- Nominalization as a paraphrase subtype
- Nominalizations: analysis and classification
- Semantic Role Labelling for nominalization argument structure
- Recognition and interpretation of nominalizations
- Distribution of semantic selations among NPs, specially nominalized NPs
- Nominalizations in support verb constructions

Further information is available on the web http://stel.ub.edu/cba2010

Registration is free.


Invited speakers
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Atsushi Fujita (Future University-Hakodate)
Olya Gurevich (Powerset/Microsoft)
Eduard Hovy (University of Southern California)
Ruth Reeves (Department of Veterans Affairs, Nashville)


Important Dates
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Paper submission deadline: 20 September 2010
Notification of acceptance: 1 November 2010
Workshop: 1-2 December 2010
Camera ready full papers: 20 January 2011


Submission GUIDELINES
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Papers should be 8 pages in length, including references, using a 12
pt. font with 2,5 cm margins on all sides. All submissions must be in
electronic form of a PDF file. The heading should only include the title of
presentation. As reviewing will be double-blind, the paper should not
include the authors' names and affiliation. Furthermore, self references
that reveal the author's identity should be avoided. Papers should be
submitted electronically using the paper submission software available at
http://stel.ub.edu/cba2010/submission.php


Proceedings
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After the workshop, selected papers will be published in the SEPLN journal:
Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural, 46 (April 2011).


Program Committee
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Anabela Barreiro (Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
Rahul Bhagat (University of Southern California, EE.UU)
Gemma Boleda (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
Carme Colominas (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
Atsushi Fujita (Future University-Hakodate, Japan)
Roxana Girju (University of Illinois, EEUU)
Olya Gurevich (Powerset/Microsoft, EEUU)
Ulrich Heid (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)
Eduard Hovy (University of Southern California, EEUU)
Rafael Marín (Université de Lille-3, France)
M. Antònia Martí (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
Adam Meyers (New York University, EEUU)
Aina Peris (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
Ruth Reeves (Department of Veterans Affairs, Nashville, EEUU)
Marta Recasens (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
Horacio Rodríguez (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
Teresa Suñol (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
Mariona Taulé (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
Marta Vila (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
Anabela Barreiro (Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
Toni Badia (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
Rahul Bhagat (University of Southern California, EE.UU)
Gemma Boleda (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
Carme Colominas (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
Rafael Marín (Université de Lille-3, France)
M. Antònia Martí (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
Aina Peris (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
Horacio Rodríguez (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
Marta Recasens (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
Mariona Taulé (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
Marta Vila (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)


Organizing Committee
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Carme Colominas
M. Antònia Martí
Aina Peris
Mariona Taulé
Marta Vila