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<font size=3>[Forwarding from the DigLib list. Note that the
conference organizers invite papers on OA. --Peter Suber.]<br><br>
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* Apologies for multiple postings *<br><br>
Call for Papers<br><br>
First NLP4DL Workshop<br>
Viareggio, Italy<br>
15 June 2009<br><br>
Digital libraries represent a crucial contact point among traditional
libraries, recent advances in Information Technology, and Natural
Language Processing technologies. In a sense, digital libraries represent
a *perfect* crossroads: they are mainly built out of text, they are
consulted by humans via natural language, and one of the major
tools for accessing the information they hold, metadata, is a mix
of structured and unstructured information. The First Natural Language
Processing for Digital Libraries (NLP4DL) workshop, organised under the
auspices of the CACAO project (eContentplus Programme of the European
Commission, ECP 2006 DILI 510035 CACAO), aims to collect all fundamental
and innovative research which is done in connection with Natural Language
Technologies applied to the digital libraries universe. The workshop will
host invited speakers together with talks/papers concerning:<br><br>
-free text access to full-text digital libraries;<br>
-access to digital resources via metadata;<br>
-NLP techniques for harmonizing metadata in digital library (DL)
federations;<br>
-cross-language access to DLs;<br>
-cross-language harmonization of metadata;<br>
-discovery in DLs: hyperlinking, clustering, user-oriented
categorization;<br>
-management of digital collections via NLP-based algorithms;<br>
-adaptation of linguistic resources to thematic DLs;<br>
-fundamental issues: named entity extraction, word sense disambiguation,
translation disambiguation.<br><br>
All abstracts papers will be peer-reviewed and accepted contributions
will be distributed on a CD at the workshop. A volume from the
conference will be published in Fall 2009. Depending on the number of
high quality submissions, a poster/demo session may also be
held.<br><br>
Practical Information<br>
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The conference will be held in Viareggio, Italy on 15 June 2009.
More details will be available soon at the conference website at
<<a href="http://www.cacaoproject.eu/NLP4DL09" eudora="autourl">
http://www.cacaoproject.eu/NLP4DL09</a>>.<br><br>
Important Dates<br>
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Deadline for submission (Abstract, maximum five pages): 20 April
2009; submission should be sent as a PDF file to
<nlp4dl@research.celi.it> .<br>
Notification of acceptance: 4 May 2009<br>
Conference version of the paper due (Instructions will be provided to
authors): 1 June 2009<br>
Conference date: 15 June 2009<br>
Press version of the paper due: 4 September 2009<br><br>
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