https://sigann.github.io/LAW-XI-2017/
Held in conjunction with EACL 2017, Valencia, Spain, April 3, 2017
Sponsored by the ACL Special Interest Group on Annotation (SIGANN)
NOTE: the deadline was extended to January 21st.
NEW THIS YEAR: One of the outstanding papers appearing at the workshop will be recognized with a Best Paper Award.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION ========================
Linguistic annotation of natural language corpora is the backbone of supervised methods for statistical natural language processing. It also provides valuable data for evaluation of both rule-based and supervised systems and can help formalize the study of linguistic phenomena by both clarifying old tasks defining new ones.
The LAW provides a forum for presentation and discussion of innovative research on all aspects of linguistic annotation, including but not limited to the creation/evaluation of annotation schemes, methods for automatic and manual annotation, use and evaluation of annotation software and frameworks, representation of linguistic data and annotations, and evaluation of manual and automatically-produced annotations.
We also invite proposals for a shared task to be hosted at LAW 2018. These should be submitted as short papers (up to 4 pages). The program will include a panel discussion of potential shared tasks.
WORKSHOP TOPICS =======================
We welcome submissions of long and short papers, posters, and demonstrations relating to any aspect of linguistic annotation, including:
- Annotation procedures - Annotation evaluation - Annotation access and use - Annotation schemes, guidelines and standards - Annotation software and frameworks
See the website at https://sigann.github.io/LAW-XI-2017/ for more details, including submission instructions. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the program co-chairs Nathan Schneider (Georgetown University) and Nianwen Xue (Brandeis University) at law-xi-2017-chairs at googlegroups.com.
IMPORTANT DATES =====================
All submission deadlines are at 11:59 p.m. PST Jan. 21, 2017: Workshop Paper Due Date Feb. 20, 2017: Notification of Acceptance March 6, 2017: Camera-ready papers due April 3, 2017: Workshop Date