Esslli2018-NLP-Era: ESSLLI-2018 Workshop on NLP in the Era of Big Data, Deep Learning, and Post Truth Sofia, Bulgaria, August 13-17, 2018 |
Conference website | http://alt.qcri.org/esslli2018-nlp-era |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esslli2018nlpera |
Abstract registration deadline | April 16, 2018 |
Submission deadline | May 18, 2018 |
The ESSLLI-2018 Workshop on NLP in the Era of Big Data, Deep Learning, and Post Truth (Esslli2018-NLP-Era) will be held during the whole second week of the 30th edition of ESSLLI (European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information) August 13 - 17, 2018.
Recent years have seen fast advances of the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) due to the simultaneous influence of two revolutionary forces: Big Data and Deep Learning. The aim of using large corpora has been prominent in NLP since an earlier statistical, corpus-based revolution of the 1990s. Indeed, in corpus-based NLP size does matter, and researchers have been exploring corpora as large as the entire Web; now this abundance of data has enabled the return of Neural Networks and the rise of Deep Learning. More recently, we have further seen the rise of Big Data with its 3Vs: Volume, Velocity, and Variety. Even more recently, with the spread of fake news, it has been suggested that a fourth V should be considered: Veracity.
The workshop welcomes work presenting new developments in applying NLP for solving problems related to Big Data, Deep Learning, and Veracity. We also invite discussion about the impact of these revolutionary forces on the field of NLP as a whole.
The workshop invites extended abstracts related to but not limited to the following topics:
- Big Data for NLP
- Web as a corpus
- Deep learning for NLP
- Automatic fact checking, stance detection, bias detection
- Multi-modality: combining NLP, speech, images, and/or video
- Cross-linguality
- Language varieties and dialect processing
- Work at the intersection of the above areas
- Position papers discussing the impact of the above on NLP
WORKSHOP DATES
Abstract submission: April 16, 2018
Author notification: May 18, 2018
Camera-ready version: June 4, 2018
Deadlines are midnight Pacific Standard Time (UTC−8).
Submission Guidelines
Extended abstracts should present original, unpublished research and/or implementation results. We invite extended abstracts of up to two pages, excluding references. All submissions will be electronic and in PDF format, sent via the EasyChair system. Information about the author(s) and other identifying information such as obvious self-references (e.g., "We have shown in [12]") and financial or personal acknowledgements should be omitted in the submitted abstracts whenever feasible.
Submissions will be anonymous. Information about the author(s) and other identifying information such as obvious self-references (e.g., "We have shown in [12]") and financial or personal acknowledgements should be omitted in the submitted abstracts whenever feasible.
Extended abstracts may contain a clearly marked appendix and data files to support its claims. While reviewers are urged to consult this extra material for better comprehension, it is at their discretion whether they do so. Such extra material should also be anonymized to the extent feasible.
Committees
Program Committee
Ramy Baly, MIT & Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU (USA&Qatar)
José Camacho Collados, Sapienza University of Rome & Cardiff University (Italy&UK)
Mona Diab, Columbia University (USA)
Noura Farra, Columbia University (USA)
Shervin Malmasi, Harvard Medical School (United States)
Kashyap Popat, Max-Planck Institute (Germany)
Diarmuid Ó Séaghdha, University of Cambridge (UK)
Petya Osenova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Bulgaria)
Sara Rosenthal, IBM T. J. Watson (USA)
Serge Sharoff, University of Leeds (UK)
Kiril Simov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Bulgaria)
Sara Stymne, Uppsala University (Sweden)
Stan Szpakowicz, University of Ottawa (Canada)
Aline Villavicencio, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Andreas Vlachos, University of Sheffield (UK)
Pidong Wang, Machine Zone Inc. (USA)
Marcos Zampieri, University of Wolverhampton (UK)
Organizing committee
Preslav Nakov (Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU)
Ahmed Ali (Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU)
Irina Temnikova (Sofia University)
Georgi Georgiev (Ontotext)
Lluís Màrquez (Amazon Research)
Shafiq Joty (Nanyang Technological University)
Ivan Koychev (Sofia University)
Venue
The conference will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria during the whole week of August 13 - 17, 2018.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to
irina.temnikova@gmail.com
or the specific organizers at their e-mails.