CCNLG4: 4th Workshop on Computational Creativity in Language Generation The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation Tokyo, Japan, November 1, 2019 |
Conference website | http://www.ccnlg.org |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ccnlg4 |
Abstract registration deadline | August 30, 2019 |
Submission deadline | September 13, 2019 |
CC-NLG 2019 is the fourth edition of a series of workshops that aim to bring together researchers dealing with text generation from a computational creativity (CC) perspective, and researchers in natural language generation (NLG) with an interest in creative aspects. The workshop will also discuss the crossovers in CC and NLG, as well as looking to dialogue systems and their creative possibilities. Creativity should be understood in both a formal and informal sense, and submissions that attempt to use creative attributes outside of their traditional artistic or literary arena would be highly appreciated.
Discussions at CC-NLG will cover the distinct approaches of CC and NLG brought about by their respective focuses; research in computational creativity has tended to deal less with technical shifts, directed instead at cognition, aesthetics, and novelty; whilst NLG research has tended to focus on the technical and theoretical challenges of topics like readability. However, in recent years this distinction has become far less defined. NLG research deals actively with concepts of style, variation, poetics, and narrative, whilst creative researchers are developing robust implementations. This change can be seen in dialogue systems, where the usability of an interface relies on it handling out-of-domain or spontaneous user input. Creative methodologies are garnering fundamental and applicable returns.
Previous editions of the workshop have contained submissions from a broad range of applications, and the day itself has welcomed an extended attendance into an active discussion around the field. In 2019 we will continue this dialogue at INLG 2019.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should follow the INLG submission format and length limits. We are happy to accept both long papers, which will be given more time to present, and short papers . Check instructions at the INLG Call for Papers page. Dual submission with INLG 2018 is permitted, provided that authors notify us on submission, and withdraw from one venue after acceptance on the other.
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Long papers are most appropriate for presenting substantial research results and must not exceed 8 pages of content, with unlimited pages for references.
- Short papers are more appropriate for presenting an ongoing research effort and must not exceed 4 pages of content, with unlimited pages for references.
List of Topics
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Poetry Generation
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Story Generation
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Generation of Metaphor, Figurative and Rhetorical Language
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Generation of Verbal Humor
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Personality and Emotion in NLG
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Creative Data-to-Text Models
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Interactive Language Generation
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Character-based Generation
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Style Generation
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Digital Literature
Committees
Program Committee
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Amílcar Cardoso, University of Coimbra
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Carlos León, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Cyril Labbé, Université Grenoble
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Ehud Reiter, University of Aberdeen
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Emiel Krahmer, Tilburg University
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Folgert Kasdorp, Meertens Instituut, Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences
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François Portet, Université Grenoble Alpes
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Gonzalo Méndez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Hannu Toivonen, University of Helsinki
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Manuel Portela, University of Coimbra
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Matthew Purver, Queen Mary University of London
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Mike Kestemont, University of Antwerp, Belgium
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Pablo Gervás, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Rafael Pérez y Pérez,Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana at Cuajimalpa
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Tarek Besold, City University of London
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Tony Veale, University College Dublin
Organizing committee
- Ben Burtenshaw, University of Antwerp
- Enrique Manjavacas, University of Antwerp
- Richard Doust
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to Benjamin.Burtenshaw@uantwerpen.be