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Dear Colleagues,

The 5th Language and Technology Conference (LTC'11), a meeting organized by the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland in cooperation with the Adam Mickiewicz University Foundation, will take place on November 25-27, 2011.

Since very beginning the meetings of the LTC series continue to address Human Language Technologies (HLT) as a challenge for computer science, linguistics and related fields. Fostering language technologies and resources remains an important mission in the dynamically changing information-saturated world. We aim at contributing to this mission and we invite you to join us in that at LTC'11 in November 2011, traditionally held in Poznań, Poland.

Zygmunt Vetulani
LTC'11 Chair
vetulani@amu.edu.pl

The conference topics include the following (the ordering is not significative):

• electronic language resources and tools
• formalization of natural languages
• parsing and other forms of NL processing
• computer modeling of language competence
• NL user modeling
• NL understanding by computers
• knowledge representation
• man-machine NL interfaces
• Logic Programming in Natural Language Processing
• speech processing
• NL applications in robotics
• text-based information retrieval and extraction
• question answering
• tools and methodologies for developing multilingual systems
• translation enhancement tools
• corpora-based methods in language engineering
• WordNet-like ontologies
• methodological issues in HLT
• language-specific computational challenges for HLTs (especially for languages other than English)
• validation in all areas of HLTs
• HLT standards and best practices
• HLTs as a support for foreign language teaching
• HLTs as support for e-learning
• communicative intelligence
• legal issues connected with HLTs (problems and challenges)
• contribution of HLTs to the Homeland Security problems (technology applications and legal aspects)
• visionary papers in the field of HLT
• HLT related policies
• system prototype presentations

This list is by no means closed and we are open to further proposals. Please do not hesitate to contact us in order to feed us with your suggestions and ideas of how to satisfy your expectations concerning the program. The Program Committee is also open to suggestions concerning accompanying events (workshops, exhibits, panels, etc). Suggestions, ideas and observations may be addressed directly to the LTC Chair by email (vetulani@amu.edu.pl).

The conference language is English.

The conference accepts papers in English. Papers (5 formatted pages in the conference format) are due by July 31, 2011 (midnight, any time zone) and should not identify the author(s) in any manner. In order to facilitate submission we have decided to reduce the formatting requirements as much as possible at this stage. Please, however, do observe the following:

1. Accepted fonts for texts are Times Roman, Times New Roman. Courier is recommended for program listings. Character size for the main text should be 10 points, with 11 points leading (line spacing).
2. Text should be presented in 2 columns, 8,42 cm each with 0,95 cm between columns (gutter).
3. The document size is 5 pages formatted according to (1) and (2) above.
4. The use of PDF format is strongly recommended, although MS Word will also be accepted. (Please no latex and other formats).

The Word template (ELRA/LREC based format) is available here.

Detailed guidelines for the final submission of accepted papers will be published on the conference web site before October 15, 2011.

All submissions are to be made electronically via the LTC'11 web submission system (EasyChair).

Final papers are due by October 27, 2011. Please use templates for MS Word. In any case, please do observe the following:

1. Accepted fonts for English text are Time Roman, Times New Roman and Courier (recommended for program listings); character size for the main text should be 10 points, with 11 points leading (line spacing).
2. The only allowed paper format is A4. Text should be presented in 2 columns, 8,20 cm each with 0,80 cm between columns (gutter). Please note: we have slightly changed column parameters.
3. The document size is 5 pages formatted according to (1) and (2) above.
   Only one additional page is allowed. In that case an extra page fee of 10 EURO must be paid by one of the authors registered to the conference. If your paper is longer than 5 pages, please notify us by sending an e-mail to ltc@amu.edu.pl.
4. The only accepted document type is PDF.
5. Do not use color images (nor any other color elements) in your paper. Convert all color elements into grayscale. Note that your paper will be printed in grayscale.
6. Please, embed fonts (e.g. Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean,...) with your PDF. Use the appriopiate option in your PDF-generator.

Final papers should be sent by e-mail to ltc@amu.edu.pl as an attachment. A security copy should be sent to jacekmar@amu.edu.pl.

• The attached file should be named ltc-PAPERID-FirstAuthorName.pdf   e.g. ltc-005-vetulani.pdf (the paper #5 with Vetulani as the submitting author).
• As the subject of your e-mail use: LTC FINAL PAPER  PAPERID   e.g. LTC FINAL PAPER 005.

The PAPERID is your paper ID from EasyChair.

Acceptance will be based on the reviewers' assessments (anonymous submission model). The accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings (hard copy, with ISBN number) and on CD-ROM. The abstracts of the accepted contributions will also be made available via the conference page (during its lifetime). Publication requires full electronic registration and payment of the conference fee (full registration) by at least one of the co-authors before October 27, 2011.
For the obvious reason that the conference fee must cover (in particular) the publication costs, the following rule is applied: "One payment may cover at most one paper" (Cf. "Registration", below)

The LTC 2005 post conference selection appeared in form of Special Issue of Archives of Control Sciences (2005, Volume 15 nb. 3 and Volume 15 nb. 4)

The LTC 2007 post-conference volume (revised, extended papers) appeared in the Springer Verlag series LNAI (vol. 5603).

The LTC 2009 post-conference volume (revised, extended papers) has just appeared (April, 2011) in the Springer Verlag series LNAI (vol. 6562).

• Deadline for submission of papers for review: July 31, 2011 September 5, 2011
• Deadline for submission of LRL Workshop papers for review: September 5, 2011
• Acceptance/Rejection notification: September 27, 2011**
• Deadline for submission of final versions of accepted papers: October 26, 2011
• Conference: November 25-27, 2011
• Deadline for registration for the Authors of accepted papers (mandatory) is November 6, 2011

**) We are sorry to inform you about a delay of the acceptance/refusal paper notification. We are still expecting some missing reviews. We will do our best to reduce this delay to the minimum.

Registration deadline for the Authors is November 6.

Non-student participants:

• Regular registration fee (payment before October 27, 2011) 190 EURO
• Late registration fee (payment after October 26, 2011) 240 EURO

• Regular registration fee (payment before October 27, 2011) 120 EURO
• Late registration fee (payment after October 26, 2011) 160 EURO

To be entitled to student rates the participant must present a student card (or equivalent document) valid on July 31, 2011.

Student registrations must be accompanied by proof of full-time student status (in form of scanned copy of a student ID card or equivalent document) and send by e-mail to ltc@amu.edu.pl. The e-mail subject field must have the following format:
LTC-11-StudentID- (e.g. LTC-11-StudentID-VETULANI)

The conference fee covers:

• participation in the scientific program
• conference materials
• proceedings on CD and paper
• social events (banquet,...)
• coffee breaks

Conference fee for accompanying persons is 50 EUR. The fee covers participation in non-scientific program (banquet,session coffee breaks).

In case of multiple submission the extra fee of 50 Euro for additional paper (not covered by conference fee of a co-author) is to be payed.

The fee for an extra page (max. 1 allowed) will be charged 10 Euro.

By credit card (recommended):
Please do follow the following 5-step procedure:

1. Download the form: [credit card form DOC] or [credit card form PDF]
2. Print the form
3. Complete the form
4. Sign the form
5. Send the signed form by fax to: +48 61 8279701 (Fundacja Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu)

Name: "Addressing the Gaps in Language Resources and Technologies"

Date: 25.11.2011, half-day (afternoon) + banquet
LTC Workshop paper submission deadline : 05.09.2011

Topics:

• Charting and analysis of major LT and associated LR across languages
• Assessing Availability, Quality, Maturity and Sustainability of LT and LR across languages
• Identification of gaps in LR and LT, and their impact on Research and Technology development
• Recommendations on the way to address these gaps based on experience from well resourced languages
• Experience in the production, validation and distribution of LR for less-resourced languages
• Experience in the evaluation of LT for less-resourced
• Use of pivot languages and language families to address the gaps
• Processing of oral languages
• Infrastructures for making available LR and LT in all languages, and especially in the less-resourced ones
• Etc.

Program (general framework):The workshop will comprise presentations (including keynote talks) and a panel session, including an EC representative . The details of the program is in preparation and will be published soon at this site.

Co-Chairs: Khalid Choukri (ELRA, ELDA, France), Joseph Mariani (LIMSI-CNRS, IMMI, France), Zygmunt Vetulani (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)

LRL Workshop Program Committee :

Paper submission: format and templates as for the general LTC, see the Paper Submission Section , above.

Papers should be submitted using EasyChair exactly as for the general LTC but copies should also be send to the co-chairs of the Workshop, i.e. to choukri@elda.org, Joseph.Mariani@limsi.fr and vetulani@amu.edu.pl. Please also put "LRL'11 submission" as Subject of your mail and "LRL" as a key word (both in the EasyChair form and in the paper itself).

More LRL participation details : cf. the general program (the access to the program of both the main conference and the workshop (as well as the social program) is the same for all LTC/LRL participants)

Demos. The authors of submitted papers are invited to present demos of operational systems or language resources. However, as presentation possiblities are limited, a pre-registration before November 18 is required. Prority will be given to the first registered.

Invited lecture and tutorial. An invited lecture on Extracting, Representing, and Reasoning about Time and Space in Texts and Discourse will be given by Gerard Ligozat (France) on November 27, afternoon. This lecture will then be continued during the week after the conference in form of a tutorial, free for all registered conference attenders. Participation in the tutorial will require separate refistration (details soon).

Poster forum. Although all accepted papers will be presented by the authors in the traditional, standard way (oral presentation + discussion), the organizers will offer to the authors an additional opportunity to present (mini) posters containing the abstract and the key ideas of the paper (or related to the paper). Posters will be presented by the organizers during the LTC in the conference area. No extra fee will be charged for this form of presentation. The poster size will be A1, horizontal. In order to have your poster presented you are supposed to register it by November 18, 2011 by an e-mail send to ltc@amu.edu.pl with "LTC-poster" in the subject field.. (Notice. The Poster forum should not be confused with traditional poster sessions. In particular, there will be no limited presentation time and the posters do not have to be accompanied by the authors)

A book exhibition is intended Also, registered participants are invited to bring hard copies of their papers and books. We plan to make special presentations of the achievements of the conference participants, irrespective of whether they are directly related to the conference topic.

LTC 2011 will be located in the: Collegium Iuridicum Novum, Al. Niepodległości 53 and in the Hotel Polonez, Al. Niepodległości 36, Poznań (oposite).

LTC Registation at Collegium Iuridicum Novum Hotel The closest bus stop is called "Polonez", to get there from: the train station: bus 68 the bus station: bus 71 the airport: bus 59 or L to "Rondo Kaponiera", and then bus 68 Online bus timetable (with map)

Gala Dinner will be located in the: Collegium Maius, Fredry 10, Poznań.

As at the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Language and Technology Conferences (2005, 2007, 2009) special awards will be granted to the best student papers. The regular or PhD students (on the date of paper submission) are concerned. Co-authored papers will be considered provided that the students' contributions exceeds 60% and that the main author(s) is (are) student(s)(this fact must be documented by a written declaration signed by all co-authors).

In 2005 the Jury, composed of the Program Committee members participating in the conference, awarded this distinction to: Ronny Melz (University of Leipzig), Hartwig Holzapfel (University of Karlsruhe), Marcin Woliński (IPI PAN, Warsaw) (picture at LTC 2011).

Participants from some non-EC countries may need visas to enter the Polish territory. Visa delivery is exclusively in competence of the Visa Authorities of the Schengen Convention countries. If you have any doubts, we recommend you to check your situation with the nearest Polish Consulate in your residence country. If you are author (co-author) of an accepted paper, we can confirm - if necessary - that we expect your presence at the conference for paper presentation. Upon request, we may also write a confirmation letter (in Polish) directly to the Polish Consulate indicated by you. To do this we will need a request letter (e-mail) from you in which you will provide us with the address of the Consulate you wish us to contact.

To get information about countries whose citizens are not required to have a visa when entering Poland and to find important telephone numbers you may also visit the web site of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.msz.gov.pl/index.php?document=2 (see Consular Information http://www.msz.gov.pl/Consular,Information,2345.html).

This site is in progress. Further important practical information will be published shortly. Please consult this site again from time to time.

There are several large scale events in Poznań at the LTC 2011 time (November 25-27, 2011). Therefore, we strongly recommend you to make the hotel reservation in advance. There are several standard possibilities to book via Internet. Also, a special offer for Conference participants has been prepared by the travel agency Zimny http://www.zimny.pl (zimny@zimny.pl). Please notice that the conference is located in Collegium Iuriducum Novum and in the Polonez Hotel Orbis (face to Collegium Iuridicum). If you prefer to stay in the Polonez Hotel you may make your reservation directly through the Hotel Polonez reservation service (reception). In that case please do remember that this hotel offers special rates to the LTC guests (mail to rez.polonez@orbis.pl putting LTC in the "subject" fiels or call them directly to +48 61 864 71 in order to benefit from this offer; the reservation link from this page is for information only /it does not offer the LTC discount/).

• The official web site of the city of Poznań
• Poznań on-line bulletin for foreigners
• Leaflets about Poznań
• Poznań Local Tourist Organisation
• Tourist information about Poland on LonelyPlanet website
• Tourist information about Poznań on LonelyPlanet website
• Theatres
  • Teatr Wielki im. Stanisława Moniuszki
  • The Polish Theatre in Poznań
  • The Nowy Theatre in Poznań
  • Animation Theatre in Poznań
  • The Polish Dance Theatre
• Cinemas
  • Multikino
  (22 screens in 3 theaters)
  • Kinepolis
  (18 screens)
• Museums
  • Poznań Archaeological Museum
  • Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu
  • The Museum of Musical Instruments

The timetable (by tram or bus line) can be viewed at http://www.ztm.poznan.pl/komunikacja/rozklad/. (After choosing the line, one has to choose the proper bus or tram stop in the right direction.)

Tickets fares are available at: http://ztm.poznan.pl/fares-tickets/fares-new/ An interactive transportation map is available at "Jak dojazde" website and provides also estimation of ticket cost for the given route.

Aprox. bus travel duration to the Polonez hotel from (except rush hours):

• the Central Railway Station (Poznań Główny) - 6 minutes (Ticket: Normal and night service up to 15 minutes, cost: 2zł)
• the Central Bus Station - 8 minutes (Ticket: Normal and night service up to 15 minutes, cost: 2zł)
• the Airport (Poznań - Ławica International Airport) - 34 minutes (Ticket: Normal and night service up to 60 minutes, cost: 4zł)

You can buy tickets in one of the newspaper stands near bus stops.

TAXI in Poznań:

• M1 TAXI - phone: +48 618 222 222 (when you order a taxi using this number you will receive a 20% discount)
• TAXI RMI - phone: +48 618 219 219 (when you mention the password "LTC" you will receive a 20% discount)
• List of all TAXI companies in Poznań is available on: http://www.poznan.pl/mim/public/main/class.html?id_klasy=116&id_cz=6029&lang=en

Aprox. taxi travel cost to the Polonez hotel from:

• the Airport (Poznań - Ławica International Airport): - 20-35zł (depends on traffic)
• the Central Bus Station: 15-20zł (depends on traffic)

Official promotional website of the Republic of Poland You could find there information about:

• Border - Crossing formalities
• Money - Shopping
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• Climate
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• Polish holidays and customs
• Polish cuisine

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