From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by walapai.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id pB48o5A1024925 for ; Sun, 4 Dec 2011 09:50:05 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AlUBAOIy207BkBBNe2dsb2JhbAAqBBaCTZxQgheIfCIBARYmBSCBdAUIJTwBCBQBBCoKAgsBJgIEFCUBBAoJCAOHfgYjlh+PcYI2hBiIPgKHYhyCPmMEgluFHoRjU5lG X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.71,293,1320620400"; d="scan'208,217";a="133864024" Received: from mta02.urv.cat ([193.144.16.77]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 04 Dec 2011 09:49:59 +0100 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.71,293,1320620400"; d="scan'208,217";a="23185247" Received: from pmbox2.urv.cat ([193.144.16.41]) by mta.urv.cat with ESMTP; 04 Dec 2011 09:49:58 +0100 Received: from Carlos1 (47.Red-83-32-249.dynamicIP.rima-tde.net [83.32.249.47]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pmbox2.urv.cat (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E4B32E156; Sun, 4 Dec 2011 09:49:43 +0100 (CET) From: "GRLMC" To: Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 09:49:45 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0088_01CCB26A.163807B0" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcyyYau+iI37dklfTeuzvgbx2yVhnw== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6000.16669 X-Validation-by: grlmc@urv.cat Subject: [Caml-list] WSLST 2012: 3rd announcement This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0088_01CCB26A.163807B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ********************************************************************* =20 2012 INTERNATIONAL WINTER SCHOOL IN LANGUAGE AND SPEECH TECHNOLOGIES =20 WSLST 2012 =20 (formerly International PhD School in Language and Speech Technologies) =20 Tarragona, Spain =20 January 23-27, 2012 =20 Organized by: Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC) Rovira i Virgili University =20 http://grammars.grlmc.com/wslst2012/ =20 ********************************************************************* =20 AIM: =20 WSLST 2012 offers a broad and intensive series of lectures on language and speech technologies at different levels. The students choose their preferred courses according to their interests and background. Instructors are top names in their respective fields. The School intends to help students initiate and foster their research career. =20 The previous event in this series was SSLST 2011 (http://grammars.grlmc.com/sslst2011/). =20 ADDRESSED TO: =20 Undergraduate and graduate students from around the world. Most appropriate degrees include: Computer Science and Linguistics. Other students (for instance, from Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Philosophy, or Cognitive Science) are welcome too. =20 The School is appropriate also for people more advanced in their career who want to keep themselves updated on developments in the field. =20 There is no overlap in the class schedule. =20 COURSES AND PROFESSORS: =20 - Eneko Agirre (U Basque Country), Semantic Processing of Text: Word Sense Disambiguation, Entity Linking and Semantic Similarity [introductory/intermediate, 8 hours] - William J. Byrne (Cambridge), Weighted Finite State Transducers in Statistical Machine Translation [introductory/advanced, 6 hours] - Marcello Federico (Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento), Statistical Language Modeling [introductory/advanced, 8 hours] - Ralph Grishman (New York), Information Extraction [intermediate, 8 hours] - John Nerbonne (Groningen), Using Edit-Distance to Understand Linguistic Variation [introductory/advanced, 4 hours] - Geoffrey K. Pullum (Edinburgh), The Formal Properties of Human Languages: Description with a View to Implementation [introductory/intermediate, 8 hours] - Jian Su (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore), Coreference Resolution and Discourse Relation Recognition [advanced, 4 hours] - Christoph Tillmann (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center), Simple and Effective Algorithms and Models for Non-hierarchical Statistical Machine Translation [intermediate, 6 hours] - David R. Traum (U Southern California), Approaches to Dialogue Systems and Dialogue Management [introductory, 8 hours] - Dekai Wu (Hong Kong U of Science and Technology), Syntactic and Semantic Statistical Machine Translation [introductory/advanced, 8 hours] =20 REGISTRATION: =20 It has to be done on line at =20 http://grammars.grlmc.com/wslst2012/Registration.php=20 =20 FEES: =20 They are variable, depending on the number of courses each student takes. The rule is: =20 1 hour =3D=20 =20 - 10 euros (for payments until November 13, 2011),=20 - 15 euros (for payments after November 13, 2011).=20 =20 PAYMENT PROCEDURE: =20 The fees must be paid to the School's bank account:=20 =20 Uno-e Bank (Julian Camarillo 4 C, 28037 Madrid, Spain): IBAN: ES3902270001820201823142 - Swift code: UNOEESM1 (account holder: Carlos Martin-Vide GRLMC; account holder=92s address: Av. Catalunya, 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain) =20 Please mention WSLST 2012 and your full name in the subject. A receipt will be provided on site. =20 Remarks: =20 - Bank transfers should not involve any expense for the School. - People claiming early registration will be requested to prove that they gave the bank transfer order by the deadline. - Students may be refunded only in the case when a course gets cancelled due to the unavailability of the instructor. =20 People registering on site at the beginning of the School must pay in cash. For the sake of local organization, however, it is much recommended to do it earlier. =20 ACCOMMODATION: =20 Information about accommodation is available on the website of the School. =20 CERTIFICATES: =20 Students will be delivered a certificate stating the courses attended, their contents, and their duration. =20 IMPORTANT DATES: =20 Announcement of the programme: September 26, 2011 Starting of the registration: September 26, 2011 Early registration deadline: November 13, 2011 Starting of the School: January 23, 2012 End of the School: January 27, 2012=20 =20 QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION: =20 Florentina-Lilica Voicu: florentinalilica.voicu@urv.cat=20 =20 WEBSITE: =20 http://grammars.grlmc.com/wslst2012/=20 =20 POSTAL ADDRESS: =20 WSLST 2012 Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC) Rovira i Virgili University Av. Catalunya, 35 43002 Tarragona, Spain =20 Phone: +34-977-559543 Fax: +34-977-558386 =20 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: =20 Diputaci=F3 de Tarragona Universitat Rovira i Virgili =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0088_01CCB26A.163807B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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2012 INTERNATIONAL WINT= ER SCHOOL IN LANGUAGE AND SPEECH TECHNOLOGIES

 

WSLST 2012

 

(formerly International PhD School in Language and Speech Technologies)

 

Tarragon= a, Spain

 

January 23-27, 2012

 

Organized by:

Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC)

Rovira i Virgili University

 

http://grammars.grlmc.com/wslst2012/

 

*********************************************************************=

 

AIM:

 

WSLST 2012 offers a broad and intensive series = of lectures on language and speech technologies at different levels. The stude= nts choose their preferred courses according to their interests and background. Instructors are top names in their respective fields. The School intends to help students initiate and foster their research career.<= /font>

 

The previous event in this series was SSLST 2011 (http://grammars.grlmc.com/sslst2011/).

 

ADDRESSED T= O:

 

Undergraduate and graduate students from around= the world. Most appropriate degrees include: Computer Science and Linguistics. Other students (for instance, from Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Philosophy, or Cognitive Science) are welcome too.=

 

The School is appropriate also for people more advanced in their career who want to keep themselves updated on development= s in the field.

 

There is no overlap in the class schedule.=

 

COURSES AND PROFESSORS:

 

- Eneko Agi= rre (U Basque Country), Semantic Processing of Text: Word Sense Disambiguation, Entity Linking and Semantic Similarity [introductory/intermediate, 8 hours]=

- William J. Byrne (Cambridge), Weigh= ted Finite State Transducers in Statistical Machine Translation [introductory/a= dvanced, 6 hours]

- Marcello Federico (Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento), Statistical Language Modeling [introductory/advanced, 8 hours]

- Ralph Gri= shman (New York), Information Extracti= on [intermediate, 8 hours]

- John Nerb= onne (Groningen), Using Edit-Distance to Understand Linguistic Variation [introductory/advanc= ed, 4 hours]

- Geoffrey = K. Pullum (Edinburgh), The F= ormal Properties of Human Languages: Description with a View to Implementation [i= ntroductory/intermediate, 8 hours]

- Jian Su (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore), Coreference Resolution and Discourse Relation Recognition [advanced, 4 hour= s]

- Christoph Tillmann (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center), Simple and Effective Algorithms and Models for Non-hierarchical Statistical Machine Translation [intermediate, 6 hours]

- David R. = Traum (U Southern California), Approaches to Dialogue Systems and Dialogue Manage= ment [introductory, 8 hours]

- Dekai Wu<= /span> (Hong Kong U of Science and Technology), Syntactic and Semantic Statistical Machine Translation [introductory/advanced, 8 hours]

 

REGISTRATIO= N:

 

It has to be done on line at<= /font>

 

http://grammars.grlmc.com/wslst2012/Registratio= n.php

 

FEES:<= /o:p>

 

They are variable, depending on the number of courses each student takes. The rule is:

 

1 hour =3D

 

- 10 euros (for payments until November 13, 201= 1),

- 15 euros (for payments after November 13, 201= 1).

 

PAYMENT PROCEDURE:

 

The fees must be paid to the School's bank acco= unt:

 

Uno-e Bank (Julian Camarillo 4 C, 28037 Madrid, Spain): IBAN: ES3902270001820201823142 - Swift code: UNOEESM1 (account holder: Carlos Martin-Vide GRLMC; account holder’s address: Av. Catalunya, 35, 43002= Tarragona, Spain)<= o:p>

 

Please mention = WSLST 2012 and your full name in the subject. A receipt will be provided on site.=

 

Remarks:

 

- Bank transfer= s should not involve any expense for the School.

- People claimi= ng early registration will be requested to prove that they gave the bank transfer or= der by the deadline.

- Students may = be refunded only in the case when a course gets cancelled due to the unavailability of the instructor.

 

People registering on site at the beginning of = the School must pay in cash. For the sake of local organization, however, it is= much recommended to do it earlier.

 

ACCOMMODATI= ON:

 

Information about accommodation is available on= the website of the School.

 

CERTIFICATE= S:

 

Students will be delivered a certificate stating the courses attended, their contents, and their duration.=

 

IMPORTANT D= ATES:

 

Announcement of the programme: September 26, 20= 11

Starting of the registration: September 26, 201= 1

Early registration deadline: November 13, 2011<= o:p>

Starting of the School: January 23, 2012

End of the School: January 27, 2012 =

 

QUESTIONS A= ND FURTHER INFORMATION:

 

Florentina-Lilica Voicu: florentinalilica.voicu= @urv.cat

 

WEBSITE:

 

http://grammars.grlmc.com/wslst2012/

 

POSTAL ADDR= ESS:

 

WSLST 2012

Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRL= MC)

Rovira i Virgili University

Av. Catalunya, 35

43002 Tarragon= a, Spain

 

Phone: +34-977-559543<= /p>

Fax: +34-977-558386=

 

ACKNOWLEDGE= MENTS:

 

Diputaci=F3 de Tarragona

Universitat Rovira i Virgili<= /p>

 

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