September 2022 - Corpora

2nd call: EAMT Sponsorship of Activities for 2023 (deadline 07/10/2022)
by Carol Scarton 02 Sep '22

02 Sep '22

************************************************************** EAMT Sponsorship of Activities for 2023 Deadline: 07/10/2022 ************************************************************** == Call for Proposals == The European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT) is an organisation that serves the growing community of people interested in MT and translation tools, including translators, users, developers, and researchers of this increasingly viable technology. As part of its commitment to promote research, development and awareness about translation technologies, the EAMT is for the eleventh consecutive year launching a call for proposals to fund MT-related activities during 2023. == Purpose of the Call == The EAMT is planning to support various MT activities such as tutorials, workshops, teaching and awareness initiatives, open-source initiatives, and small research and development projects by its current members. The EAMT particularly encourages proposals from early career researchers. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Recent developments in MT research. - MT evaluation methodology, metrics and results. - Launch of MT-specific evaluation campaigns. - New or prospective commercial users of MT technology. - MT environments (workflow, support tools, etc.). - Interaction between users and MT systems. - MT combined with other technologies (translation memories, speech translation, cross-language information retrieval, multilingual text categorization, multilingual text summarization, etc.). - MT for less-resourced languages: development, usage, etc. - MT in the social internet: new uses, new modes of development. - MT for crisis management. - Training events on MT, particularly on recent developments. - Events to disseminate MT, especially to the wider public. All proposals will be screened by a review committee that consists of EAMT Executive Committee members and possibly a few appointed external experts if necessary. == Submission information == * Eligibility requirements * In order to qualify for funding, the institution(s) or the individual making the proposal must be a confirmed member of the EAMT at submission time. Membership information: http://www.eamt.org/membership.php * Selection criteria * - The proposed activity should be of direct interest to the MT community at large: researchers, developers, vendors, translators and users of MT technologies. - The proposal shall clearly describe the purpose of the project and include measurable mid-project milestones for which a report should be submitted (see below). - Preference will be given to projects which by nature will involve and be beneficial for several persons, as for instance conferences, seminars, workshops and tutorials. - Proposals with a significant, clearly identified impact on the MT community (through the development, dissemination or use of project results) are those most likely to be accepted. - Proposals that bring together different aspects of MT will be especially valued. - The proposal should be clearly justified as being technically and/or scientifically sound. - The quality and efficiency of the implementation of the proposal will be evaluated. - The budget should be adequate for the proposed objectives and the actual implementation of the activity. == Budget == EAMT anticipates funding several proposals for various activities. There are two categories of proposals. The member institutions’ category and the individual members’ category. The total foreseen EAMT Budget for this call is around €10,000 to cover all granted projects. The maximum amount EAMT can grant for a single project will be €10,000. During the negotiation stage, budget adjustments may be required by the EAMT executive committee. This means that the EAMT may only offer to partially fund a project. A project being granted financial support by EAMT according to this call will receive 50% of the granted amount at the start of the project. The proposer will receive the remaining 50% when the mid-project progress report has been received by the EAMT Secretary and substantiates that the mid-project milestones are met, and furthermore provided that the proposer is still a current member of the EAMT. == Contact for enquiries == Carolina Scarton EAMT Secretary e-mail: c.scarton(a)sheffield.ac.uk == Submission procedure == * Overview * Candidates should submit their proposals as a single PDF file, written in English, that is composed of the elements described below. - Proposal description: 2-page maximum - Person/organisation experience: 1-page maximum - Budget and project planning overview: 1-page maximum Proposals should be submitted no later than the deadline (see Important Dates below) through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eamt2023 (Submission type: Project Proposals). Authors are encouraged to use the template available at http://www.eamt.org/eamt2020-projects.zip. Templates for both LaTeX and Microsoft Word are available. * Detailed description of sections of the proposal * 1-) Proposal description (two pages) in English - Complete contact information of the candidate. - A clear and detailed description of the proposed event or activity. - A statement on why this event or activity would be helpful for the community. - A statement justifying why EAMT should support this event or activity. 2-) Experience of the proposing person/organisation in the field (up to one page). - It may include a list of experience and related skills of the participants of the team. 3-) Budget and project planning overview (up to one page) - A breakdown of the costs estimated for the entire activity or event. - Clear milestones and deliverables must be indicated. - An identification of the support requested from EAMT and possible other supporting funds. == Important Dates == - Circulation of the Call: August 1, 2022 - Submission deadline for proposals: October 7, 2022, 23:59 CEST - Acceptance notifications and negotiations to start on: December 7, 2022 In case of acceptance: - Mid-project progress report due: June 30, 2023, 23:59 CEST - Final report and deliverables due: January 31, 2024, 23:59 CET == Additional provisions == - Only complete proposals will be reviewed. - All information submitted with proposals will be regarded as confidential and will only be used in the context of this project. - Following the recommendations from the reviewers and EAMT executive members, projects may be approved with amendments that will be discussed during the negotiation stage. - The funded projects may be required to report at the EAMT events (e.g. Poster at the EAMT conference, a short progress report for the General assembly, etc.), without any claim for additional funds. - The EAMT should be acknowledged in all materials related to the project, activity or initiative. == No obligation to award the proposal == The EAMT shall be under no obligation to fund the proposals pursuant to this call for proposals. EAMT shall not be liable for any compensation with respect to candidates whose proposals have not been accepted. Nor shall it be liable in the event of it deciding not to award the proposal. -- *Carolina Scarton* Lecturer in Natural Language Processing Department of Computer Science University of Sheffield http://staffwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk/people/C.Scarton/

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Monthly online ILFC Seminar: interactions between formal and computational linguistics
by Timothée Bernard 02 Sep '22

02 Sep '22

*Monthly online ILFC Seminar: interactions between formal and computational linguistics* https://gdr-lift.loria.fr/monthy-online-ilfc-seminar/ GdR LIFT is happy to announce the two forthcoming sessions of the ILFC seminar on the interactions between formal and computational linguistics (note that they will both be held on a *Wednesday*): - 2022/09/14 17:00-18:00 UTC+2: *Ellie Pavlick* (Brown University & Google; 11:00-12:00 UTC-4) Title: *Implementing Symbols and Rules with Neural Networks* Abstract: *Many aspects of human language and reasoning are well explained in terms of symbols and rules. However, state-of-the-art computational models are based on large neural networks which lack explicit symbolic representations of the type frequently used in cognitive theories. One response has been the development of neuro-symbolic models which introduce explicit representations of symbols into neural network architectures or loss functions. In terms of Marr’s levels of analysis, such approaches achieve symbolic reasoning at the computational level (“what the system does and why”) by introducing symbols and rules at the implementation and algorithmic levels. In this talk, I will consider an alternative: can neural networks (without any explicit symbolic components) nonetheless implement symbolic reasoning at the computational level? I will describe several diagnostic tests of “symbolic” and “rule-governed” behavior and use these tests to analyze neural models of visual and language processing. Our results show that on many counts, neural models appear to encode symbol-like concepts (e.g., conceptual representations that are abstract, systematic, and modular), but not perfectly so. Analysis of the failure cases reveals that future work is needed on methodological tools for analyzing neural networks, as well as refinement of models of hybrid neuro-symbolic reasoning in humans, in order to determine whether neural networks’ deviations from the symbolic paradigm are a feature or a bug.* - 2022/10/12 17:00-18:00 UTC+2: *Dan Lassiter* (University of Edinburgh; 16:00-17:00 UTC+1) Title: *Modelling suppositional meaning in discourse* The seminar is held on Zoom. To attend the seminar and get updates, please register to be on our mailing list: https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/subscribe/seminaire_ilfc

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Fwd: [parole] ALPS 2023 **WINTER** School, 2d Call for Participation
by François Portet 02 Sep '22

02 Sep '22

-------- Message transféré -------- Sujet : [parole] ALPS 2023 **WINTER** School, 2d Call for Participation Date : Fri, 2 Sep 2022 11:49:29 +0200 De : Laurent Besacier <laurent.besacier(a)univ-grenoble-alpes.fr> Répondre à : Laurent Besacier <laurent.besacier(a)univ-grenoble-alpes.fr> Pour : sigul(a)list.elra.info, ln(a)groupes.renater.fr <ln(a)groupes.renater.fr>, parole(a)listes.afcp-parole.org <parole(a)listes.afcp-parole.org>, gdrtal-multilinguisme(a)services.cnrs.fr, gdrtal-intermodalite(a)services.cnrs.fr, moses-support <moses-support(a)mit.edu>, mt-list(a)eamt.org =/=/=/= Parole, la liste de diffusion de l'AFCP =\=\=\=

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Open position for a doctoral student in NLP at Språkbanken Text (Gothenburg, Sweden)
by Elena Volodina 01 Sep '22

01 Sep '22

Dear all, Språkbanken Text (Gothenburg, Sweden) has an open position for a doctoral student in Natural Language Processing. It is a fully-paid 4-year position with a possibility to extend to 5 years. See the full announcement here (note a link to detailed instructions under the Section "Application"): Eng: https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=7&lang=UK&validator=9b89… Swe: https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=6&lang=SE&validator=3038… Timeline: Application deadline : September, 29th Preliminary decision : December, 21st Start of the position : February, 1st or as soon as possible after that date Please forward this announcement to relevant people and channels. Looking forward to great candidates! ___________________ Elena Volodina, PhD, Docent https://spraakbanken.gu.se/en/about/staff/elena Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you. Peace Pilgrim

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ADAPT: Multimodal Conversational Agents - PhD@UNITN: Application deadline: 6th of September
by Raffaella Bernardi 01 Sep '22

01 Sep '22

The IECS Doctoral School, at the University of Trento, has several PhD openings. Application deadline on September* 6, 2022 hrs. 04:00 PM *(CEST). See here for details: https://iecs.unitn.it/education/admission/call-for-application If you are interested in the project on *Adaptive Multimodal conversational agents* that will be run in collaboration with Amazon Alexa (in Berlin), please contact me at raffaella.bernardi(a)unitn.it Project description: http://iecs.unitn.it/education/admission/reserved-topic-scholarships#A1 I am looking for PhD candidates with a strong background in Computer Science, in particular on Machine Learning, ideally with some expertise on Natural Language Processing/Natural Language Generation. Raffaella ============================================================== University of Trento CIMeC: C225, second floor, Corso Bettini 31, 38068 Rovereto (TN), DISI: Povo 2, Room: 110, Via Sommarive 9, I 38123, Povo (TN) Tel. +39 0464 80 8704 (CIMeC) http://disi.unitn.it/~bernardi/ ==============================================================

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