October 2023 - Corpora

Call for Participation: ACM CIKM 2023 Industry Day, Birmingham, UK, October 22, 2023
by Ingo Frommholz 02 Oct '23

02 Oct '23

Call for Participation: CIKM 2023 Industry Day You can still register in-person for the industry day at the ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM) in Birmingham, UK. The industry day takes place October 22 at the University of Birmingham campus. It offers a range of industry-related and high-profile talks by experts in the field. Additionally, you can register online for the main CIKM event on October 23-25, 2023. Industry Day In-Person and CIKM Online Registration: https://cikm2023.org/registration-rates The following talks are scheduled for the industry day (please also see https://cikm2023.org/industry-day-programme): Application and Evaluation of Large Language Models for the Generation of Survey Questions Antonio Maiorino, Zoe Padgett, Chun Wang, Misha Yakubovskiy and Peng Jiang Unleashing the Power of Large Language Models for Legal Applications Dell Zhang, Alina Petrova, Dietrich Trautmann and Frank Schilder Harnessing GPT for Topic-Based Call Segmentation in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Itzik Malkiel, Uri Alon, Yakir Yehdua, Shahar Keren, Oren Barkan, Royi Ronen and Noam Koenigstein Astrolabe: Visual Graph Database Queries with Tabular Output Michael Miller Type theory as a unifiying paradigm for data models Christoph Dorn and Haikal Pribadi Proactive and Automatic Detection of Product Misclassifications at Massive Scale Ling Jiang, Xiaoyu Chu, Saaransh Gulati, Pulkit Garg, Andrew Borthwick and Gang Luo Vigil: Effective end-to-end monitoring for large-scale recommender systems at Glance Priyansh Saxena and Manisha R Comparative Analysis of Open Source and Commercial Embedding Models for Question Answering Georgios Balikas Comparing Fine-Tuned Transformers and Large Language Models for Sales Call Classification: A Case Study Roy Eisenstadt, Abedelkader Asi and Royi Ronen From User Activity Traces To Navigation Graph for software enhancement: An Application Of Graph Neural Network (GNN) On a Real-world Non-attributed Graph Boukhraouba Ikram Practical Lessons Learned From Detecting, Preventing and Mitigating Negative Experiences in Facebook Prathyusha Senthil Kumar LAMM: Language Aware Active Learning for Multilingual Models Ze Ye, Dantong Liu, Kaushik Pavani and Sunny Dasgupta Prod2Vec-Var: A Session Based Recommendation System with Enhanced Diversity Hacer Turgut, Tan Doruk Yetki, Tayfun Arda Yücel and Ömür Bali RT2S: A Framework for Learning with Noisy Labels Indranil Bhattacharya, Ze Ye, Kaushik Pavani and Sunny Dasgupta Looking forward to seeing you in Birmingham! -- Ingo Frommholz (he/him), PhD, FBCS, FHEA Reader (~Associate Professor) in Data Science ACM CIKM 2023 General Chair Head of Data, AI, Interaction, Retrieval, and Language Group http://dairel.org Deputy Head Digital Innovations and Solutions Centre (DISC) University of Wolverhampton, UK Adjunct Professor, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Web: http://www.frommholz.org/ | Email: ifrommholz(a)acm.org Twitter: @iFromm | Mastodon: @ingo@idf.social PGP/GPG fingerprint: B74E A422 C7B2 A5BB 2BC2 523B 2790 216E F8F8 D166 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x2790216EF8F8D166

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Call for Bids to Host CLEF 2026 - Submission deadline 20 December 2023
by Nicola Ferro 02 Oct '23

02 Oct '23

INTRODUCTION The CLEF Initiative (Conference and Labs of the Evaluation Forum) is a self-organized body whose main mission is to promote research, innovation, and development of information access systems with an emphasis on multilingual and multimodal information with various levels of structure. The CLEF Initiative is structured in two main parts: - a series of Evaluation Labs, i.e. laboratories to conduct evaluation of information access systems and workshops to discuss and pilot innovative evaluation activities; - a peer-reviewed Conference on a broad range of issues, including - investigation continuing the activities of the Evaluation Labs; - experiments using multilingual and multimodal data; in particular, but not only, data resulting from CLEF activities; - research in evaluation methodologies and challenges. Since 2000 CLEF has played a leading role in stimulating investigation and research in a wide range of key areas in the information retrieval domain. It has promoted the study and implementation of appropriate evaluation methodologies for diverse types of tasks and media. Over the years, a wide, strong, and multidisciplinary research community has been built, which covers and spans the different areas of expertise needed to deal with the breadth of CLEF activities, making CLEF one of the top venues for information access. CALL FOR BIDS The CLEF Steering Committee solicits proposals from groups interested in organizing the CLEF conference and labs in September 2026. Groups submitting a bid for CLEF 2026 also commit themselves to collect membership fees on behalf of the CLEF Association and to pass them to the CLEF Association. Guidelines on submitting a bid can be found in the Template for Bids available at: https://www.clef-initiative.eu/assets/CLEF-Template_for_bids.docx Bids must be submitted by **Wednesday, December 20th, 2023** by email to the Steering Committee Chair Nicola Ferro (chair(a)clef-initiative.eu). The Steering Committee will review and select the proposals. The Steering Committee can ask for modifications and changes to the proposals, if deemed necessary. Interested parties can contact the Steering Committee Chair Nicola Ferro (chair(a)clef-initiative.eu) to receive further details. IMPORTANT DATES - Bid submission deadline: Wednesday, December 20th, 2023 - Feedback to bidders and discussion: January 2024 - Bid selection: late February 2024 STEERING COMMITTEE - Avi Arampatzis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece - Alberto Barrón-Cedeño, University of Bologna, Italy - Martin Braschler, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland - Khalid Choukri, Evaluations and Language resources Distribution Agency (ELDA), France - Fabio Crestani, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland - Carsten Eickhoff, Brown University, USA - Nicola Ferro, University of Padua, Italy - Norbert Fuhr, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany - Anastasia Giachanou, Utrecht University, The Netherlands - Lorraine Goeuriot, Université Grenoble Alpes, France - Julio Gonzalo, National Distance Education University (UNED), Spain - Donna Harman, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), USA - Bogdan Ionescu, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania - Evangelos Kanoulas, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Birger Larsen, University of Aalborg, Denmark - David E. Losada, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain - Mihai Lupu, Vienna University of Technology, Austria - Maria Maistro, University of Copenhagen, Denmark - Josiane Mothe, IRIT, Université de Toulouse, France - Henning Müller, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Switzerland - Jian-Yun Nie, Université de Montréal, Canada - Gabriella Pasi, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy - Paolo Rosso, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain - Eric SanJuan, University of Avignon, France - Giuseppe Santucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy - Laure Soulier, Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6), France - Theodora Tsikrika, Information Technologies Institute (ITI), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Greece - Christa Womser-Hacker, University of Hildesheim, Germany

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Final CFP: NLP4DH in Tokyo. DL 8.10
by Mika Hämäläinen 02 Oct '23

02 Oct '23

The Joint 3rd International Conference on Natural Language Processing for Digital Humanities and 8th International Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Uralic Languages will be held in Tokyo, Japan. The proceedings will be published in the ACL anthology. The event will take place on December 1-3 2023. https://rootroo.com/en/joint-nlp4dh-iwclul-2023/ Submission deadline: October 8, 2023 Registration/publication fees: 0€! The focus of NLP4DH is on applying natural language processing techniques to digital humanities research. The topics can be anything of digital humanities interest with a natural language processing or generation aspect. A list of suitable NLP4DH topics include but are not limited to: -Text analysis and processing related to humanities using computational methods -Dataset creation and curation for NLP (e.g. digitization, digitalization, datafication, and data preservation). -Research on cultural heritage collections such as national archives and libraries using NLP -NLP for error detection, correction, normalization and denoising data -Generation and analysis of literary works such as poetry and novels -Analysis and detection of text genres We solicit original and unpublished work related to digital humanities and natural language processing (NLP4DH). Short papers can be up to 4 pages in length (5 for camera-ready version). Short papers can report on work in progress or a more targeted contribution such as software or partial results. Long papers can be up to 8 pages in length (9 for camera-ready version). Long papers should report on previously unpublished, completed, original work. Lightning talks submitted as 750-word abstracts. Lightning talks are suited for discussing ideas or presenting work in progress. The abstracts will not be published or indexed and will only be made available on the conference website. Accepted papers (short and long) will be published in the joint proceedings that will appear in the ACL Anthology. Accepted papers will also be given an additional page to address the reviewers’ comments. The length of a camera ready submission can then be 5 pages for a short paper and 9 for a long paper with an unlimited number of pages for references. The authors of the accepted papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper to a special issue in the Journal of Data Mining & Digital Humanities. Important dates -Paper submission (full and short): October 8, 2023 -Notification of acceptance: November 3, 2023 -Camera ready deadline: November 17, 2023 -NLP4DH & IWCLUL in Tokyo: December 1-3, 2023

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Second Call for workshops, tutorials & shared tasks at PROPOR 2024 - 16th International Conference on Computational Processing of Portuguese
by Pablo Gamallo 01 Oct '23

01 Oct '23

Call for workshops, tutorials & shared tasks The PROPOR 2024 organizing committee invites shared task, workshop and tutorial proposals to be held in conjunction with the conference. PROPOR is the main scientific meeting in the area of language and speech technologies for the Portuguese/Galician language. The event is supported by the PROPOR steering committee. More details about past events, PROPOR steering committee and the constitution can be found in PROPOR.org CALL FOR SHARED TASK PROPOSALS Shared tasks need to be focused on NLP for the Portuguese/Galician language. Important dates Shared task proposals: November 1, 2023. Notification of decision: November 15, 2023. Shared task web pages available and linked to the main site: January 2024. Camera-ready of short papers of the systems participating in the Shared task: February 1, 2024. PROPOR 2024 Workshops (electronic proceedings due for online publication): March 1, 2024. Proposal Details Proposals should be submitted via e-mail to propor2024wsttut(a)googlegroups.com. They should be no more than three pages in length and must include: Description of the shared task: a title and a brief description of the topic of the task and its potential impact on the NLP community and society. Description of the target audience. Description of the data sets that will be used in the shared task and their readiness Sketch of how the submitted systems will be evaluated. Proposed timeline for the shared task mainly including the dates for releasing trial, training and test data, and the evaluation period. This timeline should preferably be between October 1, 2023 and January 31, 2024. Contact information (address, email, and phone – WhatsApp) for all organizers. Designation of a main contact person. The shared task organizers are responsible for: Creating and distributing call-for-participation and any other relevant advertising. The calls should make it clear that at least one author of each participant system must attend the event. The call should clearly describe the evaluation process. Creating and publishing (on time) a website with all the relevant information about the shared task. Provide an extended abstract for the conference program. Evaluate the submitted results. It should be noted that the conference organization does not budget for free registration, accommodation, or travel expenses for the shared task organizers. Prepare electronic proceedings volumes by the end of February 2024. Attend the conference. CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS The overall purpose of a workshop is to provide participants with the opportunity to present and discuss novel research ideas on active and emerging topics of computational processing of Portuguese, Galician and their variants. Workshops can take on several forms including (but not limited to) being organized around emerging research areas, challenge problems and industrial applications. The organizers of approved workshops are required to announce the workshop and call for papers, gather submissions, conduct the reviewing process and decide upon the final workshop program. They must also prepare a set of workshop proceedings to be distributed with the registration materials at the conference or in an electronic version. They may choose to form organizing or program committees for assistance in these tasks. Important dates Workshop proposals due: November 1, 2023. Notification of decision: November 15, 2023. Workshop web pages available and linked to the main site. Workshop CFP published: December 1, 2023. Camera-ready of papers of the Workshop: February 1, 2024. PROPOR 2024 Workshops (electronic proceedings due for online publication): March 1, 2024. Proposal Details Proposals should be submitted via e-mail to propor2024wsttut(a)googlegroups.com. They should be no more than three pages in length and must include: Description of the workshop: title, abstract, objectives, relevance and its potential impact on the NLP community and society. Motivation: why a PROPOR workshop on this topic is needed. Description of the target audience. List of core committed program committee members (2 to 3 members). Preliminary list of invited speakers (if any). For workshops previously held at PROPOR or other conferences, details on venue, attendance, and number of submissions from previous years should be provided. For new workshops, a list of potential attendees/submissions and/or a justification of the expected attendees and submissions. Relevant experience of the organizing committee. Duration of the workshop (full day or half day). Contact information (address, email, and phone – WhatsApp) for all organizers. A draft Call for Papers. Designation of a main contact person. The workshop organizers are responsible for: Creating and distributing call-for-papers, call-for-participation and any other relevant advertising. The calls should make it clear that at least one author of any accepted paper must attend the event and that papers will be withdrawn if no such participation is secured with the payment of the workshop dues. The call should clearly describe the review and selection process. Finally, the calls must be framed to encourage as broad a participation as possible. Creating and publishing (on time) a website with all the relevant information about the workshop. Provide an extended abstract for the conference program. Review (at least two independent reviewers) and select the submitted papers. Schedule the presentations within the workshop. It should be noted that the conference organization does not budget for free registration, accommodation, or travel expenses for the workshop organizers or their invited speakers. The workshop organizers should therefore secure any source of funding/sponsorship deemed necessary for their invited speakers. Prepare electronic proceedings volumes by the end of February 2024. Attend the workshop and select any required session chairs. CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS Tutorials are intended to either provide a comprehensive introduction to core techniques/areas of interest or address advanced topics of language and speech processing including but not limited to the topics of the conference as stated in the call for papers. Especially encouraged are tutorials focusing on the computational processing of Portuguese, Galician and their variants. Important dates Tutorial proposals due: December 1, 2023. Notification of decision: December 15, 2023. Tutorial descriptions due: February 1, 2024. Tutorial course material due: March 3, 2024. Expected Tutorial date: March 13, 2024. Submission Details Proposals for tutorials should contain: A title and a brief description of the tutorial content and its relevance to the PROPOR community (not more than 2 pages). A brief outline of the tutorial structure showing that the tutorial’s core content can be covered in a two- or three-hour slot (including a coffee break). The names, affiliations, email addresses, and websites of the tutorial instructors, including a one-paragraph statement of their research interests and areas of expertise. A list of previous venues and approximate audience sizes, if the same or a similar tutorial has been given elsewhere. A description of special requirements for technical equipment (e.g., Internet access). Submission will be done via email to propor2024wsttut(a)googlegroups.com. Tutorial Speaker Responsibilities Accepted tutorial speakers must provide an abstract of their tutorials for inclusion in the conference registration material. The description should be in the ASCII version that can be included in email announcements and published on the conference website. Tutorial speakers must provide tutorial materials, at least containing copies of the course slides, and a bibliography for the material covered in the tutorial. Each tutorial will be granted one registration to the main conference. Shared task, Workshop and Tutorial co-chairs Alberto Abad (INESC-ID, Portugal) Alberto Simões – 2Ai Lab, School of Technology, IPCA (Barcelos, Portugal) Helena Caseli – Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar, Brazil) Contacts: Please send inquiries concerning shared tasks, workshops and tutorials to propor2024wsttut(a)googlegroups.com

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36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2024): First Call for Papers
by Announce 01 Oct '23

01 Oct '23

*** First Call for Papers *** 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE'24) June 3-7, 2024, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/caise2024/ (*** Submission Deadline: November 24, 2023 AoE ***) The CAiSE’24 organization calls for full papers with a special emphasis on the theme of Information Systems in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative technology, revolutionizing various industries, and its significance in Information Systems cannot be overstated. AI-powered systems have the potential to streamline operations, enhance decision-making processes, and drive innovation across organizations. From data analysis to automated processes, AI is reshaping the way we leverage information in the digital age. The relevance of AI in IS extends beyond internal operations. AI-powered predictive analytics enables organizations to forecast trends, anticipate customer needs, and optimize resource allocation. This empowers businesses to adapt swiftly to changing market dynamics, gain a competitive edge, and make proactive decisions. AI algorithms can also detect anomalies and patterns that indicate potential security breaches, contributing to robust cybersecurity measures in information systems. However, while acknowledging the benefits, it is essential to consider the ethical implications of AI in information systems. Ensuring data privacy, addressing bias in algorithms, and maintaining transparency are vital aspects that need to be carefully managed and regulated to foster trust and accountability. In addition to offering an exciting scientific program, CAiSE’24 will feature a best paper award, a journal special issue, and a PhD-thesis award: • Best Paper Award‚ prize EUR 1000 (sponsored by Springer) • A small selection of best papers will be invited to submit enhanced versions for consideration in a special issue of Elsevier Information Systems journal dedicated to this conference. • PhD-Thesis Award • Best PhD thesis of a past CAiSE Doctoral Consortium author (co-sponsored by the CAiSE Steering Committee and Springer) Papers should be submitted in PDF format. Submissions must conform to Springer‚ LNCS format and should not exceed 15 pages, including all text, figures, references, and appendices. Submissions not conforming to the LNCS format, exceeding 15 pages, or being obviously out of the scope of the conference, will be rejected without review. See the guidelines here: https://www.springer.com/comp/lncs/authors.html . The results described must be unpublished and must not be under review elsewhere. Three to five keywords characterizing the paper should be listed at the end of the abstract. Each paper will be reviewed by at least two program committee members and, if positively evaluated, by one additional program board member. The selected papers will be discussed among the paper reviewers online and during the program board meeting. As the review process is not blind, please indicate your name and affiliation on your submission. Accepted papers will be presented at CAiSE’24 and published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) conference proceedings. We invite three types of original and scientific papers. The type of submission must be indicated in the submission system. Each contribution should explicitly address the engineering or the operation of information systems, clearly identify the information systems problem addressed, the expected impact of the contribution to information system engineering or operation, and the research method used. We strongly advise authors to clearly emphasize these aspects in their paper, including the abstract. Technical papers describe original solutions (theoretical, methodological or conceptual) in the field of IS Engineering. A technical paper should clearly describe the situation or problem tackled, the relevant state of the art, the position or solution suggested and its potential‚ as well as demonstrate the benefits of the contribution through a rigorous evaluation. Empirical papers evaluate existing problem situations including problems encountered in practice, or validate proposed solutions with scientific means, i.e., by empirical studies, experiments, case studies, experience reports, simulations, etc. Scientific reflection on problems and practices in industry also falls into this category. The topic of the evaluation presented in the paper as well as its causal or logical properties must be clearly stated. The research method must be sound and appropriate. Exploratory papers describe completely new research positions or approaches, in order to face a generic situation arising because of new ICT tools, new kinds of activities, or new IS challenges. They must precisely describe the situation and demonstrate why current methods, tools, ways of reasoning, or meta-models are inadequate. They must also rigorously present their approach and demonstrate its pertinence and correctness in addressing the identified situation. The topics of contribution include but are not limited to: • Novel Approaches to IS Engineering ◦ Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning ◦ Robotic Process Automation (RPA) ◦ Big Data, Data Science and Analytics ◦ Blockchain applications in IS ◦ Simulation and Digital Twins  ◦ IS for collaboration and social computing  ◦ Virtual reality / Augmented Reality ◦ Context-aware, autonomous and adaptive IS • Models, Methods and Techniques in IS Engineering ◦ Ontologies and Ontology Engineering ◦ Conceptual modeling, languages and design ◦ Requirements engineering ◦ Process modeling, analysis and improvement ◦ Process automation, mining and monitoring ◦ Models and methods for evolution and reuse ◦ Domain and method engineering ◦ Product lines, variability and configuration management ◦ Compliance and alignment handling ◦ Active and interactive models ◦ Quality of IS models for analysis and design ◦ Visualization techniques in IS ◦ Decision models and business intelligence ◦ Knowledge graphs ◦ Human-centered techniques • Architectures and Platforms for IS Engineering ◦ Distributed, mobile and open architecture ◦ Big Data architectures ◦ Cloud- and edge-based IS engineering ◦ Service oriented and multi-agent IS engineering ◦ Multi-platform IS engineering ◦ Cyber-physical systems and Internet of Things (IoT) ◦ Workflow and Process Aware Information Systems (PAIS) ◦ Handling of real time data streams ◦ Content management and semantic Web ◦ Crowdsourcing platforms ◦ Conversational agents (chatbots) ◦ Microservices design and deployment • Domain-specific and Multi-aspect IS Engineering ◦ IT governance ◦ eGovernment ◦ Autonomous and smart systems (smart city management, smart vehicles, etc.) ◦ IS for healthcare ◦ Educational Systems and Learning Analytics ◦ Value and supply chain management ◦ Industry 4.0 ◦ Sustainability and social responsibility management ◦ Privacy, security, trust, and safety management ◦ IS in the post-COVID world Submit your paper using the Easy Chair link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=caise2024 . IMPORTANT DATES • Abstract Submission: 24th November 2023 (AoE) • Paper Submission: 1st December 2023 (AoE) • Notification of Acceptance: 4th March 2024 • Camera-ready Papers: 5th April 2024 • Author registration: 5th April 2024 ORGANISATION General Chairs • Haris Mouratidis, University of Essex, UK • Pnina Soffer, University of Haifa, Israel Local Organizing and Finance Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs • Giancarlo Guizzardi, University of Twente, The Netherlands • Flavia Maria Santoro, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Other Committee Members https://cyprusconferences.org/caise2024/committees/

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2023 ICR Outstanding Corpus Thesis Award
by Prof CK Jung 01 Oct '23

01 Oct '23

[Apologies for cross-posting] Dear all The ICR Outstanding Corpus Thesis Award is a prestigious annual distinction established to acknowledge recent graduates who have delivered exemplary theses at either the MA/MSc or PhD/EdD levels specifically within the domain of corpus research. *Eligibility Criteria:*- The candidate must have graduated from a recognised university that requires a thesis submission for the conferment of an MA/MSc or PhD/EdD degree. - The degree must have been awarded to the nominee in 2023. - The thesis presented should be acknowledged for its noteworthy contribution to the domain of corpus research. - Theses should be authored in English or Korean. Translations from other languages to English are permissible. It’s important to note that for the award to be retained, the nominee is required to successfully publish a full paper in the Asia Pacific Journal of Corpus Research within a year of receiving the award. Failure to do so will result in automatic revocation of the award. Upon successful publication, a certificate will be dispatched to the awardee. *Submission Details:*- Thesis title - Abstract - Recommender (Affiliation, Name, Position) - Candidate’s Name - Degree Conferment Date - Degree Granting University - For thesis submission (in PDF format), kindly forward to: help(a)icr.or.kr - Submission Deadline: 31 December 2023 *For more information, please visit http://icr.or.kr/awards <http://icr.or.kr/awards>.* Institute for Corpus Research --- *CK Jung BEng(Hons) Birmingham MSc Warwick EdD Warwick Cert Oxford* Associate Professor | Department of English Language and Literature, Incheon National University, *South Korea* President | The Korea Association of Secondary English Education, *South Korea *(http://kasee.org) Vice President | The Korea Association of Primary English Education, *South Korea *(http://kapee.or.kr) Director | Institute for Corpus Research, Incheon National University, *South Korea* (http://icr.or.kr) Editor-in-Chief | Asia Pacific Journal of Corpus Research, ICR, *International* (http://icr.or.kr/apjcr) Editorial Board | Corpora, Edinburgh University Press, *UK* Editorial Board | English Today, Cambridge University Press, *UK* E: ckjung(a)inu.ac.kr / T: +82 (0)32 835 8129

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