April 2023 - Corpora

AT4SSL2023 - Second Call For Papers
by Fred Blain 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

Second International Workshop on Automatic Translation for Signed and Spoken Languages (AT4SSL2023 @EAMT2023) Second Call For Papers https://sites.google.com/tilburguniversity.edu/at4ssl2023/ ****** Apologies for cross -posting ****** SCOPE According to the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) over 70 million people are deaf and communicate primarily via Sign Language (SL). Currently, human interpreters are the main medium for sign-to-spoken, spoken-to-sign and sign-to-sign language translation. The availability and cost of these professionals is often a limiting factor in communication between signers and non-signers. Machine Translation (MT) is a core technique for reducing language barriers for spoken languages. Although MT has come a long way since its inception in the 1950s, it still has a long way to go to successfully cater to all communication needs and users. When it comes to the deaf and hard of hearing communities, MT is in its infancy. The complexity of the task to automatically translate between SLs or sign and spoken languages, requires a multidisciplinary approach (Bragg et al., 2019)<https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3308561.3353774>. The rapid technological and methodological advances in deep learning, and in AI in general, that we see in the last decade, have not only improved MT, recognition of image, video and audio signals, the understanding of language, the synthesis of life-like 3D avatars, etc., but have also led to the fusion of interdisciplinary research innovations that lays the foundation of automated translation services between sign and spoken languages. This one-day workshop aims to be a venue for presenting and discussing (complete, ongoing or future) research on automatic translation between sign and spoken languages and bring together researchers, practitioners, interpreters and innovators working in related fields. We are delighted to confirm that two interpreters for English<>International Sign (IS) will be present during the event, to make it as inclusive as possible to anyone who wishes to participate. Theme of the workshop: Data is one of the key factors for the success of today’s AI, including language and translation models for sign and spoken languages. However, when it comes to SL, MT and Natural Language Processing, we face problems related to small volumes of (parallel) data, large veracity in terms of origin of annotations (deaf or hearing interpreters), non-standardized annotations (e.g. glosses differ across corpora), video quality or recording setting, and others. The theme of this edition of the workshop is Sign language parallel data – challenges, solutions and resolutions. The AT4SSL workshop aims to open a (guided) discussion between participants about current challenges, innovations and future developments related to the automatic translation between sign and spoken languages. To this extent, AT4SSL will host a moderated round table around the following three topics: (i) quality of recognition and synthesis models and user-expectations; (ii) co-creation -- deaf, hearing and hard-of-hearing people joining forces towards a common goal and (iii) sign-to-spoken and spoken-to-sign translation technology in media. TOPICS This workshop aims to focus on the following topics. However, submissions related to the general topic of automatic translation between signed and spoken languages that deviate from these topics are also welcome: * Data: resources, collection and curation, challenges, processing, data life cycle * Use-cases, applications * Ethics, privacy and policies * Sign language linguistics * Machine translation (with a focus on signed-to-signed, signed-to-spoken or spoken-to-signed language translation) * Natural language processing * Interpreting of sign and spoken languages * Image and video recognition (for the purpose of sign language recognition) * 3D avatar and virtual signers synthesis * Usability and challenges of current methods and methodologies * Sign language in the media SUBMISSION FORMAT Two types of submissions are going to be accepted for the AT4SSL workshop: * Research, review, position and application papers Unpublished papers that present original, completed work. The length of each paper should be at least four (4) and maximum eight (8) pages, with unlimited pages for references. * Extended abstracts Extended abstracts should present original, ongoing work or innovative ideas. The length of each extended abstract is four (4) pages, with unlimited pages for references. Both papers should be formatted according to the official EAMT 2023 style templates (LaTex<https://events.tuni.fi/uploads/2022/12/ee35fd56-latex_template.zip>. Overleaf<https://www.overleaf.com/read/mkjbkppndvxw>, MS Word<https://events.tuni.fi/uploads/2022/12/edd598d2-eamt23.docx>, Libre/Open Office<https://events.tuni.fi/uploads/2022/12/ece98f81-eamt23.odt>, PDF<https://events.tuni.fi/uploads/2022/12/6e89772e-eamt23.pdf>). Accepted papers and extended abstracts will be published in the EAMT 2023 proceedings and will be presented at the conference. SUBMISSION POLICY * Submissions must be anonymized. * Papers and extended abstracts should be submitted using EASY Chair<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eamt2023>. * Work that has been or is planned to be submitted to other venues must be declared as such. Upon acceptance at AT4SSL, it must be withdrawn from the other venues. * The review will be double-blind. IMPORTANT DATES: * First call for papers: 13-March-2023 * Second call for papers: 3-April-2023 * Submission deadline: 14-April-2023 * Review process: between 17-April-2023 and 05-May-2023 * Acceptance notification: 12-May-2023 * Camera ready submission: 01-June-2023 * Submission of material for interpreters: 06-June-2023 * Programme will be finalised by: 01-June-2023 * Workshop date: 15-June-2023 ORGANISATION COMMITTEE: Dimitar Shterionov (TiU) Mirella De Sisto (TiU) Mathias Muller (UZH) Davy Van Landuyt (EUD) Rehana Omardeen (EUD) Shaun O’Boyle (DCU) Annelies Braffort (Paris-Saclay University) Floris Roelofsen (UvA) Frédéric Blain (TiU) Bram Vanroy (KU Leuven; UGent) Eleftherios Avramidis (DFKI) FOR CONTACTS: Dimitar Shterionov, workshop chair: d.shterionov(a)tilburguniversity.edu Registration will be handled by the EAMT2023 conference. (To be announced)

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Two complementary courses on Deep Learning and NLP
by HiTZ Zentroa 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

**** We apologize for the multiple copies of this email **** *Natural Language Processing acceleration: foundations and applications* *Two complementary courses on Deep Learning and NLP* July, 2023, fully online (including tutorized labs) _http://ixa.eus/NLPacceleration_ Deep Learning neural network models have been successfully applied to natural language processing, and are now changing radically how we interact with machines (Siri, Alexa, machine translation or GPT4). Large Language Models are at the core of these developments, and are being used to crack "languages" in other disciplines, ranging from programming languages (Copilot) to proteins (AlphaFold) and gene sequences (GenSLM). You can take either one or both courses: _Deep Learning for NLP_ <https://ixa.eus/dl4nlp> (July 10th to 14th, 20 hours, 5 afternoons. 12th edition): This course introduces in detail the machinery that makes Deep Learning work for NLP, including the latest transformers and large language models like GPT, BERT and T5. It also covers the use of prompts for zero-shot and few-shot learning, instruction learning and human feedback. In the winter multimodal text-image models like DALL-E are also covered. The course combines theoretical and practical hands-on classes. Attendants will be able to understand the internal working of the models, and implement them in Tensorflow in the tutorized labs. The summer version includes higher level labs using Keras, while the winter version includes the programming of the inner workings. The aim is to allow attendees to acquire the ability to understand, modify and apply current and future Deep Learning models to NLP and other areas. _Introduction to LT Applications_ <https://ixa.eus/iltapp> (July 17th to 21st, 20 hours, 5 afternoons. 6th edition): This course will introduce the most commonly used techniques to build applications based on Language Technology. Thus, the attendees will learn how to apply techniques such as document classification, sequence labeling, as well as vector-based word representations (embeddings) and pretrained language models for core applications such as Opinion Mining, Named Entity Recognition, Fake News Detection or Question Answering. The course will have a practical focus, learning to use readily available LT toolkits (Spacy, Flair, etc.). The aim is to allow attendees to acquire the required autonomy to solve practical problems by applying and developing Language Technology applications. *Registration* has to be done for each course, see respective websites. Note that you only need to pay the insurance for one of the courses.

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2nd CFP-GITT-2023 at EAMT 2023
by bsavoldi＠fbk.eu 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

***2nd CALL FOR PAPERS*** First International Workshop on Gender-Inclusive Translation Technologies (GITT) at EAMT 2023 15 June 2023, Tampere, Finland https://sites.google.com/tilburguniversity.edu/gitt2023 @GITT2023 **Important Dates ** (Time zone: Anywhere on Earth) Paper Submission deadline: 14 April, 2023 Notification of Acceptance: 5 May, 2023 Camera Ready Copy due: 12 May, 2023 Workshop: 15 June, 2023 **Aim and scope** The Gender-Inclusive Translation Technologies Workshop (GITT) is set out to be the first workshop that focuses on gender-inclusive language in translation and cross-lingual scenarios. The workshop aims to bring together researchers from diverse areas, including industry partners, MT practitioners, and language professionals. GITT aims to encourage multidisciplinary research that develops and interrogates both solutions and challenges for addressing bias and promoting gender inclusivity in MT and translation tools. **Topics** GITT invites technical as well as non-technical submissions, which consist of experimental, theoretical or methodological contributions. We explicitly welcome interdisciplinary submissions and submissions that focus on innovative, non-binary linguistic strategies and/or with sociolinguistically-informed perspectives. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: **Models or methods for assessing and mitigating gender bias** - New resources for inclusive language and gender translation (e.g., datasets, translation memories, dictionaries) - Social, cross-lingual, and ethical implications of gender bias - Qualitative and quantitative analyses on the potential limits of current approaches to gender bias in translation and MT, error taxonomies as well as best practices and guidelines - User-centric case studies on the impact of biased language and/or mitigating approaches which can include translators, post-editors, or monolingual MT users GITT is also open to other non-listed topics aligned with the scope of the workshop and works focusing on non-textual modalities (e.g., audiovisual translation) **Submission** We welcome three types of submissions: - Research papers: of at least 4 up to 10 pages (including references) - Extended Abstracts: up to 2 pages (including references) Accepted papers and extended abstracts consisting of novel work will be published online as proceedings in the ACL Anthology. - Research Communications: up to 2 pages (including reference) We include a parallel submission policy for papers accepted in other venues in 2022. Research communications will not be included in the proceedings, but will serve to promote the dissemination of research aligned with the scope of the workshop. Submissions should adhere to the EAMT 2023 guidelines and style templates (PDF, LaTeX, Word) and be uploaded on EasyChair: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=gitt2023 **Activities** During the workshop, there will be a guided discussion starting from examples of gender bias in MT output collected via the DeBiasByUs website. Attendees are invited to contribute their own examples beforehand via DeBiasByUs (https://debiasbyus.ugent.be/share/) More information about the project and the activity can be found on the WS website. **Workshop organizers** Eva Vanmassenhove, University of Tilburg Beatrice Savoldi, Fondazione Bruno Kessler Luisa Bentivogli, Fondazione Bruno Kessler Joke Daems, University of Ghent Janiça Hackenbuchner, Cologne University of Applied Sciences

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EAMT 2023: Support for participants from low-income countries and war zones
by Carol Scarton 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

============================================================ EAMT 2023: Support for participants from low-income countries and war zones ============================================================ * Call for Participation * 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 opens a call for a small number of bursaries to support EAMT 2023 attendees from areas affected by war and low-income countries. The 24th Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT 2023) conference will be held in Tampere, Finland, from June 12th to June 15th. * Purpose of the Call * This call is dedicated to support EAMT 2023 attendees that do not have fundings to attend the conference, from areas affected by war or low-income countries in Europe, Middle East or Africa. The EAMT particularly encourages applications from early career researchers. All applications will be screened by EAMT executive committee members. * Application information * - Eligibility requirements In order to qualify for this call, the individual must be a student or an employee of an institution located in areas affected by war or in low-income countries in Europe, Middle East or Africa, that would not be able to attend the conference without this support. Students and early-career researchers/academics will have priority. We will also give priority to people with accepted papers in the main conference. - Selection criteria The selection will be made based on the information submitted to the provided Google Forms (link below). One of the fields in the form is a "motivation letter", where you should describe your motivation for attending the EAMT 2023 conference and explain why you do not have other funds to sponsor your attendance. You should also submit a CV, highlighting your years of experience in the MT area. * Bursaries * EAMT anticipates funding several applications. Selected participants will be announced on the 21st April 2023 and will receive complimentary membership in the EAMT for 2023 and 2024, free registration at the EAMT 2023 conference and paid accommodation in Tampere. * Contact for enquiries * Carolina Scarton EAMT Secretary e-mail: c.scarton(a)sheffield.ac.uk * Applications * Candidates should submit their applications via a Google Form: https://forms.gle/HQNF5jwEDT1bG1NK6 * Important Dates * - Circulation of the Call: April 3rd, 2023 - Submission deadline for applications: April 14th, 2023, 23:59 CEST - Notification: April 21st, 2023 * Additional provisions * - Only complete applications will be reviewed. - All information submitted with applications will be regarded as confidential and will only be used in the context of this call. - You may be asked to share the accommodation room with other awardees. However, we will commit to respect any requirements / concerns that you inform us (e.g. religion, gender, etc). * No obligation to award the bursaries * The EAMT shall be under no obligation to fund the applications pursuant to this call for participation. EAMT shall not be liable for any compensation with respect to candidates whose applications have not been approved. Nor shall it be liable in the event of it deciding not to award the bursaries. -- *Carolina Scarton* Senior 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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EAMT 2023: Bursaries for Translators
by Carol Scarton 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

============================= EAMT 2023: Bursaries for Translators ============================= * Call for Participation * 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 opens a call for a small number of bursaries to support translators and Translation Studies' students, in attending the 24th Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT 2023) conference will be held in Tampere, Finland, from June 12th to June 15th. * Purpose of the Call * This call is dedicated to support translators and Translation Studies' students, working or studying in European, Middle-Eastern or African countries, that do not have fundings to attend the conference. The EAMT particularly encourages applications from early-career translators. All applications will be screened by EAMT executive committee members. * Application information * - Eligibility requirements In order to qualify for this call, the individual must be a translator or enrolled in a Master or PhD course in Translation Studies. The support is only available to individuals working or studying in European, Middle-Eastern or African countries. Freelance translators and students will have priority. We will also give priority to people with accepted papers in the main conference. - Selection criteria The selection will be made based on the information submitted to the provided Google Forms (link below). One of the fields in the form is a "motivation letter", where you should describe your motivation for attending the EAMT 2023 conference and explain why you do not have other funds to sponsor your attendance. You should also submit a CV, highlighting your years of experience in the translation area and your experience working with MT. For students: you should also submit an official proof of student status, signed by your University. * Bursaries * EAMT anticipates funding several applications. Selected participants will be announced on the 21st April 2023 and will receive complimentary membership in the EAMT for 2023 and 2024, free registration at the EAMT 2023 conference and paid accommodation in Tampere. * Contact for enquiries * Carolina Scarton EAMT Secretary e-mail: c.scarton(a)sheffield.ac.uk * Applications * Candidates should submit their applications via a Google Form: https://forms.gle/TzXQaRLypJD1t7qB7 * Important Dates * - Circulation of the Call: April 3rd, 2023 - Submission deadline for applications: April 14th, 2023, 23:59 CEST - Notification: April 21st, 2023 * Additional provisions * - Only complete applications will be reviewed. - All information submitted with applications will be regarded as confidential and will only be used in the context of this call. - You may be asked to share the accommodation room with other awardees. However, we will commit to respect any requirements / concerns that you inform us (e.g. religion, gender, etc). * No obligation to award the bursaries * The EAMT shall be under no obligation to fund the applications pursuant to this call for participation. EAMT shall not be liable for any compensation with respect to candidates whose applications have not been approved. Nor shall it be liable in the event of it deciding not to award the bursaries. -- *Carolina Scarton* Senior 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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list of authors and their work ...
by Albretch Mueller 02 Apr '23

02 Apr '23

there are all kinds of lists on wikipedia of various kinds of authors: linguists, philosophers, mathematicians ... In most (almost all?) cases there is a brief page about the authors biography and their work. As you could expect some folks (isbndb.com) would come up with the great idea of selling you the air you breathe. exaly.com, worldcat, freelibrary.org ... do a minimally better job, but their web interface I find too constraining and, "of course", you don't find a "download the whole damn thing" option. What I am looking for is an openly and collectively maintained DB a la wikipedia from which interface you could download all search hits as well-formatted, parsable lines in a text file without having to "click next", copy and paste, and all that kind of nonsense. I could imagine someone in the corpora research community has taken the time to compile a database which IMO should include: a) work: a.1) original name a.2) original language a.3) topical bags index a.4) received category index (a children book, book review, degree theses, article in periodical, ...) a.5) publications: a.5.1) date a.5.2) metadata RDF including: language, "co-"authors (preface, those writing back-cover blurbs), editors, translators, ISBNs, publisher, copyright notice, ... b) name(s): b.1) first/given name(s) (at Birth) b.2) last name(s) (at Birth) b.3) pen name(s) b.3) also known as c) birth place d) date of birth e) languages f) date of death Authorship - work pairs should be prioritized. In case of compilations of various auth-work pairs in a single book, the compilation in which an article appears should be specified in the metadata. Please, let me know where could I find such a database (even if partially) which could be downloaded. In case you don't know such a general registry of published books/texts, which other entries would you think are important? lbrtchx

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10th European Conference On Service-Oriented And Cloud Computing (ESOCC 2023): Fourth Call for Submissions
by georgeangelos60＠gmail.com 01 Apr '23

01 Apr '23

*** Fourth Call for Submissions *** 10th European Conference On Service-Oriented And Cloud Computing (ESOCC 2023) October 24-26, 2023, Golden Bay Beach Hotel, Larnaca, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/esocc2023/ (Proceedings to be published in Springer LNCS; Journal Special Issue with Springer Computing) AIM AND SCOPE Nowadays, Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing are the primary approaches to build large-scale distributed systems and deliver software services to end users. Cloud-native software is pervading the delivery of enterprise applications, as they are composed of (micro)services that can be independently developed and deployed by exploiting multiple heterogeneous technologies. Resulting applications are polyglot service compositions that can then be shipped in serverful or serverless platforms (e.g., using virtualization technologies). These characteristics make Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing the natural answers for fulfilling the industry’s need for flexibly scalable and maintainable enterprise applications, to be delivered through state-of-the-art methodologies, like DevOps. To further support this, researchers and practitioners need to create methods, tools and techniques to support cost-effective and secure development as well as use of dependable devices, platforms, services and service-oriented applications in the Cloud, now also considering the Cloud-IoT computing continuum to exploit widespread adoption of smart connected things and the increasing growth of their computing capabilities. The European Conference on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing (ESOCC) is the premier conference on advances in the state-of-the-art and practice of Service-Oriented Computing and Cloud Computing in Europe. ESOCC aims to facilitate the exchange between researchers and practitioners in the areas of Service-Oriented Computing and Cloud Computing, as well as to explore the new trends in those areas and foster future collaborations in Europe and beyond. TOPICS OF INTEREST ESOCC 2023 seeks original, high-quality contributions related to all aspects of Service-Oriented and Cloud computing. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Applications for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, e.g., big data, commerce, energy, finance, health, scientific computing, smart cities • Blockchains for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing • Business aspects of Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, e.g., business models, brokerage, marketplaces, costs, pricing • Business processes, e.g., service-based workflow deployment and management • Cloud interoperability, service and Cloud standards, • Cloud-IoT computing continuum, e.g., edge computing, fog computing, mobility computing, next generation services/IoT • Cloud-native architectures and paradigms, e.g., microservices and DevOps • Cloud service models, e.g., IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, DBaaS, FaaS, etc. • Deployment, composition, and management of applications in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing • Foundations and formal methods for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing • Enablers for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, e.g., service discovery, orchestration, matchmaking, monitoring, and analytics • Model-Driven Engineering for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing • Multi-Cloud, cross-Cloud, and federated Cloud solutions • Requirements engineering, design, development, and testing of applications in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing • Semantic services and service mining • Service and Cloud middlewares and platforms • Software/service adaptation and evolution in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing • Storage, computation and network Clouds • Sustainability and energy issues in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing • Quality aspects (e.g., governance, privacy, security, and trust) of Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing • Quality of Service (QoS) and Service-Level Agreement (SLA) for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing • Social aspects of Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, e.g., crowdsourcing services, social and crowd-based Clouds • Virtualization for Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, e.g., serverless, container-based virtualization, VMs IMPORTANT DATES • Submission of abstracts: June 4th, 2023 (AoE) • Submission of full papers: June 11th, 2023 (AoE) • Notification to authors: July 14th, 2023 (AoE) • Camera-ready versions due: July 31st, 2023 (AoE) TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS ESOCC 2023 invites submissions of the following kinds: • Regular Research Papers (15 pages including references, for the technical and special tracks) • PhD Symposium (12 pages including references) • Projects and Industry Reports (Projects and Industry Reports (1 to 6 pages including references, describing an ongoing EU or national project, or providing industrial perspectives on innovative applications, technologies, or methods in ESOCC’s scope) We only accept original papers, not submitted for publication elsewhere. The papers must be formatted according to the proceedings guidelines of Springer’s Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series (http://www.springer.com/lncs). They must be submitted to the EasyChair site at:  https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esocc2023 by selecting the right track. Accepted papers from all tracks will be published in the main conference proceedings by Springer in the LNCS series. For publication to happen, at least one author of each accepted paper is expected to register and present the work at the conference. The best papers accepted will be invited to submit extended versions for a Journal Special Issue to be published by Springer Computing. ORGANISATION General Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, CY (george at ucy.ac.cy) Program Chairs • Florian Rademacher, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund, DE (florian.rademacher at fh-dortmund.de) • Jacopo Soldani, University of Pisa, IT (jacopo.soldani at unipi.it) Steering and Program Committee https://cyprusconferences.org/esocc2023/committees/

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