Call for Shared Task, Workshop and Tutorial Proposals

PROPOR 2024

March 14th-15th

Santiago de Compostela (Galiza)

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

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Shared task proposals due: August 1, 2023.

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Notification of decision: August 15, 2023.

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Shared task web pages available and linked to the main site: October 1, 2023.

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Camera-ready of short papers of the systems participating in the Shared task: February 1, 2024.

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PROPOR 2024 Workshops (electronic proceedings due for online publication): March 1, 2024.

Proposal Details

Proposals should be submitted via e-mail to propor2024wsttut@googlegroups.com. They should be no more than three pages in length and must include:

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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.

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Description of the target audience.

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Description of the data sets that will be used in the shared task and their readiness

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Sketch of how the submitted systems will be evaluated.

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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.

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Contact information (address, email, and phone - WhatsApp) for all organizers.

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Designation of a main contact person.

The shared task organizers are responsible for:

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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.

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Creating and publishing (on time) a website with all the relevant information about the shared task.

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Provide an extended abstract for the conference program.

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Evaluate the submitted results.

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It should be noted that the conference organization does not budget for free registration, accommodation, or travel expenses for the shared task organizers.

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Prepare electronic proceedings volumes by the end of February 2024.

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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

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Workshop proposals due: August 1, 2023.

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Notification of decision: August 15, 2023.

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Workshop web pages available and linked to the main site. Workshop CFP published: October 1, 2023.

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Camera-ready of papers of the Workshop: February 1, 2024.

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PROPOR 2024 Workshops (electronic proceedings due for online publication): March 1, 2024.

Proposal Details

Proposals should be submitted via e-mail to propor2024wsttut@googlegroups.com. They should be no more than three pages in length and must include:

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Description of the workshop: title, abstract, objectives, relevance and its potential impact on the NLP community and society.

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Motivation: why a PROPOR workshop on this topic is needed.

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Description of the target audience.

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List of core committed program committee members (2 to 3 members).

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Preliminary list of invited speakers (if any).

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For workshops previously held at PROPOR or other conferences, details on venue, attendance, and number of submissions from previous years should be provided.

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For new workshops, a list of potential attendees/submissions and/or a justification of the expected attendees and submissions.

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Relevant experience of the organizing committee.

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Duration of the workshop (full day or half day).

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Contact information (address, email, and phone - WhatsApp) for all organizers.

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A draft Call for Papers.

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Designation of a main contact person.

The workshop organizers are responsible for:

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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.

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Creating and publishing (on time) a website with all the relevant information about the workshop.

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Provide an extended abstract for the conference program.

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Review (at least two independent reviewers) and select the submitted papers.

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Schedule the presentations within the workshop.

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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.

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Prepare electronic proceedings volumes by the end of February 2024.

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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

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Tutorial proposals due: December 1, 2023.

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Notification of decision: December 15, 2023.

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Tutorial descriptions due: February 1, 2024.

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Tutorial course material due: March 3, 2024.

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Expected Tutorial date: March 13, 2024.

Submission Details

Proposals for tutorials should contain:

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A title and a brief description of the tutorial content and its relevance to the PROPOR community (not more than 2 pages).

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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).

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The names, affiliations, email addresses, and websites of the tutorial instructors, including a one-paragraph statement of their research interests and areas of expertise.

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A list of previous venues and approximate audience sizes, if the same or a similar tutorial has been given elsewhere.

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A description of special requirements for technical equipment (e.g., Internet access).

Submission will be done via email to propor2024wsttut@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

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Alberto Abad (INESC-ID, Portugal)

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Alberto Simões - 2Ai Lab, School of Technology, IPCA (Barcelos, Portugal)

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Helena Caseli - Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar, Brazil)

Contacts: Please send inquiries concerning shared tasks, workshops and tutorials to propor2024wsttut@googlegroups.com.