LRL 2019, Poznan, Poland, co-located with LTC

http://www.ilc.cnr.it/lrl2019/

The 6th LTC Workshop on Less-Resourced Languages (LRL 2019), May 19, Poznan, Poland In conjunction with LTC’19, the 9th Language and Technology Conference

CONFERENCE CHAIRS Dorothee Beermann (Norway), Laurent Besacier (France) and Claudia Soria (Italy)

*Paper submission deadline: 20 March 2019*

WORKSHOP TOPICS We invite original papers that address the particular needs and requirements of less-resourced languages. We in particular welcome papers on the computational processing of less resourced languages addressing the following topics. We also welcome papers on language revitalisation and literary development.

Induction of multilingual resources for LRL Morphological Paradigm Learning for LRL Corpus building for LRL Dialect processing for LRL Spoken language processing for LRL Code Switching in LRL Deep Learning for LRL Computer-aided work with LRL Information retrieval on Social Networks for LRL Linguistic Resources for LRL Spell-check and automatic corrections for LRL Descriptive Studies on LRL Community approaches to revitalisation and literary development

IMPORTANT DATES/DEADLINES * Deadline for submission of papers for review: 20 March 2019 * Acceptance/Refusal notification: 2 April 2019 * Deadline for submission of final versions of accepted papers: 15 April 2019 * Workshop: 19 May 2019

PAPER SUBMISSION The conference accepts papers in English only. Papers (5 formatted pages in the conference format) are due by March 20, 2019 (midnight, any time zone) and should not disclose the authorship in any manner. In order to facilitate submission we have decided to reduce the formatting requirements as much as possible at this stage. Please, have a look at www.ltc.amu.edu.pl (Paper Submission section). Papers must be submitted through EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?key=83901713.4PPnVqMiHylJDYBz

Important Notice: Make sure to include the keyword ‘’LRLWorkshop’’among the paper’s keywords. A copy of the submitted paper must also be sent to claudia.soria@ilc.cnr.it, indicating ‘’RL19 Workshop submission’’as the subject of the mail.

PUBLICATION POLICY Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings (hard copy, with ISBN number) and on CD-ROM. Publication requires full electronic registration and payment of the conference fee (full registration) by at least one of the co-authors in due time (dates will be presented at the conference site). One registration fee entitles publication of one paper. Proceedings will be published by Wydawnictwo Nauka i Innowacje sp. z o.o. indexed by Polish Ministry of Higher Education.

FEES and REGISTRATION

LRL is an integral part of the LTC. Fees and payment procedures are the same for general LTC and workshop participants, and they cover participation in the general LTC program. Notice: the workshop is free for participants registered to the general LTC. Single registration covers only one paper presentation (general LTC or workshops) (cf. the Publication Policy section in case of more than one submitted paper).

REGISTRATION Only electronic registration will be possible. Details will be published at www.ltc.amu.edu.pl.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Gilles Adda (LIMSI-CNRS, France) Dorothee Beermann (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) Delphine Bernhard (LILPA, Strasbourg University, France) Laurent Besacier (Université Joseph Fourier, France) Nicoletta Calzolari (CNR-ILC, Italy) Jeremy Evas (Cardiff University, Wales, UK) Mikel Forcada (Universitat d’Alacant, Spain) Dafydd Gibbon (Universität Bielefeld, Germany) Steven Krauwer (CLARIN, the Netherlands) Anne-Laure Ligozat (ENSIIE / LIMSI-CNRS, France) Girish Nath Jha (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India) Michael Maxwell (University of Maryland, CASL, USA) Joseph Mariani (LIMSI-CNRS, France) Maite Melero (UPF, Catalonia, Spain) Alice Millour (Université Paris-Sorbonne, France) Stelios Piperidis (ILSP, Greece) Laurette Pretorius (University of South Africa, South Africa) Gábor Prószéky (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, Hungary) Georg Rehm (DFKI, Germany) Sakriani Sakti (NAIST, Japan) Kepa Sarasola Gabiola (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Spain) Kevin Scannell (St. Louis University, USA) Virach Sornlertlamvanich (Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT), Thammasat University, Thailand) Marko Tadic (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Croatia) Nick Thieberger (University of Melbourne / ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Australia) Menzo Windhouwer (Meertens Institute, KNAW, the Netherlands)

OTHER Please note that remaining important information on the workshop and the general conference is or will be provided at the workshop web site http://www.ilc.cnr.it/lrl2019/submissions.htm and at the conference site www.ltc.amu.edu.pl.

CONTACT Claudia Soria claudia.soria@ilc.cnr.it