[Mt-list] RA and Postdoc positions in Natural Language Processing at NUI Galway

[John McCrae]

Apologies for cross-posting

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for two 
full-time, fixed-term positions as a Postdoctoral Researcher and 
Research Assistant with the Data Science Institute at the National 
University of Ireland, Galway.  These positions are funded by Science 
Foundation Ireland as part of the SFI Insight Research Centre for Data 
Analytics and Horizon 2020 and are available from 1st January 2022 to 
contract end date.


These positions will support the work of Dr. John McCrae's Unit for 
Linguistic Data and concern the development of natural language 
processing technologies with applications in knowledge graphs, 
under-resourced languages, lexicography or financial technologies.


Closing date is 18th November (RA position) and 3rd December (Postdoc 
position). More details are here:


https://www.universityvacancies.com/national-university-ireland-galway/research-assistant-lexicography-and-natural-language-processing

https://www.universityvacancies.com/national-university-ireland-galway/postdoctoral-researcher-natural-language-processing-and-linked

Please apply by sending a CV and cover letter to Dr. John P. McCrae at 
john.mcc...@nuigalway.ie


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[Mt-list] Call for Proposals: Tralogy 3, 7-8 Apr 2022 Paris (France)

[Joss Moorkens]

*apologies for cross-posting*

Tralogy 3: Human translation and natural language processing: Forging a new
consensus?

Deadline for submitting a proposal: 15 November 2021

Notification of approval will be sent by the 15th of December 2021

Conference: 7-8 April 2022

Please see full details at https://tralogy3.sciencesconf.org/

In line with the previous Tralogy events, this international conference is
geared towards bringing together specialists in the various fields and
disciplines involved in the translation professions of today and tomorrow:
academics (both in the Translation Studies and NLP fields), professional
translators (most notably through the involvement of SFT, the French
society of translators), users of translation (especially through the
European Commission’s  Directorate-General for Translation, DGT) and
translator educators (via the French association of translation training
programs, AFFUMT). It will be co-sponsored by the DGT, in the form of a
'Translating Europe' Workshop, and coordinated with the SPECTRANS and
PAPTAN projects (CLILLAC-ARP, Université de Paris), whose interests are
closely aligned to our own.

Call for Proposals (EN)
Over the last decade we have witnessed momentous changes in the field of
translation and natural language processing (NLP) technologies. The
popularisation of neural translation technology and the new directions
taken by research in translation automation (machine translation (MT),
text-to-speech and vice-versa, navigation between image and text,
evaluation metrics) are widening the scope of translation tools. The
dynamics of this research are boosted by the rapid growth of the language
industry (Nimdzi, 2021) and the interest of tech companies (GAFAM, BATX,
iFLYTEK, etc.) which invest heavily in translation technologies with a view
to embedding MT in their various interfaces, platforms and applications
(Larsonneur, 2020).

This is not only a research issue. It means that the conditions within the
translation profession are changing, perhaps along with the general
perception of what translation is (Lavault-Olléon & Zimina, 2019). Two
major shifts are underway. The first concerns the emergence of data as a
central issue in translation. Collecting, cleaning, annotating and
structuring data in massive corpora is key to the efficient training of
translation algorithms. Data can be viewed as a commodity, as an element of
a fundamental right and as an asset of the commons (Moorkens & Lewis,
2020). All of these aspects need to be assessed, put into perspective and
regulated according to the specificities of translation.

The second major shift is from a focus on content to a focus on usage:
texts are now produced, shared, assessed and repurposed online in ways that
challenge the division between gist, “fit-for-purpose” and “ready to
publish” work. Moreover, agile content, user engagement metrics and the
automated generation of texts by large language models like GPT-3 all rely
on a mix of human and machine language production, a combination which
needs to be addressed (Ehrensberger-Dow & Massey, 2019).

The pace and scope of technological, economic and societal change are such
that they raise a number of concerns. The recent hype about neural MT masks
the numerous areas in which language processing technologies, though
advanced, are still not up to mark: one could cite, on various levels,
discrepancies between high-resource and low-resource languages, the
limitations of MT interface design or the opacity that surrounds the
construction of training corpora. More generally, there are issues
concerning the future role, status and financial perspectives of
translators, the eco-sustainability of the translation model (Cronin, 2017)
and the accountability of the main providers of automated translation.
Translator education also stands at a crossroads, having to balance these
new developments with more traditional skills and contents (Froeliger,
2019; Massey & Kiraly, 2019).

In view of the crucial role translation and language technologies play in
societies, we propose that a new consensus between the human uses of
language and the inputs of the machine need to be reached, not only in
order to enable exchanges and contribute to the construction and
dissemination of knowledge, but also to feed our social sense of
responsibility (Martens & Hobbs, 2015). There appears to be a need for a
heightened and more widely shared digital literacy in language technologies
and of a greater awareness of their societal, economic and ethical
implications (Koskinen & Pokorn, 2021; Moorkens & Rocchi, 2021).

For the Tralogy 3 conference, we therefore invite presenters to identify
blind spots in the current landscape of translation and multilingual
language technologies in research, theory, practice and education, and to
offer critical perspectives and suggest innovative avenues for dealing with
the issues identified above. In line with the first two Tralogy events (

[Mt-list] LREC 2022 Workshops & Tutorials: Submission Deadline Extended to Nov 5, 2021 (23:59 GMT+1)

[ELRA ELDA Information]

[Apologies for multiple postings]

The submission deadline for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals is extended 
to *November 5, 2021 (23:59 GMT+1)*.


Both links to the Workshop and Tutorial submission pages remain:

https://lrec2022.lrec-conf.org/en/submission2022/submit-workshop/
https://lrec2022.lrec-conf.org/en/submission2022/submit-your-tutorial-proposal/


Best regards,
LREC 2022 Organizing Committee
Contact: l...@lrec-conf.org
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[Mt-list] Junior researcher / postdoc position in Machine Translation at LISN [Orsay, France]

[yvon]

[apologies for cross-posting]

The LISN has an open position for a non-permanent junior researcher / 
postdoc in Machine Translation in Orsay (France). Details available 
here:


https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR9015-FRAYVO-007/Default.aspx?lang=EN


Best

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François Yvon
LISN/CNRS
01 69 15 82 42
rue John Von Neumann
Campus Universitaire d'Orsay - Bâtiment 508
91 405 Orsay Cédex
http://perso.limsi.fr/yvon




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[Mt-list] CfP extended deadline: LACompLing2021 / Logic and Algorithms in Computational Linguistics 2021, MALIN, Montpellier

[Roussanka Loukanova]

CALL FOR PAPERS
extended deadline

Symposium
Logic and Algorithms in Computational Linguistics  2021 (LACompLing2021)
13 - 17 December 2021, online

https://staff.math.su.se/rloukanova/LACompLing2021-web/

LACompLing2021 is part of the week
Mathematical Linguistics (MALIN) 2021,
Université de Montpellier (UM),
Montpellier, France,
13 - 17 December 2021, Online

DESCRIPTION of LACompLing
Computational linguistics studies natural language in its various
manifestations from a computational point of view, both on the theoretical
level (modeling grammar modules dealing with natural language form and
meaning, and the relation between these two) and on the practical level
(developing applications for language and speech technology). Right from
the start in the 1950s, there have been strong links with computer science,
logic, and many areas of mathematics - one can think of Chomsky's
contributions to the theory of formal languages and automata, or Lambek's
logical modeling of natural language syntax. The symposium assesses the
place of logic, mathematics, and computer science in present day
computational linguistics. It intends to be a forum for presenting new
results as well as work in progress.

SCOPE of LACompLing
The symposium focuses mainly on logical approaches to computational
processing of natural language, and on the applicability of methods and
techniques from the study of artificial languages (programming/logic) in
computational linguistics. We invite participation and submissions from
other relevant approaches too, especially if they can inspire new work and
approaches.

The topics of LACompLing2021 include, but are not limited to:

- Computational theories of human language
- Computational syntax
- Computational semantics
- Computational syntax-semantics interface
- Interfaces between morphology, lexicon, syntax, semantics, speech, text,
pragmatics
- Computational grammar
- Logic and reasoning systems for linguistics
- Type theories for linguistics
- Models of computation and algorithms for linguistics
- Computational approaches of computational linguistics for domain specific
areas
- Language processing
- Parsing algorithms
- Generation of language from semantic representations
- Large-scale grammars of natural languages
- Multilingual processing
- Computational theories and systems of reasoning in natural language
- Data science in language processing
- Machine learning of language
- Interdisciplinary methods
- Integration of formal, computational, model theoretic, graphical,
diagrammatic, statistical, and other related methods
- Logic for information extraction or expression in written and / or spoken
language
- Language theories based on biological fundamentals of information and
languages
- Computational neuroscience of language

LACompLing2021 is especially interested in topics on the interconnections
between Logic, Language, and Argumentation, e.g.:

- Formal languages of reasoning and argumentation
- Algorithms related to natural language of argumentation  - theories,
implementations, applications
- Formal models of argumentations
- Logic of preferences
- Beliefs, attitudes, persuasions - theories and applications

IMPORTANT DATES
Extended Submission and Notification

Submission: 14 November 2021 (was 30 October 2021)
Notification: 21 November 2021 (was 6 November 2021)
Final submissions: TBA ??
LACompLing2021: 13 - 17 December 2021

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

We welcome submissions of abstracts of presentations of original work. The
intended papers should not be submitted concurrently to another conference
or conference event and should not have been published or submitted for
publication consideration elsewhere.

NOTE: We will not accept submissions that are on work submitted to another
event at MALIN 2021, concurrently during the submission to LACompLing2021.

- Submission of abstracts of presentations:
limited to 1 page, including the title, other heading material, about half
of a page text, and references

- Authors can submit more than one abstract. Invited speakers can submit
invited and contributed abstracts

- The camera-ready submissions may require all the necessary typesetting
sources, which are not in the standard LaTeX distribution

Typesetting Instructions

For LaTeX, authors are required to use Springer LNCS package.  Styles and
templates can be downloaded from Springer, for LaTeX (recommended!) and
Microsoft Word:

https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines

For bibliography citations, please use BibTeX with:

 \bibliographystyle{spmpsci}

SUBMISSIONS
The submission Web page for LACompLing2021 is:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lacompling2021

PUBLICATIONS

We will organize a post-conference, special volume after the symposium
LACompLing2021, for publication of extended papers based on accepted
abstracts with presentations at LACompLing2021. The submissions to the
special volume have to be original, unpublished, and not 

[Mt-list] WorldCist'22 - 10th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies | Montenegro

[WorldCIST]

* Conference listed in CORE Ranking

** Google Scholar H5-Index = 23

*** Best papers selected for SCI/SSCI journals



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WorldCIST'22 - 10th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies

12-14 April 2022, Budva, Montenegro

http://worldcist.org 

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The WorldCist'22 - 10th World Conference on Information Systems and 
Technologies, to be held in Budva, Montenegro, 12-14 April 2022, is a global 
forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the most recent 
innovations, trends, results, experiences and concerns in the several 
perspectives of Information Systems and Technologies.

We are pleased to invite you to submit your papers to WorldCist'22. All 
submissions will be reviewed on the basis of relevance, originality, importance 
and clarity.



TOPICS

Submitted papers should be related with one or more of the main themes proposed 
for the Conference:

A) Information and Knowledge Management (IKM);

B) Organizational Models and Information Systems (OMIS);

C) Software and Systems Modeling (SSM);

D) Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools (SSAAT);

E) Multimedia Systems and Applications (MSA);

F) Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems (CNMPS);

G) Intelligent and Decision Support Systems (IDSS);

H) Big Data Analytics and Applications (BDAA);

I) Human-Computer Interaction (HCI);

J) Ethics, Computers and Security (ECS)

K) Health Informatics (HIS);

L) Information Technologies in Education (ITE);

M) Technologies for Biomedical Applications (TBA)

N) Information Technologies in Radiocommunications (ITR);



TYPES of SUBMISSIONS and DECISIONS

Four types of papers can be submitted:

Full paper: Finished or consolidated R works, to be included in one of the 
Conference themes. These papers are assigned a 10-page limit.

Short paper: Ongoing works with relevant preliminary results, open to 
discussion. These papers are assigned a 7-page limit.

Poster paper: Initial work with relevant ideas, open to discussion. These 
papers are assigned to a 4-page limit.

Company paper: Companies' papers that show practical experience, R & D, tools, 
etc., focused on some topics of the conference. These papers are assigned to a 
4-page limit.

Submitted papers must comply with the format of Advances in Intelligent Systems 
and Computing Series (see Instructions for Authors at Springer Website), be 
written in English, must not have been published before, not be under review 
for any other conference or publication and not include any information leading 
to the authors’ identification. Therefore, the authors’ names, affiliations and 
bibliographic references should not be included in the version for evaluation 
by the Program Committee. This information should only be included in the 
camera-ready version, saved in Word or Latex format and also in PDF format. 
These files must be accompanied by the Consent to Publish form filled out, in a 
ZIP file, and uploaded at the conference management system.

All papers will be subjected to a “double-blind review” by at least two members 
of the Program Committee.

Based on Program Committee evaluation, a paper can be rejected or accepted by 
the Conference Chairs. In the later case, it can be accepted as the type 
originally submitted or as another type. Thus, full papers can be accepted as 
short papers or poster papers only. Similarly, short papers can be accepted as 
poster papers only.

Poster papers and Company papers are not published in the Conference 
Proceedings, being only presented and discussed. The authors of accepted poster 
papers should build and print a poster to be exhibited during the Conference. 
This poster must follow an A1 or A2 vertical format. The Conference includes 
Work Sessions where these posters are presented and orally discussed, with a 7 
minute limit per poster.

The authors of accepted Full papers will have 15 minutes to present their work 
in a Conference Work Session; approximately 5 minutes of discussion will follow 
each presentation. The authors of accepted Short papers and Company papers will 
have 11 minutes to present their work in a Conference Work Session; 
approximately 4 minutes of discussion will follow each presentation.



PUBLICATION & INDEXING

To ensure that a full paper or short paper is published, poster paper or 
company paper is presented, at least one of the authors must be fully 
registered by the 8nd of January 2022, and the paper must comply with the 
suggested layout and page-limit. Additionally, all recommended changes must be 
addressed by the authors before they submit the camera-ready version.

No more than one paper per registration will be published. An extra fee must be 
paid for publication of additional papers, with a