The Program Committee of the 3rd Language and Technology Conference acknowledge with gratitude the support and assistance of several institutions and individuals who contributed to this event:

THE CITY OF POZNAŃ
represented by Mr Ryszard Grobelny, Mayor of Poznań

CO-ORGANIZING ORGANIZATIONS
ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY IN POZNAŃ
ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY FUNDATION

CO-OPERATING ORGANIZATIONS
ELRA/ELDA
IMPRESJA
KOSZALIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
PEARSON EDUCATION
POLISH PLATFORM FOR HOMELAND SECURITY
POZNAŃ INTERNATIONAL FAIR (MTP)

EXTERNAL REVIEWERS

STUDENT VOLUNTEERS

Publisher:
Wydawnictwo Poznańskie Sp. z o. o.

with co-operation of
Fundacja Uniwersytetu im. A. Mickiewicza
ul. Rubież 46
61-612 Poznań, Poland
tel. +48 61 827 97 00
e-mail: fundacja@amu.edu.pl

Contact person for distribution:
Zygmunt Vetulani
e-mail: vetulani@amu.edu.pl
website: http://www.amu.edu.pl/~vetulani


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ISBN 978-83-7177-407-2

Dear Colleagues,

You are kindly invited to participate in the 3rd Language and Technology Conference (L&TC'07), organized by the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland in cooperation with the Adam Mickiewicz University Foundation.

At the beginning of the 7th Framework Program, recently launched by the European Commission, Human Language Technologies continue to be a challenge for computer science, linguistics and related fields as these technologies become an ever more essential element of our everyday technological environment. Since Ajdukiewicz, Tarski, Turing and Chomsky (i.e. since the very beginning of the Computer Age) these fields have influenced and stimulated each other. Technological, social and cultural globalization has created a favorable climate for the intensive exchange of novel ideas, concepts and solutions across initially distant disciplines. We aim at further contributing to this exchange and we invite you to join us at L&TC'07 in October, 2007.

Zygmunt Vetulani
L&TC'07 Chair
vetulani@amu.edu.pl

The conference program will include the following topics:

• electronic language resources and tools
• formalisation of natural languages
• parsing and other forms of NL processing
• computer modelling of language competence
• NL user modelling
• NL understanding by computers
• knowledge representation
• WordNet technologies, ontologies (cf. L&TC WordNet Special Track)
• man-machine NL interfaces
• Logic Programming in Natural Language Processing
• corpus linguistics
• speech processing
• NL applications in robotics
• text-based information retrieval and extraction, question answering
• question answering
• tools and methodologies for developing multilingual systems
• translation enhancement tools
• methodological issues in HLT
• prototype presentations
• language-specific computational challenges for HLTs (especially for languages other than English)
• HLT standards
• HLT support for foreign language teaching
• communicative intelligence
• legal problems connected with HLTs (problems and challenges)
• contribution of HLTs to the homeland security problems (application and legal aspects), cf. L&TC Homeland Security Workshop,
• vision papers in the field of HLT
• HLT related policies

You will have noted that we intend to continue traditional HLT interest areas (cf. L&TC'05 topics). You may also have observed that we have included a new dimension at the frontier between HLTs and the Homeland Security field. We invite authors working in this domain to contribute either on theoretical issues (e.g. legal aspects of development and application of HLTs) or technical developments (applications, software, language infrastructure and tools), see L&TC Homeland Security Workshop. Political and mature vision papers in this field are also welcome.

This list is by no means closed and we are open to further proposals. The Program Committee is also open to suggestions concerning accompanying events (workshops, exhibits, panels, etc). Suggestions, ideas and observations may be addressed directly to the L&TC Chair by email (vetulani@amu.edu.pl).

The 3rd Language & Technology Conference will be held in the Poznań International Fair Conference Center (Głogowska 14), pavilion 14B (see the International Fair map).

Conference opening ceremony will take place in Rotunda (pavilion 11 of the Poznań International Fair Conference Center).

Conference participants will have to pass two registration desks. First they will be greeted at the desk located in the East Gate hall of Poznań International Fair. The proper registration desk will be set in Rotunda (pavilion 11 of the Poznań International Fair Conference Center), where the conference opening ceremony will take place. This desk will later move to pavilion 14B, where the technical session will be held.

Ryszard Grobelny, Mayor of Poznań, will receive conference attendants in City Hall in Old Market Square (Stary Rynek).

The conference banquet will take place in Sala Lustrzana (the Mirror Hall) of Adam Mickiewicz University's Collegium Minus (Wieniawskiego 1).

Conference guest traveling by car may park them in the grounds of Poznań International Fair. To obtain a special free parking pass, please send an e-mail to ltc@amu.edu.pl, giving "parking pass" as the title. All cars have to use the Western Entrance in Śniadeckich street (see the International Fair map).

Kimmo Rossi (European Commission) Language technology in the European programmes and policies (PDF)

Piek Vossen (University of Amsterdam) The Global Wordnet Grid: anchoring languages to universal meaning (PDF)

The WordNet Special Track will be a part of the L&TC'07 event. It will be co-chaired by Karel Pala, Christiane Fellbaum and Piek Vossen. It will focus on development of new WordNets, related tools and WordNet applications in AI.

The submission deadlines, fees, registration and payment procedures remain the same as for the rest of the L&TC. For reviewing purposes only, contributions should be subtitled with "Submission to L&TC WordNet Special Track".

If you desire to know more, please do contact Karel Pala by e-mail (pala@fi.muni.cz).

L&TC Homeland Security workshop will be a part of the L&TC'07 event. It will be co-chaired by Emil Pływaczewski and Zbigniew Rau. It will focuss on applications of Language Technologies in security research and the related legal aspects.

The submission deadlines, registration and payment procedures remain the same as for the rest of the L&TC. For reviewing purposes only, contributions should be subtitled with "Submission to L&TC Homeland Security Workshop".

Conference fee for those who attend the Homeland Security Workshop only is 60 EUR. The fee also covers the conference banquet. The Homeland Security Workshop fee is included in the regular conference fee.

If you desire to know more, please do contact Jarosław Szymaniak by e-mail (jaroslaw.szymaniak@ppbw.pl).

• Short piano concert:
  • F. Chopin, Nocturn C minor op. 48 no. 1
  • F. Chopin, Polonaise A flat major op. 53
  Pianist: Przemysław Witek, piano class of prof. Alicja Kledzik
• A welcome to Poznań by Vice President Jerzy Stępień
• Speech by Zygmunt Vetulani, Chair of the Conference
• A glass of wine
• Official LTC photo with the Vice President in front of the City Hall

• Beata Bielska
• Dominik Budzinski
• Marianna Lewicka
• Joanna Theuss
• Jaroslaw Weidner

The conference and publication language is English. Papers (5 formatted pages) are due by June 4, 2007 (midnight, any time zone) and should not identify the author(s) in any manner. In order to facilitate submission we have decided to reduce the formatting requirements as much as possible at this stage. Please, however, do observe the following:

1. Accepted fonts are Time Roman, Times New Roman and Courier (recommended for programs); character size for the main text should be 10 points, with 11 points leading (line spacing).
2. Text should be presented in 2 columns, 8,42 cm each with 0,95 cm between columns (gutter).
3. The document size is 5 pages formatted according to (1) and (2) above.
4. The use of PDF format is strongly recommended, although MS Word will also be accepted.
5. Papers should be submitted using the EasyChair submission system.
6. A security copy should be sent by e-mail to ltc@amu.edu.pl.

You may also use the templates (ELRA/LREC based format) for MS Word or Latex.

Detailed GUIDELINES for the final submission of accepted papers will be published at the conference site before July 4, 2007 (acceptance notification date).

All submissions are to be made electronically via the EasyChair submission system.

The security copy sent to ltc@amu.edu.pl will NOT be considered for reviewing unless exceptional emergency cases.

Submissions to L&TC special tracks or workshops follow the same general procedure, except that papers must be subtitled in the appropriate way (for reviewing only), cf. L&TC Wordnet Special Track, L&TC Homeland Security Workshop.

Final papers are due by August 15, 2007. Please, do observe the following:

1. Accepted fonts for English text are Time Roman, Times New Roman and Courier (recommended for program listings); character size for the main text should be 10 points, with 11 points leading (line spacing).
2. The only allowed paper format is A4. Text should be presented in 2 columns, 8,20 cm each with 0,80 cm between columns (gutter). Please note: we have slightly changed column parameters.
3. The document size is 5 pages formatted according to (1) and (2) above.
4. The only accepted document type is PDF.
5. Important note for Latex users: we have slightly changed the Latex template. Please download the changed version and just replace ltc05.sty file.
6. Do not use color images (nor any other color elements) in your paper. Convert all color elements into grayscale. Note that your paper will be printed in grayscale.
7. Please, embed fonts (e.g. Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean,...) with your PDF. Use the appriopiate option in your PDF-generator.

We strongly recommend using the templates for MS Word or Latex (www.ltc.amu.edu.pl).

Final papers should be sent by e-mail to ltc@amu.edu.pl as an attachment:

• the attached file should be named ltc-PaperId-FirstAuthorName.pdf   e.g. ltc-005-vetulani.pdf (the paper #5 with Vetulani as the submitting author)
• as the subject of your e-mail use: LTC FINAL PAPER  PaperId   e.g. LTC FINAL PAPER 005

The PaperId is your paper ID from EasyChair.

A security copy should be sent to vetulani@amu.edu.pl.

NOTICE: Because of the summer time server maintenance works, the communication with www.ltc.amu.edu.pl may be perturbed. In such case, just try again later. Please let us know if the problem continue.

Acceptance will be based on the reviewers' assessments (anonymous submission model, blind reviewing). Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings (hard copy, with ISBN number) and on CD-ROM. The abstracts of the contributions accepted will also be made available via the conference page (during its lifetime). Publication requires electronic registration and payment of the conference fee (full registration) by at least one co-author.

A post-conference volume with extended versions of selected papers is planned for publication in the Springer Verlag Series "Lecture Notes in AI" (LNAI).

All participants, irrespective of category or mode of payment, are requested to register in order to qualify for the receipt of conference documents.

The following two steps are mandatory for full registration of regular attendees:

1. Electronic registration using ConfTool.
2. Payment of the conference fee.

Only full registration entitles people to participation in the conference.

To be entitled to student rates the participant must present a student card valid on October 5, 2007.

The conference fee covers:

• Participation in the scientific program
• Conference materials
• Proceedings on CD and paper
• Social events (banquet,...)
• Coffee during session breaks

Conference fee for those who attend the Homeland Security Workshop only is 60 EUR. The fee also covers the conference banquet. The Homeland Security Workshop fee is included in the regular conference fee.

Conference fee for accompanying persons is 40 EUR. The fee covers participation in non-scientific program (banquet,session coffee breaks).

1. If not registered yet, do it now using ConfTool
2. Download the form: [credit card form DOC] or [credit card form PDF]
3. Print the form
4. Complete the form
5. Sign the form
6. Send the signed form by fax to: +48 61 8279701 (Fundacja Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu)

Participants from some non-EC countries may need visas to enter the Polish territory. Visa delivery is exclusively in the competence of appropriate Polish Consulates. If you have any doubts, we recommend you to check your situation with the nearest Polish Consulate in your residence country. If necessary, we can confirm that we have accepted your paper for presentation at the conference and that you are expected to present your paper personally. Upon request, we may also write a confirmation letter (in Polish) directly to the Polish Consulate indicated by you. To do this we will need a request letter (e-mail) from you in which you will provide us with the address of the Consulate you wish we contact.

To get information about Countries whose citizens are not required to have a visa when entering Poland and to find important telephone numbers you may also visit Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (see Consular Information)

Book exhibition. Participants to the conference will have the opportunity to present the results of their research activities in form of books and papers, not necessarily directly related to the conference topics. (Please contact the organizers.)

Besides the standard conference presentation of papers, the Organizers are open to various kinds of initiatives (expos, demos, satellite workshops, panels, awards). A program of special events is now under construction. You are welcome to contact us with your suggestions.

LTC'07 special award for best student paper was presented to Darja Fišer by the Jury composed of the Program Committee members present at the conference.

Darja Fišer graduated from the Department of Translation Studies at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2004 with a thesis on translation memory systems that received the faculty award for best thesis. As a junior researcher at the same department she is working towards her PhD in computational lexical semantics, more specifically on the development of Slovene wordnet. She also participates in several national projects in the field of human language technologies, and teaches courses on translation technologies and lexical semantics. Apart from working she likes travelling, hiking, photography and reading.

(PDF) Leveraging parallel corpora and existing wordnets for automatic construction of the Slovene wordnet / Darja Fišer

In 2005 the award went to:

Ronny Melz (University of Leipzig),
Hartwig Holzapfel (University of Karlsruhe),
Marcin Woliński (IPI PAN, Warsaw).

There are several large scale events in Poznan at the L&TC'07 time (October 5-7, 2007). Therefore, we strongly recommend you to make hotel reservation in advance. There are several standard possibilities to reserve via Internet. Also, a special offer for Conference participants has been prepared by the travel agency Zimny (zimny@zimny.pl).

• Theofficial website of the city of Poznań