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2012
WSLST 2012
(formerly
Organized
by:
Research
Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC)
Rovira
i Virgili University
http://grammars.grlmc.com/wslst2012/
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AIM:
WSLST 2012 offers a broad and intensive series of
lectures on language and speech technologies at different levels. The students
choose their preferred courses according to their interests and background.
Instructors are top names in their respective fields. The School intends to
help students initiate and foster their research career.
The previous event in this series was SSLST 2011
(http://grammars.grlmc.com/sslst2011/).
ADDRESSED TO:
Undergraduate and graduate students from around the
world. Most appropriate degrees include: Computer Science and Linguistics.
Other students (for instance, from Mathematics, Electrical Engineering,
Philosophy, or Cognitive Science) are welcome too.
The School is appropriate also for people more
advanced in their career who want to keep themselves updated on developments in
the field.
There is no overlap in the class schedule.
COURSES AND
PROFESSORS:
- Eneko Agirre
(U Basque Country), Semantic Processing of Text: Word Sense Disambiguation,
Entity Linking and Semantic Similarity [introductory/intermediate, 8 hours]
- William J.
Byrne (
- Marcello
Federico (Fondazione Bruno Kessler,
- Ralph Grishman
(
- John Nerbonne
(
- Geoffrey K.
Pullum (
- Jian Su
(Institute for
- Christoph
Tillmann (
- David R. Traum
(U Southern California), Approaches to Dialogue Systems and Dialogue Management
[introductory, 8 hours]
- Dekai Wu
(Hong Kong U of Science and Technology), Syntactic and Semantic Statistical
Machine Translation [introductory/advanced, 8 hours]
REGISTRATION:
It has to be done on line at
http://grammars.grlmc.com/wslst2012/Registration.php
FEES:
They are variable, depending on the number of
courses each student takes. The rule is:
1 hour =
- 10 euros (for payments until November 13, 2011),
- 15 euros (for payments after November 13, 2011).
PAYMENT
PROCEDURE:
The fees must be paid to the School's bank account:
Uno-e Bank (Julian Camarillo
Please mention WSLST
2012 and your full name in the subject. A receipt will be provided on site.
Remarks:
- Bank transfers should
not involve any expense for the School.
- People claiming early
registration will be requested to prove that they gave the bank transfer order
by the deadline.
- Students may be
refunded only in the case when a course gets cancelled due to the
unavailability of the instructor.
People registering on site at the beginning of the
School must pay in cash. For the sake of local organization, however, it is much
recommended to do it earlier.
ACCOMMODATION:
Information about accommodation is available on the
website of the School.
CERTIFICATES:
Students will be delivered a certificate stating
the courses attended, their contents, and their duration.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Announcement of the programme: September 26, 2011
Starting of the registration: September 26, 2011
Early registration deadline: November 13, 2011
Starting of the School: January 23, 2012
End of the School: January 27, 2012
QUESTIONS AND
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Florentina-Lilica Voicu: florentinalilica.voicu@urv.cat
WEBSITE:
http://grammars.grlmc.com/wslst2012/
POSTAL ADDRESS:
WSLST 2012
Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC)
Rovira i Virgili University
Av. Catalunya, 35
43002
Phone: +34-977-559543
Fax: +34-977-558386
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Diputació de Tarragona
Universitat Rovira i Virgili