International Conference on Dependency Linguistics - 1st Call for Papers

[Depling 2017]

Fourth International Conference on Dependency Linguistics 

Pisa, Italy 

18-20 September 2017 

Conference web site: http://depling.org/depling2017/

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS 



CONFERENCE AIMS 

The Depling conference responds to the growing need for a conference
dedicated to dependency-based approaches in linguistics and natural
language processing. In the past decade, dependencies, directed labeled
graph structures representing hierarchical relations between morphemes,
words or semantic units, have become very widespread in natural language
processing. However, the linguistic significance of these structures often
remains vague, and the need to discuss the theoretical and formal
foundations of dependency-based concepts is felt strongly by many people
working in these domains. 


CONFERENCE TOPICS 

Topics include but are not limited to: 

- The use of dependency trees in syntactic analysis, parsing, generation,
  and corpus annotation of written and spoken texts; 

- Cross-lingual dependency parser evaluation, with particular emphasis on
  intrinsic evaluation metrics; 

- The use of semantic valency-based predicate and actancy graph structures
  and their link to classical logic; 

- The elaboration of formal dictionaries for dependency-based syntax and
  semantics, including descriptions of collocations and paradigmatic
  relations; 

- Links to morphology and linearization of dependency structures, using,
  for example, topological field theories; 

- Dependency-like structures beyond the sentence, for example, to model
  discourse phenomena; 

- The description and formalization of semantic and pragmatic phenomena
  related to information structure; 

- History, epistemology, and psycholinguistic relevance of dependency
  grammar, including its relation to generative approaches to language; 

- Dependency grammar and linguistic universals. 


SHARED TASK 

This year Depling is co-located with the "International Workshop on Parsing
Technologies" (IWPT 2017), which will take place immediately after Depling
2017. The two conferences will have an overlapping day, September 20th, in
which the results will be reported of a joint shared task playing the role
of Depling-IWPT "bridge event" and focusing on "Extrinsic Parser
Evaluation" (EPE). The goal of this shared task is to try to shed light on
the relative `utility' of different types of dependency representations for
downstream applications that depend on grammatical analysis. For background
and information on participation, see: http://epe.nlpl.eu/


PAPER SUBMISSION INFORMATION 

Papers should describe original work; they should emphasize completed work
rather than intended work, and should indicate clearly the state of
completion of the reported results. Submissions will be judged on
correctness, originality, technical strength, significance and relevance to
the conference, and interest to the attendees. 

Papers must be submitted in PDF format through the Depling2017 EasyChair
site ( https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=depling2017 ). 

Papers may consist of up to 10 pages of content (including references). All
submissions should follow the two-column format and the style guidelines.
We strongly recommend the use of the LaTeX style files, OpenDocument or
Microsoft Word templates created for the Depling 2017 conference. 

Reviewing of papers will be double-blind. Therefore, the paper must not
include the authors' names and affiliations. Furthermore, self-references
that reveal the author's identity, e.g., "We previously showed (Smith,
1991) ...", must be avoided. Instead, use citations such as "Smith (1991)
previously showed ...". Papers that do not conform to these requirements
will be rejected without review. 


IMPORTANT DATES 

Submission deadline: May 5, 2017 
Notification of acceptance: June 23, 2017 
Final version of papers due: July 15, 2017 
Depling conference: September 18-20, 2017 

For the shared task timetable, see website. 


CONFERENCE CHAIRS 

Simonetta Montemagni, Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale "A. Zampolli" - CNR 
Joakim Nivre, Uppsala University 


LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 

Giuseppe Attardi, University of Pisa 
Felice Dell'Orletta, Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale "A. Zampolli" - CNR 
Alessandro Lenci, University of Pisa 
Simonetta Montemagni, Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale "A. Zampolli" - CNR 
Maria Simi, University of Pisa 

Email contact: depling2017 at depling.org