LACL 2012 : Call for System Demonstrations

LACL'2012 is the 7th edition of the series of International Conferences
on Logical Aspects of Computational Linguistics (http://lacl2012.sciencesconf.org/).

LACL 2012 will take place in Nantes, France on July 2-4, 2012.  This conference 
addresses the use of type theoretic, proof theoretic, model theoretic and other 
logically based formal methods for describing natural language syntax, semantics 
and pragmatics, as well as the implementation of natural language processing 
software relying on such methods. 

Topics of either theoretical or applied interest include, but are not limited to:

    * logical foundation of syntactic formalisms
    * logics for semantics of lexical items, sentences, discourse and dialog
    * applications of these models to natural language processing.

In order to stimulate the interest in applications, the conference will 
for the first time propose a System demonstration session. 

We are seeking for demonstrations of prototype or professional applications/tools 
in the domain of computational linguistics relevant to the LACL topics of interest. 
 
Demo extended abstracts must be at most of four pages using the standard LNCS 
Springer LaTeX style (see authors instructions at
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0). 
Developers should outline the design of their system and provide sufficient details 
to allow the evaluation of its validity, quality, and relevance to LACL topics. Pointers 
to web sites running a demo preview will also be helpful.	
 
Each system will be shortly presented in a special conference session and during 
the Demo Session. It may also be completed by a poster. Participants should use 
their own laptop for the demos. The organizers should be contacted in case of 
any special requirements.

The demo extended abstracts should be submitted in PDF format by email at the 
address lacl2012-demo@sciencesconf.org
The submissions will be reviewed by the Demo program committee using 
the standards of excellence associated with the LACL conferences. 
A single review evaluation process will be based on novelty, relevance, and 
scientific contribution. The selected submissions will be published in the Demo 
Session proceedings on the conference site. 

Important dates:

Submission deadline: April 30, 2012
Notification: May 11, 2012
Camera ready version due: May 21, 2012 

Local Demo Session Committee :

Denis Béchet
Florian Boudin
Alexandre Dikovsky
Nicolas Hernandez

Contact: lacl2012-demo@sciencesconf.org