Re: [lojban] CNL 2010: 2nd Workshop on Controlled Natural Languages (deadline postponed to 28 May 2010)

[Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>]

  I'm sorry, is there in ANY way lojban is a "natural language"??


On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 7:06 AM, Oren <get.oren@gmail.com> wrote:
> Any academic lojbanis near Italy? Who wants to show these guys how we
> ”enable reliable automatic semantic analysis?"
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Norbert E. Fuchs <fuchs@ifi.uzh.ch>
> Date: Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 17:11
> *********************************************************************
> 2nd Call for Extended Abstracts
>  (deadline for submissions postponed to 28 May 2010)
>
> CNL 2010
> 2nd Workshop on Controlled Natural Languages
>
> http://staff.um.edu.mt/mros1/cnl2010
>
> Marettimo Island, Sicily (Italy)
> 13-15 September 2010
> *********************************************************************
>
> Controlled natural languages (CNLs) are subsets of natural languages,
> obtained by restricting the grammar and vocabulary in order to reduce or
> eliminate ambiguity and complexity. Traditionally, controlled languages
> fall into two major types: those that improve readability for human
> readers (e.g. non-native speakers), and those that enable reliable
> automatic semantic analysis [emphasis mine] of the language.
>
> Languages of the first type (often called "simplified" or "technical"
> languages), for example ASD Simplified Technical English, Caterpillar
> Technical  English, IBM's  Easy  English, are  used in industry to
> increase the quality of technical documentation, and possibly simplify
> the (semi-) automatic translation of the documentation. These languages
> restrict the writer by general rules such as "write short and
> grammatically simple sentences", "use nouns instead of pronouns", "use
> determiners", and "use active instead of passive".
>
> Languages of the second type have a formal logical basis, i.e. they have
> a formal syntax and semantics, and can be mapped to an existing formal
> language, such as first-order logic. Thus, those languages can be used
> as knowledge-representation languages, and writing of those languages is
> supported by fully automatic consistency and redundancy checks, query
> answering, etc.
>
> (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_natural_language)
>
>
> TOPICS
>
> CNL 2010 will address issues connected to controlled natural languages
> including the following topics
>
> Nature and Purpose of CNLs:
> - design of CNLs and comparison between CNLs
> - lexical and Syntactic issues for CNLs
> - CNL semantics and knowledge representation
> - expressivity within CNLs
> - reasoning in CNLs
> - theoretical results for CNLs
>
> Applications:
> - CNLs for specifications
> - CNLs and the semantic web
> - CNLs for user interfaces
> - CNLs for interaction, communication and dialogue
> - CNL in the context of Linked Open Data (LOD) content creation and
> annotation
> - CNL and Information Extraction
> - tool support architectures for CNLs
> - linking text mining to CNLs
> - CNLs for business rules
> - CNLs and mobile computing
> - use cases of CNLs
>
> The workshop will be informal with plenty of time for presentations and
> discussions in the fashion of the seminars organised at Dagstuhl in
> Germany (www.dagstuhl.de/programm/dagstuhl-seminare). To ensure the
> informal atmosphere the number of participants will be limited.
>
>
> SUBMISSION DETAILS
>
> We invite researchers to submit extended abstracts of exactly 4 pages
> (including references). These extended abstracts will be intensively
> reviewed by several members of the programme committee. Authors of
> accepted extended abstracts will be invited to present their research at
> the workshop. Revised versions of the accepted abstracts will be
> published before the workshop as a technical report of the Department of
> Intelligent Computer Systems at the University of Malta. During the
> workshop authors will have ample time to present their work and to have
> it discussed by the participants. All authors are then invited to submit
> a full paper of up to 20 pages (including references) that takes the
> discussions during the workshop into account.  Full papers will again be
> reviewed by the programme committee. Revised versions of the full papers
> will be published by Springer in their LNCS/LNAI series.
>
> Extended abstracts and full papers should use the Springer LNCS format.
> Extended abstracts must be submitted electronically in PDF format. For sub-
> missions we use EasyChair
> (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cnl2010).
>
>
> VENUE
>
> The workshop will take place on the Italian island Marettimo at the
> Marettimo Residence (www.marettimoresidence.com/inglese/home.php) that
> consists of a set of two-storey houses within a beautiful garden. On top
> of the garden of the residence there is a large lecture hall with
> wireless internet.
>
> Marettimo is the outermost of the Egadian Islands to the west of Sicily,
> and is easily reached from the airports of Palermo and Trapani.
> Marettimo offers the simple and relaxed life of southern Italy, unspoilt
> landscape, stupendous views, hiking, swimming, diving, boat trips, and
> excursions on donkeys.  There are several restaurants and bars, and some
> shops. What the island does not offer: traffic - there are practically
> no roads - fancy shops and restaurants, night life, and sandy beaches.
>
>
> REGISTRATION FEE
>
> There is no registration fee for CNL 2010.
>
>
> ACCOMMODATION
>
> The Marettimo Residence (www.marettimoresidence.com/inglese/home.php)
> offers one- and two-bedroom apartments with fully equipped kitchens. A
> number of apartments for the participants of CNL 2010 will be reserved
> until early July 2010 at a price 10% below the regular price. Participants
> should in time get into direct contact with the Marettimo Residence to
> organise
> their accommodation. Alternative accommodations on Marettimo can be found
> via the internet.
>
>
> WORKSHOP DINNER
>
> A workshop dinner will be arranged during the workshop, and will be paid
> individually by the participants.
>
>
> IMPORTANT DATES
>
> Deadline for submissions of extended abstracts: 28 May 2010
> Notification of acceptance of extended abstracts: 25 June 2010
> Participants contact Marettimo Residence for accommodation: end of June 2010
> Final versions of extended abstracts: 23 July 2010
> Workshop: 13-15 September 2010
>
>
> PROGRAM COMMITTEE
>
> Johan Bos (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy)
> Peter E. Clark (Boeing, Seattle, USA)
> *Hamish Cunningham (University of Sheffield, UK)
> Danica Damljanovic (University of Sheffield, UK)
> Norbert E. Fuchs (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
> Albert Gatt (University of Malta)
> Alfio Gliozzo (CNRS Rome)
> Siegfried Handschuh (DERI, University of Galway)
> *Pat Hayes (IHMC, Florida)
> *Jerry R. Hobbs (USC/ISI, USA)
> Stefan Hoefler (University of Zurich)
> Kaarel Kaljurand (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
> *Peter Koepke (University of Bonn, Germany)
> Tobias Kuhn (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
> Paola Monachesi (University of Utrecht)
> Gordon Pace (University of Malta)
> Stephen Pulman (University of Oxford, UK)
> Mike Rosner (University of Malta, Malta) (chair)
> Aarne Ranta (Chalmers University, Sweden)
> Rolf Schwitter (Macquarie University, Australia)
> Donia Scott (University of Sussex)
> Harold Somers (Dublin City University)
> *John Sowa (VivoMind, USA)
> Geoff Sutcliffe (University of Miami)
> Silvie Spreeuwenberg (LibRT, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
> Uta Schwertel (imc, Germany)
> Yorick Wilks (University of Sheffield, UK)
> Adam Wyner (University of London UK)
>
> *awaiting confirmation
>
>
> FURTHER INFORMATION
>
> http://staff.um.edu.mt/mros1/cnl2010/
>
>
> ORGANISATION
>
> Michael Rosner (University of Malta) mike.rosner@um.edu.mt
> Norbert E. Fuchs (University of Zurich, Switzerland) fuchs@ifi.uzh.ch
>
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