Call for papers – SCiL 2020

The Society for Computation in Linguistics  invites submissions to its third meeting, SCiL 2020, which will be co-located with LSA 2020 in New Orleans, January 2-5. The theme of the plenary session is “Computation and Meaning” and the invited speakers are Ellie Pavlick (Brown University) and Christopher Potts (Stanford University). There will also be a workshop on “Formal Language Theory in Linguistics,” whose goal is to communicate to the participants of SCiL recent research in formal language theory as it applies to linguistic theory and natural language processing (and which will accept abstracts for a work in progress session).

We seek high-quality research on computational and mathematical approaches in any area of linguistics. Submissions to SCiL should involve a substantial computational and/or mathematical modeling component, make direct contact with linguistics, and be written for an interdisciplinary audience. There will be two submission tracks: papers and abstracts. Accepted papers and abstracts will be presented (either orally or as posters) at the SCiL 2019 meeting. Papers will be published prior to the conference in the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) Anthology. Authors of accepted abstracts will have the option to submit extended abstracts prior to the conference. Both papers and extended abstracts will be published online in the open-access SCiL proceedings.

Submissions are limited to one first-authored paper or abstract per author; there is no limit on the number of non-first authored submissions per author. The ban on multiple first-author submissions includes the Formal Language Theory work in progress session. Do not submit an abstract to both SCiL and the LSA – these meetings are being held jointly, and your submission will be returned without review.

Important Dates

  • Submission Deadline (papers and abstracts): August 7, 2019 Aug. 12, 2019
  • Notification of Acceptance: mid-September, 2019
  • Camera Ready Papers and Abstracts Due: October 15, 2019
  • Conference: January 2-5, 2020

Submissions

Papers (8pp) and abstracts (2pp) are due August 7 2019 Aug. 12, 2019 by 11:59pm pacific time.  Papers and abstracts must be anonymous and prepared in PDF format according to the following guidelines.

Papers

Paper submissions must describe original, completed, and unpublished work. They are limited to 8 content pages (plus unlimited pages for references) and should follow the two-column ACL format. Here are the NAACL HLT 2018 style templates:

All submissions must in PDF format.

Accepted papers will be published in the ACL Anthology prior to the conference, and will be presented either as oral or poster presentations at SCiL 2020. Abstracts and papers will also be published online in the open-access SCiL proceedings.

Abstracts

Abstract submissions must describe original and completed work. To facilitate exchange of research ideas across disciplines, this track will consider work that has been previously presented (and potentially published) at venues with distinct scope and target audiences from SCiL. Submissions describing previously presented/published work must indicate so at submission time.

Abstract length is limited to a maximum of two single-spaced pages (US Letter), figures and references included. The abstract should follow the two-column ACL format OR the following guidelines. Abstract submissions should not have abstracts. Font should be 12-point Times or Times New Roman throughout, and the document should be single-spaced, left justified, with margins of exactly one inch on all sides. Title and section headings (if used) should be bold.

Accepted abstracts will be presented at SCiL 2019 as posters or oral presentations. Authors of accepted abstracts will have the option to extend abstracts up to 4 pages (extended abstracts). The extended abstracts should follow the two-column ACL format. Abstracts and extended abstracts will be published before the conference in the forthcoming open-access SCiL Proceedings.

Submission

To submit your paper or abstract, please proceed to the link below. If you do not already have an EasyChair account, you will need to set one up :

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=scil2020

As stated above, recall that submissions are limited to one first-authored paper or abstract per author; there is no limit on the number of non-first authored submissions per author. Do not submit an abstract to both SCiL and LSA – these meetings are being held jointly, and your submission will be returned without review.

Organization

Co-Chairs

Program committee chairs

Contact: scil@umass.edu