Done. Please allow an hour or so for the change to go live. --Thilo
Nicolas Hernandez wrote: > Dear web master(s), > > As you may know, the LINA Lab organize in July a UIMA workshop > (u...@lsm'09). See the call for paper below. > > Would it be possible to add a direct link in your section "Events and > Conferences" (similarly to LREC 2008 and GLDV 2007) to its dedicated > web site (accessed in http://www.uima-fr.org) or to create a page for > the call ? > > Thanks in advance > > /Nicolas Hernandez > > > First French-speaking meeting around the framework Apache UIMA > > Nantes, France, 8-9 July 2009 > http://www.uima-fr.org/ > > Organized by the LINA CNRS UMR 6241 - University of Nantes > http://www.lina.univ-nantes.fr/ > > As part of the 10th edition of the Libre Software Meeting (LSM/RMLL) > under the conferences topic "Libre resources and software for > scientific research" > http://2009.rmll.info/Call-for-Communication-paper.html?lang=en > > > IMPORTANT DATES > > May 29th, 2009: Intention of participation (stand for the registration) > May 29th, 2009: Paper Submission Deadline > June 3rd, 2009: Acceptance Notification > July 7-11 2009: Conference and tutorial (to determine precisely with > the LSM organizers) > > > OBJECTIVES > > The complex nature of NLP applications -and language itself- involves > mixing different models, resources > and algorithms in the same process, leading to interoperability and > data exchange issues. > > The Apache UIMA (Unstructured Information Management Architecture > http://incubator.apache.org/uima) framework offers appealing solutions > to these problems. Apache UIMA is an open, industrial-strength, > scalable and extensible platform for creating, integrating and > deploying un-(/semi-)structured information (text, audio, video...) > management applications which help to build the bridge from > unstructured information to structured knowledge. Apache UIMA > dissociates the engineering middleware problems from NLP issues, its > principles (semantic search and content analytics) are undergoing a > standardization effort at OASIS > (http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/uima/), its international > community is very active, and its Apache license fits research > objectives and allows collaboration with industrial partners. > >>From 7 to 11 July 2009, the 10th edition of the LSM/RMLL (Libre > Software Meeting) will take place in Nantes, France. The LSM is an > opportunity for all sort of public (experts, beginners, professionals > or just curious people) to come together around the free software. It > is an event managed by Free, Libre and Open Source Software > users'associations from the whole country. > > We would like to use this opportunity to organize a special meeting > around Apache UIMA to encourage the development of a user and > developer French-speaking community (http://www.uima-fr.org). We plan > to organize a one day meeting with both conferences and a tutorial > session. This meeting will be organized under the topic "Libre > resources and software for scientific research" of the RMLL > conferences. > > > TOPICS > > * Any Domain Type Systems Definition > * Multilingual, multidocument or multi-modal analysis component development > * Third-part tools integration > * Natural Language and Speech Processing applications development > * Distributed Worflow deployment and web services deployment > * User-sensitive UIMA tools development (Graphical CAS/Worflow editor...) > * Using UIMA as an environment for teaching NLP > > We particularly wish to push forward contributions which involve > French Language processing. > > > INVITED SPEAKER > > Pr. Udo Hahn, Head of Julie Labs (http://www.julielab.de). > > > SUBMISSION FORMAT > > Authors may submit short papers (up to 4 pages in length). The > languages of proposal will be French or English. Please send your > submission in PDF to [email protected] with "RMLL UIMA Submission" > in the subject. > Format should follow the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences > (LNCS) templates > http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0 (For > Latex follow the Sample Latex File). > Demonstration proposals are also welcome. > > > ORGANISATION > > LINA CNRS UMR 6241 - University of Nantes http://www.lina.univ-nantes.fr/ > Contact Nicolas.Hernandez (@univ-nantes.fr) > > > >
