EUROLAN-2003 Summer School - First call for participation

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Dear Colleagues,

Could you, please, distribute the enclosed information on the =
EUROLAN-2003 Summer School on "Semantic Web and Language Technology" to =
persons that can be potentially interested (students, graduate students, =
young faculty, researchers, etc.). Please excuse multiple copies of this =
message.

Thank you,
Dan Cristea

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EUROLAN-2003

Summer School on

"The Semantic Web and Language Technology - Its Potential and =
Practicalities"

28 July - 8 August 2003
Bucharest - Romania
http://www.infoiasi.ro/~eurolan/eurolan2003

- First Call For Participation -

The Eurolan series of summer schools was established in 1993 and has =
been held every other year, with the goal of stimulating young =
researchers from all over the world to pursue high-level research in =
natural language processing and language technology.

Theme

The fifth EUROLAN in the series will have as topic all aspects of the =
developing Semantic Web technology and consider its potential and the =
practicalities of applying it to enhance language processing =
applications.

The promise of the Semantic Web has evoked enormous interest within the =
community developing language technologies. On the one hand, it offers =
the potential to exploit ontological descriptions of language data in =
order to enable inferencing capabilities, which may not only drastically =
enhance semantic processing, but also alter our conceptions of the ways =
in which knowledge is represented and exploited in language processing =
applications. On the other hand, to take full advantage of this evolving =
technology, researchers and developers will need to understand the =
potential as well as the limitations of the Semantic Web and master a =
range of new technologies that have been designed to enable it. Finally, =
the language technology community must be ready to contribute to =
Semantic Web development in order to ensure that it meets the =
requirements for language processing applications.

The so-called "Semantic Web community" encompasses several research =
communities that have previously worked independently of one another, =
including researchers in knowledge representation, ontology development, =
and "knowledge exploitation"; web developers (including developers of =
standards such as XML, RDF, OWL, etc.); and those who directly need to =
exploit knowledge in applications. Linguistic knowledge used in language =
processing at its various levels (morphological, syntactic, lexical, =
discourse, etc.) includes a substantial part of general knowledge and =
poses a significant challenge to Semantic Web developers in order to =
handle the precision and complexity required for language processing =
applications. Whatever the Semantic Web may evolve to be, researchers =
and developers in language technology clearly need to learn what it is =
and how it can be exploited for language processing, and at the same =
time, work with semantic web developers to ensure that the semantic web =
infrastructure is maximally usable for language processing applications.
EUROLAN-2003 will provide two weeks of intensive study of semantic web =
technology and its application to natural language processing. =
Internationally known scholars and researchers involved in leading-edge =
work in relevant areas will serve as professors at the school, providing =
half- and full-day seminars and hands-on labs to provide students with =
in-depth understanding and experience.=20

Topics to be covered in the school include the following:

* What is the Semantic Web?
* Potential and limitations of the semantic web
* Supporting web technologies (XML, RDF)
* Ontologies, ontology design and development
* Ontology exploitation via inferencing
* Description logics and other approaches to inferencing
* Lexical semantics and the semantic web
* Use of the semantic web and related technologies in language =
processing applications

The list of invited personalities is as follows:=20

* Dan Cristea, "Al. I. Cuza" University of Iasi, Romania
* Thierry Declerck, DFKI Saarbruecken, Germany
* James Hendler, University of Maryland at College Park, USA
* Jerry Hobbs, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, USA
* Nancy Ide, Vassar College, USA
* Alessandro Lenci, University of Pisa, Italy
* Robert Meersman, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel, Belgium
* Srini Narayanan, SRI-International, Menlo Park, SUA
* Sergei Nirenburg, New Mexico University, USA
* Dan Tufis, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
* Hans Uszkoreit, DFKI and University of Saarbruecken, Germany
* Wolfgang Wahlster, DFKI and University of Saarbruecken, Germany
* Yorick Wilks, University of Sheffield, England

Program

Eurolan-2003 will take place between 28 July and 8 August 2003 in =
Bucharest - Romania.

The summer school will be organized to allow for both lectures and =
hands-on experience for each of the areas covered. Morning sessions will =
be devoted to tutorials, followed by afternoon sessions at which =
students will work in collaboration with professors on practical =
applications. The school will also include one workshop as well as round =
tables and work meetings on topics of particular interest related to the =
school=92s theme. They will be announced at a later date.

On Sunday, 3 August, a trip to significant Romanian landmarks will be =
organized.

Registration and Fees

Information about registration and fees will be posted at a later date.

Program Committee

Dan Cristea
Nancy Ide
Jerry Hobbs
Dan Tufis
Hans Uszkoreit

Information on previous Eurolan events can be consulted at the address: =
http://www.infoiasi.ro/fcs/en/events.html.

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear Colleagues,<BR><BR>Could you, =
please,=20
distribute the enclosed information on the EUROLAN-2003 Summer School on =

"Semantic Web and Language Technology" to persons that can be =
potentially=20
interested (students, graduate students, young faculty, researchers, =
etc.).=20
Please excuse multiple copies of this message.<BR><BR>Thank you,<BR>Dan=20
Cristea</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>EUROLAN-2003</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Summer School on</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"The Semantic Web and Language =
Technology - Its=20
Potential and Practicalities"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>28 July - 8 August 2003<BR>Bucharest -=20
Romania</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://www.infoiasi.ro/~eurolan/eurolan2003">http://www.infoiasi.=
ro/~eurolan/eurolan2003</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>- First Call For Participation =
-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The Eurolan series of summer schools =
was=20
established in 1993 and has been held every other year, with the goal of =

stimulating young researchers from all over the world to pursue =
high-level=20
research in natural language processing and language =
technology.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Theme</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The fifth EUROLAN in the series will =
have as topic=20
all aspects of the developing Semantic Web technology and consider its =
potential=20
and the practicalities of applying it to enhance language processing=20
applications.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The promise of the Semantic Web has =
evoked enormous=20
interest within the community developing language technologies. On the =
one hand,=20
it offers the potential to exploit ontological descriptions of language =
data in=20
order to enable inferencing capabilities, which may not only drastically =
enhance=20
semantic processing, but also alter our conceptions of the ways in which =

knowledge is represented and exploited in language processing =
applications. On=20
the other hand, to take full advantage of this evolving technology, =
researchers=20
and developers will need to understand the potential as well as the =
limitations=20
of the Semantic Web and master a range of new technologies that have =
been=20
designed to enable it. Finally, the language technology community must =
be ready=20
to contribute to Semantic Web development in order to ensure that it =
meets the=20
requirements for language processing applications.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The so-called "Semantic Web community" =
encompasses=20
several research communities that have previously worked independently =
of one=20
another, including researchers in knowledge representation, ontology=20
development, and "knowledge exploitation"; web developers (including =
developers=20
of standards such as XML, RDF, OWL, etc.); and those who directly need =
to=20
exploit knowledge in applications. Linguistic knowledge used in language =

processing at its various levels (morphological, syntactic, lexical, =
discourse,=20
etc.) includes a substantial part of general knowledge and poses a =
significant=20
challenge to Semantic Web developers in order to handle the precision =
and=20
complexity required for language processing applications. Whatever the =
Semantic=20
Web may evolve to be, researchers and developers in language technology =
clearly=20
need to learn what it is and how it can be exploited for language =
processing,=20
and at the same time, work with semantic web developers to ensure that =
the=20
semantic web infrastructure is maximally usable for language processing=20
applications.<BR>EUROLAN-2003 will provide two weeks of intensive study =
of=20
semantic web technology and its application to natural language =
processing.=20
Internationally known scholars and researchers involved in leading-edge =
work in=20
relevant areas will serve as professors at the school, providing half- =
and=20
full-day seminars and hands-on labs to provide students with in-depth=20
understanding and experience. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Topics to be covered in the school =
include the=20
following:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* What is the Semantic Web?<BR>* =
Potential and=20
limitations of the semantic web<BR>* Supporting web technologies (XML, =
RDF)<BR>*=20
Ontologies, ontology design and development<BR>* Ontology exploitation =
via=20
inferencing<BR>* Description logics and other approaches to =
inferencing<BR>*=20
Lexical semantics and the semantic web<BR>* Use of the semantic web and =
related=20
technologies in language processing applications</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The list of invited personalities is as =
follows:=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Dan Cristea, "Al. I. Cuza" University =
of Iasi,=20
Romania<BR>* Thierry Declerck, DFKI Saarbruecken, Germany<BR>* James =
Hendler,=20
University of Maryland at College Park, USA<BR>* Jerry Hobbs, University =
of=20
Southern California, Marina del Rey, USA<BR>* Nancy Ide, Vassar College, =

USA<BR>* Alessandro Lenci, University of Pisa, Italy<BR>* Robert =
Meersman, Vrije=20
Universiteit, Brussel, Belgium<BR>* Srini Narayanan, SRI-International, =
Menlo=20
Park, SUA<BR>* Sergei Nirenburg, New Mexico University, USA<BR>* Dan =
Tufis,=20
Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania<BR>* Hans Uszkoreit, DFKI and =
University of=20
Saarbruecken, Germany<BR>* Wolfgang Wahlster, DFKI and University of=20
Saarbruecken, Germany<BR>* Yorick Wilks, University of Sheffield,=20
England</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Program</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Eurolan-2003 will take place between 28 =
July and 8=20
August 2003 in Bucharest - Romania.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The summer school will be organized to =
allow for=20
both lectures and hands-on experience for each of the areas covered. =
Morning=20
sessions will be devoted to tutorials, followed by afternoon sessions at =
which=20
students will work in collaboration with professors on practical =
applications.=20
The school will also include one workshop as well as round tables and =
work=20
meetings on topics of particular interest related to the school=92s =
theme. They=20
will be announced at a later date.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>On Sunday, 3 August, a trip to =
significant Romanian=20
landmarks will be organized.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Registration and Fees</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Information about registration and fees =
will be=20
posted at a later date.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Program Committee</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dan Cristea<BR>Nancy Ide<BR>Jerry =
Hobbs<BR>Dan=20
Tufis<BR>Hans Uszkoreit</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Information on previous Eurolan events =
can be=20
consulted at the address: <A=20
href=3D"http://www.infoiasi.ro/fcs/en/events.html">http://www.infoiasi.ro=
/fcs/en/events.html</A>.</FONT></DIV>
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