15th International Conference on Intelligent Text Processing and Computational Linguistics

Event Notification Type: 
Call for Papers
Abbreviated Title: 
CICLING 2014
Location: 
Nepal
Sunday, 6 April 2014 to Saturday, 12 April 2014
Country: 
Nepal
Contact Email: 
City: 
Katmandu
Contact: 
Prof. Alexander Gelbukh
Submission Deadline: 
Tuesday, 7 January 2014

This conference is the thirteenths CICLing event. Some comments about past CICLing conferences include: Best NLP conference in Europe (Dan Tufiş, 2010), Fantastic conference! (Martin Kay, 2004), Everything was just great! Super-hyper-ultra-well done! (Igor Mel'cuk, 2000). We consider the following factors to define our identity:

High reputation. CICLing is one of leading NLP conferences, ranked 8th in the NLP category by ArnetMiner and B by the CORE list. Its PoP h-index is 34, which is below top conferences like ACL but above a number of other very decent NLP conferences.

Good publication. The Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) published by Springer is a prestigious book series / journal highly valued in many countries for university promotion. CICLing is included in ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index, EI, and a number of other important indices.

Excellent keynote speakers. We invite the most prominent scientists of the field to give keynote talks that (unlike other conferences) are published in extenso in the proceedings. Each keynote speaker also organizes an additional tutorial or discussion. They usually participate in the cultural program, where you can interact with them in an informal environment. [Past participants' opinions]

General interest. The conference covers nearly all topics related to computational linguistics and NLP. This makes it attractive for people from different areas and leads to vivid and interesting discussions and exchange of opinions.

Informal interaction. The conference is intended for a rather small group of professionals. This allows for informal and friendly atmosphere, more resembling a friendly party than an official event. At CICLing, you can pass hours speaking with your favorite famous scientists who you scarcely could even greet in the crowd at large conferences.

Excellent cultural program. The conference is intended for people feeling themselves young in their souls, adventurous explorers of both science and life. Our cultural program brings the participants to unique marvels of history and nature often hidden from ordinary tourists.