2016Q3 Reports: Conference Officer - Revision history

YejinChoi: /* Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity */

2016-07-25T08:25:27Z

Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity

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	An ad hoc committee has been formed to revise the current practices and policies for nominating and selecting various roles and awards in ACL, including ACL Fellows, life time achievements awards, ACL chairs ~~and so forth~~. The committee has prepared a report, which will be discussed at ACL 2016.		An ad hoc committee has been formed to revise the current practices and policies for nominating and selecting various roles and awards in ACL, including ACL Fellows, life time achievements awards, and ACL chairs. The committee has prepared a report, which will be discussed at ACL 2016.

YejinChoi: /* Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity */

2016-07-25T08:25:05Z

Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity

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	An ad hoc committee has been formed to revise the current practices and ~~polities~~ for nominating and selecting various roles and awards in ACL, including ACL Fellows, life time achievements awards, ACL chairs and so forth. The committee has prepared a report, which will be discussed at ACL 2016.		An ad hoc committee has been formed to revise the current practices and policies for nominating and selecting various roles and awards in ACL, including ACL Fellows, life time achievements awards, ACL chairs and so forth. The committee has prepared a report, which will be discussed at ACL 2016.

YejinChoi: /* Publication Format */

2016-07-25T08:24:49Z

Publication Format

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	One question raised in the past ACL exec meeting was whether we should require additional file formats like XML or latex source files for camera-ready as they may be useful for scientific search engines, which can then help disseminating the scientific findings in our community. Based on inquiries made to some experts in scientific search and past publication chairs who have experimented with XML ~~format~~, the verdict seems to be that latex sources are definitely useful, while the benefit of XML files is less clear.		One question raised in the past ACL exec meeting was whether we should require additional file formats like XML or latex source files for camera-ready as they may be useful for scientific search engines, which can then help disseminating the scientific findings in our community. Based on inquiries made to some experts in scientific search and past publication chairs who have experimented with XML conversion, the verdict seems to be that latex sources are definitely useful, while the benefit of XML files is less clear.

	==Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity==		==Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity==

	An ad hoc committee has been formed to revise the current practices and polities for nominating and selecting various roles and awards in ACL, including ACL Fellows, life time achievements awards, ACL chairs and so forth. The committee has prepared a report, which will be discussed at ACL 2016.		An ad hoc committee has been formed to revise the current practices and polities for nominating and selecting various roles and awards in ACL, including ACL Fellows, life time achievements awards, ACL chairs and so forth. The committee has prepared a report, which will be discussed at ACL 2016.

YejinChoi: /* Publication Format */

2016-07-25T08:24:16Z

Publication Format

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	One question raised in the past ACL exec meeting was whether we should require additional file formats like XML or latex source files for camera-ready as they may be useful for scientific search engines, which can then help disseminating the scientific findings in our community. Based on inquiries made to some experts in scientific search and past publication chairs who have experimented with XML format, the verdict seems to be that latex sources are definitely ~~helpful~~, while the benefit of XML files is less clear.		One question raised in the past ACL exec meeting was whether we should require additional file formats like XML or latex source files for camera-ready as they may be useful for scientific search engines, which can then help disseminating the scientific findings in our community. Based on inquiries made to some experts in scientific search and past publication chairs who have experimented with XML format, the verdict seems to be that latex sources are definitely useful, while the benefit of XML files is less clear.

	==Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity==		==Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity==

	An ad hoc committee has been formed to revise the current practices and polities for nominating and selecting various roles and awards in ACL, including ACL Fellows, life time achievements awards, ACL chairs and so forth. The committee has prepared a report, which will be discussed at ACL 2016.		An ad hoc committee has been formed to revise the current practices and polities for nominating and selecting various roles and awards in ACL, including ACL Fellows, life time achievements awards, ACL chairs and so forth. The committee has prepared a report, which will be discussed at ACL 2016.

YejinChoi: /* Publication Format */

2016-07-25T08:24:00Z

Publication Format

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	==Publication Format==		==Publication Format==

	One question raised in the past ACL exec meeting was whether we should require additional file formats like XML or latex source files for camera-ready as they may be useful for scientific search engines, which can then help disseminating the scientific findings in our community. Based on inquiries made to experts in scientific search and past publication chairs, the verdict seems to be that latex sources are definitely helpful, while the benefit of XML files is less clear.		One question raised in the past ACL exec meeting was whether we should require additional file formats like XML or latex source files for camera-ready as they may be useful for scientific search engines, which can then help disseminating the scientific findings in our community. Based on inquiries made to some experts in scientific search and past publication chairs who have experimented with XML format, the verdict seems to be that latex sources are definitely helpful, while the benefit of XML files is less clear.

	==Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity==		==Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity==

	An ad hoc committee has been formed to revise the current practices and polities for nominating and selecting various roles and awards in ACL, including ACL Fellows, life time achievements awards, ACL chairs and so forth. The committee has prepared a report, which will be discussed at ACL 2016.		An ad hoc committee has been formed to revise the current practices and polities for nominating and selecting various roles and awards in ACL, including ACL Fellows, life time achievements awards, ACL chairs and so forth. The committee has prepared a report, which will be discussed at ACL 2016.

YejinChoi: /* Publication Format */

2016-07-25T08:23:21Z

Publication Format

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	==Publication Format==		==Publication Format==

	One question raised in the past ACL exec meeting was whether we should require additional file formats like XML or latex source files for camera-ready as they may be useful for scientific search engines. Based on inquiries made to experts in scientific search and past publication chairs, the verdict seems to be that latex sources are definitely helpful, while the benefit of XML files is less clear.		One question raised in the past ACL exec meeting was whether we should require additional file formats like XML or latex source files for camera-ready as they may be useful for scientific search engines, which can then help disseminating the scientific findings in our community. Based on inquiries made to experts in scientific search and past publication chairs, the verdict seems to be that latex sources are definitely helpful, while the benefit of XML files is less clear.

	==Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity==		==Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity==

	An ad hoc committee has been formed to revise the current practices and polities for nominating and selecting various roles and awards in ACL, including ACL Fellows, life time achievements awards, ACL chairs and so forth. The committee has prepared a report, which will be discussed at ACL 2016.		An ad hoc committee has been formed to revise the current practices and polities for nominating and selecting various roles and awards in ACL, including ACL Fellows, life time achievements awards, ACL chairs and so forth. The committee has prepared a report, which will be discussed at ACL 2016.

YejinChoi: /* Publication Format */

2016-07-25T08:22:37Z

Publication Format

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	~~There have been discussions~~ whether we should require additional file formats like XML or latex source files for camera-ready as they may be useful for scientific search engines. Based on inquiries made to experts in scientific search and past publication chairs, the verdict seems to be that latex sources are definitely helpful, while the benefit of XML files is less clear.		One question raised in the past ACL exec meeting was whether we should require additional file formats like XML or latex source files for camera-ready as they may be useful for scientific search engines. Based on inquiries made to experts in scientific search and past publication chairs, the verdict seems to be that latex sources are definitely helpful, while the benefit of XML files is less clear.

	==Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity==		==Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity==

	An ad hoc committee has been formed to revise the current practices and polities for nominating and selecting various roles and awards in ACL, including ACL Fellows, life time achievements awards, ACL chairs and so forth. The committee has prepared a report, which will be discussed at ACL 2016.		An ad hoc committee has been formed to revise the current practices and polities for nominating and selecting various roles and awards in ACL, including ACL Fellows, life time achievements awards, ACL chairs and so forth. The committee has prepared a report, which will be discussed at ACL 2016.

YejinChoi: /* Publication Format */

2016-07-25T08:21:48Z

Publication Format

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	There have been discussions whether we should require additional file formats like XML or latex source files for camera-ready as they may be useful for scientific search engines. Based on ~~injuries~~ to ~~Semantic Scholar~~ and past publication chairs ~~who have dealt with XML file formats~~, the verdict seems to be that latex sources are definitely helpful, while the benefit of XML files is less clear.		There have been discussions whether we should require additional file formats like XML or latex source files for camera-ready as they may be useful for scientific search engines. Based on inquiries made to experts in scientific search and past publication chairs, the verdict seems to be that latex sources are definitely helpful, while the benefit of XML files is less clear.

	==Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity==		==Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity==

	An ad hoc committee has been formed to revise the current practices and polities for nominating and selecting various roles and awards in ACL, including ACL Fellows, life time achievements awards, ACL chairs and so forth. The committee has prepared a report, which will be discussed at ACL 2016.		An ad hoc committee has been formed to revise the current practices and polities for nominating and selecting various roles and awards in ACL, including ACL Fellows, life time achievements awards, ACL chairs and so forth. The committee has prepared a report, which will be discussed at ACL 2016.

YejinChoi: /* Publication Format */

2016-07-25T08:20:57Z

Publication Format

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	There have been discussions whether we should ~~integrate~~ additional file formats like XML or latex source files ~~that~~ may be useful for scientific search engines. Based on injuries to Semantic Scholar and past publication chairs who have dealt with XML file formats, the verdict seems to be that latex sources are definitely helpful, while the benefit of XML files is less clear.		There have been discussions whether we should require additional file formats like XML or latex source files for camera-ready as they may be useful for scientific search engines. Based on injuries to Semantic Scholar and past publication chairs who have dealt with XML file formats, the verdict seems to be that latex sources are definitely helpful, while the benefit of XML files is less clear.

	==Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity==		==Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity==

	An ad hoc committee has been formed to revise the current practices and polities for nominating and selecting various roles and awards in ACL, including ACL Fellows, life time achievements awards, ACL chairs and so forth. The committee has prepared a report, which will be discussed at ACL 2016.		An ad hoc committee has been formed to revise the current practices and polities for nominating and selecting various roles and awards in ACL, including ACL Fellows, life time achievements awards, ACL chairs and so forth. The committee has prepared a report, which will be discussed at ACL 2016.

YejinChoi: /* START support for Reviewer to Area Assignment */

2016-07-25T08:20:03Z

START support for Reviewer to Area Assignment

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	==START support for Reviewer to Area Assignment==		==START support for Reviewer to Area Assignment==

	START support team has implemented a new feature to help with reviewer-to-area assignments, which has been used by NAACL 2016. This feature automatically allocates reviewers to areas based on keyword matching between reviewers and area chairs using a simple greedy algorithm. The current implementation supports weighted features, though NAACL 2016 operated with unweighted keyword matching. This feature was particularly helpful for NAACL 2016 as they were experimenting with a new definition of areas where areas are defined by the expertise of area chairs. This definition led to areas that can potentially be overlapping with other areas while also being diverse within each area, depending on the breadth of the research interests of the area chairs. NAACL 2016 reports that this experiment was a success. ~~However,~~ EMNLP 2016 has decided to return to the more traditional method of assigning reviewers to area chairs based on the preferences specified by the reviewers and area chairs.		START support team has implemented a new feature to help with reviewer-to-area assignments, which has been used by NAACL 2016. This feature automatically allocates reviewers to areas based on keyword matching between reviewers and area chairs using a simple greedy algorithm. The current implementation supports weighted features, though NAACL 2016 operated with unweighted keyword matching. This feature was particularly helpful for NAACL 2016 as they were experimenting with a new definition of areas where areas are defined by the expertise of area chairs. This definition led to areas that can potentially be overlapping with other areas while also being diverse within each area, depending on the breadth of the research interests of the area chairs. NAACL 2016 reports that this experiment was a success.

			EMNLP 2016 has decided to return to the more traditional method of assigning reviewers to area chairs based on the preferences specified by the reviewers and area chairs.

	==Publication Format==		==Publication Format==