2016Q3 Reports: SIGFSM - Revision history

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	== Summary ==		== Summary ==

	SIGFSM [http://www.aclweb.org/aclwiki/index.php?title=SIGFSM] is actively meeting at its main conference FSMNLP, which is held biennally (last in 2015; next in 2017). Our meetings typically attract 30-50 participants and are organized as satellite workshops of major meetings or stand-alone conferences. Our premier conference FSMNLP is usually stand-alone and held at locations where the local research community is involved in developing or using finite-state techniques. In 2015 we met in Düsseldorf, Germany [http://fsmnlp2015.phil.hhu.de/]. The next FSMNLP will be held in Umeå, Sweden in summer 2017 organized by Frank Drewes. This year our SIG will organize the ACL workshop on statistical NLP and weighted automata [http://zwei.dwds.de/statfsm/].		SIGFSM [http://www.aclweb.org/aclwiki/index.php?title=SIGFSM] is actively meeting at its main conference FSMNLP, which is held biennally (last in 2015; next in 2017). Our meetings typically attract 30-50 participants and are organized as satellite workshops of major meetings or stand-alone conferences. Our premier conference FSMNLP is usually stand-alone and held at locations where the local research community is involved in developing or using finite-state techniques. In 2015 we met in Düsseldorf, Germany [http://fsmnlp2015.phil.hhu.de/]. The next FSMNLP [http://fsmnlp2017.cs.umu.se/] will be held in Umeå, Sweden in summer 2017 organized by Frank Drewes. This year our SIG will organize the ACL workshop on statistical NLP and weighted automata [http://zwei.dwds.de/statfsm/].

	We continue trying to grow SIGFSM into a more active community. All recent event proceedings (FSMNLP 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and ATANLP 2010, 2012 and MORPHFSM 2014) have been published in the ACL Anthology. We are trying to import older proceedings as well, but that remains a challenge (legal and otherwise) and we solely depend on the program committee chairs of those conference to supply the required information. Despite the current stand-alone nature of FSMNLP, we might consider running it as an ACL satellite event to make it more visible, to make it widely accessible at a lower cost, and to reduce the overhead work in organization.		We continue trying to grow SIGFSM into a more active community. All recent event proceedings (FSMNLP 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and ATANLP 2010, 2012 and MORPHFSM 2014) have been published in the ACL Anthology. We are trying to import older proceedings as well, but that remains a challenge (legal and otherwise) and we solely depend on the program committee chairs of those conference to supply the required information. Despite the current stand-alone nature of FSMNLP, we might consider running it as an ACL satellite event to make it more visible, to make it widely accessible at a lower cost, and to reduce the overhead work in organization.

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	== Summary ==		== Summary ==

	SIGFSM [http://www.aclweb.org/aclwiki/index.php?title=SIGFSM] is actively meeting at its main conference FSMNLP, which is held biennally (last in 2015; next in 2017). Our meetings typically attract 30-50 participants and are organized as satellite workshops of major meetings or stand-alone conferences. Our premier conference FSMNLP is usually stand-alone and held at locations where the local research community is involved in developing or using finite-state techniques. In 2015 we met in Düsseldorf, Germany [http://fsmnlp2015.phil.hhu.de/]. The next FSMNLP will be held in Umeå, Sweden in summer 2017. This year our SIG will organize the ACL workshop on statistical NLP and weighted automata [http://zwei.dwds.de/statfsm/].		SIGFSM [http://www.aclweb.org/aclwiki/index.php?title=SIGFSM] is actively meeting at its main conference FSMNLP, which is held biennally (last in 2015; next in 2017). Our meetings typically attract 30-50 participants and are organized as satellite workshops of major meetings or stand-alone conferences. Our premier conference FSMNLP is usually stand-alone and held at locations where the local research community is involved in developing or using finite-state techniques. In 2015 we met in Düsseldorf, Germany [http://fsmnlp2015.phil.hhu.de/]. The next FSMNLP will be held in Umeå, Sweden in summer 2017 organized by Frank Drewes. This year our SIG will organize the ACL workshop on statistical NLP and weighted automata [http://zwei.dwds.de/statfsm/].

	We continue trying to grow SIGFSM into a more active community. All recent event proceedings (FSMNLP 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and ATANLP 2010, 2012 and MORPHFSM 2014) have been published in the ACL Anthology. We are trying to import older proceedings as well, but that remains a challenge (legal and otherwise). In the ~~future~~, we ~~will~~ consider running ~~FSMNLP~~ as an ACL satellite event to make it more visible, to make it widely accessible at a lower cost, and to reduce the overhead work in organization.		We continue trying to grow SIGFSM into a more active community. All recent event proceedings (FSMNLP 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and ATANLP 2010, 2012 and MORPHFSM 2014) have been published in the ACL Anthology. We are trying to import older proceedings as well, but that remains a challenge (legal and otherwise) and we solely depend on the program committee chairs of those conference to supply the required information. Despite the current stand-alone nature of FSMNLP, we might consider running it as an ACL satellite event to make it more visible, to make it widely accessible at a lower cost, and to reduce the overhead work in organization.

	== Membership ==		== Membership ==

	In 2016, the membership count of SIGFSM is slowly growing, and is now slightly above 100. We successfully managed to recruit a few new members at FSMNLP 2015 (June 22-24, 2015 in Düsseldorf, Germany) [http://fsmnlp2015.phil.hhu.de/] and we ~~hope~~ to attract some new members at the ACL workshop this year. We use our meetings to actively recruit new members, and at present, approx. 200 people receive the meeting announcements.		In 2016, the membership count of SIGFSM is slowly growing, and is now slightly above 100. We successfully managed to recruit a few new members at FSMNLP 2015 (June 22-24, 2015 in Düsseldorf, Germany) [http://fsmnlp2015.phil.hhu.de/], and we expect to attract some new members at the ACL workshop this year. We use our meetings to actively recruit new members, and at present, approx. 200 people receive the meeting announcements.

	== Officers ==		== Officers ==

	'''The term of the elected officers started on January 1, 2013. They were reelected in 2016, so their term is to end in 2018:'''		'''The term of the elected officers started on January 1, 2013. They were reelected in 2016, so their term is to end only in 2018:'''
	* Andreas Maletti (President)		* Andreas Maletti (President)
	* Thomas Hanneforth (Treasurer)		* Thomas Hanneforth (Treasurer)
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	=== FSMNLP ===		=== FSMNLP ===

	* FSMNLP 2015 [http://fsmnlp2015.phil.hhu.de/] was held June 22-24, 2015 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Sylvain Salvati (INRIA Bordeaux Sud-Ouest) and Andreas Maletti (University of Stuttgart) gave the keynote lectures. We ~~have~~ accepted 12 contributions for presentation~~. The~~ proceedings ~~will be~~ published in the ACL Anthology at [http://aclweb.org~~/anthology-new~~/sigfsm.html]. Traditionally, tutorials introduce particular research areas and ~~this time~~ we had 2 excellent tutorials presented by Mans Hulden and Ruben van de Vijver.		* FSMNLP 2015 [http://fsmnlp2015.phil.hhu.de/] was held June 22-24, 2015 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Sylvain Salvati (INRIA Bordeaux Sud-Ouest) and Andreas Maletti (University of Stuttgart) gave the keynote lectures. We accepted 12 contributions for presentation and for inclusion in the proceedings, which have been published in the ACL Anthology at [http://anthology.aclweb.org/sigfsm.html]. Traditionally, tutorials introduce particular research areas, and we had 2 excellent tutorials presented by Mans Hulden and Ruben van de Vijver.

	=== SIGFSM Business Meetings ===		=== SIGFSM Business Meetings ===

	* The last FSMNLP/SIGFSM business meeting was held on June 22, 2015 in Düsseldorf. Plans were made for future workshops, additional advisory committee members, and other minor issues. ~~They~~ have been implemented.		* The last FSMNLP/SIGFSM business meeting was held on June 22, 2015 in Düsseldorf. Plans were made for future workshops (ACL workshop in 2016; FSMNLP 2017), additional advisory committee members (Laura Kallmeyer, Mark-Jan Nederhof, and Heiko Vogler), and other minor issues. All actions have been implemented. Unfortunately, Marco Kuhlmann requested to leave the board effective in 2015.

	* The next business meeting will be held at FSMNLP 2017 im Umeå, Sweden ~~by Frank Drewes~~.		* The next business meeting will be held at FSMNLP 2017 im Umeå, Sweden.

	=== Elections ===		=== Elections ===

	* The third SIGFSM elections ~~are due~~ in ~~2015~~. The current officers took over on January 1, 2013 and will remain in office until the end of ~~2015~~. ~~Elections~~ are typically ~~organized~~ in autumn.		* The third SIGFSM elections were concluded in 2016. The current officers, who took over on January 1, 2013, were relected and will thus remain in office until the end of 2018. The next elections are scheduled for 2018 (typically starting in autumn).

	== Financial Report ==		== Financial Report ==

	SIGFSM only has a nominal amount of cash received from previous workshop organizers as surplus. Generally any surplus is used towards expenses of the invited speakers of ~~later~~ workshops.		SIGFSM only has a nominal amount of cash received from previous workshop organizers as surplus. Generally any surplus is used towards website maintenance fees and expenses of the invited speakers of workshops.

	== Previous Reports ==		== Previous Reports ==

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	== Summary ==		== Summary ==

	SIGFSM [http://www.aclweb.org/aclwiki/index.php?title=SIGFSM] is actively meeting at its main conference FSMNLP, which is held biennally (last in 2015; next in 2017). Our meetings typically attract 30-50 participants and are organized as satellite workshops of major meetings or stand-alone conferences. Our premier conference FSMNLP is usually stand-alone and held at locations where the local research community is involved in developing or using finite-state techniques. In 2015 we met in Düsseldorf, Germany [http://fsmnlp2015.phil.hhu.de/]. The next FSMNLP will be held in Umeå, Sweden in summer 2017. This year ~~the~~ SIG will organize the ACL workshop on statistical NLP and weighted automata [http://zwei.dwds.de/statfsm/].		SIGFSM [http://www.aclweb.org/aclwiki/index.php?title=SIGFSM] is actively meeting at its main conference FSMNLP, which is held biennally (last in 2015; next in 2017). Our meetings typically attract 30-50 participants and are organized as satellite workshops of major meetings or stand-alone conferences. Our premier conference FSMNLP is usually stand-alone and held at locations where the local research community is involved in developing or using finite-state techniques. In 2015 we met in Düsseldorf, Germany [http://fsmnlp2015.phil.hhu.de/]. The next FSMNLP will be held in Umeå, Sweden in summer 2017. This year our SIG will organize the ACL workshop on statistical NLP and weighted automata [http://zwei.dwds.de/statfsm/].

	We continue trying to grow SIGFSM into a more active community. All recent event proceedings (FSMNLP 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and ATANLP 2010, 2012 and MORPHFSM 2014) have been published in the ACL Anthology. We are trying to import older proceedings as well, but that remains a challenge (legal and otherwise). In the future, we will consider running FSMNLP as an ACL satellite event to make it more visible, to make it widely accessible at a lower cost, and to reduce the overhead work in organization.		We continue trying to grow SIGFSM into a more active community. All recent event proceedings (FSMNLP 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and ATANLP 2010, 2012 and MORPHFSM 2014) have been published in the ACL Anthology. We are trying to import older proceedings as well, but that remains a challenge (legal and otherwise). In the future, we will consider running FSMNLP as an ACL satellite event to make it more visible, to make it widely accessible at a lower cost, and to reduce the overhead work in organization.

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== Summary ==

SIGFSM [http://www.aclweb.org/aclwiki/index.php?title=SIGFSM] is actively meeting at its main conference FSMNLP, which is held biennally (last in 2015; next in 2017). Our meetings typically attract 30-50 participants and are organized as satellite workshops of major meetings or stand-alone conferences. Our premier conference FSMNLP is usually stand-alone and held at locations where the local research community is involved in developing or using finite-state techniques. In 2015 we met in Düsseldorf, Germany [http://fsmnlp2015.phil.hhu.de/]. The next FSMNLP will be held in Umeå, Sweden in summer 2017. This year the SIG will organize the ACL workshop on statistical NLP and weighted automata [http://zwei.dwds.de/statfsm/].

We continue trying to grow SIGFSM into a more active community. All recent event proceedings (FSMNLP 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and ATANLP 2010, 2012 and MORPHFSM 2014) have been published in the ACL Anthology. We are trying to import older proceedings as well, but that remains a challenge (legal and otherwise). In the future, we will consider running FSMNLP as an ACL satellite event to make it more visible, to make it widely accessible at a lower cost, and to reduce the overhead work in organization.

== Membership ==

In 2016, the membership count of SIGFSM is slowly growing, and is now slightly above 100. We successfully managed to recruit a few new members at FSMNLP 2015 (June 22-24, 2015 in Düsseldorf, Germany) [http://fsmnlp2015.phil.hhu.de/] and we hope to attract some new members at the ACL workshop this year. We use our meetings to actively recruit new members, and at present, approx. 200 people receive the meeting announcements.

== Officers ==

'''The term of the elected officers started on January 1, 2013. They were reelected in 2016, so their term is to end in 2018:'''
* Andreas Maletti (President)
* Thomas Hanneforth (Treasurer)
* Måns Hulden (Secretary)

'''Other Positions:'''

* Liaison Representative at ACL 2016: Andreas Maletti
* Email List Resource Manager: Thomas Hanneforth
* Web Site Resource Manager: Thomas Hanneforth
* Web Content Resource Manager: Thomas Hanneforth

== International Advisory Committee ==

The members of the International Advisory Committee (IAC) are nominated by the president and they continue to serve in this position until further notice.

* Matthieu Constant (Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, France) — since 2010
* Tim Fernando (Computer Science Department, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland) — since 2012
* Colin de la Higuera (Nantes University, France) — since 2010
* Laura Kallmeyer (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany) — since 2015
* Lauri Karttunen (Stanford University, USA) — since 2010
* Kevin Knight (USC/Information Sciences Institute, USA) — since 2010
* András Kornai (Harvard University, USA & Budapest Institute of Technology, Hungary) — since 2010
* Mark-Jan Nederhof (University of St Andrews, UK) — since 2015
* Jakub Piskorski (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw) — since 2010
* Laurette Pretorius (University of South Africa, South Africa) — since 2010
* Heiko Vogler (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany) — since 2015
* Bruce W. Watson (University of Pretoria, SA & Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands) — since 2010
* Anssi Yli-Jyrä (University of Helsinki, Finland) — since 2010
* Menno van Zaanen (Tilburg University, The Netherlands) — since 2010
* Lynette van Zijl (Stellenbosch University, SA) — since 2010
* the elected officers

== Events and Publications ==

=== FSMNLP ===

* FSMNLP 2015 [http://fsmnlp2015.phil.hhu.de/] was held June 22-24, 2015 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Sylvain Salvati (INRIA Bordeaux Sud-Ouest) and Andreas Maletti (University of Stuttgart) gave the keynote lectures. We have accepted 12 contributions for presentation. The proceedings will be published in the ACL Anthology at [http://aclweb.org/anthology-new/sigfsm.html]. Traditionally, tutorials introduce particular research areas and this time we had 2 excellent tutorials presented by Mans Hulden and Ruben van de Vijver.

=== SIGFSM Business Meetings ===

* The last FSMNLP/SIGFSM business meeting was held on June 22, 2015 in Düsseldorf. Plans were made for future workshops, additional advisory committee members, and other minor issues. They have been implemented.

* The next business meeting will be held at FSMNLP 2017 im Umeå, Sweden by Frank Drewes.

=== Elections ===

* The third SIGFSM elections are due in 2015. The current officers took over on January 1, 2013 and will remain in office until the end of 2015. Elections are typically organized in autumn.

== Financial Report ==

SIGFSM only has a nominal amount of cash received from previous workshop organizers as surplus. Generally any surplus is used towards expenses of the invited speakers of later workshops.

== Previous Reports ==

[http://aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php?title=2009Q3_Reports:_SIGFSM] 2009
[http://aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php?title=2010Q3_Reports:_SIGFSM] 2010
[http://aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php?title=2011Q3_Reports:_SIGFSM] 2011
[http://aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php?title=2012Q3_Reports:_SIGFSM] 2012
[http://aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php?title=2013Q3_Reports:_SIGFSM] 2013
[http://aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php?title=2014Q3_Reports:_SIGFSM] 2014
[http://aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php?title=2015Q3_Reports:_SIGFSM] 2015
[http://aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php?title=2016Q3_Reports:_SIGFSM] 2016