*NAACL HLT 2010: Call for Tutorial Proposals*

Proposals are invited for the Tutorial Program of the North American Chapter
of the Association for Computational Linguistics - Human Language
Technologies (NAACL HLT) 2010 Conference. The conference is to be held from
June 1 to 6, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. The tutorials will be held on
Tuesday, June 1.

We seek proposals for half-day (or exceptionally full-day) tutorials on all
topics in computational linguistics, speech processing, information
extraction and retrieval, and natural language processing, including their
theoretical foundations, algorithms, intersections, and applications.
Tutorials will normally move quickly, but they are expected to be
accessible, understandable, and of interest to a broad community of
researchers.

Information on the tutorial instructor payment policy can be found at
http://aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php?title=Policy_on_tutorial_teacher_payment


PLEASE NOTE: Remuneration for Tutorial presenters is fixed according to the
above policy and does not cover registration fees for the main conference.

*SUBMISSION DETAILS*

Proposals for tutorials should contain:

   1. A title and brief description of the tutorial content and its
   relevance to the NAACL-HLT community (not more than 2 pages).
   2. A brief outline of the tutorial structure showing that the tutorial's
   core content can be covered in a three-hour slot (including a coffee break).
   In exceptional cases six-hour tutorial slots are available as well.
   3. The names, postal addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of the
   tutorial instructors, including a one-paragraph statement of their research
   interests and areas of expertise.
   4. A list of previous venues and approximate audience sizes, if the same
   or a similar tutorial has been given elsewhere; otherwise an estimate of the
   audience size.
   5. A description of special requirements for technical equipment (e.g.,
   internet access).

Proposals should be submitted by electronic mail, in plain ASCII text, no
later than January 15, 2010 to tutorials.hlt10@gmail.com. The subject line
should be: "NAACL HLT 2010: TUTORIAL PROPOSAL".

PLEASE NOTE:

   1. Proposals will not be accepted by regular mail or fax, only by email
   to: tutorials.hlt10@gmail.com.
   2. You will receive an email confirmation from us within 24 hours that
   your proposal has been received.

*TUTORIAL SPEAKER RESPONSIBILITIES*

Accepted tutorial speakers will be notified by February 1, 2010, and must
then provide abstracts of their tutorials for inclusion in the conference
registration material by March 1, 2010. The description should be in two
formats: an ASCII version that can be included in email announcements and
published on the conference web site, and a PDF version for inclusion in the
electronic proceedings (detailed instructions will be given). Tutorial
speakers must provide tutorial materials, at least containing copies of the
course slides as well as a bibliography for the material covered in the
tutorial, by April 15, 2010.

*IMPORTANT DATES*

   - Submission deadline for tutorial proposals: January 15, 2010
   - Notification of acceptance: February 1, 2010
   - Tutorial descriptions due: March 1, 2010
   - Tutorial course material due: April 15, 2010
   - Tutorial date: June 1, 2010

*TUTORIALS CO-CHAIRS*

   - Jason Baldridge, The University of Texas at Austin
   - Peter Clark, The Boeing Company
   - Gokhan Tur, SRI International

Please send inquiries concerning NAACL-HLT-10 tutorials to
tutorials.hlt10@gmail.com