CALL FOR PAPERS
TextGraphs-12: The 12th Workshop on Graph-based Methods for Natural Language Processing
Workshop at the 16th Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies (NAACL-HLT 2018)
June 5 or 6, 2018
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
(Hyatt Regency New Orleans hotel)
http://www.textgraphs.org/ws18
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
For the past twelve years, the workshops in the TextGraphs series have published and promoted the synergy between the field of Graph Theory (GT) and Natural Language Processing (NLP). The twelfth edition of the TextGraphs workshop aims to extend the focus on graph-based and graph-supported machine learning and deep learning methods. We encourage the description of novel NLP problems or applications that have emerged in recent years, which can be addressed with existing and new graph-based methods. Furthermore, we also encourage research on applications of graph-based methods in the area of Semantic Web in order to link them to related NLP problems and applications.
The target audience comprises researchers working on problems related to either Graph Theory or graph-based algorithms applied to Natural Language Processing, social media, and the Semantic Web.
WORKSHOP TOPICS
TextGraphs-12 invites submissions on (but not limited to) the following topics:
Graph-based and graph-supported machine learning and deep learning methods
Graph embeddings
Graph-based and graph-supported deep learning (e.g., graph-based recurrent and recursive networks)
Probabilistic graphical models and structure learning methods
Graph-based methods for reasoning and interpreting deep neural networks
Exploration of capabilities and limitations of graph-based methods being applied to neural networks
Investigation of aspects of neural networks that are (not) susceptible to graph-based analysis
Graph-based methods for Information Retrieval, Information Extraction, and Text Mining
Graph-based methods for word sense disambiguation,
Graph-based representations for ontology learning,
Graph-based strategies for semantic relation identification,
Encoding semantic distances in graphs,
Graph-based techniques for text summarization, simplification, and paraphrasing
Graph-based techniques for document navigation and visualization,
Reranking with graphs,
Applications of label propagation algorithms, etc.
New graph-based methods for NLP applications
Random walk methods in graphs
Spectral graph clustering
Semi-supervised graph-based methods
Methods and analyses for statistical networks
Small world graphs
Dynamic graph representations
Topological and pretopological analysis of graphs
Graph kernels
Graph-based methods for applications on social networks
Rumor proliferation
E-reputation
Multiple identity detection
Language dynamics studies
Surveillance systems
Graph-based methods for NLP and Semantic Web
Representation learning methods for knowledge graphs (i.e., knowledge graph embedding)
Using graphs-based methods to populate ontologies using textual data
Inducing knowledge of ontologies into NLP applications using graphs
Merging ontologies with graph-based methods using NLP techniques
IMPORTANT DATES
All submission deadlines are at 11:59 p.m. PST
Paper submission: March 2, 2018
Notification of acceptance: April 2, 2018
Camera-ready submission: April 16, 2018
Workshop date: June 5 or 6, 2018
SUBMISSION
TextGraphs-12 solicits both long and short paper submissions.
Long paper submissions must describe substantial, original, completed and unpublished work. Wherever appropriate, concrete evaluation and analysis should be included. Long papers may consist of up to eight (8) pages of content, plus two pages of references. Final versions of long papers will be given one additional page of content (up to 9 pages) to address reviewers’ remarks.
Short paper submissions must describe original and unpublished work. Please note that a short paper is not a shortened long paper. Instead short papers should have a point that can be made in a few pages. Short papers may consist of up to four (4) pages of content, plus one page of references. Upon acceptance, short papers will also be given one additional content page (up to 5 content pages) in the proceedings.
Both long and short paper submissions must follow the two-column format of NAACL-HLT 2018 proceedings. We strongly recommend the use of ACL LaTeX style files tailored for NAACL-HLT 2018 conference. Submissions must conform to the official style guidelines, which are contained in the style files, and they must be in PDF format. Style files and other information about paper formatting requirements can be found at the NAACL-HLT 2018 website.
Submission is electronic, using the SoftConf START conference management system:
https://www.softconf.com/naacl2018/TextGraphs-12/
BEST PAPER AWARD
The Program Committee will select a best paper submitted to TextGraphs-12. The authors of the best manuscript will receive the valuable Best Paper Award. Both long and short submissions will be taken in consideration for the Best Paper Award.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Željko Agić, IT University Copenhagen, Denmark
Sivaji Bandyopadhyay, Jadavpur University, India
Chris Biemann, University of Hamburg, Germany
Tomáš Brychcín, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
Flavio Massimiliano Cecchini, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Tanmoy Chakraborty, IIIT Delhi, India
Monojit Choudhury, Microsoft Research Lab, India
Asif Ekbal, IIT Patna, India
Stefano Faralli, Università degli Studi di Roma Unitelma Sapienza, Italy
Michael Flor, Educational Testing Services, USA
Marc Franco-Salvador, Symanto Group, Germany
Carlos Gomez-Rodriguez, University of A. Coruña, Spain
Tomáš Hercig, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
Ioana Hulpus, University of Mannheim, Germany
Prasanth Kolachina, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Nikola Ljubešić, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Héctor Martínez Alonso, INRIA & University Paris Diderot, France
Gabor Melli, VigLink, USA
Mohsen Mesgar, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Germany
Rada Mihalcea, University of Michigan, USA
Alessandro Moschitti, University of Trento, Italy & QCRI, Qatar
Animesh Mukherjee, IIT Kharagpur, India
Vivi Nastase, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Alexander Panchenko, University of Hamburg, Germany
Simone Paolo Ponzetto, University of Mannheim, Germany
Jan Wira Gotama Putra, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Steffen Remus, University of Hamburg, Germany
Stephen Roller, UT Austin, USA
Natalie Schluter, IT University Copenhagen
Khalil Sima'an, University of Amsterdam
Josef Steinberger, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
Kateryna Tymoshenko, University of Trento, Italy
Dmitry Ustalov, University of Mannheim, Germany
Aline Villavicencio, University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ivan Vulić, University of Cambridge, UK
Fabio Massimo Zanzotto, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy
ORGANIZERS
Goran Glavaš, University of Mannheim
goran@informatik.uni-mannheim.de
Swapna Somasundaran, Educational Testing Service
ssomasundaran@ets.org
Martin Riedl, University of Stuttgart
martin.riedl@ims.uni-stuttgart.de
Eduard Hovy, Carnegie Mellon University
hovy@cmu.edu
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