Midwest Computational Linguistics Colloquium

The Computational Linguistics Program of the Linguistics Department of Indiana University, the Cognitive Science Department of Indiana University, and the Linguistics Department of Indiana University are pleased to sponsor the inaugural meeting of the Midwest Computational Linguistics Colloquium (MCLC). We will build on the topics in formal-theoretical and computational linguistics, including, issues in learnability, complexity and the modeling of lexical and grammatical knowledge of language.

The workshop is intended to offer a platform primarily to researchers in the Midwest region, though applications from all regions are also encouraged. We hope that this conference will expand into a fixed annual event to be hosted, in turn, and shared among all interested and committed Midwestern Universities. Such a workshop will serve to provide us with a strong, local venue at which to present and discuss both our own ideas as well as those of our distinguished guests.

MCLC is especially intended to provide a forum for the presentation of unique and original research on computational linguistic topics, including unfinished research and research ideas that might benefit from peer review and discussion. In keeping with this, we also encourage applications from Ph.D students seeking outside review and constructive feedback on projects in progress. As accepted papers will be published, this workshop can also serve to provide an opportunity for such students to present their ideas to the wider community.

Items of interest include, but are not limited to,

• formal and computational phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics
• learnability of formal grammar, grammar induction
• integration of stochastic and symbolic models of grammar
• foundational, methodological and architectural issues in grammar

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