========================================================= ========================================================= ACL 2007 NEWSLETTER NO.4 (May 5, 2007) ========================================================= ========================================================= ********************************************************* :: ACL 2007 R E G I S T R A T I O N IS NOW O P E N ! ********************************************************* Registration for ACL 2007 is now open! Please go to the ACL 2007 website at http://www.acl2007.org and register and book your accommodation. ========================================================= :: Important Dates ========================================================= A cheap and guaranteed accommodation in the TOP Hotel reservation deadline: May 12, 2007 Workshops: June 23-24 and 28-30, 2007 Tutorials: June 24, 2007 Main conference: June 25-27, 2007 ========================================================= :: Table of Contents ========================================================= 1. ACL 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic 2. Organising Committee 3. TOP Hotel Reservation Final Deadline 4. Lists of Accepted Papers 5. Acceptance Rates 6. Sponsorship News 7. Czech Airlines Discounts ========================================================= :: 1. ACL 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic ========================================================= The conference is organized by the Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague ("Univerzita Karlova v Praze"), Czech Republic, the oldest University in Europe north of the Alps (founded in 1348). The conference will take place in the TOP HOTEL Praha, located in the quiet neighborhood of the Prague 4 district, only 15-20 minutes from the historic center of Prague. The hotel can accommodate up to 1000 participants on-site (with a small number of dormitory rooms available nearby). The hotel offers one auditorium, three large lecture rooms, number of smaller rooms for tutorials and workshops, several restaurants and cafes and lot of open air space for walks and informal discussions. The conference banquet and a conference concert will take place in the historic buildings in the city center -- one in the Municipal Hall (built in the Art-nouveau style of the early 20th century) and the other in the 14th century main University Hall. ========================================================= :: 2. Organising Committee ========================================================= General Chair: John Carroll Local Arrangements Chair: Eva Hajicova Program Chairs: Annie Zaenen and Antal van den Bosch Student Workshop Chairs: Violeta Seretan and Chris Biemann, with Ellen Riloff Workshops Chair: Simone Teufel Tutorials Chair: Joakim Nivre Demos/Posters Chair: Sophia Ananiadou Exhibits Chair: Jaroslava Hlavacova and Pavel Pecina Sponsorship: Martha Palmer, Gabor Proszeky and Jan Hajic Publicity: Pavel Stranak and Jiri Mirovsky Publications: Su Jian Mentoring Service: Florence Reeder Student Volunteers: Marketa Lopatkova Website: Zlatica Subrova and Juraj Simlovic Secretariat: Anna Kotesovcova Registration: Priscilla Rasmussen ========================================================= :: 3. TOP Hotel Reservation Final Deadline ========================================================= The deadline for a cheap accommodation reservation in the TOP Hotel has been postponed to May 12, 2007. After this date the hotel can guarantee neither the accommodation nor the prices. Please note that this is the final deadline for the reservation. It will not be extended anymore. For more information about the accommodation and reservations see page http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/acl2007/accommodation/. ========================================================= :: 4. Lists of Accepted Papers ========================================================= Please see the list of accepted papers for the main conference session at: http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/acl2007/papers/ and the list of accepted papers for the student research workshop at: http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/acl2007/srw/ The final lists of accepted demos, posters and papers for workshops will appear asap at the conference web pages, too: http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/acl2007/ ========================================================= :: 5. Acceptance Rates ========================================================= Here are the numbers of submissions, accepted papers and counted acceptance rates: Main conference session: 22.4% (132 out of 588) Student research workshop: 30.8% (16 out of 52) ========================================================= :: 6. Sponsorship News ========================================================= The ACL 2007 Sponsorship Chairs very gratefully acknowledge the following new commitments in sponsorship: There are two new silver sponsors: * NewsTin * Yahoo And there are three new bronze sponsors: * Language Weaver * CSKI * Powerset Student Research Workshop is being generously supported by: * National Science Foundation. For a complete list of sponzors, please visit our web page http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/acl2007/sponsorship/ Anyone interested in becoming a sponsor or finding out more about sponsorship opportunities is encouraged to contact any of the chairs at the following e-mail addresses. Gabor Proszeky: proszeky@morphologic.hu Jan Hajic: hajic@ufal.mff.cuni.cz Jun'ichi Tsujii: j.tsujii@manchester.ac.uk Martha Palmer: Martha.Palmer@colorado.edu ========================================================= :: 7. Czech Airlines Discounts ========================================================= Czech Airlines is the Official Carrier of ACL 2007. Czech Airlines offer a comprehensive global route network linking many major cities around the world with Prague. Feel free to ask for the discount of 15% from applicable Economy Class fares and 25% from Business Class fares in Czech Airlines offices worldwide. More information on http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/acl2007/travel/ There is also a list of low-cost airline routes to Prague available on the internet: http://www.flycheapo.com/flights/prague