Please consider posting this reminder of the upcoming deadline for submissions to ACH-ALLC93. Thank you. M.N. ...................................................................... Dear Colleagues, November 1st, the deadline for submitting proposals for ACH-ALLC93, is fast approaching. We welcome your inquiries and your submissions. For more details, see the call for papers below. Regards, Michael Neuman Georgetown University for ACH-ALLC93 ......................................................................... ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS AND THE HUMANITIES ASSOCIATION FOR LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC COMPUTING 1993 JOINT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ACH-ALLC93 JUNE 16-19, 1993 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C. CALL FOR PAPERS This conference is the major forum for literary, linguistic and humanities computing. It is concerned with the development of new computing methodologies for research and teaching in the humanities, the development of significant new networked-based and computer-based resources for humanities research, and the application and evaluation of computing techniques in humanities subjects. TOPICS: We welcome submissions on topics such as text encoding; statistical methods for text analysis; hypertext; text corpora; computational lexicography; morphological, syntactic, semantic and other forms of text analysis; also, computer applications in history, philosophy, music and other humanities disciplines. For the 1993 conference, ACH and ALLC extend a special invitation to members of the library community to contribute to the conference on the topics of creating and cataloguing network-based resources in the humanities, developing and integrating databases of texts and images of works central to the humanities, and refining retrieval techniques for humanities databases. LOCATION: Georgetown, an historic residential district along the Potomac River, is a six-mile ride by taxi from Washington National Airport. International flights arrive at Dulles Airport, which offers regular bus service to the Nation's Capital. REQUIREMENTS: Proposals should describe substantial and original work. Proposals describing the development of new computing methodologies should make clear how these methodologies are applied to research and/or teaching in the humanities. Those concerned with a particular application (e.g., a study of the style of an author) should cite previous approaches to the problem and should include some critical assessment of the computing methodologies used. All proposals should include references to important sources. ABSTRACT LENGTH: Abstracts of 1500-2000 words in length should be submitted for presentations of thirty minutes including questions. SESSION PROPOSALS: Proposals for sessions (90 minutes) are also invited. These should take the form of either: (a) Three papers. The session organizer should submit a 500-word statement describing the session topic, include abstracts of 1000-1500 words for each paper, and indicate that each author is willing to participate in the session. (b) A panel of up to 6 speakers. The panel organizer should submit an abstract of 1500-2000 words describing the panel topic, how it will be organized, the names of all the speakers, and an indication that each speaker is willing to participate in the session. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: November 1, 1992 NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: February 1, 1993 FORMAT FOR SUBMISSIONS: Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged, and should follow strictly the format given below. Submissions that do not conform to this format will be returned to the authors for reformatting, or may not be considered if they arrive near the deadline. All submissions should include a header in the following format: TITLE: title of paper AUTHOR(S): names of authors AFFILIATION: affiliations of author(s) CONTACT ADDRESS: full postal address of main author (for contact) E-MAIL: electronic mail address of main author followed by other authors (if any) FAX NUMBER: fax for main author PHONE NUMBER: phone for main author ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS: Please submit plain ASCII text files. Files that include formatting by a wordprocessor, TAB characters, and soft hyphens are not acceptable. Paragraphs should be separated by blank lines. Headings and subheadings should be on separate lines and be numbered. References (up to six) and notes should appear at the end of the abstract. Where necessary, a simple markup scheme for accents and other characters that cannot be transmitted by electronic mail should be used; provide an explanation of the markup scheme after the title information. If diagrams are necessary for the evaluation of an electronic submission, they should be faxed to 1-202-687-6003 (after dialing one's international access code) or 202-687-6003 (from within the US), and a note to indicate the presence of diagrams should be inserted at the beginning of the abstract. Address for electronic submissions: [log in to unmask] (include a subject line "<Author's surname> Submission for ACH-ALLC93"). PAPER SUBMISSIONS: Submissions should be typed or printed on one side of the paper only, with ample margins. Six copies should be sent to ACH-ALLC93 (Paper submission) Dr. Michael Neuman Academic Computer Center 238 Reiss Science Building Georgetown University Washington, D.C. 20057 PUBLICATION: A selection of papers presented at the conference will be published in the series Research in Humanities Computing edited by Susan Hockey and Nancy Ide, published by Oxford University Press. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Chair: Marianne Gaunt, Rutgers University (ACH) Thomas Corns, University of Wales, Bangor (ALLC) Paul Fortier, University of Manitoba (ACH) Jacqueline Hamesse, Universite Catholique Louvain-la-Neuve (ALLC) Susan Hockey, Rutgers and Princeton Universities (ALLC) Nancy Ide, Vassar College (ACH) Randall Jones, Brigham Young University (ACH) Michael Neuman, Georgetown University (ACH) (Local organizer) Antonio Zampolli, University of Pisa (ALLC) INQUIRIES Please address all inquiries to: ACH-ALLC93 Dr. Michael Neuman, Local Organizer Academic Computer Center 238 Reiss Science Building Georgetown University Washington, D.C. 20057 Phone: 202-687-6096 FAX: 202-687-6003 Bitnet: Neuman@Guvax Internet: [log in to unmask] Please include your name, full mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address with any inquiry.