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LINGUA PRESENTS: The Fourteenth Annual UTA Student Conference in
Linguistics November 2-3 UTA
Room 303 Chemistry
and Physics Building |
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LINKS: Schedule
Keynote
Speaker Downloadable Flyers
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Keynote SpeakerTeresa Jade, Senior Manager, Linguistic Technology, H5 Technology. (Speaking: Nov 3 10:45 - 12:00 p.m) Teresa Jade leads H5’s Linguistic Technology group, managing the conceptual and linguistic modeling that configures H5’s software to replicate expert judgments in a variety of domains. Ms. Jade specializes in corpus analysis, lexicon development, grammar development, process and system architecture, and discourse analysis. Before joining H5, Ms. Jade was a computational linguist at Discern Communications, an SRI International spin-off, where she worked to create a marketable question-answering system. Ms. Jade has extensive expertise in innovatively blending Information Extraction and Information Retrieval approaches to solve problems in Natural Language Processing. Ms. Jade holds two M.A. degrees from the University of Texas at Arlington, in German and in linguistics with an emphasis on computational linguistics and discourse analysis. She earned a B.A. with honors from Tennessee Technological University. bio borrowed from http://www.h5technologies.com |
Information for Presenters
Registration Accommodations
Parking Permit
Length Equipment
1. Registration:Registration fees Presenters: Pre-registration (before Oct. 16, 2006): $25 On-site/Late registration (after Oct. 16, 2006): $35 Registration entitles the presenter to a free copy of abstracts and free entrance to the welcome party. Payment: Please pre-pay by check
only, in US dollars. Make your check payable to LINGUA, and send it to the
following address postmarked by the pre-registration deadline. 2. Accommodations:We recommend the Park Inn, conveniently located within walking distance of the university, or the Wingate Inn, which provides shuttles service between the airport and to the university. You may make your reservations by contacting the hotel directly. When you make your reservations, please specify that you are attending a university-sponsored event in order to receive the UTASCILT rate. Park Inn
map
directions (both from
Mapquest.com) Wingate Inn
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directions (both from
Mapquest.com) The city of Arlington has no public transportation. There is, however, a shuttle from the DFW Centerport train station near DFW airport to the UTA campus. You can access the shuttle schedule online at http://www.uta.edu/policy/documents/police/090606_TrinityRailShuttleSchedule.pdf
[Back to Information for Presenters] 3. Parking permit:If you will be driving and need a temporary parking permit at UTA during the conference, please let us know when you submit your registration. Parking permits will be prepared for the registered attendees free of charge. [Back to Information for Presenters] 4. Length:Each timeslot consists of 20 minutes to present, and 10 minutes of question/answer. Although the original call for papers suggested the timeslot was 15 minutes to present with 5 minutes for questions, we have increased the time limit for your convenience. You need not extend your presentation due to this; however, you will be given more time if needed. [Back to Information for Presenters] 5. Equipment:Equipment that will be available during the conference:
6. Photocopying:If you plan on having a handout for your presentation, plan on at least 60 copies. Since there are no convenient copy facilities nearby, you will need to have prepared your photocopies in advance. [Back to Information for Presenters] 7. Welcome Party (see below)8. Winin’ and Dinin’ – Texas Style (see below) |
The Yumi Nakamura Prize in LinguisticsThe Yumi Nakamura Prize in Linguistics has been established to honor the memory of Ms Yumi Nakamura, a Linguistics student who died at UTA in January 2000. Her family and the Program in Linguistics have contributed funds to be awarded to the best student papers at the UTA Student Conference in Linguistics. A maximum of 3 prizes will be awarded in amounts up to $400 USD. All students presenting papers are eligible to be included in the competition for the prize. The prize will be awarded at the Friday evening session. The judges (consisting of faculty and students) will use the following criteria in awarding the prize: (coming soon) |
Welcome Party1. Welcome Party:Who: Attendees, presenters, and judges What: Eat yummy pizza and relax When: Thursday, November 2, 5:30 p.m. Where: Chemistry and Physics Building, Room 330 Why: To socialize with each other
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Winin’ and Dinin’ – Texas Style
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Call for PapersThe 14th Annual University of Texas at Arlington Student Conference in Linguistics and TESOL November 2-3, 2006
The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Contact Person:
Sarah Fauzi Meeting Description:
The UTASCILT is a student-led conference
specifically designed to give graduate students a chance to present their
original research. This is a great opportunity to join students from
across America and around the world to present research on language.
UTASCILT in time to reach UTA by the
deadline. Electronic submission should be in MS Word or PDF format. Please do not send .html
formats.
Poster Presentation Information:
The size for posters will be:
36" X 48"
Other information can be obtained by downloading or viewing the following Power Point file.
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