1st SIGdial Workshop on Discourse and Dialogue

To stimulate discussions, both the general and theme session will feature both full paper presentations and short position/discussion papers. Please indicate the submission format, as described below.

All papers should be sent electronically to dialcal@pitt.edu with subjectline SigDIAL workshop submission. Papers should be received by July 17th to insure full consideration.

FULL PAPER SUBMISSIONS are limited to original, unpublished work in the areas of interest. Extended abstracts of papers may not exceed 3200words (exclusive of title page, example pages, and references). In addition to the regular text, 2 additional pages are allowed (as an appendix) which may include examples of extended discourse, graphical representation of discourse structure, or other supporting material.

SHORT PAPER SUBMISSIONS should be in the same format as long papers,but no more than 2000 words (with similar final length). As well as original work in progress, short papers may also involve positions on the topics above, comparative analysis of other approaches, or new relevant topics for discussion.

The style files for submission are the same as the ones for ACL regular papers, either ACLlatex style files or MicrosoftWord Style files.

The title page should include the following information:

Title:
Authors' names, affiliations, and email addresses:
Keywords: Up to 5 keywords specifying subject area (preferably from lists above)
Which Session: General or Theme
Word Count, excluding title page and references:
Under Consideration for other Conferences (specify):
Abstract: short summary (up to 5 lines)