Call for Papers
Special Issue on Natural Language Processing and Human-Computer Interaction
Elsevier Computer Standards and Interfaces
(JCR, IMPACT FACTOR 2010: 0,825)

Guest Editors:

Rafael Valencia-García, Universidad de Murcia, Spain
Francisco García-Sánchez, Universitat de València, Spain

INTRODUCTION

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is gaining momentum due to the  
explosive increase of web data and the rapid advancement of computing  
technology. Over the past few years, NLP problems such as  
morphological, syntactic parsing, and information extraction have been  
successfully addressed. In recent years, the utilization of NLP  
technologies towards an effective human-computer interaction has  
received much attention. Several platforms have been developed to  
enable humans to interact with computers through natural language  
interfaces such as speech recognition systems, natural language query  
systems, semantic search engines and question answering systems.

The purpose of this special issue is to collect innovative and  
high-quality research contributions regarding the role played by the  
NLPtechnologies in Human-Computer Interaction. This special issue aims  
to explore the synergies between these technologies and give insights  
on the recent advances in these topics by soliciting original  
scientific contributions in the form of theoretical and experimental  
research and case studies.

SCOPE

The topics of this special issue include but are not limited to:
? Natural language interfaces
? Controlled natural language interfaces
? Speech synthesis and recognition systems
? Question answering systems
? Dialog systems
? Semantic search engines
? Monolingual and multilingual information extraction and retrieval
? Sentiment analysis and opinion mining
? Applications and case-studies
Application domains of interest include finance, open innovation,  
healthcare, digital libraries, organisational learning, knowledge  
management, e-government, eLearning, decision support, and multimedia  
systems.

IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for submission of papers: 15 December 2011
Authors to receive a 1st decision by: 15 March 2012
Final notification of acceptance: 15 May 2012
On-line and print publication: (subject to CIS Schedule)


SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

Papers submitted must have not been published previously or under  
consideration for publication, though they may represent significant  
extensions of prior work. Manuscripts should be submitted online at  
http://ees.elsevier.com/csi/ (see the EES User Guide for Authors).  
Authors have to select ?Natural Language/Human Computer S.I.? as the  
manuscript type (?Article Type? step in the submission process). All  
submissions will be peer-reviewed following the double-blind review  
process. The objective is to apply very high standards of acceptance  
while ensuring fair, timely and efficient review cycles.


Guest Editors

Rafael Valencia-García, Universidad de Murcia, Spain
http://webs.um.es/valencia/
email: valencia@um.es

Francisco García-Sánchez, Universitat de Valencia, Spain
http://www.uv.es/francis6/
email: Francisco.Garcia-Sanchez@uv.es