2nd 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 NLP 
technologies 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: 31 October 2011
Authors to receive a 1st decision by: 15 January 2012
Final notification of acceptance: 31 March 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