-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [computational.science] [Extended deadline] Special Issue on NLP and HCI - Computer Standards and Interface Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:33:25 +0100 From: RAFAEL VALENCIA GARCIA valencia@um.es Organization: "ICCSA" To: Computational Science Mailing List computational.science@lists.iccsa.org

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