AI, Cognitive Semantics , Computational Linguistics and Logics (AICogSem)

Special Track at
The 26th International FLAIRS Conference
In cooperation with the American Association for Artificial Intelligence
St. Pete Beach, Florida
May 22 - 24, 2013

Co-chairs:

Florence Le Priol, Université Paris-Sorbonne, France (Florence.Le_Priol@paris-sorbonne.fr)
Ismail Biskri, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada (Ismail.Biskri@uqtr.ca)
Adel Jebali, Université Concordia, Montréal, Canada (jebali.adel@gmail.com)
Anca Pascu, Université de Brest, France (Anca.Pascu@univ-brest.fr)

Call for Papers

What is “AI, COGNITIVE SEMANTICS , COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS AND LOGICS” ?

Traditionally, the study of computational linguistics has been performed by computer scientists, specializing in the application of computers to the processing of a natural language.

Today, computational linguists often work as members of interdisciplinary teams, including linguists (specifically trained in linguistics), language experts (persons with some level of ability in the languages relevant to a given project), and computer scientists. In general, computational linguistics draws upon the involvement of linguists, computer scientists, experts in artificial intelligence, mathematicians, logicians, cognitive scientists, cognitive psychologists, psycholinguists, anthropologists and neuroscientists, among others.

Computational linguistics must become more connected to the cognitive sciences through the development of cognitive semantic theories. Computational linguistics is connected to artificial intelligence through the development of methods and algorithms for all aspects of language analysis and their computer implementation. We can see language analysis divided into two parts: theoretical analysis and application. The theoretical aspect includes standard areas studied in linguistics: semantics, syntax, and morphology. Semantic theories guide the development of syntactic theories and morphology. Semantic theories can be based on some specific features of computation, but at the present stage of research, there is a gap between linguistic analysis and computer applications in two senses: there are many computer applications without linguistic theoretical support and, conversely, there are a number of theoretical methods with no computer implementation. Another epistemological feature of the present stage of research is that most computational linguistic methods are focused on statistical approaches. The advantage of these methods is that they are easy to apply but the drawback is that they distort the qualitative and genuine cognitive features of language.

What is the GOAL of the track?

This track is intended to present works ranking from logical and mathematical models in syntax and semantics (logic of objects, topological theories of time and space etc.) as foundations of the design and analysis to natural language processing systems.

It is to provide an international forum for discussing the latest approaches in subfields of computational linguistics related to cognitive semantics and to artificial intelligence. Its aim is also to exchange ideas concerning the way of building efficient systems of language analysis based on cognitive semantic models.

Its mission is to prove the increase of interaction between modeling in cognitive semantics and computer implementation: a good system analysis requires a good semantic model as framework. On the other hand, the need for semantic models other than those based on statistical methods has to be proved.

Who might be interested?

Special tracks, held in parallel with the general conference, are an integral part of the conference. They provide researchers in focused areas the opportunity to meet and present their work, and offer a forum for interaction among the broader community of artificial intelligence researchers. Topics of interest are in all areas related to artificial intelligence.

What kind of studies will be of interest?

Papers and contributions are encouraged for any work relating to AI, Cognitive Semantics , Computational Linguistics and Logics. Topics of interest may include (but are in no way limited to)] :

  1. philosophy of language – new developments,
  2. cognitive semantics,
  3. logics of language,
  4. language modeling,
  5. computational linguistics (lexicology; morphology; syntax; semantics).

Note: We invite original papers (i.e. work not previously submitted, in submission, or to be submitted to another conference during the reviewing process).

Track Invited speaker

To be announced

Submission Guidelines

Interested authors should format their papers according to AAAI formatting guidelines. The papers should be original work (i.e., not submitted, in submission, or submitted to another conference while in review).

Papers should not exceed 6 pages (4 pages for a poster) and are due by November 19, 2012. For FLAIRS-26, the 2013 conference, the reviewing is a double blind process.

Fake author names and affiliations must be used on submitted papers to provide double-blind reviewing. Papers must be submitted as PDF through the EasyChair conference system, which can be accessed through the main conference web site (http://www.flairs-26.info/). Note: do not use a fake name for your EasyChair login - your EasyChair account information is hidden from reviewers. Authors should indicate the [your track name] special track for submissions.

The proceedings of FLAIRS will be published by the AAAI. Authors of accepted papers will be required to sign a form transferring copyright of their contribution to AAAI. FLAIRS requires that there be at least one full author registration per paper.

Important Dates

November 19, 2012 Paper submission deadline
January 21, 2013 Paper acceptance notification
February 11, 2013 Second submission (Abstract only)
February 17, 2013 Abstract only notification
February 25, 2013 Camera ready version due

Conference Proceedings

Papers will be refereed and all accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings, which will be published by AAAI Press.  

Organizing Committee

Florence Le Priol, Université Paris-Sorbonne, France (Florence.Le_Priol@paris-sorbonne.fr)
Ismail Biskri, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada (Ismail.Biskri@uqtr.ca)
Adel Jebali, Université Concordia, Montréal, Canada (jebali.adel@gmail.com)
Anca Pascu, Université de Brest, France (Anca.Pascu@univ-brest.fr)

Program Committee (confirmation in progress)

Maryvonne Abraham, Institut TELECOM, TELECOM-Bretagne, France
David Banks, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France
Jean-Yves Beziau, Brazilian Research Council
Ismail Biskri (co-chair), Universite de Québec à Trois Rivières, Canada
Francois-Gilles Carpentier, Université de Brest, France
Richard Dapoigny, Université de Savoie, France
Jean-Pierre Desclés, Université Paris-Sorbonne, France
Rim Faiz, IHEC de Carthage, Université du 7 novembre à Carthage, Tunisia
Tzu-Keng Fu, New Technologies Research Centre (NTC), the University of West Bohemia (UWB), Pilsen, Czech Republic
Jean-Gabriel Ganascia, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, LIP6 Laboratory, France
Vera Goodacre, George Mason University, USA
Adel Jebali (co-chair), University Concordia, Montreal, Canada
Christophe Jouis , Université Paris 3, LIP6 - CNRS, France
Leila Kosseim, University Concordia, Montreal, Canada
Petar Lazarov, University of Sofia, Bulgarie
Florence Le Priol (co-chair), Université de Paris-Sorbonne, France
Jean-Guy Meunier, Université de Québec à Montréal,Canada
Ghassan Mourad, Université de Beyrouth, Lebanon
Anca Pascu (co-chair), Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France
Patrice Pognan, INALCO, Paris, France
Christophe Roche, Université de Savoie, France
Benoit Sauzay, Université de Paris-Sorbonne, France
Yorick Wilks, University of Sheffield, UK

Further Information

Questions regarding this Special Track should be addressed to the track co-chairs:

Florence Le Priol, Université Paris-Sorbonne, France (Florence.Le_Priol@paris-sorbonne.fr)
Ismail Biskri, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada (Ismail.Biskri@uqtr.ca)
Adel Jebali, Université Concordia, Montréal, Canada (jebali.adel@gmail.com)
Anca Pascu, Université de Brest, France (Anca.Pascu@univ-brest.fr)

Conference Chair:
Philip McCarthy, The University of Memphis, USA Program

Co-Chairs:
Chutima Boonthum-Denecke, Hampton University, USA G.
Michael Youngblood, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

Special Tracks Coordinator:
William (Bill) Eberle, Tennessee Technological University, USA

FLAIRS Invited Speakers

Ayanna Howard
Professor, Director of Human-Automation Systems (HumAnS) Lab
Georgia Institute of Technology

Gerry Dozier
Professor, Chair, Director of CASIS,
Director of BEACON@A&T
North Carolina A&T State University

David Johnson
Founder, CEO and President, Dacooda

Conference Web Sites

Paper submission site: follow the link for submissions at http://www.flairs-26.info/ FLAIRS-26
conference web page: http://www.flairs-26.info/
Florida AI Research Society (FLAIRS): http://www.flairs.com