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ACL-IJCNLP-09 General Chair Report

ACL-IJCNLP-09 General Chair Report. Keh-Yih Su August 2nd, Singapore. Team Members. Local Organizer: Li, Haizhou (I2R, Singapore) Program Chairs: Wiebe, Jan ( University of Pittsburgh , USA) Su, Jian (I2R, Singapore) Other Chairs: Please see the Conference Handbook. Program Structure.

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ACL-IJCNLP-09 General Chair Report

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  1. ACL-IJCNLP-09 General Chair Report Keh-Yih Su August 2nd, Singapore

  2. Team Members • Local Organizer: • Li, Haizhou (I2R, Singapore) • Program Chairs: • Wiebe, Jan (University of Pittsburgh, USA) • Su, Jian (I2R, Singapore) • Other Chairs: • Please see the Conference Handbook Keh-Yih Su ACL-IJCNLP-09

  3. Program Structure • Tutorials: 3 rooms (total 6 half-day tutorial) • Main Conference: 4 parallel tracks • Workshops (12, excluding EMNLP) • 2 two-day, 10 one-day • First Day: 8 rooms • Second Day: 6 rooms • EMNLP: 4 parallel tracks Keh-Yih Su ACL-IJCNLP-09

  4. Related Statistics (1) • Total 925 submissions (record high!!): • 569 submissions for full papers (99 + #ACL-08), 120 of them are accepted (21%) • 356 submissions for short papers (81 + #ACL-08), 93 of them are accepted (26%) • Some other reference numbers: • Coling-ACL 2006 has 618 submissions (no short papers category) • ACL-2007 has 588 submissions (no short papers category) • ACL 2008 has 470 full papers 275 short papers Keh-Yih Su ACL-IJCNLP-09

  5. Related Statistics (2) • Student Workshop(Brian and Grace) • 25 submissions, 12 of them are accepted (48%) • Demo (Gary and Sabine) • 23 submissions, 11 of them are accepted (48%) • Tutorial (Diana and Chengqing) • 19 proposals received, 6 of them are accepted (30%) • Workshop (Jimmy and Yuji) • 18 Top-1 preference for us, 12 of them are accepted (67%) • Mentoring Service (Hwee-Tou and Florence) • 10 full papers and 2 short papers Keh-Yih Su ACL-IJCNLP-09

  6. Related Statistics (3) • Sponsorship(Hitoshi and Kim-Teng) • Total US$25,456.24 • Gold (1), Silver (4), Bronze (1), Supporter (1) • Student Best Paper Award (IBM) • Local Sponsorship • Entertainment in welcome reception and banquet • Conference souvenirs (Special Singapore stamps) • Asian student travel grants • 30 paid registrations for staff/students • Exhibition(Timothy and Philipp) • Total US$3,500. • 2 Publishers, 3 Companies, 2 Local Organizations Keh-Yih Su ACL-IJCNLP-09

  7. Summary • Sponsorshipand Exhibition under expectation • Contribution mainly from traditional USA ACL sponsors (thanks Priscilla!) • Possible Reasons • Bad global economic situation • Lacking connections? Late movement? • Paper submissions and registrations beyond expectation • 925 submissions, 792 pre-registration! Keh-Yih Su ACL-IJCNLP-09

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