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10th Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications

Join us at the 10th workshop on innovative use of NLP for educational applications, where we will focus on fitting applications in educational problem spaces. Explore 10 years of history, connect with industry sponsors, and participate in poster sessions and dinner events. Don't miss out on upcoming conferences in EduNLP!

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10th Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications

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  1. 10th Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications NAACL BEA10 June 04, 2015 Joel Tetreault Jill Burstein Claudia Leacock

  2. Welcome! • Workshop Focus: Fitting Applications in Educational Problem Spaces • 10th workshop • [2003, 2005, 2008 - 2015] • Thanks to (a record) 101 reviewers! • Last two years were 96 and 73 • 58+ registrants! • 2nd highest (2013: 63+ but +shared task) • 3rd BEA with sponsors and t-shirts

  3. 10 Years of History BEA6: Portland BEA1: Edmonton (2003) BEA2: Ann Arbor (2005) BEA7: Montreal BEA3:Columbus (2008) BEA8: Atlanta BEA4: Boulder BEA9: Baltimore BEA5: Los Angeles BEA10: Denver

  4. Numbers • Other Notes: • 2008 and 2009 had one week extensions • 2012 and 2013 numbers do not include shared tasks

  5. Reviewer Honors

  6. Sponsors

  7. Newsletter • This past year have started a quasi-monthly newsletter of EduNLP resources, events, links to papers, job postings, etc. • Thanks to our brilliant volunteers: • Ekaterina Kochmar • Ildiko Pilan • Sowmya Vajjala • Helen Yannakoudakis

  8. BEA10 T-Shirts • Design: Joya Tetreault • Great for a night out on the town or for staying in or as formal wear

  9. Poster Session Notes • 20 BEA papers spread over two poster sessions (includes two demos): • Group A: 2:00 – 2:45 • Group B: 2:45 – 3:30 • Presenters: set up at 1:45 • Shared Task proposal also presented as poster • BEA10 Website has schedule • http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/tetreaul/naacl-bea10.html

  10. Dinner: 7:00 tonight • Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant • 1525 Blake Street • https://www.riograndemexican.com/locations/denver/ • Group movement: • Meet at registration desk • Leave at 6:30 sharp • 20min walk

  11. Dinner Directions

  12. EduNLP Announcements

  13. EduNLP: Previous 2015 Conferences • 4th Workshop on NLP for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (NLP4CALL) • May 11 @ Vilnius, Lithuania

  14. EduNLP: Upcoming 2015 Conferences • Workshop on NLP for Informal Text (NLPIT 2015) • June 23 @Rotterdam • Workshop on Arabic Natural Language Processing (WANLP) • Including a Shared Task on Arabic Error Correction • July 30 @ Beijing • 2nd Workshop on NLP Techniques for Educational Applications (NLP-TEA-2) • July 31 @ Beijing • Chinese Grammatical Error Diagnosis (CGED) • July 31 @ Beijing • SLaTE Workshop on L1 Teaching, Learning  and Technology • September 03 @ Leipzig, Germany

  15. EduNLP: Upcoming 2015 Conferences • Conference of the European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL) • August 26-29 @ Padova, Italy • Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing (RANLP) • September 5-11 @ Hissar, Bulgaria • 6th Workshop on Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies (SLPAT) • September 11 @ Dresden, Germany

  16. Let’s Go! Stupid questions are more than welcome!!!

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