OntoImage�??2008

International Workshop

Language Resources for Content-based Image Retrieval

Held in conjunction with LREC�??2008



Scope



There are two computer-aided methods for accessing images:

* indexing textual descriptions (done mostly by public retrieval engines)
o assigned manually on community sharing sites, e.g. Flickr;
o extracted from the text of the web page associated with the image , e.g. Google
o extracting textual information inside the image using OCR techniques
* indexing low-level visual features (colour, texture, etc.) of the images (called Content Based Image Retrieval - CBIR).



Combining these two methods is currently a hot topic since it involves developing hybrid approaches using automatic image tagging from text along with low level visual features from an image to produce texknowledge representation, cognitive modelling, problem solving
mechanisms, etc. The purpose is to pursue a paradigm, unifying the
different approaches into a common framework capable of explaining how
constraints play a role in representing, processing and acquiring
linguistic information, and this from a formal, technical, and cognitive
perspective.

Workshop Topics:
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The topics include, but are not limited to, constraint-based linguistic
theories, constraints in human language comprehension and production,
context modelling and discourse interpretation, acquisition of constraints,
probabilistic constraint-based reasoning, constraint satisfaction
technologies and constraint logic programming.

Submission details:
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Authors are invited to submit a full paper of up to 12 pages in PDF format.
The font size must be at least 10 pt when printed on A4 paper. It is
recommended that the LaTeX "article" style is used. Previously published
papers cannot be accepted. The submissions will be reviewed by the program
committee. The accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings
published by ESSLLI. One author for each accepted paper must attend the
workshop in order to present the paper. A volume at an international
publisher will be considered for selected and revised papers, if number and
quality of submissions permits.
Please use the CSLP 2008 submission page handled by the EasyChair
conference system: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=CSLP2008

Workshop format:
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The workshop is part of ESSLLI and is open to all ESSLLI participants.
It will consist of five 90-minute sessions held over five consecutive days
in the second week of ESSLLI.

Invited Speakers:
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TBA

Workshop Programme Committee:
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Philippe Blache (Provence University, France)
Henning Christiansen (Roskilde University, Denmark), co-chair
Veronica Dahl (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Denys Duchier (University of Orléans, France)
John Gallagher (Roskilde University, Denmark)
Claire Gardent (CNRS/LORIA, Nancy, France)
Barbara Hemforth (Provence University, France)
M. Dolores Jiménez-López (Tarragona, Spain)
Lars Konieczny (Freiburg University, Germany)
Shalom Lappin (King's College, UK)
Detmar Meurers (Ohio State University, USA)
Véronique Moriceau (LIMSI-CNRS, Orsay, France)
Gerald Penn (University of Toronto, Canada)
Kiril Simov (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria)
Jørgen Villadsen (Technical University of Denmark), co-chair
Eric Villemonte de la Clergerie (INRIA, France)

Important Dates:
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Submission Deadline: March 12, 2008
Notification: April 21, 2008
Preliminary Program: April 24, 2008
ESSLLI Early Registration: May 1, 2008
Final Papers for Proceedings: May 17, 2008
Final Program: June 21, 2008
Workshop Dates: August 11-15, 2008

Local Arrangements:
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All workshop participants including the presenters will be required to
register for ESSLLI. The registration fee for authors presenting a paper
will correspond to the early student/workshop speaker registration
fee. There will be no reimbursement for travel costs and accommodation.

Further Information:
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About the workshop: http://control.ruc.dk/CSLP2008.html
About ESSLLI: http://www.illc.uva.nl/ESSLLI2008/n: May 1, 2008
Final Papers for Proceedings: May 17, 2008
Final Program: June 21, 2008
Workshop Dates: August 11-15, 2008

Local Arrangements:
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