The First International Symposium on,Computers and Arabic Language
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Symposium Background:
The past few years witnessed remarkable developments in the area of
Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the effects of which are
felt in every aspect of life. Due to these developments, the concept of
“information society” is becoming a reality. World countries are now
competing fast to transform into “information societies”, societies
that rely on information technology more than relying on conventional
industries in building their economies. The implication of this is the
appearance of new concepts and mainstream applications covering a wide
range of areas. e-Commerce, e-Government, e-Learning, e-Business and many
related concepts are now quite familiar in many countries. The Internet and
the web evolved into a huge distributed environment that may be used to
build serious applications and services. Mobile devices are evolving into
full computers that may be used to perform a variety of tasks. Information
technology is no longer a field for elites and specialized people, but a
mainstream field involving all sectors of the society. This implies that
computer and network applications should be provided in the native language
so that ordinary people can access and utilize them. These applications and
utilities should also be supported by information content, search tools and
support utilities, all in the native language. The pressure on Arabic
societies to cope with these challenges is now higher than ever.
In recognition of these facts, King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology
(KACST) and the Saudi Computer Society are organizing the first symposium
on “Computers and the Arabic Language”.
The International Symposium on Computers & Arabic Language (ISCAL) will be
held in Riyadh, King Faisal Hall (Intercontinental Hotel) during the period
25-28 March 2007 (6-9 Rabia’ Awal 1428H).
Academics, researchers and practitioners are encouraged to submit original
papers related to the area of computers and Arabic language before 1st
November 2006 (10th Shawal 1427H). Submitted contributions could be full
papers, short papers, research-in-progress, practice-oriented papers,
proposals for panel discussions. All papers will be peer reviewed. Accepted
papers will be published in the symposium proceedings and some selected
journals.
Symposium Scope:
- Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Computer Arabization,
- Arabic lexicons,
- Automatic Translation,
- Arabic corpora,
- Part of speech tagging,
- Encoding Algorithms,
- Search engines and search tools,
- Data mining,
- Standards and specifications,
- Internet content,
- Web design and web applications,
- E-business, e-commerce and e-government systems,
- Statistical properties of the Arabic language,
- Speech synthesis & recognition,
- Database systems,
- Mobile and wireless devices and applications,
- Natural language processing and computational linguistics.
- E-learning and educational systems,
- Tools and applications,
- Experiences drawn from Arabic-similar languages,
- Impact of computers on Arabic Language,
- Impact of Arabic Language on Computer Industry,
- Social, cultural, economical aspects of the relationship of computer and
Arabic language,
- Optical character recognition,
- E-document processing.
Journal Publication of Quality Papers:
Quality papers will be considered for further publication in special issues
of the Applied Computing & Informatics (ACI) http://www.aci.org.sa/ journal
Important Dates:
Last dates for submissions: 1st November 2006 (10th Shawwal 1427H)
Notification for acceptance: 15th December 2006 (24th Dhual-Qa’adah
1427H)
Camera-Ready manuscripts: 15th January 2007 (25th Dhu Al-Hijjah 1427H)
Paper Submission :
Submissions should satisfy the following:
- Papers should be submitted electronically in WORD format. (Please use the
Paper Template for writing your paper)
- The e-mail for submissions is: submi...@iscal.org.sa
- Papers should not exceed 6000 word in length, and should be double
spaced.
- Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt.
- The paper should include a short abstract of about 200 words.
- Author(s) and address information should be given on a separate sheet.
- Final submissions of accepted papers should follow the detailed
guidelines given in the “Authors-GuideLines.doc”, which will be
placed on the symposium web site.
- Papers should be written in Arabic or English only.
Please submit your papers to:
submi...@iscal.org.sa
Symposium web site: www.iscal.org.sa/
Workshops:
A number of workshops related to the theme of the symposium will be
organized. If you are interested in organizing a workshop, please submit
your proposal not later than 9th September 2006 (16th Shaban 1427H).
Could you send your proposal to: work...@iscal.org.sa
How to Get Your Visa:
Once your submitted paper is accepted, a request will be sent to the Saudi
embassy in your country to issue you a visa. Please see the following link:
http://www.mofa.gov.sa/Detail.asp?InNewsItemID=250
Under the Patronage of The Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques
King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in collaboration with the
Saudi Computer Society organizes