*JEP'20 call for papers (JEP-TALN-RECITAL 2020)*
JEP 2020 Conference | TALN 2020 | RECITAL 2020
June 8-12, 2020
Nancy, France
https://jep-taln2020.loria.fr/

LORIA, ATILF and INIST are french laboratories and institutes located in Nancy and
working in the fields of speech and automatic processing of written, spoken and signed
languages. With the scientific support of the AFCP (Association Francophone pour la
Communication Parlée) and ATALA (Association pour le Traitement Automatique des Langues),
they are organizing the sixth joint edition of the JEP-TALN-RECITAL conference. It will
take place:

from 8 to 12 June 2020

on the Lettres et Sciences Humaines campus of the University of Lorraine in Nancy, France

This edition will therefore include:

- the 33rd Study Days on Speech (Journées d'Etudes sur la Parole - JEP),
- the 27th Conference on Natural Language Processing (Traitement Automatique des Langues
Naturelles - TALN),
- the 22nd Meeting of Student Researchers in Computer Science for Automatic Language
Processing (Rencontre des Étudiants Chercheurs en Informatique pour le Traitement
Automatique des Langues - RÉCITAL).

The JEP'2020 will include oral and poster presentations and invited lectures.

The official language of the conference is French.

*Types of contributions*

Authors are invited to submit two types of contributions:

- articles presenting original research work
- position papers presenting a point of view about spoken communication

Articles must present original works, with a substantial contribution compared to other
works that may already have been published. In the case of works already partially or
totally published in another language, the article should refer to the original
publication in a footnote.

Articles will be presented in the form of an oral presentation or a poster.

*JEP topics*

Contributions may cover all topics related to spoken communication and speech processing
in their various aspects, as well as their applications.

The topics of the conference include, but are not limited to:

- automatic speech processing
- transcription, synthesis, translation, dialogue,
- understanding, coding
- acquisition and learning
- production, perception and cognition
- health, disorders and disability
- phonetics, phonology, prosody
- geolinguistics and sociolinguistics
- resources and evaluation

*Selection criteria*

Submissions will be reviewed by at least two specialists of the field. For research work,
particular consideration will be given to:

- relevance to the conference topics
- importance and originality of the contribution
- correction of scientific and technical content
- critical analysis of the results, particularly in relation to other works in the field
- status of the work in the context of international research
- organization and clarity of the presentation

For position papers, preference will be given to:

- taking into account the state of the art and positioning in relation to it
- providing an original point of view
- demonstrating the potential impact of the position

The selected articles will be published in the conference proceedings.

*Submission instructions*

The articles will be written in French.

The size of the articles should not exceed 8 pages, plus one page dedicated to
bibliographic references.
A LaTeX style sheet, a Word template and a LibreOffice template are available on the
conference website: http://jep-taln2020.loria.fr/soumissions/

Submission website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jeptalnrecital2020

*Dates*

- Submissions due: 31 January 2020 (23:59 Paris time),
- Notification to authors: 03 April 2020
- Camera-ready due: 08 May 2020


*Scholarships*

The AFCP offers a number of scholarships for doctoral students and young researchers
wishing to attend the conference, see the AFCP website (http://www.afcp-parole.org/).

The ISCA also provides financial support to young researchers participating in scientific
events on speech and language, see the ISCA website
(https://www.isca-speech.org/iscaweb/).


*Contacts*

The JEP Program Committee is chaired by David Langlois and Slim Ouni.

Contact: jep-taln-ateliers-2020@loria.fr