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NLP
MULTIMODALITY
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About |
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Humans interact with each other through several means (e.g., voice, gestures, written text, facial expressions, etc.) and a natural human-machine interaction system should preserve the same modality (Kiela et al., 2018). However, traditional Natural Language Processing (NLP) focuses on analyzing textual input to solve language understanding and reasoning tasks, and other modalities are only partially targeted. This workshop aims to promote research in the area of Multi/Cross-Modal NLP, i.e., studying computational approaches exploiting the different modalities humans adopt to communicate. In particular, the focus of this workshop is (i) studying how to bridge the gap between NLP on spoken and written language (Chung et al., 2018; Elizalde et al., 2019) and (ii) exploring how NLU models can be empowered by jointly analyzing multiple input sources, including language (spoken or written), vision (gestures and expressions) and acoustic (paralingustic) modalities (Abouelenien et al., 2017; Madhysastha et al., 2018). The former comes from the observation that voice-based interaction, which is typical of conversational agents, poses new challenges to NLU. The latter aims to address the way humans acquire and use language. Usually, it happens in a perceptually rich environment (Evtimova et al., 2017), where they communicate using modalities that go beyond language itself. Therefore, extending NLP to modalities beyond written text is a fundamental step in allowing AI systems to reach human-like capabilities. |
Call for Papers |
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The workshop would seek papers focusing on relevant topics falling under the cross and multi modal NLP. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
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Summary |
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NLPBT 2020 : NLP Beyond Text: Workshop on Cross/Multi modal Natural Language Processing will take place in Virtual. It’s a 2 days event starting on Nov 18, 2020 (Wednesday) and will be winded up on Nov 19, 2020 (Thursday). NLPBT 2020 falls under the following areas: NLP, MULTIMODALITY, etc. Submissions for this Workshop can be made by Jul 20, 2020. Authors can expect the result of submission by Sep 22, 2020. Upon acceptance, authors should submit the final version of the manuscript on or before Oct 16, 2020 to the official website of the Workshop. Please check the official event website for possible changes before you make any travelling arrangements. Generally, events are strict with their deadlines. It is advisable to check the official website for all the deadlines. Other Details of the NLPBT 2020
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Credits and Sources |
| [1] NLPBT 2020 : NLP Beyond Text: Workshop on Cross/Multi modal Natural Language Processing |
