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International Committee on Computational Linguistics

International Committee on Computational Linguistics is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand International Committee on Computational Linguistics rather than just read about it. In short: The International Committee on Computational Linguistics (ICCL) was founded by Dr. David Hays of the RAND Corporation in 1965 to promote the biennial International Conference on Computational Linguistics, which since the third conference in Stockholm is known by the acronym COLING after the Swedish fictional character Kolingen by Albert Engström.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

The International Committee on Computational Linguistics (ICCL) was founded by Dr. David Hays of the RAND Corporation in 1965 to promote the biennial International Conference on Computational Linguistics, which since the third conference in Stockholm is known by the acronym COLING after the Swedish fictional character Kolingen by Albert Engström. The current President of ICCL is Professor Jun-Ichi Tsujii of the AIRC and membership of the committee is permanent.

List of COLING Conferences 1965 New York City (Chair David G. Hays) 1967 Grenoble (Chair Bernard Vauquois) 1969 Stockholm (Chair Hans Karlgren) 1971 Debrecen (Chair Ferenc Kiefer) 1973 Pisa (Chair Antonio Zampolli) 1976 Ottawa (Chair Brian Harris) 1978 Bergen (Chair Kolbjørn Hæggstad) 1980 Tokyo (Chair David G. Hays) 1982 Prague (Chair Ján Horecký) 1984 Stanford (Chair Yorick Wilks) 1986 Bonn (Chair Makoto Nagao) 1988 Budapest (Chair Eva Hajičová) 1990 Helsinki (Chair Hans Karlgren) 1992 Nantes (Chair Antonio Zampolli) 1994 Kyoto (Chair Makoto Nagao) 1996 Copenhagen (Chair Junichi Tsuji) 1998 Montreal (Chairs Christian Boitet and Pete Whitelock) 2000 Saarbrücken (Chair Martin Kay) 2002 Taipei (Chair Winfried Lenders) 2004 Geneva (Chair Sergei Nirenburg) 2006 Sydney (Chair Nicoletta Calzolari) 2008 Manchester (Chairs Donia Scott and Hans Uszkoreit) 2010 Beijing (Chair Aravind Joshi) 2012 Mumbai (Chairs Martin Kay and Christian Boitet) 2014 Dublin (Chairs Josef Van Genabith and Andy Way) 2016 Osaka (Chair Nicoletta Calzolari) 2018 Santa Fe (Chair Pierre Isabelle) 2020 Barcelona (Chair Donia Scott) 2022 Gyeongju (Chairs Nicoletta Calzolari and Chu-Ren Huang) 2024 Turin collocated with the Language Resources and Evaluation Conference LREC. 2025 Abu Dhabi.

References

External links [1] A list of current and previous ICCL members, a list of past COLINGs, current proposals for COLING conferences and indications on how to propose a COLING conference and what that entails [2] The ACL Anthology with COLING proceedings

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with International Committee on Computational Linguistics

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what International Committee on Computational Linguistics claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to International Committee on Computational Linguistics before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about International Committee on Computational Linguistics ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of International Committee on Computational Linguistics

In research: International Committee on Computational Linguistics appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses International Committee on Computational Linguistics in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: International Committee on Computational Linguistics is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Computational linguistics, Computational linguistics stubs, International professional associations, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for International Committee on Computational Linguistics outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is International Committee on Computational Linguistics in simple terms?

Why does International Committee on Computational Linguistics matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study International Committee on Computational Linguistics?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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