TAC 2008 papers, posters, and presentations
Each team that submits runs for evaluation is requested to write a
paper for the TAC 2008 proceedings that describes how the runs were
produced (to the extent that intellectual property concerns allow) and
any additional experiments or analysis conducted using TAC 2008 data.
A draft version of the proceedings papers is distributed as a notebook
to TAC 2008 workshop attendees. The final proceedings are published
only after the workshop. The notebook version of papers gives
workshop attendees something concrete to discuss during the meeting
itself, while the final proceedings give participants the opportunity
to revise their papers based on findings from workshop discussion.
All teams are strongly encouraged to present their system(s) and
results during a poster session at the TAC 2008 workshop. A limited
number of teams are also allowed to give full oral presentations at
the workshop; full presentations are selected by the TAC Advisory
Committee based on presentation proposals
rather than on entire papers.
Unless specifically invited by the TAC Advisory Committee, a team may
contribute a paper to the proceedings and give a presentation at the
TAC 2008 workshop only if it has also submitted at least one run for
evaluation.
Copyright release
Any organization whose paper will appear in the TAC proceedings must
sign a copyright release
form. The senior author at each organization can sign for other
authors, but if a team consists of multiple organizations, a signed
copyright release form is required from each organization.
To submit copyright forms: Print out the copyright form, fill
it in, sign it, and fax it to NIST when the notebook paper is
submitted. (Teams that are giving an oral presentation must also
fill in the speaker section of the form.) Please provide a cover
sheet with the team name, email address, and subject "TAC 2008
copyright release" and fax to:
ATTN: Lori Buckland
Fax #: +1 301-975-5287
Papers
Each team is requested to write a paper that will be included in the
workshop notebook and the final proceedings. The paper should consist
of a description of the team's TAC 2008 system(s) and any additional
experiments or analysis of TAC 2008 tasks, evaluations, and results.
Papers do not undergo a standard peer review, although the TAC
Advisory Committee reserves the right to exclude non-responsive
papers. (Participants are encouraged to expand on the work reported
in their TAC proceedings papers and submit the results to
peer-reviewed conferences, journals, and other venues.)
Each team should write a single paper for all tracks in which the
team participated. Paper length is limited to 10 pages for the first
track, plus two additional pages per additional track (e.g., a team that
submits runs for three tracks would be allowed a total of 14 pages).
NIST reserves the right to exclude papers that exceed the page limit.
Papers must print in black-and-white on 8.5 x 11 inch paper.
These are the only paper formatting requirements:
- standard US-letter size (not A4)
- minimum 10pt type
- no page numbers
- maximum 10 pages for the first track, plus 2 additional pages for each additional track
- authors' names and affiliations should appear on the paper
- single .pdf or .ps file only (no Word documents)
The notebook paper and signed copyright release form(s) should be
submitted to NIST by Wednesday, October 22. The paper should be
submitted using the online paper
submission form. The copyright release
form(s) should be sent by fax when the paper is submitted.
Posters
Each team is strongly encouraged to present a poster at the TAC 2008
workshop. Posters should be no more than 4 feet wide and 5 feet tall.
Pins are provided to attach the poster to a padded wall in a hallway
(so it is better to not back the poster with anything like foamcore).
Prior to the poster session, all teams are invited to give a boaster
for their poster. A boaster is a very short (maximum 3-minute)
"advertisement" for the poster that helps everyone identify those
posters they particularly want to see.
Poster requests should be emailed to [email protected] by October 3
and should include the team ID. Requests made after October 3 are
accepted only if space allows.
Full Presentations
While all teams are allowed to give a poster/boaster at the TAC 2008
workshop, there is time for only a limited number of teams to give a full oral
presentation (approximately 25 minutes long). Each team may submit up
to three presentation proposals -- one for each track in which it
participated. For the purposes of presentations, the Opinion
Summarization pilot is considered part of the Opinion QA track, and a
single proposal is requested for presentations dealing with either
Opinion QA or Opinion Summarization (or both).
A presentation proposal should consist of a short abstract about the
team's experiments in that track. The abstract should not just give a
general description of the system, but should emphasize what
experiments were done and why they are interesting or unusual. Each
abstract should be no more than 500 words. Do not send entire
papers or presentation slides. Abstracts should be simple ASCII
text and should be emailed as separate attachments to
[email protected]. Please include the team ID in the email message
and rank the proposals by the team's desire to present each proposed
talk. For example:
- Update Summarization
- RTE
- Opinion QA/Summarization
The Advisory Committee selects the final set of proposals to accept
for presentation, factoring in the intrinsic value of each proposal,
the needs of the program, and the desirability ranking provided by the
team.
The deadline for submitting full presentation proposals is September
21. Teams are notified by October 7 whether a proposal has been
accepted for presentation.
Schedule
TAC 2008 Schedule |
September 21 | Deadline for workshop presentation proposals |
October 3 | Deadline for requests for poster slot |
October 7 | Notification of acceptance of presentation proposals |
October 22 | Deadline for participants' notebook papers, copyright release forms |
November 17-19 | TAC 2008 workshop in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA |
early February 2009 | Deadline for participants' final proceedings papers |