This conference, which uses Open Conference Systems developed by the Public Knowledge Project, enables participants to submit abstracts, papers, posters or panels online at http://www.lib.unb.ca/casta2006/submit.php.

Submissions can include:

Call for Papers Announcement

This year’s CaSTA conference, Breadth of Text, is about the extent and diversity of research around texts. The conference addresses three sub-themes, falling under the concept of “text analysis”:

·Text analysis from a Humanities Computing perspective
·Interface Design and usability issues
·Applying Computer Science research to textual questions

The CaSTA Program Committee invites submissions that focus on the ways in which researchers mine, manipulate and use electronic texts, where “texts” are understood in a broad sense to extend to and include multimedia. The field of enquiry extends to Computer Science, Information Science, Cognitive Science, new media and the Humanities.

The Program Committee welcomes and encourages papers from disciplines that speak to one or more of the conference themes. All submissions will undergo a blind review process by a minimum of three peer reviewers.

All accepted papers and posters will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Print copies of the proceedings will be distributed at the conference to participants. Abstracts of accepted papers will be published on the conference Web site prior to the start of the conference. The complete proceedings online will be available under open access licensing through the conference Web site, employing a local implementation of the Open Conference Systems (OCS). Selected papers will be included in a special issue of Text Technology (TT), a peer reviewed journal, published at McMaster University. Original papers will be reviewed and included in the print journal or in the online Web supplement to Text Technology.

Some of the questions expected to be addressed at the Conference are:

·What textual research methodologies can be automated or assisted by computing?
·How can computing assist us in visualizing electronic texts?
·What data mining techniques are there for answering interesting questions relevant to humanist enquiry within large bodies of texts?
·How can text analysis research benefit and learn from applied text systems in such areas as science, law, and digital libraries?
·What new models are there for navigating and displaying textual information, including multimedia?
·What is some of the current research in computer science that may have an application in humanist enquiry?
·What roles do genres (both traditional and digital) play in the development of
and use of digital text?
·How are new interaction devices (from handhelds to tabletops, wall displays and
wearable devices) changing the way that we interact with text?
·How are they changing design models for digital text?
·How do we evaluate the effectiveness and usefulness of new methodologies and
technologies for using and studying text?
·What open questions in Humanities Computing can be addressed by further computer science research?

Papers, panels, and poster submissions are invited:

·Paper submissions are to be between 1500 and 2500 words in length and must include an abstract (200-250 words)
·Panel session submission ( a themed group of three to five papers) are to be between 1200 – 1500 words with abstracts (200-250 words)
·Poster submissions are to be between 500-750 words and must include an abstract (100-150 words)
·Individual papers will be allocated 20 minutes for presentation, including questions
·Poster presenters will be provided with approximately two square metres of board space. Posters will remain on display throughout the conference and there will be a designated session time for presenters to discuss their work. Interactive posters making use of wireless Internet access are welcome. Graduate students are encouraged to make a submission and some financial support is available (on a competetive basis) for graduate students to attend.
·The Organizing Committee will award 1st, $150.00, and 2nd place, $100.00, prizes to the best CaSTA 2006 posters.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission Deadline: April 13, 2006
Notification of Acceptance: May 31, 2006
Poster Submission Deadline: June 30, 2006
Poster Notification of Acceptance: August 4, 2006
Author Registration Deadline: August 15, 2006
Final Manuscript Due: August 15, 2006

FORMAT OF SUBMISSIONS:

·ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE ELECTRONIC. Hard copies will not be accepted.
·Prepare submissions according to the guidelines below; you can view example documents for both Humanities and Sciences. A poster template (MS Powerpoint format) is available here.
·Papers and posters can be submitted using MS Word or as a PDF file using 8 1/2” x 11” (21.5 cm x 28 cm) as a standard paper size
·Single Column
·Single-spaced
·Letting 1 & ½ spaces between lines
·Body of text in 12 pt Times New Roman Font
·All margins set at ¾” (1.87cm)
·TYPE OF PROPOSAL: paper, panel, or poster
·TITLE: title of paper, panel , or poster
·KEYWORDS: three to five keywords describing main contents of paper, panel or poster
·AUTHOR: name of each
·AFFILIATION: of each
·E-MAIL: of each
·CONTACT ADDRESS:
·FAX NUMBER:
·PHONE NUMBER:


To submit proposal, available February 1, use the submission link below.