22nd HIMALAYAN SYMPOSIUM

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI

CALL FOR PAPERS We are delighted to inform that the 22nd Himalayan Languages Symposium will be held at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati from June 8-10, 2016, jointly hosted by the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS) and the Center for Linguistic Science and Technology (CLST). The Himalayan Languages Symposium is a multidisciplinary conference that covers a broad range of topics of the Himalayan languages. As mentioned in the official website of Himalayan Languages Symposium (http://www.himalayansymposium.org/), contributions are welcome on any of the greater Himalayan region, e.g. , Kusunda, Tibeto-Burman, Indo-Iranian, Austroasiatic, Kradai, Andamanese, Nihali, Dravidian etc. Contributions are also invited from related disciplines such as history, anthropology, archaeology and prehistory focusing on the greater Himalayan region. This year at IIT Guwahati, we will pay special attention to the following areas of research in the Himalayan Languages: 1) Phonetics and Phonology 2) Cognitive 3) Syntax 4) Semantics IMPORTANT DATES 5) 6) Language Technology Development Paper submission: FEB 15, 2016 7) Natural Language Processing 8) Writing systems and typography Acceptance notice: MAR 10, 2016 9) Language and Politics 10) Migration pattern of the Himalayan region Conference dates: JUN 8-10, 2016 11) History of linguistic research 12) Speech Technology 13) Second Language Acquisition

PAPER SUBMISSION We invite short 4 page papers for submission. These short papers will help us evaluate the merit of the presentations better and additionally, it will be possible for us to archive the papers in the digital repository of CLST at IIT Guwahati. The format for submission of short papers is available at http://www.iitg.ernet.in/hls22/backup/HLS22template.docx. Selected papers presented at the conference are likely to be invited for submission as full length papers in a volume to be published after the conference.

REGISTRATION & ACCOMMODATION Details about accommodation will be available soon on our official website. Accommodation for HLS22 will be provided on campus. IIT Guwahati has a number of rooms booked for the conference in the guest house along with rooms in the student dorms. More information about accommodation will be available in the official website of HLS22 soon.

IMPORTANT LINKS Conference website: http://www.iitg.ernet.in/hls22/ Paper submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hls22 Paper template: http://www.iitg.ernet.in/hls22/backup/HLS22template.docx