Proposal to Host ACL/EACL’01
The Laboratoire LARIS, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion-Sfax, Université de Sfax is proud to invite ACL/EACL’01 to come to Hammamet, Tunisia.
LOCATION: Hammamet, Tunisia
For visitors and Tunisians alike Hammamet is another word for vacations and its ritual of sun bathing on spotless beaches, the gasp of cool water on bronzed skin, dinner on the patio of a beachfront hotel, midnight swims, discos and watching the sun rise in the mirror of the sea.
Hammamet, the "Tunisian Saint Tropez", is all this and more. It is a way of life, taking the time to relax, meet old friends and make new ones. It's fishermen in brightly painted boats setting out at dawn, the medina surrounded by its ramparts and crowned by an ancient fort overlooking the sea, fashionable boutiques where resplendent traditional tunics and caftans rival the shimmering sun.
The Gulf of Hammamet shelters miles of fine sandy beaches, sparkling seas and modern hotels dedicated to the comfort a well being of their guests. A variety of sea sports, folklore, exhibitions, festivals and amusements are provided for a memorable vacation.
LOCATION AND ACCESS:
South of the Cap Bon peninsula, Hammamet is 64km south of Tunis by motorway, and about 100 km north of Monastir by motorway.
Railway station: routes to Tunis and Sousse.
Most international flights to Tunisia are accessible through the international airports in Tunis and Monastir, which are the closest to Hammamet:
Tunis-Carthage Airport:
Tel: (216) 1 755 000
Fax: (216) 1 781 460
Distance from major town: 8km
Name of town: Tunis
Operating hours: 24 hours
Customs facilities: 24 hours
Passengers Facilities:
Banks: BNA-STB-BS-BIAT
Duty Free Shops: Yes
Medical facilities
Car Hire - Taxis — Buses
Monastir H. Bourguiba Airport:
Tel: (216) 3 460 300
Fax: (216) 3 460 318
Distance from major town: 9km
Name of town: Monastir
Operating hours: 24 hours
Customs facilities: 24 hours
Passengers Facilities:
Banks: BNA-STB-BS-UBCI
Duty Free Shops: Yes
Medical facilities
Car Hire- Taxis - Buses
CONFERENCE VENUE:
Hotel Sol Azur is about 1km from Hammamet center city, with a beach front and
a 12 hectare exotic park. It is a 4 star hotel.
Sol Azur can reserve in advance 100 double rooms with a view on the beach for the conference. All rooms are air-conditioned and include a phone, TV, mini-bar, safety box….
HOTELS:
Being a tourist destination, Hammamet contains several hotels as well as a Youth Hostel (Aubèrge des Jeunes). We have included at the end a list of hotels in the region.
STUDENT DORMS:
Student dorms are in Nabeul, 10 km north-east of Hammamet. Local bus service (with a cheap fare) and taxies are frequently available between the two cities. Proof of student registration is required. A room is for $10/week.
Local CL Community
Proposed Date
Fourth week of June 2001
, in order to benefit from the off-season low prices of hotels.The weather around this time of the year is as follows:
Temp.
°F/°C Afternoon Precipitation Rel. (%)Temp.°F/°C (inches) Humidity
MAY 60°/15° 76°/24° 6 66
JUN 67°/19° 83°/28° 2 66
JUL 71°/21° 88°/31° 1 66
Meeting Space
Hotel Sol Azur will reserve for the conference:
A/V Equipment
All A/V equipment is available at the hotel sight. In addition, Laboratoire LARIS will provide any special equipment (e.g., data show, television, camera, PCs, video-display, copier.)
Food/Entertainment/Banquet/Receptions
FOOD:
The hotel and several area restaurants offer buffet meals for around $12/person, as well as menu meals. Hotel Sol Azur also offers bed and breakfast and lunch for around $60/person.
BANQUET/RECEPTION:
Hotel Sol Azur will organize both the banquet and a welcome reception at the hotel. The banquet will be a dinner at the pool-side with entertainment.
EXCURSION:
Hotel Sol Azur will organize an excursion to the two famous northern towns Carthage and Sidi Bou.
LEISURE:
Pool, tennis courts, beaches, water skiing, golf, horse riding, thalassotherapy (at the Sol Azur hotel).
Local Arrangements
CHAIR:
Is the chairman of the organizing committee of ACIDCA’2000 (International onference for Artificial and Computational Intelligence for Decision Control and Automation); was the chairman of RIFRA’98 (International Workshop "Rencontre Internationale sur le Filtrage et Résumé Automatique") and two Summer Schools on "Object oriented Engineering systems" and "Recent advanced research on Information systems" . His research interest is natural language processing and especially : Spelling correction, Automatic abstracting,, and Lingware Engineering.
COMMITTEE:
Is a member of the organizing Committee of ACIDCA’2000 (International onference for Artificial and Computational Intelligence for Decision Control and Automation); was a member of the organizing committee of RIFRA’98 (International Workshop "Rencontre Internationale sur le Filtrage et Résumé Automatique"), Sfax, Tunisia. His research interest is natural language processing and especially Syntactic analysis.
Is the chairman of the organizing committee of ACIDCA’2000 (International onference for Artificial and Computational Intelligence for Decision Control and Automation); was member of the organizing committee of EMAD’99 (Ecolde Multi-critère d’Aide à la Décision), Gammarth, Tunisia, and RIFRA’98 (International Workshop "Rencontre Internationale sur le Filtrage et Résumé Automatique"). Her research interest is natural language processing and especially : detection and correction of grammatical errors and syntactic analysis.
Was the chairman of the organizing committee of CONCUR’95 (International Conference on Concurrency Theory), Philadelphia, PA, USA; PC member of ISORC’98 (International Symposium on Object-Oriented and Real-Time Computing) and RTAS’99 (IEEE Conference on Real-Time Applications and Operating Systems). Her research interests include formal methods for distributed systems, and tool development to apply formal methods in lingware engineering.
Was a member of the organizing committee of RIFRA’98. Her research interests are natural language processing and model-based automatic summary.
Was a member of the organizing committee of "Journée sur les Systèmes d’Information: nouvelles tendances’97", Mahdia, Tunisia, and "Journée sur l’Approche Objet’95", Mahdia, Tunisia. His research interest is natural language interfaces and especially man-machine interfaces.
Is a member of the organizing committee of ACIDCA’2000; was a member of the organizing committee of "Journée sur les Systèmes d’Information: nouvelles tendances’97", Mahdia, Tunisia, and "Journée sur l’Approche Objet’95", Mahdia, Tunisia. His research interests include coorperative information systems, OO design, and conceptual reuse for design.
Is a member of the organizing committee of ACIDCA’2000, Sfax, Tunisia, and "Journée sur les Systèmes d’Information: nouvelles tendances’97", Mahdia, Tunisia. His research interests include cooperative knowledge-based systems and multi-agent systems.
Is a member of the organizing committee of ACIDCA’2000; was a member of the organizing committee of RIFRA’98. His research interests are natural language processing and automatic text filtering.
VOLUNTEER LABOR:
Graduate students as well as the committee members will ensure all the labor needed throughout the conference.
REGISTRATION/INFORMATION DESK:
Graduate students will insure that a registration and information desk will be available in the hotel lobby throughout the conference.
Sponsorships
Locally, we can benefit from the following sponsors:
Budget Estimates