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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are happy to announce the 1st International Workshop on Next-Generation Language Models for Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (NeLaMKRR 2024), associated with the 21st International Conference
on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR 2024).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">==Workshop Highlights==<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Theme: Exploring the intersection of language models and knowledge representation and reasoning in domains including medicine, law, economics and science.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Aim: To foster discussions on enhancing reasoning capabilities of language models, knowledge infusion, assessment of reasoning accuracy, and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">==Call for Contributions==<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We invite regular papers (up to 9 pages) and position papers (up to 5 pages) on topics including but not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Reasoning abilities in language models<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Knowledge injection and extraction mechanisms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Techniques for enhancing predictability in language model reasoning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Domain-specific applications in medicine, law, and science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">==Submission Details==<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Format according to KR 2024 guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Submit via: <a href="https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/KR2024/Track/24/Submission/Create">
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/KR2024/Track/24/Submission/Create</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Peer-reviewed by at least two program committee members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">==Important Dates==<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Submission Deadline: July 28, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Notification: August 21, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Registration Deadline: September 4, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Workshop Dates: November 2-8, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">==Workshop Format==<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The workshop will include invited talks, oral and poster presentations of papers, and panel discussions, fostering a dynamic exchange of ideas and promoting networking.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">==Target Audience==<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This workshop is designed for interdisciplinary researchers and professionals in AI, NLP, and ML, focusing on reasoning and knowledge-intensive applications across various domains.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">==Organizers=<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Ken Satoh, Ha-Thanh Nguyen (NII, Tokyo)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Francesca Toni (Imperial College London)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Randy Goebel (University of Alberta)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Kostas Stathis (Royal Holloway University of London)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We look forward to your contributions and participation in making NeLaMKRR 2024 a success!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Visit NeLaMKRR 2024 Home Page:
<a href="https://jurisinformaticscenter.github.io/NeLaMKRR2024/">https://jurisinformaticscenter.github.io/NeLaMKRR2024/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Note: This call for contributions may also interest your colleagues; please feel free to forward this invitation to them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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