Call for papers

We invite submissions on all topics related to reference production, and particularly encourage work that combines experimental, computational and theoretical approaches. Specific topics include, but are not limited to: 

• collaborative reference, referring expressions in interactive settings, audience/recipient design
• non-determinism in reference production: how to algorithmically model non-determinism and individual variation in human reference production?
• interaction between comprehension and production of referring expressions
• visual scene perception and its influence on the production of referring expressions
• psychologically plausible computational models of reference production
• when and how do human speakers produce complex descriptions (e.g., plurals, quantified descriptions, relational descriptions)?
• vagueness: the use of vague (e.g. gradable) predicates in referring expressions
• referential over- and underspecification: why and how do speakers produce over- or underspecified descriptions?
• common ground, cooperativeness and shared/private information in reference
• realization of referring expressions (including speech and gesture)
• how do social and contextual factors influence reference production
• data-collection and experimental evaluation method 

Extended abstract submission:

Paper selection will be based on extended, 1000-word abstracts. The only accepted format for submitted abstracts is PDF. Abstracts should be submitted here.

Final submission:

Upon acceptance, authors are invited to prepare a 4-6 page paper using the CogSci author kit. Final versions need to be submitted as PDF. Papers will be published in on line proceedings, and the authors retain the copyrights. 

If authors have any questions, they should contact the workshop organizers at precogsci2013@gmail.com