Dear Users,
I have the great honour to inform you that the Call for Proposals for WikiIndaba 2018 is now open. WikiIndaba 2018 is the 3rd conference of African Wikimedia movement and will give to participants the opportunity to share their Wikimedia-related experience and skills with a wide and active African Wikimedia audience. The conference will be held in Tunisia from 16 to 18 March 2018. If you want to participate to WikiIndaba and share your works and thoughts with African Wikimedians, feel free to submit your proposal in https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2018/Submissions. The deadline for giving proposals will be January 15th, 2018.
If you need a scholarship to attend WikiIndaba 2018, you can apply to it in https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJJ2I0FBqp4SuiW5ypj-9lnLaAidUmhMs….
Looking forward to seeing you in Tunis next March.
Yours Sincerely,
Houcemeddine Turki
Felix Nartey
Isla Haddow-Flood
Dear Mr. or Ms.,
I thank you for your support to my AICCSA paper. This is an honour of me. I have done quite all the required revisions. However, its English is still not proofread. I ask if you can verify and adjust the language quality of my AICCSA paper. It is currently available in https://1drv.ms/w/s!AiC69hcGxSVPl1UI1SV81mkr2uVu. As for the grant to attend AICCSA 2017, you can still endorse it in https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Csisc/Presenting_Wikid….<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Csisc/Presenting_Wikid…>
Yours Sincerely,
Houcemeddine Turki
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De : ANLP2017 <anlp2017(a)easychair.org>
Envoyé : mercredi 16 août 2017 00:53
À : Houcemeddine Turki
Objet : ANLP2017 notification for paper 3
Dear Dr.Houcemeddine Turki
Congratulations! On behalf of the ANLP 2017 workshop and Conference Committees of the 14th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications AICCSA 2017, October 30th to November 3rd, 2017.
we are happy to inform you that your paper entitled:
Using WikiData to create a multi-lingual multi-dialectal dictionary for Arabic dialects
has been accepted for presentation and inclusion in the Proceedings of AICCSA - ANLP 2017, published by IEEE.
Please see the reviewers’ comments below on your paper. These comments are intended to help you to improve your paper for final publication. The listed comments should be addressed, as final acceptance is conditional upon appropriate response to the requirements and comments. The conference committee retains a list of certain critical comments to be addressed by authors, and will control that these have been addressed in the camera-ready version.
What is next:
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The AICCSA website is updated now with required information. Please find below the details for the camera ready submission and the registration.
Camera ready submission:
Due date: 31/8/2017
Submission information can be found at the following link: http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/submission
Final Camera Ready and copyright instructions<http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/submission>
www.aiccsa.net
14th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications AICCSA 2017 October 30th to November 3rd, 2017
Paper Registration:
Due date: 8/9/2017
The registration information can be found at the following link: http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/registration
Registration - AICCSA<http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/registration>
www.aiccsa.net
14th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications AICCSA 2017 October 30th to November 3rd, 2017
We are looking to meet you in AICCSA 2017.
Best Regards,
AICCSA - ANLP 2017 Organization Team.
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----------------------- REVIEW 1 ---------------------
PAPER: 3
TITLE: Using WikiData to create a multi-lingual multi-dialectal dictionary for Arabic dialects
AUTHORS: Houcemeddine Turki, Denny Vrandečić, Helmi Hamdi and Imed Adel
Overall evaluation: 1 (weak accept)
----------- Overall evaluation -----------
It is an interesting work with valid assumption and its proposed ideas also in line with the expectation of the event. Overall, I think, this paper is interesting and has good contribution to this topic. However, the authors are advised to have the following points on their revised version:
-Please elaborate in details about the proposed approach with more focusing on the relations between its components, as they are the core of the solution and need more justification of why to use them.
-Overall technical exposition must be strengthened with more concrete examples.
-The authors are urged to summarize and list the key observations from the paper.
-The paper is readable but a language improvement using a native speaker is recommended.
-Some minor editorial issue, like enhancing the plots quality, the equations, etc...
-Many reference are with *incomplete* bibliographic information (like lack of publication venue, for instance). This must be corrected.
In summery, it a well prepared paper.
----------------------- REVIEW 2 ---------------------
PAPER: 3
TITLE: Using WikiData to create a multi-lingual multi-dialectal dictionary for Arabic dialects
AUTHORS: Houcemeddine Turki, Denny Vrandečić, Helmi Hamdi and Imed Adel
Overall evaluation: 0 (borderline paper)
----------- Overall evaluation -----------
The paper technical content is very marginal, the paper has many language and editorial issue,
a better results presentation and figs quality are needed. i guess the paper is not ready for publication yet.
Other issues to be considered too:
- The paper lacks clarity in motivating the proposed research and in stating its expected outcome
- the review of the state of the art lacks an analysis of the existing work and the positioning of the research in the state of the art
- The methodology is too general and does not convincingly show the feasibility of the proposed approach
- the research lacks a concrete illustration on a case study.
recommendation to the authors
- to clearly state the objective of the research in terms of problems to address and expected results and show how the proposed research will advance the state of the art by
overcoming the limitations of the existing work
- to preset an analysis of the state of the art and discuss the benefits/limitations of the existing approaches with respect to the addressed research problem
- to be more precise in the description of the methodology and show how the methodology would achieve the stated objectives
- to discuss the future plans with respect to the research state of progress and its limitations
There is serious issue with many editorials in the paper that need to be fixed, many of the figs are fuzzy and need to be reconsidered again.
Dear Mr. or Ms.,
I thank you for your support to my Wikimedia grant. This is an honour of me. Upon the request of Mr. Federico Leva, I share with you my paper that will be presented in AICCSA 2017. It is currently available in https://1drv.ms/w/s!AiC69hcGxSVPl1UI1SV81mkr2uVu. However, the paper requires to be adjusted. As you can see below, the reviewers have already asked me to do several important adjustments. If someone would like to adjust the paper, he is invited to directly adjust the paper in OneDrive or offline or to reply to this email and explain his proposal. As for the proposal of Mr. Leva, I liked it and I ask if he can give me some details about how to apply it to my research paper. As for the grant, it is still open and that is why I invite you to endorse it in https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Csisc/Presenting_Wikid….<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Csisc/Presenting_Wikid…> This will help me to have the grant to attend this ERA C Class conference.
Yours Sincerely,
Houcemeddine Turki
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Partagé via OneDrive
________________________________
De : ANLP2017 <anlp2017(a)easychair.org>
Envoyé : mercredi 16 août 2017 00:53
À : Houcemeddine Turki
Objet : ANLP2017 notification for paper 3
Dear Dr.Houcemeddine Turki
Congratulations! On behalf of the ANLP 2017 workshop and Conference Committees of the 14th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications AICCSA 2017, October 30th to November 3rd, 2017.
we are happy to inform you that your paper entitled:
Using WikiData to create a multi-lingual multi-dialectal dictionary for Arabic dialects
has been accepted for presentation and inclusion in the Proceedings of AICCSA - ANLP 2017, published by IEEE.
Please see the reviewers’ comments below on your paper. These comments are intended to help you to improve your paper for final publication. The listed comments should be addressed, as final acceptance is conditional upon appropriate response to the requirements and comments. The conference committee retains a list of certain critical comments to be addressed by authors, and will control that these have been addressed in the camera-ready version.
What is next:
-------------
The AICCSA website is updated now with required information. Please find below the details for the camera ready submission and the registration.
Camera ready submission:
Due date: 31/8/2017
Submission information can be found at the following link: http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/submission
Final Camera Ready and copyright instructions<http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/submission>
www.aiccsa.net
14th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications AICCSA 2017 October 30th to November 3rd, 2017
Paper Registration:
Due date: 8/9/2017
The registration information can be found at the following link: http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/registration
Registration - AICCSA<http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/registration>
www.aiccsa.net
14th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications AICCSA 2017 October 30th to November 3rd, 2017
We are looking to meet you in AICCSA 2017.
Best Regards,
AICCSA - ANLP 2017 Organization Team.
==============================
----------------------- REVIEW 1 ---------------------
PAPER: 3
TITLE: Using WikiData to create a multi-lingual multi-dialectal dictionary for Arabic dialects
AUTHORS: Houcemeddine Turki, Denny Vrandečić, Helmi Hamdi and Imed Adel
Overall evaluation: 1 (weak accept)
----------- Overall evaluation -----------
It is an interesting work with valid assumption and its proposed ideas also in line with the expectation of the event. Overall, I think, this paper is interesting and has good contribution to this topic. However, the authors are advised to have the following points on their revised version:
-Please elaborate in details about the proposed approach with more focusing on the relations between its components, as they are the core of the solution and need more justification of why to use them.
-Overall technical exposition must be strengthened with more concrete examples.
-The authors are urged to summarize and list the key observations from the paper.
-The paper is readable but a language improvement using a native speaker is recommended.
-Some minor editorial issue, like enhancing the plots quality, the equations, etc...
-Many reference are with *incomplete* bibliographic information (like lack of publication venue, for instance). This must be corrected.
In summery, it a well prepared paper.
----------------------- REVIEW 2 ---------------------
PAPER: 3
TITLE: Using WikiData to create a multi-lingual multi-dialectal dictionary for Arabic dialects
AUTHORS: Houcemeddine Turki, Denny Vrandečić, Helmi Hamdi and Imed Adel
Overall evaluation: 0 (borderline paper)
----------- Overall evaluation -----------
The paper technical content is very marginal, the paper has many language and editorial issue,
a better results presentation and figs quality are needed. i guess the paper is not ready for publication yet.
Other issues to be considered too:
- The paper lacks clarity in motivating the proposed research and in stating its expected outcome
- the review of the state of the art lacks an analysis of the existing work and the positioning of the research in the state of the art
- The methodology is too general and does not convincingly show the feasibility of the proposed approach
- the research lacks a concrete illustration on a case study.
recommendation to the authors
- to clearly state the objective of the research in terms of problems to address and expected results and show how the proposed research will advance the state of the art by
overcoming the limitations of the existing work
- to preset an analysis of the state of the art and discuss the benefits/limitations of the existing approaches with respect to the addressed research problem
- to be more precise in the description of the methodology and show how the methodology would achieve the stated objectives
- to discuss the future plans with respect to the research state of progress and its limitations
There is serious issue with many editorials in the paper that need to be fixed, many of the figs are fuzzy and need to be reconsidered again.
Dear Mr. or Ms.,
I was accepted several days ago to present my paper about using Wikidata in Arabic Natural Language Processing in AICCSA. AICCSA is an ERA C Class international conference that is attended by hundreds of researchers each year. As I cannot pay the registration and accomodation fees for the conference, I applied for a rapid grant from Wikimedia Foundation. I ask if you can endorse my application available in https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Csisc/Presenting_Wikid… so that I will not cancel my participation to this international conference due to the lack of means.
Yours Sincerely,
Houcemeddine Turki
Hello everyone,
If you are interested in The Wikipedia Library or Wikipedia and
Libraries, we have an event that might just suit you. We're talking
about the *Birds of a feather discussion: Wikipedia + Libraries Meetup*
that will happen in Wikimania 2017 on Friday, August 11.
If you are coming in-person, come join us in the venue at the time given
below!
Venue: *Joyce/Jarry (level A)*
Time: *Friday August 11, 13:00 - 13:30 EDT (17:00 - 17:30 UTC)*
You'll be getting a chance to meet librarians, Wikipedians, publishers
and other community leaders. You'll also learn how to get involved in
your community, how to collaborate and how to take upon projects and
create an impact.
If you won't be able to join us in-person, we'll also be taking your
questions from the Wikipedia + Libraries Etherpad
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikipedia_%2B_Libraries> and the
Wikipedia + Libraries Facebook group
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikiLibrary/>. Please ask your question
in the above forums and we'll try our best to bring them into the
discussion.
For more information on the event, please refer to the submission page
<https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wikipedia_%2B_Librarie…>.
For a list of all Wikipedia and Libraries related events, please visit
this meta page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Library_User_Group/Wikimania_2017>.
Thank you,
Aaron
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Global Coordinator
The Wikipedia Library
Wikimedia Foundation
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