International Conference LiLaC (Literature - Language - Computing)

Organized by:
St Petersburg University
Aim of the conference – to provide an opportunity for scientific dialogue to specialists using computer technologies in the study of the Russian language and Russian literature, as well as in comparative studies based on various languages.
Among the topics to be discussed at the conference are the following:
- computer technologies in philological comparative studies;
- digital technologies in the study of Russian and foreign literature;
- corpora of the Russian language and Russian speech;
- modern approaches to translation from Russian or into Russian;
- new technologies in teaching Russian as a foreign language;
- computational methods in philology.  
The list of possible topics is not limited to those listed. 
Languages of the conference: Russian & English 
Program includes: Presentations (up to 20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion) and flash talks (up to 7 minutes).  
Submission process: Selected revised papers will be published as a peer-reviewed volume. Abstracts should be submitted before May 20, 2022 via conference website – https://regforms.spbu.ru/ru/?option=com_rsform&view=rsform&formId=1690. Authors are invited to submit full papers of 8-14 pages formatted in the Springer LNCS style in PDF (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines). If you wish to include any specific symbols (such as phonetic transcription), please submit your paper both in DOC and PDF format. Each paper will be reviewed by at least three independent reviewers (double-blind). Papers submitted to LiLaC must not be under review by any other conference or publication, and must not be previously published or accepted for publication elsewhere. Submissions are restricted to at most two per applicant and each applicant may submit only one abstract as a first author. Notification of acceptance follows on July 10, 2022.  
Venue:
St. Petersburg University / online 
Registration fee – 10000 rubles (per paper). 
Important dates: Submission deadline: May 20, 2022 Notification of acceptance: July 10, 2022 Deadline for camera-ready papers: July 31, 2022 Registration starts: August 15, 2022 Early-bird registration ends: September 30, 2022 Conference: November 10-12, 2022 
Submission deadline: May 20, 2022
 Notification of acceptance: July 10, 2022
Deadline for camera-ready papers: July 31, 2022
Registration starts: August 15, 2022
Early-bird registration ends: September 30, 2022
Conference: November 10-12, 2022
If you have any questions and need further information please contact Polina Maksimova: lilac@spbu.ru