MCLC offers a less formal forum for computational linguistics researchers to get together and present ideas and research results. It is intended to be primarily for researchers from the Midwest region, but applications from all regions are welcome.
Each abstract will be reviewed by at least two reviewers. The major criteria of evaluation will be the originality, soundness, and clarity of the research idea presented and the relevance of the topic to the colloquium.
Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited (but not required) to submit a 4-8 page full paper using the ACL style files for the proceedings, which will be distributed in a CD. Copyright of a submitted paper remains with the author(s).