Editorial Note

Abstract

I am honoured to address you as the new Executive Editor of the journal, a role I took on recently from Professor John Tait. As someone who, along with the other editors and members of the Editorial Board, has the responsibility for the overall quality of the journal, my main goal is to continue actively pursuing the journal objectives and to raise the standards even higher. These objectives are concerned with promoting applied natural language processing (NLP) research in the form of first-class original research and with bridging the gap between traditional computational linguistics research and the implementation of practical applications with potential real-world use.