===================================================================== MACHINE TRANSLATION SUMMIT VII "MT in the Great Translation Era" September 13-17, 1999, Singapore 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS ===================================================================== MT Summit VII solicits submissions of research papers, system presentations, and user reports in the broad field of machine translation and natural language processing. Important Dates: 30 April 1999 Paper submission deadline (Note: The date has changed since the 1st CFP.) 30 May 1999 Notifications 15 July 1999 Final camera-ready copy deadline Please see the "Paper Submission" section below for the details. MT Summit VII will also have many invited presentations by researchers, users and policy makers from all parts of the world. Featured Speakers: Martin Kay, Xerox PARC and Stanford University Jo Lernout, Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products nv Toru Nishigaki, University of Tokyo Makoto Nagao, Kyoto University Please see the "Invited Speakers" section below for the details. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Further Information: Please visit our Web-site for up-to-date MT SUMMIT VII information: http://www.krdl.org.sg/mts99 or http://www.jeida.or.jp/aamt/mts99.html By e-mail, please contact the AAMT secretariat: aamt0002@infotokyo.or.jp ===================================================================== The seventh Machine Translation Summit, organized by the Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation (AAMT), will be held at Kent Ridge Digital Labs on the campus of National University of Singapore from 13 to 17 September 1999. Meetings of the MT Summit have been held once every two years since 1987 under the auspices of AAMT, EAMT (European Association for Machine Translation) and AMTA (Association for Machine Translation in the Americas). MT Summit VII, which is the last conference of the 20th century in the premier series of conferences on machine translation, will provide a forum for discussing the prospect of MT and related areas in the coming century. MT Summit VII will feature an expanded program including research papers, reports on users' experiences, discussions of policy issues, invited talks, panels, exhibitions, tutorials, and workshops. AAMT invites all who are interested in any aspect of machine translation - researchers, developers, providers, users, and watchers - to participate in the conference. The schedule of MT Summit VII is outlined as follows: Monday, 13 September: Tutorials Reception Tuesday, 14 September: Main conference Exhibition Wednesday, 15 September: Main conference Exhibition Banquet Thursday, 16 September: Main conference Exhibition Friday, 17 September: Workshops ----------------------------------------------------------------- Paper Submission MT Summit VII seeks original papers in all aspects of machine translation. Topics of interests include, but are not limited to: - Methodologies for MT (rule-based, knowledge-based, analogy-based, statistics-based, etc.) - Practical MT systems (MT for professional translation, MT for the Internet, MT for localization, etc.) - Translation aids (translation memory, terminology databases, etc.) - Speech and dialogue translation - Natural language analysis and generation techniques - Dictionaries and lexicons for MT systems - Text corpora for MT and knowledge extraction from corpora - Human factors in MT and user interfaces - Evaluation techniques - Standards in text and lexicon encoding for MT - Cross-lingual information retrieval - MT and related technologies (information retrieval, text categorization, text summarization, information extraction, etc.) There will be three categories of papers: (1) Research papers: Submissions are invited for reports of significant research results in any aspect of machine translation and related areas. Such reports should include a substantial evaluative component. Papers should be in English, not longer than 5,000 words. (2) System presentations with demos: Submissions are invited for reports on the design, implementation, operation and evaluation of operational and prototype systems. Reports should be in English, not longer than 2,000 words. (3) User studies: Submissions are invited for reports on users' experiences with applying MT to some task, evaluation of MT systems, analysis of MT markets, etc. Reports should be in English, not longer than 5,000 words. All types of papers should be submitted to the address below and must be received by the indicated date. Papers should include a cover page with the following information: - paper title, - author(s)' name(s), affiliation(s), address(es), and e-mail address(es), - 200 word abstract, - for research papers: up to 5 keywords, - for system presentations with demos: the word "System presentation with demo", and the hardware, software and network requirement for the demonstration, - for user studies: the word "User study". Please mail 4 hardcopies of the paper to: MT Summit VII Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation (AAMT) 3F, Shiba-Koen Sanada Bldg. 3-5-12 Shiba-Koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan In addition, please submit an ASCII version of the cover page electronically to: aamt0001@infotokyo.or.jp Important Dates: 30 April 1999 Paper submission deadline (Note: The date has changed since the 1st CFP.) 30 May 1999 Notifications 15 July 1999 Final camera-ready copy deadline ----------------------------------------------------------------- Invited Speakers In addition to submitted paper sessions, the conference program will include a keynote speech, invited talks, regional reports, special sessions on selected topics, and panel discussions. Following is a list of invited speakers. Opening session: Representative of Singapore Government Representative of MITI of Japanese Government Keynote speech: Hozumi Tanaka, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (President, International Association for Machine Translation) Invited talks: Martin Kay, Xerox PARC and Stanford University, USA Prof. Kay, who has been a leading scientist in computational linguistics and machine translation, will present a technological perspective of MT. Jo Lernout, Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products nv, Belgium Dr. Lernout, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the field of speech and language, will present an industrial prospect of MT and related technologies. Toru Nishigaki, University of Tokyo, Japan Prof. Nishigaki, who is an interdisciplinary researcher in computer science and sociology, will give an enlightening talk on social implications of MT. Special talk (at Banquet): Makoto Nagao, Kyoto University, Japan Prof. Nagao, President of Kyoto University and the founding President of IAMT (The International Association for Machine Translation) and AAMT, who is a pioneer of MT as well as a wide areas of AI, will give a talk at the Banquet which will take place on September 15th, 1999. Survey reports on MT in each area: - Asia Hemant Darbari, Center for Developemnt of Advanced Computing, India Aiping Fu, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China Hirosato Nomura, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan Se-Young Park, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea - Europe Rose Lockwood, Equipe Consortium Ltd., UK - North America Elliott Macklovitch, Universite de Montreal, Canada Special sessions: ( *) Coordinator) "Controlled Language" Hiroyuki Kaji,*) Hitachi, Ltd., Japan Uus Knops, LANT nv, Belgium Teruko Mitamura, Carnegie Mellon University, USA "Localization" Virginia Cha,*) Star+Globe Technologies, Singapore Michael Anobile, Localisation Industry Standard Association, Switzerland Stanley Park, International Transformational Information Corp., Korea "MT and Speech" Key-Sun Choi,*) Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and Korea Terminology Research Center for Language and Knowledge Engineering, Korea Hitoshi Iida, ATR Interpreting Telecommunications Research Laboratories and SONY Computer Science Laboratories Inc., Japan Gianni Lazzari, Instituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologia, Italy "Multilingual Information Access" Vilas Wuwongse,*) Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Thomas Baker, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Sung H. Myaeng, Chungnam National University, Korea "MT from the Research Perspective" Dominique Estival,*) University of Melbourne, Australia (TBA) (TBA) "Views from Users" Hirosato Nomura,*) Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan (TBA) (TBA) "MT for the Next Century" Jun-ichi Tsujii,*) University of Tokyo, Japan, and University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK Eduard Hovy, USC Information Sciences Institute, USA Shin-ichiro Kamei, NEC Corporation, Japan Keh-Yih Su, Behavior Design Corporation, Taiwan Yorick Wilks, Sheffield University, UK (TBA) From MT users (TBA) From MT users Panels: ( *) Moderator) "International Cooperation - From Funding Agencies' Point of View" Antonio Sanfilippo,*) European Commission, Luxembourg Roberto Cencioni, European Commission, Luxembourg (TBC) Lianzhong He, Development and Planning Commission of China, China (TBC) Akira Kubota, MITI, Japan Ronald Larsen, DARPA, USA Gary Strong, NSF, USA "MT Evaluation" Margaret King,*) University of Geneva, Switzerland Eduard Hovy, USC Information Sciences Institute, USA Benjamin K. Tsou, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong John White, Litton PRC, USA Yusoff Zaharin, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia Closing session: John Hutchins, University of East Anglia, UK ----------------------------------------------------------------- Exhibition Many commercial and research systems, including a speech translation system by C-STAR Consortium (ATR, CMU, etc.), will be demonstrated in exhibit booths throughout the conference. About 30 booths will be prepared for exhibitors. Spaces will be allocated to applicants on a first-come, first-served basis. If you would like to exhibit, please contact the Exhibition Coordinator Vicky (e-mail: vicky@krdl.org.sg). ----------------------------------------------------------------- About Singapore Singapore is a vibrant, sophisticated city state of 3 million people offering the best of modern facilities and comforts while retaining her heritage and culture. A progressive, cosmopolitan city, Singapore has the world's best airport - Changi International Airport - and lies at the crossroads of Asia. Known for her food and shopping, Singapore is a thriving nucleus for tourism, trade and finance. The climate in Singapore is tropical all year round with high humidity and temperatures varying between 23 degrees Celsius (74 F) in the evening to 32 degrees Celsius (90 F) during the day. Showers are sporadic and heavy but also brief and refreshing. Light summer clothing may be worn throughout the day. About the Venue Kent Ridge Digital Labs (KRDL) is a national applied research & development organization established in January 1998 through the merger of former national IT institutes - the Information Technology Institute (ITI) and the Institute of Systems Science (ISS). With a diverse team of more than 400 research scientists, KRDL's aim is to be the premier research and development organization in Asia-Pacific for information and networking technologies. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Organization Organizing Committee Honorary Chair: Makoto Nagao, Kyoto University, Japan Chair: Hozumi Tanaka, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Vice Chairs $B!' (B Hwee Boon Low, Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore Jun-ichi Tsujii, University of Tokyo, Japan, and University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK Executive Committee Chair: Hirokazu Amemiya, Toshiba Corporation, Japan Vice Chair: Hideki Morimoto, Fujitsu Ltd., Japan Local Organizing Committee Chair: Hwee Boon Low, Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore Secretary: Victorine Chen-Toh, Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore Program Committee Chair: Jun-ichi Tsujii, University of Tokyo, Japan, and University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK Vice Chair: Loong Cheong Tong, Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore Members: Virginia Cha, Star+Globe Technologies, Singapore Jason S. Chang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan ZhaoXiong Chen, Kezhi Co., China Key-Sun Choi, Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea Robert Dale, Macquarie University, Australia Zhendong Dong, Chinese Information Processing Society, China Dominique Estival, University of Melbourne, Australia Changning Huang, Tsinghua University, China Hitoshi Iida, ATR Interpreting Telecommunications Research Laboratories and SONY Computer Science Laboratories Inc., Japan Etsuo Ito, Toshiba Corporation, Japan Hiroyuki Kaji, Hitachi, Ltd., Japan Shin-ichiro Kamei, NEC Corporation, Japan Asanee Kawtrakul, Kasetsart University, Thailand Kunio Matsui, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Japan Se Young Park, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea Wanchai Rivepiboon, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Trihono Sastrohartono, Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology, Indonesia Youlwon Seong, Language and Computer, Ltd., Korea Satoshi Shirai, ATR Interpreting Telecommunications Research Laboratories, Japan Keh-Yih Su, Behavior Design Corporation, Taiwan Chew Lim Tan, National University of Singapore, Singapore Benjamin K. Tsou, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Dekai Wu, University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Yusoff Zaharin, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia International Advisors: Laurie Gerber, SYSTRAN Software, Inc., USA Eduard Hovy, USC Information Sciences Institute, USA John Hutchins, University of East Anglia, UK Antonio Sanfilippo, European Commission, Luxembourg =====================================================================