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1) Subject:Machine Translation Summit XII

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Date: 23 Jan 2009
From:Priscilla Rasmussen <rasmusse at ptd.net>
Subject:Machine Translation Summit XII

Machine Translation Summit XII

Short Title: MT Summit
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Date: 26-30 August 2009

Conference Web Site: http://summitxii.amtaweb.org
Contact Person: Laurie Gerber (lgerber at amtaweb.org)
Linguistic Subfield(s): Computational Linguistics

The Twelfth Machine Translation Summit, organized by the International  
Association for Machine Translation and the Association for Machine  
Translation in the Americas, will be held at the Château Laurier,  
Ottawa, Canada, 26-30 August 2009.

We invite all those with an interest in translation automation to  
participate in the conference. There are several categories of  
submissions, each with its own requirements, see below. Details will  
be available on the conference website as well.

MT Summit XII will bring together scientists, developers, and users of  
machine translation and other tools for multilingual processing. The  
conference will survey the international state of the art and practice  
in machine translation with:

	• A full MT research program track
	• Government and Commercial MT user program tracks
	• Special sessions on technology in translator training and tools for  
translators
	• A technology showcase with live demonstrations of MT systems and  
applications incorporating machine translation.
Before the main conference, one full day (Wednesday, August 26) will  
be devoted to tutorials, and after the conference another day (Sunday,  
August 30) will be devoted to specialized workshops. These wide- 
ranging activities will allow participants from research, business,  
and government to engage experts and explore how to use machine  
translation technology to conquer language barriers and overcome the  
digital divide.

Call for Research Papers
Call for Government User Presentations
Call for Commercial User Presentations
Call for Tutorial Proposals
Call for Workshop Proposals
Call for Technology Showcase Exhibits

Summary of Submission Deadlines:
March 6, 2009: Final day for Tutorial and Workshop proposals
April 28, 2009: Deadline for Research paper submissions
May 28, 2009: Deadline for Commercial User, Government User, and  
Translator Training and Tools presentation proposals
Summary of Other Important Dates

June 12, 2009: Notification of acceptance for Research, Commercial  
User, Government User, and Translator Training and Tools submissions
July 10, 2009: Final versions of Research Papers Due
August 10, 2009: Deadline to provide tutorial booklets and workshop  
proceedings for copying
  Summary of Conference Schedule

August 26, 2009  Tutorial day
August 27-29, 2009: Main conference
August 28, 2009: Technology Showcase
August 30, 2009: Workshop day
Call for Research Papers

  MT Summit XII seeks original papers about all aspects of machine  
translation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

	• MT technology
	• Translation environments (workflow, support tools, conversion tools  
for lexica, etc.)
	• Translation aids (translation memory, terminology databases, etc.)
	• Human factors in MT and user interfaces for MT
	• MT combined with other technologies (speech translation, cross- 
language information retrieval, multilingual text categorization,  
multilingual text summarization, multilingual natural language  
generation, etc.)
	• Dictionaries and lexica for MT
	• Text and speech corpora for MT, and knowledge extraction for MT
	• Standards in text and lexicon encoding for MT
	• MT evaluation techniques and evaluation results.
  There will be two categories of research papers:

  (R) Regular 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 evaluation  
component.

(P) Poster presentations (with or without demonstration): Submissions  
are invited for presentations that are best suited for poster  
sessions, which are more interactive. Submissions are also invited for  
reports on the design, implementation, operation and evaluation of  
operational and prototype systems.

  Both types of paper should include a 100 word abstract, and up to 5  
keywords. MT Summit XII uses electronic submission through the START  
conference tool (LINK). Guidelines for authors will be available soon  
at the conference website http://summitxii.amtaweb.org/

  Important Dates

April 28, 2009: Research Paper Submissions Due:
June 12, 2009: Author notification
July 10, 2009: Final versions due

Research Program Committee
The research program committee will be co-chaired by Pierre Isabelle (Pierre.Isabelle at cnrc-nrc.gc.ca 
) and Roland Kuhn (Roland.Kuhn at cnrc-nrc.gc.ca), both from the National  
Research Council of Canada. All submissions will be reviewed by at  
least three experts.

  Call for Government User Presentation

MT  Summit Government User presenters and participants will focus on  
the strategic nature and use of MT in governmental organizations. Most  
governmental entities are providing a benefit to their citizens and  
internal customers who require them to translate large volumes of  
information and make it available across multiple languages and varied  
network architectures. The need for language translation technology  
within governmental organizations is diverse and sometimes  
compartmented. Governments are looking to advances in technology that  
helps them deliver information not only in the country’s native  
language but in other languages that helps them compete and promotes  
them globally. In an age when significant volumes of available data  
come in all languages, it is necessary to look to alternatives that  
assist in the translation process.

For this year’s MT Summit we are asking government participants to  
consider topics that address the strategic challenges of applying MT  
tools and applications into their existing business processes. We are  
looking for representation from all government organizations that face  
language challenges to include: Health and Human Services, Human  
Resources, Defense, Commerce, Labor, Energy, Judiciary, Business,  
Trade, Transportation, and many others. Within the governmental  
organizations we are asking that leaders or their representatives  
attend that can address topics ranging from acquisition, funding,  
requirements development, computer systems and network architecture,  
research and development, and program management and how they apply to  
the integration and acceptance of MT tool usage.
The sessions will be structured to provide open and constructive  
dialogue among attendees with diverse technical backgrounds and areas  
of expertise. The secondary objective of this approach is to establish  
longer-term connections among participants and foster new cooperative  
efforts.

Topics

Topics for papers, presentations, and panel discussions should include  
but not be limited to:

Strategic Views and Objectives pertaining to MT programs
Employment of MT tools
Challenges (IT, personnel, implementation)
Achievable gains through usage and/or metrics
Requirements development and management
Policy and Oversight
Budgeting and Contracting
Research and Development
  What to submit

Submissions should be 100-200 word summaries and may be sent directly  
in e-mail or as attachments in RTF format.

  How to submit

Send submissions and questions to Government User program chair,  
Nicholas Bemish at Nicholas.Bemish at dia.mil

Important Dates

May 28, 2009: Submissions Due
June 12, 2009: Notification of Acceptance

Call for Commercial User Presentations
The Commercial User program track will focus on how MT is being used  
to meet business needs such as just-in-time localization of critical  
information, provision of technical support information, or  
translation of user generated and community content. Submissions  
should focus on the use of MT in a business setting and how it is  
integrated with other technologies to support business goals.

Topics

Potential topics include (but are not limited to):

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localization of data-driven, dynamic, or user-specific information
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localization time and/or cost
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be used to increase the scope of globalization projects
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human translation
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implementing MT systems
What to submit

Ideal presentations will be case studies describing new or ongoing  
deployments. Case studies may focus on one or more of: project  
justification, ROI and other cost/benefit analyses, evaluation and  
technology selection, change management, level of automation, and  
future plans and technology wish lists. Submissions should be 100-200  
word summaries and may be sent directly in e-mail or as attachments in  
RTF format. Presenters will be encouraged to provide final  
presentations for inclusion in the proceedings and conference website.

How to submit
Send submissions and questions to the MT Summit Conference Chair,  
Laurie Gerber at lgerber at amtaweb.org

Important Dates
May 28, 2009: Submissions Due
June 12, 2009: Notification of Acceptance
Call for Presentations on Technology in Translator Training and Tools  
for Translators

This year’s MT Summit conference will be held in Ottawa, home to the  
Canadian Translation Bureau, which ranks as one of the world’s largest  
language service providers. On this occasion, we explore a new topic  
area, to engage and learn from and about human translation.
Commercial language services and human translators are encountering  
and responding to requests for increasing speed and automation from  
clients. In some cases, clients have already adopted machine  
translation and simply send the output for postediting. A few  
pioneering translators and agencies have developed expertise in  
combining resources for productivity, or in MT postediting.

In this conference track, we invite presentations that explore

·         translator  
productivity, productivity targets and ceilings on productivity.
·         MT postediting:  
training posteditors, best practices, tools and environments
·         areas where  
translators would like help from technology
What to submit

Ideal presentations will be case studies, reports on research working  
with human translators, wish lists, and opinion/visionary  
presentations are also welcome. Submissions should be 100-200 word  
summaries and may be sent directly in e-mail or as attachments in RTF  
format. Presenters will be encouraged to provide final presentations  
for inclusion in the proceedings and conference website.

How to submit
Send submissions and questions to the MT Summit Conference Chair  
Chair, Laurie Gerber at lgerber at amtaweb.org

Important Dates

May 28, 2009: Submissions Due
June 12, 2009: Notification of Acceptance
Call for Tutorial Proposals

  AMTA conference tutorials introduce our members to exciting  
innovations, to practical skills, or to different disciplinary  
perspectives. MT is a kaleidoscopic universe of ideas, concerns, and  
capabilities that requires the efforts and talents of professionals in  
multiple disciplines. The goal of cross-language meaning transfer is  
shared among translators, technologists, and researchers of all  
stripes -- but we often need cross-training to improve communication.  
Tutorials at AMTA provide background for the main conference sessions,  
and enhance our members' effectiveness by offering a means for  
understanding issues, solutions, and perspectives of multiple  
approaches and different disciplines.

Tutorials will be held on Wednesday, August 26. Tutorials are half-day  
(3 hour) instructional sessions.

Topics

We ask that tutorials be of interest to a broad audience and  
particularly invite:
·         Tutorials that  
introduce new or prospective commercial users to machine translation  
technology, evaluation, and use, including fundamental vocabulary and  
concepts
·         Tutorials that  
introduce tool developers and researchers to the current landscape of  
translation technology and standards that machine translation needs to  
interoperate with in a production environment
·         Tutorials that  
introduce tool developers and researchers to human translation,  
including the way translators actually work, professional standards,  
training, and technology adoption trends.
·         Technical and  
scientific tutorials on high-impact issues, approaches, and techniques
·         Tutorials which  
explain a recent development in the field or provide technical guidance
·         Introductory,  
overview, or survey tutorials on high-interest, leading-edge R&D topics
  If you have an idea but are new to the process of proposing  
tutorials, please contact us. We can assist you in developing your idea.

What to submit

Submissions should include the title and a brief description of the  
proposed tutorial's topic and content, including a short outline of  
the presentation or interactive activity, showing that the content can  
be covered in three hours. Be sure to include technical requirements  
and a description of the professional expertise of the tutorial  
presenters.

How to submit

Send submissions to Reggie Hobbs (hobbs at arl.army.mil) and Jennifer  
DeCamp (jdecamp at mitre.org), with a copy to the main conference email  
address (summitxii at amtaweb.org). We will evaluate Tutorial proposals  
as soon as they are submitted. The last day for submissions is March  
6, 2009.

Important Dates
March 6, 2009: Deadline for Tutorial proposals
August 10, 2009: Deadline for submission of tutorial materials for  
copying
August 26, 2009: Tutorial day

Call for Workshop Proposals
Proposals for workshops are now being solicited on topics of direct  
interest and impact for MT researchers, developers, vendors or users  
of MT technologies. AMTA workshops bring together groups of people  
(peers) involved in a specific problem area of machine translation, to  
advance the state of the art in that area.  Workshops focus on group  
participation rather than instruction.

Workshops are typically held the day after the main conference, and  
this year will be held on Sunday 30th August. Workshops will normally  
last a whole day (approx. 8 hours). Workshops can take a variety of  
forms, including refereed and invited papers, hands-on exercises,  
discussion and debate, or other activities. Proposers will be asked to  
issue their own ''Call for Papers'', and to maintain a web site giving  
information about the submission procedure and, later on, the full  
program. Working language of the workshops will normally be English;  
however, it is acceptable to have a second (or alternative) working  
language if this is appropriate to the theme of the workshop. This  
should be stated clearly on the proposal.

Submissions should be made to the Workshop Chair (e-mail: hassan at apptek.com 
) by March 6th. They should include the theme and goal of the  
workshop, the planned activities, a calendar of deadlines for  
submission including the dates for workshop submissions, notification  
and, if appropriate, camera-ready copy (we advise that you follow the  
submission dates for the main conference), and an estimate of the  
number of participants.

Note that we will evaluate Workshop proposals as soon as they are  
submitted. The last day for submissions is March 6, 2009

Important Dates

March 6, 2009: Deadline for Workshop proposals
August 10, 2009: Deadline for Submission of Workshop Proceedings for  
copying
August 30, 2009: Workshop day
Technology Showcase

Machine translation technology has been ready for deployment in many  
environments for many years, but many prospective users hesitate to  
dive in, or perhaps they don’t believe that MT will work for their  
application. The technology showcase provides an opportunity to see  
working MT systems embedded in software systems that solve real world  
problems. The developers and integrators are on hand to demonstrate  
the systems, and talk about the users and the use cases.
User groups and integrators are especially encouraged to demonstrate  
the systems they have built to solve real-wlrld problems. Developers  
are encouraged to demonstrate solutionized MT and related tools and  
systems.

The Technology Showcase will be held Friday afternoon, August 28, and  
will be open to the public and the press.

For more information, contact Jennifer DeCamp (jdecamp at mitre.org) and  
Reggie Hobbs (hobbs at arl.army.mil) with a copy to summitxii at amtaweb.org

A few words about Ottawa, Canada

Ottawa is Canada’s capital and the fourth-largest city in Canada (1.2  
million people). Nestled on the banks of the Ottawa, Gatineau, and  
Rideau Rivers, Ottawa has more scientists, engineers, and PhDs per  
capita than any other city in the country. It is known for the large  
number of parks and lakes that surround it, as well as for the  
numerous cultural institutions it contains.

The conference venue, the Fairmount Château Laurier, is located in the  
heart of downtown next to the Parliament Buildings and not far from  
the National Gallery and the National Arts Centre. It is a magnificent  
limestone edifice with turrets and masonry reminiscent of a French  
château.

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