<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Final Call for Papers:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">AMTA 2014 WORKSHOP ON </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">INTERACTIVE</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> AND </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">ADAPTIVE</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">MACHINE</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">TRANSLATION</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">22 October 2014, Vancouver, Canada</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://www.statmt.org/iamt/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.statmt.org/iamt/</a><div>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Paper submission deadline: August 29, 2014</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The increasing use of </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">machine</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">translation</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> in the workflow of</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">professional translators creates demand for </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">machine</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">translation</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">technology that provides more </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">interactive</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> collaboration, learns from</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">its errors and adapts to the translators' style and adapts the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">underlying </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">machine</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">translation</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> system online to the specific needs of</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">the </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">translator</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> for the given task.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The next generation of computer aided </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">translation</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> (CAT) tools has to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">move beyond the use of static </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">machine</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">translation</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> for human</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">post-editing into a much richer division of labor between man and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">machine</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> that takes full advantage of man's understanding of content</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">machine</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">'s greater ability to quickly process large amounts of</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">data.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">On the other hand, these tools will allow a more friendly interaction</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">between the human and the </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">machine</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> through the use of different</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">modalities of interactions as speech, gaze tracking, e-pen, etc.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Finally, all of these issues will lead to an increase of the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">productivity of the professional translators.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Such tools are in development in a number of research labs across the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">world, one example is the open source workbench developed by the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">EU-funded projects Matecat and Casmacat, led by the organizers of this</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">workshop.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">This workshop brings to together researchers in this nascent subfield</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">of </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">machine</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">translation</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">. The workshop will divide its schedule about</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">equally between invited talks by leading researchers and paper</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">presentations on more recent advances.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">We encourage submissions including, but not limited to:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- rapid user and project adaptation</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- online learning methods</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- active learning</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- domain adaptation</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">interactive</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">translation</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> prediction</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- use of confidence measures to inform translators</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- quality estimation to filter/rank </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">translation</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> suggestions</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- automatic terminology support</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- integration of </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">translation</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> memory and </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">machine</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">translation</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- computer assisted writing in the context of </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">translation</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- novel types of assistance</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- multimodal interaction: speech, writing, gestures, gaze.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- user studies on advanced computer aided </span><span class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(255,255,204)">translation</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">INVITED TALKS</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- Michael Denkowski, CMU</span><div>- Marcello Federico, <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Fondazione Bruno Kessler</span></div><div>- <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Jesús González-Rubio, </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Universitat Politècnica de València</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">- Spence Green, Stanford</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- John Moran, CNGL<br>
</span><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- Lane Schwartz, Air Force Research Laboratory</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- Michel Simard, National Research Council Canada</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">IMPORTANT DATES</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Paper submission deadline: August 29, 2014</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Notification of acceptance: September 12, 2014</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Camera-ready deadline: September 26, 2014</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ORGANIZERS</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Francisco Casacuberta, Universitat Politècnica de València</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Marcello Federico, Fondazione Bruno Kessler</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Philipp Koehn, University of Edinburgh / Johns Hopkins University</span><br>
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