9.325, Confs: AMTA-98 (Machine Translation)
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Subject: 9.325, Confs: AMTA-98 (Machine Translation)
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Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 13:24:15 -0800 (PST)
From: Eduard Hovy <hovy at ISI.EDU>
Subject: AMTA-98 (Machine Translation)
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Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 13:24:15 -0800 (PST)
From: Eduard Hovy <hovy at ISI.EDU>
Subject: AMTA-98 (Machine Translation)
AMTA-98: MACHINE TRANSLATION AND THE INFORMATION SOUP
(MT in a growing field of language technologies)
The Sheraton Bucks County Hotel
Langhorne, Pennsylvania
October 28-31, 1998
Organized by
AMTA - Association for Machine Translation in the Americas
The Association for Machine Translation in the Americas is pleased to
convene its third conference in the biennial series, to be held at the
Sheraton Bucks County Hotel in Langhorne, PA, on 28-31 October, with
tutorials and welcoming reception on Wednesday, October 28.
The MT Summit last year commemorated the 50th anniversary of machine
translation. During that time, MT grew from a tantalizing dream to a
respectable and stable scientific-linguistic enterprise, with users,
commercial systems, university research, and Government participation.
But until very recently, MT has been performed in a relatively
isolated manner, as a distinct enterprise.
This situation is changing rapidly. The explosive growth of the web
has brought multilingual text into the reach of nearly everyone with a
computer. It is increasingly urgent that the various types of
language processing technologies--information retrieval, automated
summarization, multimodal and multilingual display, and machine
translation--be interconnected.
AMTA invites all who are interested in any aspect of Machine
Translation--developers, researchers, users, and watchers--to attend
the conference in October. At AMTA-98 we will focus on methods of
integrating the language technologies, with invited speakers, panel
discussions, papers by researchers and developers, workshops,
tutorials, and more. Participation by members of AMTA's sister
organization, AAMT in Asia and EAMT in Europe, is strongly encouraged.
And people working in related areas, such as information retrieval and
summarization, are very welcome to attend.
REGISTRATION FORM
A copy of the AMTA-98 registration form will soon be posted on the Web
at:
http://www.isi.edu/natural-language/AMTA98.html
THE PROGRAM
Once again there will be something for everyone! Retaining the
pattern of parallel sessions established by its predecessors, AMTA-98
will offer a mixture of:
- invited talks
- panels on current and debated issues
- practical and theoretical papers
- tutorials
- live theater-style system demonstrations
- exhibits of systems and products
FEATURED SPEAKERS
- Situating MT in the Information (Language Technology) Soup
- Commercial Demands on MT
- What can MT Technology Deliver?
- Integration of MT with Other Language Tools
SPECIAL SESSIONS
- MT Related Language Technologies
- Automatic Extraction of Bilingual Lexicons
- The Future of the Lexicon in MT
PANELS
- New Users: Implementing MT Technology
- The AMTA/IAMT Seal of Approval: Sorting the Good from the Bad
- Future Needs: Breaking the Quality Ceiling
SYSTEM DEMONSTRATIONS
Demonstrations will be given both in a theater-style setting as part
of the regular program and on tabletops, where non-commercial systems
will be presented on an announced schedule. Demonstrations will occur
in parallel with the research paper sessions.
RESEARCH PAPERS
Papers on a variety of topics, written and presented by researchers,
practitioners and users of Machine Translation and related language
technologies will be presented in sessions parallel to the system
demonstrations.
EXHIBITS
In addition to the scheduled demonstrations, vendor booths will showcase
commercial products on an ongoing basis throughout the conference.
TUTORIALS
Participants may choose from a number of tutorials to be held in the
morning and the afternoon of Wednesday, 28 October.
ACCOMMODATIONS: The Sheraton Bucks County Hotel - Langhorne, PA
Conveniently located in an area renowned for its beauty, history and
culture, the Sheraton Bucks County Hotel offers easy access to
Philadelphia, New York and New Jersey. Just off I-95 and Route 1,
northeast of Philadelphia, it is minutes away from planes, trains and
turnpikes, right in the heart of Berenstein Bears countryside. Guests
are surrounded by unique shopping, sightseeing and enter- tainment
opportunities including Sesame Place, Peddler's Village, and the
Franklin Mills Mall, and minutes away from historic New Hope.
Atlantic City and the Pennsylvania Dutch country are easy day trips.
This recently built, colonial style hotel has 187-rooms.
Accommodations include luxurious suites for corporate lodging and
entertaining, and an executive floor. Spacious guest rooms are
soundproof and feature individually controlled air conditioning,
direct two-line touch-tone phones, cable TV with remote control, and
coffee makers. The elegant hospitality is complete with valet
parking, a hair salon for men and women, valet service, gift shop,
video game room, fully-equipped spa with indoor pool, state-of-the-art
exercise equipment, jacuzzi, steam room and sauna. Guests and members
may receive individualized expert assistance with their fitness
programs.
Further information will be available from:
http://www.isi.edu/natural-language/AMTA98.html
RELATED EVENTS
- Wednesday, Welcoming reception in Exhibit Area (complementary)
- Friday, Banquet at the University of Pennsylvania Museum
- Saturday, Optional tour of historic downtown Philadelphia area:
Independence Mall, Liberty Bell, etc.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Please contact Eduard Hovy at the address below if you have further
questions about the program, site, or accommodations, or to request
the AMTA-98 registration packet, which includes a map and directions
for ground transportation.
For more information as it becomes available, as well as a printable
copy of the AMTA-98 registration form, see:
http://www.isi.edu/natural-language/AMTA98.html
ORGANIZERS
Conference Chair
Eduard Hovy
USC Information Sciences Institute
4676 Admiralty Way
Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695
USA
Tel: +1-310-822-1511 ext. 731
Fax: +1-310-823-6714
Email: hovy at isi.edu
Program Chairs
Laurie Gerber
SYSTRAN Software, Inc.
7855 Fay Avenue, Suite 300
La Jolla, CA 92037
USA
Tel: +1-619-459-6700 ext. 119
Fax: +1-619-459-8487
Email: lgerber at systransoft.com
David Farwell
Computing Research Laboratory
New Mexico State University
Box 3001/3CRL
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003
USA
Tel: +1-505-646-5108
Fax: +1-505-646-6218
Email: david at crl.nmsu.edu
Local Arrangements Chair
Martha Palmer
Department of Computer and Information Science
University of Pennsylvania
200 S. 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: +1-215-898-2661
Fax: +1-215-898-0587
Email: mpalmer at linc.cis.upenn.edu
Exhibits Coordinator
Kim Belvin
659 Dell Street
Solana Beach, CA 92075
Tel: +1-619-481-8446
Fax: +1-619-350-8613
AMTA Focal Point
Deborah Becker
Association for Machine Translation in the Americas
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 300
Washington, DC 20004
USA
Tel/fax: +1-703-716-0912
Email: amta at clark.net
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Eduard Hovy
email: hovy at isi.edu USC Information Sciences Institute
tel: 310-822-1511 ext 731 4676 Admiralty Way
fax: 310-823-6714 Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695
project homepage:
http://www.isi.edu/natural-language/nlp-at-isi.html
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