Corpora: CfP: MT Roadmap Workshop at TMI2002, Keihanna, Japan

[Steven Krauwer]

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                              Call for Papers

                       MT Roadmap Workshop (March 16)

                          at TMI2002 (March 13-17)

                        Keihanna (near Kyoto), Japan

                            Organized by ELSNET

   Background:

   Since 2000, ELSNET (The European Network of Excellence in Human
   Language Technologies) has organised a series of workshops aimed at
   the creation of a broadly supported technological roadmap for various
   subfields of language and speech technology. A technology roadmap
   comprises an analysis of the present situation, a vision of where we
   want to be in e.g. ten years from now, and a number of intermediate
   milestones that would help in setting intermediate goals and in
   measuring our progress towards our goals. The function of the road map
   is not to impose anything on anyone, but rather to provide a broadly
   supported definition of a context in which to position the MT
   community's efforts, which would allow us to identify common
   priorities for joint activities in e.g. research, resources and
   training. ELSNET aims at (co-)organizing roadmap workshops at all
   major events in order to encourage continuous reflection on where we
   stand, where we want to go, and, most importantly, how we can get
   there.

   Format:

   It will be a one day workshop consisting of three components:
     * The first component will aim at giving a critical analysis of the
       present state of Machine Translation in the broadest sense.
     * The second component will be dedicated to visions of the future.
     * The third component will aim at identifying major research
       challenges and establishing intermediate milestones on our way
       towards our goals.

   Each of the components could contain
     * an invited speaker or panel,
     * submitted papers (reviewed),
     * and ample space for discussion.

   The results of the discussions will be published in a report that will
   published on ELSNET's website, and that will serve as a starting point
   of a broad consultation of the MT community on the future directions
   of Machine Translation in the broadest sense.

   Papers:

   We invite papers that
     * give critical analyses of the present state of the art in machine
       translation of written and spoken language,
     * present visions of the future of machine translation, both from a
       theoretical, a technological or from an application point of view,
       or
     * identify major milestones and challenges (both theoretical,
       practical and organisational) on our way towards the future.

   Submission:

   Abstracts must be submitted in English, and should be no more than 4
   pages long and in single column format. Submissions should be sent
   electronically in plain text, MS Word or PDF to
   steven.krauwer at elsnet.org.

   Important dates:
     * Submission deadline: 13 February
     * Notification: 22 February
     * Final papers due: 5 March
     * Workshop: 16 March

   Proceedings:

   Participants will receive proceedings, containing
     * a summary of the results of the previous MT Roadmap workshop (at
       the MT Summit)
     * summaries of the invited talks
     * full versions of the submitted papers

   Audience:

   The primary audience consists of people with an analytical or future
   oriented, programmatic interest, both from research and from industry.

   Registration:

   The workshop registration fee is 5000 yen (app. 38 USD or 43 Euro).
   Registration details can be found on the TMI 2002 website (see below).

   URLs:

   Main conference: http://www.kecl.ntt.co.jp/events/tmi/
   This workshop: http://www.elsnet.org/roadmap-tmi2002.html

   Contact point:

   Steven Krauwer (steven.krauwer at elsnet.org)
   ELSNET / Utrecht University
   Trans 10, 3512 JK Utrecht, NL
   phone +31 30 253 6050
   fax +31 30 253 6000

   Core Programme Committee:
     * Steven Krauwer
     * Laurie Gerber