19.164, Confs: Computational Linguistics/Spain

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Date: 14-Jan-2008
From: Kutz Arrieta < kutzaki at gmail.com >
Subject: Mixing Approaches to Machine Translation

 

	
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Mixing Approaches to Machine Translation 
Short Title: MATMT2008 

Date: 14-Feb-2008 - 14-Feb-2008 
Location: Donostia, Spain 
Contact: Kepa Sarasola 
Contact Email: ksarasola at si.ehu.es 
Meeting URL: http://ixa2.si.ehu.es/matmt-2008 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics 

Meeting Description: 

Comparing different approaches for developing MT 
Methods to compare and integrate translation outputs obtained with different MT
approaches. 
MT evaluation methods, especially those suitable for languages with rich
morphology. 
Morphology-, syntax- or semantic-augmented SMT models 
Research developed using OpenSource language resources for developing hybrid MT 

MATMT2008 workshop:
''Mixing Approaches to Machine Translation''
http://ixa2.si.ehu.es/matmt-2008

Donostia-San Sebastian , Thursday February 14th 2008
IXA Group - University of the Basque Country 

Workshop topics 
We are particularly interested in papers describing research and development in
the following areas: 

Comparing different approaches for developing MT 
Methods to compare and integrate translation outputs obtained with different MT
approaches. 
MT evaluation methods, especially those suitable for languages with rich
morphology. 
Morphology-, syntax- or semantic-augmented SMT models 
Research developed using OpenSource language resources for developing hybrid MT 

Program 
University of the Basque Country, Faculty of Computer Science
Lardizabal 1, Donostia 

February 14th 

Keynote speakers: 

Federico, Marcello (Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy) 
Koehn, Philipp (University of Edinburgh, UK) 
Way, Andy (Dublin City University) 

9.00-9.30: 
Registration

9.30-10.15: 
Invited talk 1- P. Koehn Moses: 
Moving Open Source MT towards Linguistically Richer Models 

10.15-11.05: 
Regular talks - Evaluation (20' and 5' for questions) 
A Method of Automatically Evaluating Machine Translations Using a
Word-alignment-based Classifier 
Diagnosing Human Judgements in MT Evaluation: an Example based on the Spanish
Language 

11.05-11.30: 
Coffee break 

11.30-13.10: 
Regular talks - Mixed methods 1 (20' and 5' for questions) 
Mixing Approaches to MT for Basque: Selecting the best output from RBMT, EBMT
and SMT 
Enriching Statistical Translation Models using a Domain-independent Multilingual
Lexical Knowledge Base 
Statistical Post-Editing: A Valuable Method in Domain Adaptation of RBMT Systems
for Less-Resourced Languages 
>From free shallow monolingual resources to machine translation systems: easing
the task 

13.30-14.30: 
Lunch 

14.30-15.15: 
nvited talk 2- M. Federico Recent Advances in Spoken Language Translation 

15.15-16.30: 
Regular talks - Mixed methods 2 (20' and 5' for questions) 

Exploring Spanish-morphology effects on Chinese-Spanish SMT 
Linguistic Categorisation in Machine Translation using Stochastic Finite State
Transducers 
Vocabulary Extension via POS Information for SMT 

16.30-17.00: 
Coffee break 

17:00-18.30: 
Invited talk 3- A. Way Combining Approaches to Machine Translation: the DCU
Experience 
Conclusions. Moderator: David Farwell 

Registration 
The registration fee is 50 €, when registering before February 4th. 

Late registration will still be possible, but at 60 €. 

Online registration is open. 

The fee includes proceedings, lunch and coffee/cookies 

The steps for on-line registration are the following: 

creating an account in the system (REGISTER), including your email 
receiving your identification by e-mail 
entering in the system (ENTER) 
confirmation of the fee (ACCEPT) (2 times) 
choosing electronic payment (ACCEPT) 
selection of your credit card company 
entering information about your credit card (secure connection) 
Going to the registration process 

If you have any problem please contact i.alegria[at]ehu.es .

Optional Dinner
An optional dinner will be organized at a Cider House (Sagardotegi) 

Well go to an authentic cider house where well taste the best cider and eat the
traditional menu: codfish omelette, fried codfish with peppers, grilled beef
T-bone and local cheese with quince and walnuts. An experience that you will
never forget. The price will be about 35 € including the transport (to be paid
on registration desktop) 

Programme Committee 
Iñaki Alegria (University of the Basque Country, Donostia) 
Kutz Arrieta (Vicomtech, Donostia) 
Núria Castell (Technical University of Catalonia, TALP, Barcelona) 
Arantza Diaz de Ilarraza (University of the Basque Country, Donostia) 
David Farwell (Technical University of Catalonia, TALP, Barcelona) 
Mikel Forcada (University of Alacant, Alicante) 
Philipp Koehn (University Of Edinburgh, UK) 
Lluis Marquez (Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona) (Co-chair) 
Hermann Ney (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, Aachen) 
Kepa Sarasola (University of the Basque Country, Donostia) (Co-chair) 
Local organization 
IXA Group, University of the Basque Country 

Alegria I., Casillas A., Díaz de Ilarraza A., Igartua J., Labaka G., Lersundi
M., and Sarasola K. 
Elhuyar Fundazioa 

Gurrutxaga A., Leturia,I., and Saralegi X.






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