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lim.nl>- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MACHINE TRANSLATION SUMMIT VIII September 18-22, 2001, Santiago de Compostela, Spain CALL FOR PAPERS The eighth Machine Translation Summit, organized by the European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT), will be held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, from 18 to 22 September 2001. MT Summit VIII, which is the first conference of the century in the premier series of conferences on machine translation, will provide a forum for discussing the prospect of MT and related areas in the coming century. MT Summit VIII will featur� an expanded programme including research papers, reports on users' experiences, discussions of policy issues, invited talks, panels, exhibitions, tutorials, and workshops. EAMT invites all who are intereste� in any aspect of machine translation and tools for translation support - researchers, developers, providers, users, and watchers - to participate in the conference. Conference Schedule 18-19 September 2001 Tutorials, workshops, excursions 20-22 September 2001 Papers, panels and exhibitions Papers MT Summit VIII seeks original papers in all aspects of machine translation. Topics of interests include, but are not limited to: * MT for the Web * Practical MT systems (MT for professionals, MT for multilingual eCommerce, MT for localization, etc.) * Translation aids (translation memory, terminology databases, etc.) * Translation environments (workflow, support tools, conversion tools for lexica etc.) * Methodologies for MT * Human factors in MT and user interfaces * Speech and dialogue translation * Natural language analysis and generation techniques geared towards MT * Dictionaries and lexicons for MT systems * Text and speech corpora for MT and knowledge extraction from corpora * MT evaluation techniques and evaluation results * Standards in text and lexicon encoding for MT * Cross-lingual information retrieval * MT and related technologies (information retrieval, text categorization, text summarization, information extraction, etc.) There will be three categories of papers: (R) Research 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 evaluative component. Papers should be in English, not longer than 3,000 words. (U) User studies: Submissions are invited for reports on users' experiences with applying MT. Reports should be in English, not longer than 3,000 words. (S) System presentations (with demos): Submissions are invited for reporty" on the design, implementation, operation and evaluation of operational an� prototype systems. Reports should be in English, not longer than 3,000 words. All types of papers should be submitted to the address below, preferably by e-mail, and must be received by the indicated date. Papers should include a cover page with the following information: * paper title, * paper type: R, U or S * author(s)' name(s), affiliation(s), address(es), and e-mail address(es), * 100 word abstract, * up to 5 keywords, * for system presentations with demos: the hardware, software and network requirements for the demonstration. Please submit electronically to MT-SummitMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
nflc.org>CALL FOR PROPOSALS National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages Fourth Annual Conference Washington, D.C. April 6-8, 2001 Research and Development in the Less Commonly Taught Languages. The Fourth Annual Conference of the National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) is scheduled for metropolitan Washington, D.C. on April 6-8, 2001. The first day of the conference (April 6) will be held at the Foreign Service Institute in Arlington, Virginia, and the final two days at the Holiday Inn Arlington in Ballston, VA. Proposals are solicited for individual papers, colloquia and poster sessions. The formats are described below. Each proposed presentation should address issues that clearly relate to more than just one particular language and should fall within one or more of the Conference theme of "Research and Development in the Less Commonly Taught Languages." Sessions might include: * Discussion of important research questions for the LCTLs; * Application of other research to important questions for the LCTLs; * Reports on empirical, ethnographic, linguistic, and/or classroom research; * Initiatives to develop programs in the LCTs for any customer base, including distance learning and heritage communities; * Inservice and/or pre-service teacher development initiatives; * Use of technology in instructional programs; * Innovative instructional materials or learning activities for an LCTL; and * Other topics related to the theme Individual papers are 20 minutes long. A paper should focus clearly on one or more issues related to the real world needs for language expertise in the less commonly taught languages. Papers may be based on research or practical experience. Colloquia are 90 minutes. A colloquium proposal should specify three or more presenters who will address one of the conference themes. Preference will be given to panels that cut across different languages or language groups. Poster and presentation sessions may focus on completed work or work in progress related to the teaching and/or learning of less commonly taught languages. They may be of either the traditional poster format (most often used for research-based presentations) or demonstrations of instructional or information technology; however, any proposal requiring technical support must specify the type of hardware and software needed in as much detail as possible. Proposals should indicate the relevant conference theme and kind of presentation (paper, colloquium or poster session) in the upper left-hand corner, and the name of the presenter and the presenter's primary language(s) in the upper right-hand corner. The proposed title should not exceed ten words. Proposals may not exceed one page in length. All proposals for the NCOLCTL Conference should be sent to the following address by hard copy or email: Frederick H. Jackson NCOLCTL Conference Program Chair School of Language Studies Foreign Service Institute 4000 Arlington Boulevard Arlington, VA 22207 Email: jacksonfhMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue