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ISI.EDU>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: hovyMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue