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 feature 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 interested 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 reports on the design, implementation, operation and evaluation of operational and 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-Summit@cst.ku.dk, in rtf-format and following the guidelines for authors provided on the MT Summit homepage at http://www.eamt.org If you cannot submit electronically, please mail 4 hardcopies of the paper to: MT Summit VIII Center for Sprogteknologi Njalsgade 80 DK-2300 Copenhagen S Denmark Important Dates 15 Dec. 2000 Workshop and tutorial proposals 15 Jan. 2001 Notification 31 Jan. 2001 Speaker and panel suggestions 15 April 2001 Paper submission deadline 15 April 2001 Exhibition registration 30 May 2001 Notifications 1 July 2001 Final camera-ready copy deadline Call for Exhibits and demos In the tradition of MT Summits, there will be an exhibition area showcasing commercial products and near to market prototypes throughout the conference. Exhibits will not be restricted to machine translation systems and support tools, but include a variety of language technology enabled applications. If you would like to exhibit, please contact Joerg Schuetz, joerg@iai.uni-sb.de, by April 15, 2001. Call for Panel/Special Session/Invited Speaker Proposals Submissions are invited for panel sessions dealing with significant, controversial and timely issues in machine translation. Proposals should include the description of the topic, and preferably the names and affiliations of panelists who could present diverse positions or approaches to the topic. Proposals for special sessions and invited speakers are also welcome. These proposals should be sent to the Programme Chair (e-mail: MT-Summit@cst.ku.dk) by January 31, 2001. Call for Tutorial Proposals Proposals are solicited for tutorials on both technological and practical issues in machine translation. Submissions should be made to the General Chair (e-mail: WJHutchins@compuserve.com) by December 15, 2000. They should include (1) the length of the tutorial (half day or full day); (2) an outline of the tutorial; (3) the intended audience (introductory, intermediate, advanced); (4) complete contact information for the contact person; and (5) brief biographies of the presenters. Call for Workshop Proposals Proposals are solicited for one-day workshops which bring together group of people involved in a specific problem area of machine translation, to advance the state of the art in that area.Submissions should be made to the Workshop Chair (e-mail: Harold.Somers@umist.ac.uk) by December 15, 2000. They should include the theme and goal of the workshop, the planned activities, and an estimate of the number of participants. - ----------------------------------------------------------------- About Santiago and the Venue Santiago de Compostela in North West Spain (Galicia) was the most visited pilgrimage shrine in the Middle Ages, and to this day the Road to Santiago is a popular route for walkers through France and northern Spain. The goal is the imposing 11th century cathedral containing the relics of St James the Great. But the well preserved historical centre of the city offers much more: medieval streets, excellent restaurants, ancient churches, monasteries, palaces, etc. The venue for the conference is the Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos, founded in 1499 as a Royal hospital for pilgrims, a magnificent building in the Spanish Renaissance style, and now a hotel (the oldest and one of the most beautiful in the world). Those staying at the Hostal will have a "once-in-a-lifetime" experience, but there is also accommodation nearby in many other good hotels, all within easy walking distance of the centre and the Hostal. Santiago de Compostela has its own airport with daily direct flights from Barcelona, Madrid, Brussels, and London. - --------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Organization General Chair John Hutchins, Univ. of East Anglia, UK Local arrangements Carlos Paz, European Commission, Translation Service Dimitri Theologitis, European Commission, DG TREN Belgium Exhibition Joerg Schuetz, IAI, Saarbruecken, Germany Workshops Harold Somers, UMIST, United Kingdom Programme Committee Chairpersons: Bente Maegaard, Center for Sprogteknologi, Denmark Jo Lernout, Lernout and Hauspie Systems, Belgium Members: Harri Arnola, Kielikone, Finland Annelise Bech, Lingtech, Denmark David Carter, SpeechMachines, United Kingdom Herman Caeyers, Lant, Belgium Key-Sun Choi, KORTERM, KAIST, Korea Daniel Grasmick, SAP, Germany Anna Sagvall Hein, Univ. Uppsala, Sweden Ed Hovy, ISI, USA Hitoshi Iida, Sony, Japan Ian Johnson, Lexiquest, France Maghi King, ETI, Univ. Geneva, Switzerland Steven Krauwer, Univ. Utrecht, Netherlands Elliot Macklovitch, Univ. Montreal, Canada Harold Somers, UMIST, United Kingdom Keh-Yih Su, Behavior Design Corporation, Taiwan Gregor Thurmair, SAIL Labs, Germany Jun-ichi Tsujii, Univ. Tokyo, Japan Anne Tucker, European Parliament, Luxembourg Nino Varile, EC, DG INFSO, Luxembourg Wolfgang Wahlster, DFKI, Germany John White, Litton PRC, USA - --------------------------------------------------------------- Further Information For more details, please visit the Web-site: http://www.eamt.org/summitVIII You may also send a request for information to or subscribe to and post your query there.