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Teaching Machine Translation
A workshop at Machine Translation Summit VIII
September 18-22, 2001, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
CALL FOR PAPERS
Introduction
In September 2001, the workshop Teaching Machine Translation will be
held as part of the VIII Machine Translation Summit in Santiago de
Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
The workshop will provide an opportunity for machine translation
instructors attending MT Summit VIII to exchange their experience by
presenting papers or demonstrations describing the tools and
techniques they use in the classroom or in the laboratory.
Schedule and venue
This one-day workshop will take place on September 22, 2001, after the
regular conference sessions. Please visit the Workshop website at
http://www.dlsi.ua.es/tmt/ for updates.
Papers
The Teaching Machine Translation workshops seeks original papers in
all aspects of the instruction of machine translation. Topics of
interest include, but are not limited to:
* why and to whom should MT be taught?
* teaching the theoretical background of MT: linguistics, computer
science, translation theory
* addressing preconceptions about MT in the classroom
* the use of commercial MT programs in hands-on teaching
* teaching machine translation strategies to non-computer science
majors
* web-based distance learning of MT
* teaching MT as a component of multilingual information resources
and as
a part of the entire documentation process
* MT education and industry: bridging the gap between academia and
the
real world
* teaching pre- and post-MT skills to MT users
* teaching MT-related techniques: translation memory, alignment
tools,
terminological databases, use of corpora, etc.
* teaching MT evaluation
* building modules or `toy' MT systems in the laboratory
* experiences on the evaluation of MT instruction
The working language of the workshop will be English.
Papers should describe research or experiences in any of the topics
mentioned, and should not be longer than 3000 words. In view of the
main topics of the workhop, presentations may have a substantial
demonstrative component.
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,
* author(s)' name(s), affiliation(s), address(es), and e-mail
address(es),
* 100 word abstract,
* up to 5 keywords,
* for demonstrative presentations: the hardware, software and network
requirements for the demonstration.
Please submit electronically to [EMAIL PROTECTED], following the
guidelines for authors provided at the Teaching Machine Translation
website http://www.dlsi.ua.es/tmt/.
If you cannot submit electronically, please mail 4 hardcopies of the
paper
to:
Mikel L. Forcada
Teaching Machine Translation at MT Summit VIII
Dept. Llenguatges i Sistemes Informàtics
Universitat d'Alacant
E-03071 Alacant, Spain
Important Dates
30 April 2001 **** NEW PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE ****
(was April 15)
31 May 2001 Notifications
1 July 2001 Final camera-ready copy deadline
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 Católicos, 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.
Workshop Organization
Workshop Co-chairmen
Derek R. Lewis,
University of Exeter, UK.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mikel L. Forcada,
Universitat d'Alacant, Spain.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organizing committee
F. Gaspari, Univ. Bologna, Italy
M.H. Møller, Syddansk Univ., Denmark
J.A. Pérez-Ortiz, Univ. Alacant
Further Information
For more details, please visit the workshop website:
http://www.dlsi.ua.es/tmt/ . You may also send a request for
information to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
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Mikel L. Forcada E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Departament de Llenguatges Phone: +34-96-590-3400 ext. 3384;
i Sistemes Informàtics also +34-96-590-3772.
UNIVERSITAT D'ALACANT Fax: +34-96-590-9326, -3464
E-03071 ALACANT, Spain. URL: http://www.dlsi.ua.es/~mlf
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