FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
AMTA 2006
7th Biennial Conference
Association for Machine Translation in the Americas
Boston, August 8-12
Web Page: http://amta2006.amtaweb.org/
Submission Page: http://www.softconf.com/start/AMTA06/
**** FULL SUBMISSION DUE MAY 1st, 2006 ****
(It's not too late to submit!! See below!)
Visions for the Future of Machine Translation
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The last few years have witnessed major changes in the field of machine
translation. Statistical methods have taken a lead place in the field and
managed to cross the bridge from research to commercial enterprise. Interest
in hybridization has returned. There is more work on introducing morphology
and syntax into statistical systems to capture linguistic generalities that
seem hard to model statistically. And there is also more work on introducing
statistical resources and techniques into already existing symbolic systems to
increase their robustness. As each of the competing paths of statistical and
symbolic approaches has reached its independent potential, the focus now is
moving towards methods for exploiting complementary strengths of these
different methodologies. These are exciting times! But, the future is not
here yet.
So, where are we heading? What will the field be like in 10 years or 20
years? How easily will we be able to move to a new source language or
language pair? What about other modalities besides text, such as speech or
OCR output? Where is the user in all of this? The user as professional
translator or as language educator? Should the field expand its user base by
reincorporating its core technologies in new directions? How well do the best
systems do under severe restrictions in terms of computer memory and power?
These are only a few of the important questions facing our field today.
Call for Research Papers
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We solicit submissions in English for unpublished papers describing original
research on all aspects of Machine Translation. Topics of interest include
but are not limited to:
* Advances in data-driven MT (Statistical MT, Example-based MT, etc.)
* Advances in rule-based MT (Transfer-based MT, Interlingual MT, etc.)
* Lexicon and grammar building and induction
* Hybridization of rule-based MT and statistical MT
* MT for resource-poor languages
* MT on resource-limited machinery (e.g. PDAs)
* Speech-to-speech and speech-to-text MT
* MT for OCR
* MT Evaluation
Papers should not be longer than 10 pages.
**Important Note**: papers will be accepted by the submission deadline
(May 1st, 2006) regardless of whether or not authors have submitted an
"Intent to Submit" as requested in previous announcements.
Calls for User Sessions, Showcase, Tutorial and Workshop Proposals and Panel
Proposals have been issued separately.
Important Dates
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May 1 Submission deadline for research papers, 11:59pm EST (GMT-5:00)
June 15 Notification to authors
June 30 Camera-ready copy due
August 8-12 Conference
Submission Instructions
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(1) Go to http://www.softconf.com/start/AMTA06/
(2) Use the box of the left part of the page, labeled "For Authors".
** If you have already submitted an "Intent to Submit" for your paper:
- Enter the passcode you received by email when you submitted your
"Intent to Submit". This will take you to the page with all of the
information you had previously entered for the paper.
** If you have *NOT* submitted an "Intent to Submit" for your paper:
- Click on the link "HERE" under "Click HERE to make a new submission".
This will take you to a web page where you enter all the information
regarding your paper. Fill in all requested information.
(3) Upload your full paper in the "Submit Paper" section at the bottom of
the page. When you are done, click the "Submit" button at the very
bottom of the page.
(4) If this is a new submission, you will receive an email message containing
a confirmation and a submission password. You can use the passcode later
in order to upload an updated version of your paper at any time before the
deadline.
Contacts
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Program Chairs: Nizar Habash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
and Alon Lavie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Contacts for advance information on User Sessions, Showcase, Tutorial
and Workshop Proposals and Panel Proposals:
User Sessions - Laurie Gerber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Showcase - Jennifer Decamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Tutorial and Workshop Proposals - Michelle Vanni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Panel Proposals - Violetta Cavalli-Sforza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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