[Mt-list] AMTA 2020 1st Call for Papers and Presentations
1stCall for Papers, Presentations, Workshops, and Tutorials AMTA 2020 The14th biennial conference of the Association for Machine Translation in theAmericas. September 8-12 Sheraton Orlando LakeBuena Vista Resort Orlando, Florida, USA https://amtaweb.org AMTA conferences are unique in bringingtogether MT researchers, developers, and users of MT technology from academia,industry, and government. This year AMTA 2020 we have arranged for aspectacular venue in Orlando, Florida, located just outside the Disney themeparks. Why attend AMTA 2020? For academic andcommercial researchers, it provides a unique opportunity to share the latestresults with colleagues as well as understand real-world user requirements.Business and government participants will benefit from updates on leading-edgeR&D in Machine Translation and have a chance to present and discuss theiruse cases. The conference will feature three main tracks– Research, Commercial, and Government, each dedicated to a respective area inmachine translation research, commercial application, and government use. Therewill be invited talks and panels, and for the first time, a special StudentResearch Workshop that will provide students an opportunity to present theirwork during a session of the main conference. Relevant and engaging tutorialsand workshops will also be held on the first and last days of the conference. The following important dates apply to eachof the tracks listed below: ·Submission deadline: Monday, 27April 2020 ·Notification of acceptance: Monday, 8 June 2020 ·Conference registrationopens: Monday, 22 June 2020 ·Final “camera-ready” versions: Monday, 27 July 2020 ·Main conference: September8–12, 2020 Thesubmission and “camera-ready” deadline time zone is "Anywhere onEarth" (UTC–12). We look forward to seeing you in Orlando! SteveRichardson AMTA President Call for MT Research Papers Contact:Michael Denkowski, Christian Federmann (mtresearch...@amtaweb.org) AMTA solicits original research papers that willadvance the field of Machine Translation. In addition to regular contributions,we are also seeking extended abstracts that report in-progress work or novelapplications of technology to real scenarios. Submissions must be unpublishedand in English. We seek submissions across the entire spectrumof MT-related research, but with a particular focus on AMTA’s strength: theclose interaction between researchers and practitioners who are looking toapply the latest MT technology to their tasks. We particularly encouragesubmissions that are oriented towards building robust and practical systems,including user-in-the-loop translation systems, adaptation to particulardomains or usage scenarios, and utilization of available resources inproduction scenarios. Submission instructions: Full papers must not exceed 12 (twelve) pagesplus 2 (two) pages for references, and must be formatted according to the AMTAstyle guide: PDFversion / LaTeXversion / MSWord version. These papers will be rigorouslyreviewed for novelty and impact, and they will be published in the AMTAproceedings. They will be presented at the conference as either oralpresentations or posters. We will also be accepting submissions ofextended abstracts of no more than 6 (six) pages plus 2 (two) pages forreferences. These abstracts can be used to report in-progress or late-breakingresearch results, analyses of the effects of applying research technology topractical application scenarios, or descriptions of demos appearing at theconference. Abstract submissions are further divided into two subcategories: - Original contributions, which will be included in the conference proceedings upon acceptance. - Non-archival submissions, which will not appear in the proceedings, but will still be presented at the conference. Both types of abstracts will be double-blindreviewed for informativeness, correctness and clarity. They will be presentedat the conference as posters. Abstracts should be anonymized, and should put“This is a submission to the [original / non-archival] extended abstract track.”at the end of the abstract field in the START submission page (it does not needto be noted in the paper itself). Submitted papers must be in PDF. To allow forblind reviewing, please do not include author names and affiliations within thepaper, and avoid obvious self-references. Papers must be submitted to the STARTsystem (https://www.softconf.com/amta2020/papers/) by 11:59 pm (UTC-12), Monday, 27 April 2020. Topics of interest include but are not limitedto: - Advances in various MT paradigms: data-driven, rule-based, and hybrids MT applications and embedding:translation/localization aids, speech-to-speech, speech-to-text, OCR, MT forcommunication (chats, blogs, social networks), multilingual applic
[Mt-list] AMTA 2020 - Second Call for Papers, Presentations, Workshops, and Tutorials
The 14th biennial conference of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas will take place from September 8th to the 12th at the Sheraton Orlando Lake Buena Vista Resort Orlando, Florida, USA | | | | | | | | | | | Sheraton Orlando Lake Buena Vista Resort Stay in the heart of our dynamic city, near Disney theme parks, dining and shops, at Sheraton Orlando Lake Buena... | | | AMTA conferences are unique in bringing together MT researchers, developers, and users of MT technology from academia, industry, and government. This year AMTA 2020 we have arranged for a spectacular venue in Orlando, Florida, located just outside the Disney theme parks. Why attend AMTA 2020? For academic and commercial researchers, it provides a unique opportunity to share the latest results with colleagues as well as understand real-world user requirements. Business and government participants will benefit from updates on leading-edge R&D in Machine Translation and have a chance to present and discuss their use cases. The conference will feature three main tracks – Research, Commercial, and Government, each dedicated to a respective area in machine translation research, commercial application, and government use. There will be invited talks from experts in the field such as Colin Cherry (Goggle Research), Mona Diab (George Washington University), Chris Wendt (Microsoft Research), and Eric Paquin (Translators without Borders), as well as panels of practitioners from across the MT spectrum. A special Student Research Workshop that will provide students an opportunity to present their work during a session of the main conference. Relevant and engaging tutorials and workshops will also be held on the first and last days of the conference. The following important dates apply to each of the tracks listed below: ·Submission deadline: Monday, 27 April 2020 ·Notification of acceptance:Monday, 8 June 2020 ·Conference registration opens: Monday, 22 June 2020 ·Final “camera-ready” versions: Monday, 27 July 2020 ·Main conference: September 8–12, 2020 The submission and “camera-ready” deadline time zone is "Anywhere on Earth" (UTC–12). We look forward to seeing you in Orlando! Call for MT Research Papers Contact: Michael Denkowski, Christian Federman (mtresearch...@amtaweb.org) AMTA solicits original research papers that will advance the field of Machine Translation. In addition to regular contributions, we are also seeking extended abstracts that report in-progress work or novel applications of technology to real scenarios. Submissions must be unpublished and in English. We seek submissions across the entire spectrum of MT-related research, but with a particular focus on AMTA’s strength: the close interaction between researchers and practitioners who are looking to apply the latest MT technology to their tasks. We particularly encourage submissions that are oriented towards building robust and practical systems, including user-in-the-loop translation systems, adaptation to particular domains or usage scenarios, and utilization of available resources in production scenarios. Submission instructions: Full papers must not exceed 12 (twelve) pages plus 2 (two) pages for references, and must be formatted according to the AMTA style guide: PDF version / LaTeX version / MS Word version. These papers will be rigorously reviewed for novelty and impact, and they will be published in the AMTA proceedings. They will be presented at the conference as either oral presentations or posters. We will also be accepting submissions of extended abstracts of no more than 6 (six) pages plus 2 (two) pages for references. These abstracts can be used to report in-progress or late-breaking research results, analyses of the effects of applying research technology to practical application scenarios, or descriptions of demos appearing at the conference. Abstract submissions are further divided into two subcategories: - Original contributions, which will be included in the conference proceedings upon acceptance. - Non-archival submissions, which will not appear in the proceedings, but will still be presented at the conference. Both types of abstracts will be double-blind reviewed for informativeness, correctness and clarity. They will be presented at the conference as posters. Abstracts should be anonymized, and should put “This is a submission to the [original / non-archival] extended abstract track.” at the end of the abstract field in the START submission page (it does not need to be noted in the paper itself). Submitted papers must be in PDF. To allow for blind reviewing, please do not include author names and affiliations within the paper, and avoid obvious self-references. Papers must be submitted to the START system (The 14th Bien
[Mt-list] AMTA 2020 | 1st Workshop on Post-Editing in Modern-Day Translation
AMTA 2020 | 1st Workshop on Post-Editing in Modern-Day Translation PEMDT1 @ AMTA 2020 September 8th Sheraton Orlando Lake Buena Vista Resort Orlando, Florida, USA Background Building on the success of past workshops that address post-editing, such as the ones held at AMTA 2018 and MT Summit 2019, we present PEMDT1 (https://www.naturallang.com/post-editing). Like its predecessors, this workshop will bring together post-editing translation tool users (practitioners) and researchers to compare and contrast how each use digital technology for translation. Specifically, the workshop focuses on novel advances in modern-day Computer-Assisted Tools (CAT) such as, but not limited to, Automatic Post-Editing (APE), Neural Machine Translation (NMT), and post-editing techniques and their usefulness as components in a practitioner's workflow. The workshop's aim is to gain a modern-day outlook on tools and the latest research in the post-editing sector. There will be open discussion amongst attendees along with invited speakers with an attempt to discern what is best for the post-editing field. Topics of Interest We are highly interested in (1) original research papers and (2) demos on the topics below; however, we welcome all novel ideas that cover human involement with digital translation tools: - Inclusion of practitioner (post-editing or translator) feedback - Automatic post-editing approaches - Interactive post-editing techniques - Practitioner productivity studies - Studies on post-editing effectiveness - Evaluation mechanisms for post-editing - Novel uses of post-editing techniques - Quality comparisons of machine translation and post-editing - Machine translation integration with post-editing - Post-editing quality estimation - Error analysis of post-editing operations - Tools that use post-editing and machine translation - Machine translation inclusion in CAT tools - Metrics that relate post-editing productivity to machine translation performance - Text-based systems that operate on any of the above - Neural and deep learning approaches of any type (machine translation, post-editing, or CAT tools) - Interactive machine translation use and implementation Research Papers Original papers are accepted for submission similar to those of AMTA 2020. Papers must not exceed 12 (twelve) pages with unlimited pages for references, and must be formatted according to the AMTA style guide: PDF version / LaTeX version / MS Word version. These papers will be rigorously reviewed for novelty and impact, and they will be published in the AMTA proceedings. They will be presented at the PEMDT workshop as oral presentations. Submitted papers must be in PDF. To allow for blind reviewing, please do not include author names and affiliations within the paper, and avoid obvious self-references. Papers must be submitted to the START system (https://www.softconf.com/amta2020/pemdt1) by 11:59 pm (UTC-12), Monday, 08 June 2020. Papers must represent new work that has not been previously published (pre-prints posted online on servers such as arXiv do not count as published papers, and thus are allowed to be submitted). It is the responsibility of the author(s) to inform the program organizers of any potential problem with respect to this requirement. Authors submitting a similar paper both to PEMDT and another conference or workshop must inform the organizers by email (see below for organizer information), specifying to which other conference or workshop they are submitting their work. If a paper is accepted at both PEMDT and another workshop/conference, then to appear at PEMDT it can either be presented at PEMDT as a full paper and withdrawn from the other conference, or it can be withdrawn from the proceedings, but still presented at PEMDT as a non-archival extended abstract. Full papers presented at the conference and included in the proceedings will also be hosted on the ACL Anthology. Demos We also invite one-page descriptions of interesting tools related to post-editing, including commercial products, in-house systems, research prototypes and open source software. Authors should be ready to present demos of the tools during the workshop. See Demo submission instructions below. Demo submissions consist of a 1-page product description. They should not be anonymized. Please email your demo submissions directly to John Ortega by 11:59 pm (UTC-12), Monday, 08 June 2020. Important Dates - Research Paper deadline: Monday, 8 June 2020 - Demo Submission deadline: Monday, 8 June 2020 - Notification to authors: Monday, 27 July 2020 - Camera-ready version due: Monday, 17 August 2020 - Workshop: Tuesday, 8 September 2020 Speakers To be announced Organizers John E. Ortega (Universitat d’Alacant and New York University): je...@alu.ua.es Marcello Federico (Amazon): marcf...@amazon.com Constantin Orasan (University
[Mt-list] AMTA 2020 Workshop on the Impact of Machine Translation (iMpacT 2020)
AMTA 2020 Workshop on the Impact of Machine Translation (iMpacT 2020) September 8, 2020 This workshop is part of AMTA 2020, to be held in Orlando, Florida, September 8-12, 2020. Machine Translation is here to stay. For many years, MT has seen advances in the quality of output, the number of users, language pair and domain coverage, as well as the number of enterprises investing in MT. MT is now an integral part of most CAT tools and post-editing is a de facto task required from language professionals in many domains. The introduction and wide-scale adoption of NMT has boosted this even more. Languages and domains that were not supported previously are now serious contenders for MT, at least for gisting, if not for more. As MT becomes more and more mainstream, an increasing number of people are interacting with it, for a variety of purposes, even beyond the commercial language industry. The 2020 AMTA conference is therefore an excellent moment in time to take stock of the nature of this interaction, the impact to date and the potential impact into the future. The workshop will feature invited talks (to be announced) as well as oral presentations of ongoing research work. Organizers Sharon O'Brien -- ADAPT, CTTS Dublin City University, Ireland Michel Simard -- National Research Council Canada ___ Mt-list site list Mt-list@eamt.org http://lists.eamt.org/mailman/listinfo/mt-list
[Mt-list] AMTA 2020 Rescheduled to OCTOBER 6-10 as Virtual Conference
The 14th biennial conference of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas has been rescheduled to OCTOBER 6-10 and will be held as a virtual conference using a powerful, enterprise collaboration platform. It was previously scheduled from September 8th to the 12th in Orlando, Florida We apologize for sending out this notice only now, but along with the organizers of many other conferences, we have been scrambling to finalize the new arrangements. The submission deadline for all papers and presentations, which was April 27, will now be extended approximately two months in order to give everyone plenty of time to rework their submissions, and in some cases reconsider making submissions during what continues to be a time of great uncertainty. An updated Call For Papers and Presentations with new dates and submission instructions will be distributed on or before next Monday, May 4th. Please know that we will do everything possible to maximize virtual interactions between conference attendees within all the contexts normally provided by a physical conference, and we expect to have an expanded virtual audience of experts and practitioners from research, industry, and academia, including many students who might normally not be able to attend. For academic and commercial researchers, AMTA 2020 provides a unique opportunity to share the latest results with colleagues as well as understand real-world user requirements. Business and government participants will benefit from updates on leading-edge R&D in Machine Translation and have a chance to present and discuss their use cases. The virtual conference will continue to feature three main tracks – Research, Commercial, and Government, each dedicated to a respective area in machine translation research, commercial application, and government use. There will be invited talks from experts in the field such as Colin Cherry (Google Research), Mona Diab (George Washington University), Chris Wendt (Microsoft Research), and Eric Paquin (Translators without Borders), as well as panels of practitioners from across the MT spectrum. A special Student Research Workshop that will provide students an opportunity to present their work during a session of the main conference. Relevant and engaging tutorials and workshops will also be held on the first and last days of the conference. We look forward to “seeing” you at AMTA 2020 – VIRTUAL! ___ Mt-list site list Mt-list@eamt.org http://lists.eamt.org/mailman/listinfo/mt-list
[Mt-list] Virtual AMTA 2020 - UPDATED Call for Papers, Presentations, Workshops, and Tutorials
UPDATEDCall for Papers, Presentations, Workshops, and Tutorials AMTA 2020 - VIRTUAL The14th biennial conference of the Association for Machine Translation in theAmericas. October 6-10 https://amtaweb.org The 14th biennial conference of theAssociation for Machine Translation in the Americas hasbeen rescheduled to OCTOBER 6-10 and will be held as a virtualconference using a powerful, enterprise collaboration platform. It waspreviously scheduled from September 8-12 in Orlando, Florida. The submission deadline for all papers andpresentations has now been extended two months in order to provide time torework submissions, and in some cases, to reconsider making submissions duringwhat continues to be a period of great uncertainty. The organizing committee will do everythingpossible to maximize virtual interactions between conference attendees withinall the contexts normally provided by a physical conference. We expect to havean expanded virtual audience of experts and practitioners from research,industry, and academia, including many students who might normally not be ableto attend. For academic and commercial researchers, AMTA2020 provides a unique opportunity to share the latest results withcolleagues as well as understand real-world user requirements. Business andgovernment participants will benefit from updates on leading-edge R&D inMachine Translation and have a chance to present and discuss their use cases. The virtual conference will continue to featurethree main tracks – Research, Commercial, and Government, each dedicated to arespective area in machine translation research, commercial application, andgovernment use. There will be invited talks from experts in the field such asColin Cherry (Google Research), Mona Diab (George Washington University), ChrisWendt (Microsoft Research), Eric Paquin (Translators without Borders), andDanielle Silverman (National Virtual Translation Center), as well as panels ofpractitioners from across the MT spectrum. A special Student Research Workshop willprovide students an opportunity to present their work during a session of themain conference. Relevant and engaging tutorials and workshops will also beheld on the first and last days of the conference. The following dates have been updated toprovide for the new virtual format and they apply to each of the tracks listedbelow: ·Submission deadline: Wednesday,1 July 2020 ·Notification of acceptance: Monday,3 August 2020 ·Final “camera-ready” versions: Monday, 31August 2020 ·Main conference: 6-10 October2020 Thesubmission and “camera-ready” deadline time zone is "Anywhere onEarth" (UTC–12). Before the conference, the organizing committee willwork with each presenter to ensure readiness for presenting in the virtualenvironment. By default, we expect presenters to give live presentations with anopportunity for questions and discussion at the end of each presentation. Incertain cases, however, the committee may determine that pre-recording thepresentation is a preferable option to ensure its quality. More information on acceptable modes ofpresentation will be forthcoming. We look forward to “seeing” you at AMTA 2020 -VIRTUAL! SteveRichardson AMTA President Call for MT Research Papers Contact:Michael Denkowski, Christian Federmann (mtresearch...@amtaweb.org) AMTA solicits original research papers that willadvance the field of Machine Translation. In addition to regular contributions,we are also seeking extended abstracts that report in-progress work or novelapplications of technology to real scenarios. Submissions must be unpublishedand in English. We seek submissions across the entire spectrumof MT-related research, but with a particular focus on AMTA’s strength: theclose interaction between researchers and practitioners who are looking toapply the latest MT technology to their tasks. We particularly encouragesubmissions that are oriented towards building robust and practical systems,including user-in-the-loop translation systems, adaptation to particulardomains or usage scenarios, and utilization of available resources inproduction scenarios. Submission instructions: Full papers must not exceed 12 (twelve) pagesplus 2 (two) pages for references, and must be formatted according to the AMTAstyle guide: PDFversion / LaTeXversion / MSWord version. These papers will be rigorouslyreviewed for novelty and impact, and they will be published in the AMTAproceedings. They will be presented at the conference as either oralpresentations or posters. We will also be accepting submissions ofextended abstracts of no more than 6 (six) pages plus 2 (two) pages forreferences. These abstracts can be used to report in-progress or late-breakingresearch results, analyses of the effects of applying research technology topractical application scenarios, or descriptions
[Mt-list] AMTA 2020 - 2nd Call for Papers, Presentations, Workshops, and Tutorials
2ndCall for Papers, Presentations, Workshops, and Tutorials AMTA 2020 - VIRTUAL The14th biennial conference of the Association for Machine Translation in theAmericas. October 6-10 https://amtaweb.org The 14th biennial conference of theAssociation for Machine Translation in the Americas hasbeen rescheduled to OCTOBER 6-10 and will be held as a virtualconference using Microsoft Teams, a powerful,enterprise collaboration platform. It was previously scheduled from September 8-12 in Orlando,Florida. The submission deadline for all papers andpresentations has now been extended two months in order to provide time torework submissions, and in some cases, to reconsider making submissions duringwhat continues to be a period of great uncertainty. The organizing committee will do everythingpossible to maximize virtual interactions between conference attendees withinall the contexts normally provided by a physical conference. We expect to havean expanded virtual audience of experts and practitioners from research,industry, and academia, including many students who might normally not be ableto attend. For academic and commercial researchers, AMTA2020 provides a unique opportunity to share the latest results withcolleagues as well as understand real-world user requirements. Business andgovernment participants will benefit from updates on leading-edge R&D inMachine Translation and have a chance to present and discuss their use cases. The virtualconference will continue to feature three main tracks – Research, Commercial,and Government, each dedicated to a respective area in machine translationresearch, commercial application, and government use. There will be invitedtalks from these expert keynote speakers: ColinCherry (Google Research) Mona Diab (George WashingtonUniversity) ChrisWendt (Microsoft Research) DanielleSilverman (National Virtual Translation Center) Eric Paquin (Translators without Borders) Andy Way (ADAPT Centre, Dublin CityUniversity) A special Student Research Workshop willprovide students an opportunity to present their work during a session of themain conference. Relevant and engaging tutorials and workshops will also beheld on the first and last days of the conference. Thefollowing dates have been updated to provide for the new virtual format and theyapply to each of the tracks listed below: ·Submission deadline: Wednesday,1 July 2020 ·Notification of acceptance: Monday,3 August 2020 ·Final “camera-ready” versions: Monday, 31August 2020 ·Main conference: 6-10 October2020 Thesubmission and “camera-ready” deadline time zone is "Anywhere onEarth" (UTC–12). Before the conference, the organizing committee willwork with each presenter to ensure readiness for presenting in the virtualenvironment. By default, we expect presenters to give live presentations with anopportunity for questions and discussion at the end of each presentation. Incertain cases, however, the committee may determine that pre-recording thepresentation is a preferable option to ensure its quality. More information on acceptable modes ofpresentation will be forthcoming. We look forward to “seeing” you at AMTA 2020 -VIRTUAL! SteveRichardson AMTA President Call for MT Research Papers Contact:Michael Denkowski, Christian Federmann (mtresearch...@amtaweb.org) AMTA solicits original research papers that willadvance the field of Machine Translation. In addition to regular contributions,we are also seeking extended abstracts that report in-progress work or novelapplications of technology to real scenarios. Submissions must be unpublishedand in English. We seek submissions across the entire spectrumof MT-related research, but with a particular focus on AMTA’s strength: theclose interaction between researchers and practitioners who are looking toapply the latest MT technology to their tasks. We particularly encouragesubmissions that are oriented towards building robust and practical systems,including user-in-the-loop translation systems, adaptation to particulardomains or usage scenarios, and utilization of available resources inproduction scenarios. Submission instructions: Full papers must not exceed 12 (twelve) pagesplus 2 (two) pages for references, and must be formatted according to the AMTAstyle guide: PDFversion / LaTeXversion / MSWord version. These papers will be rigorouslyreviewed for novelty and impact, and they will be published in the AMTAproceedings. They will be presented at the conference as either oralpresentations or posters. We will also be accepting submissions ofextended abstracts of no more than 6 (six) pages plus 2 (two) pages forreferences. These abstracts can be used to report in-progress or late-breakingresearch results, analyses of the effects of applying research technology topractical application
[Mt-list] MT Summit XVIII - 2021 - Hold the Date!
The next MT Summit Conference is now set to be held at the Sheraton Orlando Lake Buena Vista Resort in Orlando, Florida from August 16-20, 2021. We invite MT practitioners from industry, academia, and government around the world, as well as students and other parties interested in Machine Translation to mark these dates on their calendars and to plan to submit papers or presentations and to attend this engaging and informative conference. Information about submissions, registration, program, etc., will be sent out as the conference approaches, but with all the rescheduling that is happening due to the pandemic, we wanted to be sure that everyone was informed of this noteworthy event well in advance. We look forward to seeing you in person in Orlando! | | | | | | | | | | | Sheraton Orlando Lake Buena Vista Resort Stay at our resort in the heart of Orlando, near Disney theme parks and other top attractions. Discover more at ... | | | ___ Mt-list site list Mt-list@eamt.org http://lists.eamt.org/mailman/listinfo/mt-list
[Mt-list] Virtual AMTA 2020 - Submission Deadline Extended to July 13 - Final Call for Participation and Conference News
October 6-10 New Submission Deadline: Monday, July 13, 2020 The 14th biennial conference of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas. https://amtaweb.org While we have already received several submissions, we have noted that due to pandemic-related challenges, there are others who desire to submit but need additional time to do so. Consequently, we have decided to make a single extension of 12 days to our submission due date, which will now be Monday, July 13, 2020 at 11:59pm (AOE). All other dates will remain the same. By the new date or before, we intend to open registration for the conference. We are currently finalizing the registration fee, but we now announce that there will be a single fee for the entire conference, which will include attendance at the tutorials and workshops scheduled for the first day of the conference (October 6). Information about the workshops is already available on our website. The registration fee will also include a two-year membership in AMTA, which allows members to register for the upcoming MT Summit XVIII conference in 2021 as well as for conferences hosted by our sister organizations, EAMT and AAMT, at a discounted member rate. We further announce that due to the generous sponsorship of Microsoft, the first one hundred students who register for AMTA 2020 will pay a significantly discounted fee of only US$10, and students whose papers are accepted in our Student Research Workshop will have their registration fee waved completely. For academic and commercial researchers, AMTA 2020 provides a unique opportunity to share the latest results with colleagues as well as understand real-world user requirements. Business and government participants will benefit from updates on leading-edge R&D in Machine Translation and have a chance to present and discuss their use cases. The virtual conference will continue to feature three main tracks – Research, Commercial, and Government, each dedicated to a respective area in machine translation research, commercial application, and government use. The Student Research Workshop will provide students an opportunity to present their work during sessions of the main conference. The conference program will feature engaging keynote talks from these recognized experts in the research, development, and application of machine translation: Colin Cherry (Google Research) Mona Diab (George Washington University) Chris Wendt (Microsoft Research) Danielle Silverman (National Virtual Translation Center) Eric Paquin (Translators without Borders)Andy Way (ADAPT Centre, Dublin City University) With the extended submission date, we encourage those who may have needed additional time to prepare the submissions to carefully note the following dates, which apply to each of the conference tracks listed below: ·Submission deadline: Monday, 13 July 2020 ·Notification of acceptance:Monday, 3 August 2020 ·Final “camera-ready” versions: Monday, 31 August 2020 ·Main conference: 6-10 October 2020 The submission and “camera-ready” deadline time zone is "Anywhere on Earth" (UTC–12). Before the conference, the organizing committee will work with each presenter to ensure readiness for presenting in the virtual environment. By default, we expect presenters to give live presentations with an opportunity for questions and discussion at the end of each presentation. In certain cases, however, the committee may determine that pre-recording the presentation is a preferable option to ensure its quality. More information on acceptable modes of presentation will be forthcoming. We look forward to “seeing” you at AMTA 2020 - VIRTUAL! Steve Richardson AMTA President Call for MT Research Papers Contact: Michael Denkowski, Christian Federmann (mtresearch...@amtaweb.org) AMTA solicits original research papers that will advance the field of Machine Translation. In addition to regular contributions, we are also seeking extended abstracts that report in-progress work or novel applications of technology to real scenarios. Submissions must be unpublished and in English. We seek submissions across the entire spectrum of MT-related research, but with a particular focus on AMTA’s strength: the close interaction between researchers and practitioners who are looking to apply the latest MT technology to their tasks. We particularly encourage submissions that are oriented towards building robust and practical systems, including user-in-the-loop translation systems, adaptation to particular domains or usage scenarios, and utilization of available resources in production scenarios. Submission instructions: Full papers must not exceed 12 (twelve) pages plus 2 (two) pages for references, and must be formatted according to the AMTA style guide: PDF version / LaTeX version / MS Word
[Mt-list] AMTA 2020 | 1st Workshop on Post-Editing in Modern-Day Translation - New Date: October 6th
PEMDT1 @ AMTA 2020 September 8th October 6th Due to COVID-19, we are virtual now! Orlando, Florida, USA Background Building on the success of past workshops that address post-editing, such as the ones held at AMTA 2018 and MT Summit 2019, we present PEMDT1 (https://www.naturallang.com/post-editing). Like its predecessors, this workshop will bring together post-editing translation tool users (practitioners) and researchers to compare and contrast how each use digital technology for translation. Specifically, the workshop focuses on novel advances in modern-day Computer-Assisted Tools (CAT) such as, but not limited to, Automatic Post-Editing (APE), Neural Machine Translation (NMT), and post-editing techniques and their usefulness as components in a practitioner's workflow. The workshop's aim is to gain a modern-day outlook on tools and the latest research in the post-editing sector. There will be open discussion amongst attendees along with invited speakers with an attempt to discern what is best for the post-editing field. Topics of Interest We are highly interested in (1) original research papers and (2) demos on the topics below; however, we welcome all novel ideas that cover human involvement with digital translation tools: - Inclusion of practitioner (post-editing or translator) feedback - Automatic post-editing approaches - Interactive post-editing techniques - Practitioner productivity studies - Studies on post-editing effectiveness - Evaluation mechanisms for post-editing - Novel uses of post-editing techniques - Quality comparisons of machine translation and post-editing - Machine translation integration with post-editing - Post-editing quality estimation - Error analysis of post-editing operations - Tools that use post-editing and machine translation - Machine translation inclusion in CAT tools - Metrics that relate post-editing productivity to machine translation performance - Text-based systems that operate on any of the above - Neural and deep learning approaches of any type (machine translation, post-editing, or CAT tools) - Interactive machine translation use and implementation Research Papers Original papers are accepted for submission similar to those of AMTA 2020. Papers must not exceed 12 (twelve) pages with unlimited pages for references, and must be formatted according to the AMTA style guide: PDF version / LaTeX version / MS Word version. These papers will be rigorously reviewed for novelty and impact, and they will be published in the AMTA proceedings. They will be presented at the PEMDT workshop as oral presentations. Submitted papers must be in PDF. To allow for blind reviewing, please do not include author names and affiliations within the paper, and avoid obvious self-references. Papers must be submitted to the START system (https://www.softconf.com/amta2020/pemdt1) by 11:59 pm (UTC-12), Wednesday, 08 July 2020. Papers must represent new work that has not been previously published (pre-prints posted online on servers such as arXiv do not count as published papers, and thus are allowed to be submitted). It is the responsibility of the author(s) to inform the program organizers of any potential problem with respect to this requirement. Authors submitting a similar paper both to PEMDT and another conference or workshop must inform the organizers by email (see below for organizer information), specifying to which other conference or workshop they are submitting their work. If a paper is accepted at both PEMDT and another workshop/conference, then to appear at PEMDT it can either be presented at PEMDT as a full paper and withdrawn from the other conference, or it can be withdrawn from the proceedings, but still presented at PEMDT as a non-archival extended abstract. Full papers presented at the conference and included in the proceedings will also be hosted on the ACL Anthology. Demos We also invite one-page descriptions of interesting tools related to post-editing, including commercial products, in-house systems, research prototypes and open source software. Authors should be ready to present demos of the tools during the workshop. See Demo submission instructions below. Demo submissions consist of a 1-page product description. They should not be anonymized. Please email your demo submissions directly to John Ortega by 11:59 pm (UTC-12), Wednesday, 08 July 2020. Important Dates - Research Paper deadline: Wednesday, 8 July 2020 - Demo Submission deadline: Wednesday, 8 July 2020 - Notification to authors: Thursday, 27 August 2020 - Camera-ready version due: Thursday, 17 September 2020 - Workshop: Tuesday, 6 October 2020 Speakers To be announced Organizers John E. Ortega (Universitat d’Alacant and New York University): je...@alu.ua.es Marcello Federico (Amazon): marcf...@amazon.com Constantin Orasan (University of Surrey): c.ora...@surrey.ac.uk Maj
[Mt-list] Virtual AMTA 2020 - Deadline for Post-Editing Workshop extended to Aug 12
DEADLINES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED A MONTH! We have received submissions but are looking for more. Our committee of seasoned researchers want your best! -- AMTA 2020 | 1st Workshop on Post-Editing in Modern-Day Translation PEMDT1 @ AMTA 2020 September 8th October 6th Due to COVID-19, we are virtual now! Orlando, Florida, USA Background Building on the success of past workshops that address post-editing, such as the ones held at AMTA 2018 and MT Summit 2019, we present PEMDT1 (https://www.naturallang.com/post-editing). Like its predecessors, this workshop will bring together post-editing translation tool users (practitioners) and researchers to compare and contrast how each use digital technology for translation. Specifically, the workshop focuses on novel advances in modern-day Computer-Assisted Tools (CAT) such as, but not limited to, Automatic Post-Editing (APE), Neural Machine Translation (NMT), and post-editing techniques and their usefulness as components in a practitioner's workflow. The workshop's aim is to gain a modern-day outlook on tools and the latest research in the post-editing sector. There will be open discussion amongst attendees along with invited speakers with an attempt to discern what is best for the post-editing field. Topics of Interest We are highly interested in (1) original research papers and (2) demos on the topics below; however, we welcome all novel ideas that cover human involvement with digital translation tools: - Inclusion of practitioner (post-editing or translator) feedback - Automatic post-editing approaches - Interactive post-editing techniques - Practitioner productivity studies - Studies on post-editing effectiveness - Evaluation mechanisms for post-editing - Novel uses of post-editing techniques - Quality comparisons of machine translation and post-editing - Machine translation integration with post-editing - Post-editing quality estimation - Error analysis of post-editing operations - Tools that use post-editing and machine translation - Machine translation inclusion in CAT tools - Metrics that relate post-editing productivity to machine translation performance - Text-based systems that operate on any of the above - Neural and deep learning approaches of any type (machine translation, post-editing, or CAT tools) - Interactive machine translation use and implementation Research Papers Original papers are accepted for submission similar to those of AMTA 2020. Papers must not exceed 12 (twelve) pages with unlimited pages for references, and must be formatted according to the AMTA style guide: PDF version / LaTeX version / MS Word version. These papers will be rigorously reviewed for novelty and impact, and they will be published in the AMTA proceedings. They will be presented at the PEMDT workshop as oral presentations. Submitted papers must be in PDF. To allow for blind reviewing, please do not include author names and affiliations within the paper, and avoid obvious self-references. Papers must be submitted to the START system (https://www.softconf.com/amta2020/pemdt1) by 11:59 pm (UTC-12), Wednesday, 12 August 2020. Papers must represent new work that has not been previously published (pre-prints posted online on servers such as arXiv do not count as published papers, and thus are allowed to be submitted). It is the responsibility of the author(s) to inform the program organizers of any potential problem with respect to this requirement. Authors submitting a similar paper both to PEMDT and another conference or workshop must inform the organizers by email (see below for organizer information), specifying to which other conference or workshop they are submitting their work. If a paper is accepted at both PEMDT and another workshop/conference, then to appear at PEMDT it can either be presented at PEMDT as a full paper and withdrawn from the other conference, or it can be withdrawn from the proceedings, but still presented at PEMDT as a non-archival extended abstract. Full papers presented at the conference and included in the proceedings will also be hosted on the ACL Anthology. Demos We also invite one-page descriptions of interesting tools related to post-editing, including commercial products, in-house systems, research prototypes and open source software. Authors should be ready to present demos of the tools during the workshop. See Demo submission instructions below. Demo submissions consist of a 1-page product description. They should not be anonymized. Please email your demo submissions directly to John Ortega by 11:59 pm (UTC-12), Wednesday, 12 August 2020. Important Dates - Research Paper deadline: Wednesday, 12 August 2020 - Demo Submission deadline: Wednesday, 12 August 2020 - Notification to authors: Thursday, 10 September 2020 - Camer
[Mt-list] AMTA 2020 – VIRTUAL - Registration Details and Program Outline
AMTA 2020 – VIRTUAL October 6-9 Registration for AMTA 2020 will open soon.Fees are below. The14th biennial conference of the Association for Machine Translation in theAmericas. https://amtaweb.org The single registration fees listed in thetable below will include attendance at all tutorials and workshops, as well as atall presentations in the three conference tracks: Commercial, Research, andGovernment. Additionally, after eachpresentation, a recording will be available for viewing on demand during theconference week and for a period of weeks after the conference. Attendees will thus be able to enjoy allsessions and presentations even if they could not attend them at the time theywere given. The regular registration fees also include atwo-year membership in AMTA (a US$100 value for non-students and US$50 for students),which allows members to register for the upcoming MTSummit XVIII conference in 2021 as well as for conferences hosted by our sisterorganizations, EAMT and AAMT, at a discountedmember rate. We further announce that due to the generoussponsorship of Microsoft, the first onehundred students who register for AMTA 2020 will pay a significantly discountedfee. When registration opens next week, fees willbe in US dollars as follows: | Registration Type | Early Fee* | Late Fee ** | Includes | | Regular Individual | $190 | $225 | conference registration and 2-year AMTA membership | | Regular Student | $75 | $90 | conference registration and 2-year AMTA membership | | First 100 Students Sponsored by Microsoft | $10 | N/A | conference registration and 2-year AMTA membership | | Current Members of EAMT or AAMT | $90 | $125 | conference registration; no AMTA membership | *Early Fee – through Monday, September 28 **Late Fee – starting Tuesday, September 29 Conference workshops and tutorials will takeplace on Tuesday, October 6. Currently confirmed are: | Tutorial 1 | Quick-Start Guide to Understanding & Working with Machine Translation | | | Presenter: Adam Wooten (Middlebury Institute of International Studies) | | Tutorial 2 | NMT Domain Adaptation Techniques | | | Presenter: Yasmin Moslem (ADAPT Centre) | | Workshop 1 | 1st Workshop on Post-Editing in Modern-Day Translation (PEMDT1) | | | Organizers: John E. Ortega (Universitat d’Alacant and New York University), Marcello Federico (Amazon), Constantin Orasan (University of Surrey), Maja Popovic (ADAPT Centre) | | Workshop 2 | Virtual Workshop on the Impact of Machine Translation (iMpacT 2020) | | | Organizers: Sharon O'Brien (ADAPT, CTTS Dublin City University), Michel Simard (National Research Council Canada) | On the three main conference days, Wednesday,October 7 – Friday, October 9, the schedule* will be: | 8:00am-9:00am | session opening and keynote speaker | | 9:00am-11:00am | parallel tracks consisting of four half-hour presentations each | | 11:00am-1:00pm | four half-hour demonstrations by exhibitors and/or lunch break | | 1:00pm-2:00pm | session opening and keynote speaker | | 2:00pm-4:00pm | parallel tracks consisting of four half-hour presentations each | *All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7): A complete program will be posted in earlyAugust after the paper acceptance date. Thekeynote talks will feature these recognized experts in the development andapplication of machine translation from research, industry, and government: Colin Cherry (Google Research) Mona Diab (George WashingtonUniversity) Chris Wendt (Microsoft Research) Danielle Silverman (National VirtualTranslation Center) Eric Paquin (Translators withoutBorders) Andy Way (ADAPT Centre,Dublin City University) Additionally, there will be two 1-hour studentmentoring sessions featuring experts from research, industry, andgovernment who will give brief opening presentations and then lead Q&Adiscussions on employment opportunities in machine translation and on preparingfor those opportunities. These sessionswill be held in parallel with other tracks and/or scheduled in the evening toavoid conflicts for students who wish to attend the live session. For academic and commercial researchers, AMTA2020 provides a unique opportunity to share the latest results with colleaguesas well as understand real-world user requirements. Business and governmentparticipants will benefit from updates on leading-edge R&D in MachineTranslation and have a chance to present and discuss their use cases. We look forward to “seeing” you at AMTA 2020 -VIRTUAL! SteveRichardson AMTA President ___ Mt-list site list Mt-list@eamt.org http://lists.eamt.org/mailman/listinfo/mt-list
[Mt-list] PEMDT @ AMTA2020: final call for papers
PEMDT @ AMTA2020: final call for papersThe final submission deadline is August 26th.Accepting papers on MT and Post-Editing, including short papers and demos.For more information, please visit the website: AMTA 2020 | 1st Call for Papers, Presentations, Workshops, and Tutorials · AMTA. | | | | AMTA 2020 | 1st Call for Papers, Presentations, Workshops, and Tutorials... The 14th biennial conference of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas. September 8-12 Sherato... | | | AMTA 2020 | 1st Call for Papers, Presentations, Workshops, and Tutorials · AMTA | | | | AMTA 2020 | 1st Call for Papers, Presentations, Workshops, and Tutorials... The 14th biennial conference of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas. September 8-12 Sherato... | | | ___ Mt-list site list Mt-list@eamt.org http://lists.eamt.org/mailman/listinfo/mt-list
[Mt-list] Virtual AMTA 2020 | Registration is Now Open and Conference Program is Available!
AMTA 2020 – VIRTUAL October6-9 REGISTER HERE The14th biennial conference of the Association for Machine Translation in theAmericas. Registration Details The single registration fee includes attendance at all tutorialsand workshops, special student mentoring sessions, exhibitions by vendors andconference sponsors, and all presentations in the three conference tracks:Commercial, Research, and Government. Additionally, after each tutorial,workshop, and presentation, a recording will be available for viewing on demandduring the conference week and for a period of weeks after the conference.Attendees will thus be able to enjoy all sessions and presentations even ifthey could not attend them at the time they were given. The registration fee also includes a two-year membership in AMTA(a US$100 value for non-students and US$50 for students), which allows membersto register for the upcoming MTSummit XVIII conference in 2021 as well as for conferenceshosted by our sister organizations, EAMT and AAMT, at a discounted member rate. Through the generous sponsorship of Microsoft, thefirst one hundred students who register for AMTA 2020 will pay a discounted fee of only US$10. Early registration prices are available through Monday,September 28, 2020. Late registration starts Tuesday, September 29, 2020 and will continuethrough the last day of the conference. Program Details Our engaging keynote talks will feature the following world-recognizedexperts in the development and application of machine translation fromresearch, industry, and government: | Colin Cherry (Google Research) | Mona Diab (George Washington University) | | Chris Wendt (Microsoft Research) | Danielle Silverman (National Virtual Translation Center) | | Eric Paquin (Translators without Borders) | Andy Way (ADAPT Centre, Dublin City University) | Twostudent mentoring sessions will feature experts from research,industry, and government who will give brief opening presentations and thenlead Q&A discussions on employment opportunities related to machinetranslation and on preparing for those opportunities. One mentoring sessionwill be held in the late afternoon and the other will be held in parallel with anotherconference track in the morning to provide flexibility for students who mayhave scheduling conflicts but still wish to attend a live session. The current conferenceprogram schedule is available here. Theprogram will start each day at 8am PDT (UTC-7) and end at 3pm PDT. On the mainconference days, about 10 minutes before 8am, there will be a short welcomewith a program overview. On Wednesday, one of the student mentoring sessionswill take place at 3:15pm (PDT). | | | | | | | | | | | AMTA | | | AMTA 2020 provides a unique opportunity for academic andcommercial researchers to share their results with colleagues as well as to understandreal-world user requirements. Business and government participants will benefitfrom updates on leading-edge R&D in Machine Translation and have a chanceto present and discuss their use cases. Students who attend will gain a broadperspective and understanding of the fascinating field of machine translation. We look forward to “seeing” you at AMTA 2020 – VIRTUAL! Steve Richardson AMTA President ___ Mt-list site list Mt-list@eamt.org http://lists.eamt.org/mailman/listinfo/mt-list
[Mt-list] Virtual AMTA 2020 | Register Now! Early Registration Discount Ends Sept 28
Virtual AMTA 2020 | Register Now! EarlyRegistration Discount Ends September 28 October 6-9 REGISTERHERE The14th biennial conference of the Association for Machine Translation in theAmericas. AMTA 2020 provides an exciting opportunity for researchers andusers of machine translation (MT) from academia, industry, and government, includinglanguage services providers and translators, to interact and benefit together fromupdates on leading-edge R&D in MT. Students are especially welcomed andencouraged to attend. The single registration fee includes attendance at all tutorialsand workshops, keynote speaker sessions, student mentoring sessions,exhibitions by vendors and conference sponsors, and all presentations in thethree conference tracks: Commercial, Research, and Government. After each tutorial,workshop, and presentation, a recording will be available for viewing on demandduring the conference week and for a period of weeks after the conference.Attendees will thus be able to enjoy all sessions and presentations even ifthey could not attend them at the time they were given. The conferenceprogram and registration details are available here. Early registration prices are available through Monday,September 28, 2020. Late registration starts Tuesday, September 29, 2020 and will continuethrough the last day of the conference. Links to the online conference platform will be emailed to allregistrants the week before the conference begins. We look forward to “seeing” you at AMTA 2020 – VIRTUAL! Steve Richardson AMTA President ___ Mt-list site list Mt-list@eamt.org http://lists.eamt.org/mailman/listinfo/mt-list
[Mt-list] Virtual AMTA 2020 | Early Registration Ends Monday, Sept 28
October 6-9 REGISTERHERE The14th biennial conference of the Association for Machine Translation in theAmericas. AMTA 2020 provides an exciting opportunity for researchers andusers of machine translation (MT) from academia, industry, and government, includinglanguage services providers and translators, to interact and benefit together fromupdates on leading-edge R&D in MT. Students are especially welcomed andencouraged to attend. The single registration fee includes attendance at all tutorialsand workshops, keynote speaker sessions, student mentoring sessions, exhibitionsby vendors and conference sponsors, and all presentations in the threeconference tracks: Commercial, Research, and Government. After each tutorial,workshop, and presentation, a recording will be available for viewing on demandduring the conference week and for a period of weeks after the conference.Attendees will thus be able to enjoy all sessions and presentations even ifthey could not attend them at the time they were given. The conferenceprogram and registration details are available here. Early registration prices are available through Monday,September 28, 2020. Late registration starts Tuesday, September 29, 2020 and will continuethrough the last day of the conference. Links to the online conference platform will be emailed to allregistrants a few days before the conference begins. We look forward to “seeing” you at AMTA 2020 – VIRTUAL! Steve Richardson AMTA President ___ Mt-list site list Mt-list@eamt.org http://lists.eamt.org/mailman/listinfo/mt-list
