Return-Path: Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by A.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa18927; 25 Mar 94 6:05:17 EST Received: from Csli.Stanford.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa01808; 25 Mar 94 6:04:37 EST Received: from localhost.Stanford.EDU by CSLI.Stanford.EDU (4.1/25-CSLI-eef) id AA14580; Fri, 25 Mar 94 00:59:55 PST Message-Id: <9403250859.AA14580@CSLI.Stanford.EDU> From: Joseph Pentheroudakis To: empiricists@CSLI.Stanford.EDU Subject: Call for Participation: AMTA (Machine Translation) Conference Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 00:59:53 -0800 Sender: roscheis@CSLI.Stanford.EDU From: Joseph Pentheroudakis (by way of yarowsky@unagi.cis.upenn.edu (David Yarowsky)) AMTA 655 Fifteenth Street, NW, Suite 310 Washington, DC 20005 AMTA Conference 1994: Partnerships in Translation Technology CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The Association for Machine Translation in the Americas (AMTA) is organizing its first full-fledged conference, to be held on 6-8 October 1994 at the Columbia Inn in Columbia, Maryland. The overall intent of the conference is to bring MT researchers, developers, and users to share the latest information on MT and forge partnerships for addressing the challenge of language barriers that impede communication on the information highway. The program is designed to offer something for everyone who has an interest in MT and, by so doing, to cultivate contacts between users and developers and between developers and researchers. It is also intended to set the stage for stronger partnerships between AMTA and the other regions of the International Association for Machine Translation (IAMT). The conference will cover a broad range of MT topics through panels, papers, demonstrations, and exhibits over three days of sessions. Preliminary tutorials on intellectual property rights in the MT field and on matching up MT users and MT environments are being planned for 5 October. We expect to have sessions on the following areas: PC MT systems Assessing translatability Knowledge-based MT Workstation MT systems Current Solutions Statistical MT Translator Workstations MT Evaluation Corpus cooperation MT & desktop publishing Speech MT Future directions in MT MT economics Assessment of MT needs MT System demonstrations We invite papers on any of these topics. Extended abstracts (up to ten pages) are due by July 8; authors will be notified of acceptance by mid-August. Submissions should be sent to Eduard Hovy at the address below; electronic submissions in plain ASCII format are encouraged, and should be sent to hovy@isi.edu. AMTA 655 Fifteenth Street, NW, Suite 310 Washington, DC 20005 Program Chairs: Eduard Hovy Joseph Pentheroudakis USC/Information Sciences Institute Microsoft Corp, 9S/1160 4676 Admiralty Way One Microsoft Way Marina Del Rey, CA 90292-6695 Redmond, WA 98052-6399 tel: (310) 822-1511 tel: (206) 936-3528 fax: (310) 823-6714 fax: (206) 936-7329 email: hovy@isi.edu email: joseph@microsoft.com Return-Path: Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by A.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04184; 20 Jun 94 3:46:32 EDT Received: from Csli.Stanford.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa18356; 20 Jun 94 3:46:03 EDT Received: from localhost.Stanford.EDU by CSLI.Stanford.EDU (4.1/25-CSLI-eef) id AA22940; Sun, 19 Jun 94 23:38:11 PDT Message-Id: <9406200638.AA22940@CSLI.Stanford.EDU> From: Joseph Pentheroudakis Subject: AMTA-94: Second Announcement To: empiricists@CSLI.Stanford.EDU Date: Sun, 19 Jun 1994 23:38:10 -0700 Sender: roscheis@CSLI.Stanford.EDU From: Joseph Pentheroudakis (by way of yarowsky@unagi.cis.upenn.edu) AMTA-94: "Technology Partnerships for Crossing the Language Barrier" Columbia, Maryland 5-8 October 1994 SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The Association for Machine Translation in the Americas (AMTA) is proud to announce its first regular conference, to be held on 6-8 October 1994 at the Columbia Inn in Columbia, Maryland. Focusing on the theme "Technology Partnerships for Crossing the Language Barrier," AMTA-94 will bring together users, vendors, developers, and researchers to hear about the latest developments in machine translation (MT) and related technology. In so doing, it will set the stage for partnerships to meet today's challenges in interlingual communication. Concurrent sessions will offer something for everyone--and pose hard choices. Along with a rich variety of exhibits and demonstrations running throughout the conference, panels and presentations on 6-8 October will cover: PC MT Systems MT Evaluation Workstation MT Systems Speech MT Translator Workstations Assessment of MT Needs MT & Desktop Publishing Knowledge-based MT MT economics Statistical MT Assessing Translatability Dictionaries and MT Current Solutions Corpus Cooperation Future Directions in MT Some of these topics will also be the subject of special interest groups. In addition, preconference tutorials on 5 October will take a look at "Choosing an MT System" and "Intellectual Property Rights." Participation in all these areas is invited. Suggestions and proposals for papers (extended abstracts up to 10 pages) or panels should be submitted in electronic form to Eduard Hovy, Program Co-chair, at hovy@isi.edu. The deadline for papers has been extended to 15 July; authors will be notified of acceptance by mid-August. Proposals for demonstrations and exhibits should be addressed to Bill Fry, Exhibits and Demonstrations Coordinator, fax (703) 998-5709. Conference Chair: Muriel Vasconcellos Program Co-chairs: Eduard Hovy, Joseph Pentheroudakis Exhibits and Demonstrations Coordinator: Bill Fry For further information about the AMTA or the conference, or to request a registration packet, please write to: AMTA Secretariat 655 Fifteenth Street, NW, Suite 310 Washington, DC 20005 From josephp@microsoft.com Mon Aug 15 15:58:17 EDT 1994 Article: 1950 of comp.ai.nat-lang Newsgroups: comp.ai.nat-lang Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news.harvard.edu!news2.near.net!MathWorks.Com!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!tcsi.tcs.com!uunet!microsoft!wingnut!josephp From: josephp@microsoft.com (Joseph Pentheroudakis) Subject: MT Conference (AMTA-94): Program and Registration Message-ID: Organization: Microsoft Corp. Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 22:52:08 GMT Distribution: usa Lines: 224 AMTA-94 UPDATE: PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION Here is the latest information on AMTA-94, the upcoming conference of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas, to be held in Columbia, Maryland, on 5-8 October 1994. You are welcome to use the registration form at the end of this message, but please note that it needs to be submitted to the Registrar in hard copy with check enclosed. It is not possible to register by e-mail or with a credit card. A complete registration packet can be requested from AMTA headquarters (71024.123@compuserve.com; fax 202/667-8808, 655 Fifteenth Street, N.W., Suite 310, Washington, DC 20005) or directly from the Registrar at 70671.1560@compuserve.com. "Technology Partnerships for Crossing the Language Barrier" The first conference of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas (AMTA), organized around the theme "Technology Partnerships," aims to fulfill AMTA's twofold commitment: to share the latest information in the dynamic areas of machine translation (MT) and machine-assisted translation (MAT), and, at the same time, to encourage all who are interested in translation technology--actual and potential users, vendors, developers, researchers--to focus on ways in which they can team up to improve communication across language barriers. General Chair: Muriel Vasconcellos Program Submissions: Eduard Hovy, Program Committee Co-Chair Phone 310/822-1511; fax 310/823-6714 hovy@isi.edu Demonstrations: Joseph Pentheroudakis, Program Committee Co-Chair Phone 206/936-3528; fax 206/936-7329 josephp@microsoft.com Exhibits: Bill Fry, Exhibits Coordinator Phone 703/998-5708; fax 703/998-5709 Registration Jane Zorrilla, Registrar 819 Easterly Road North Palm Beach, FL 33408-3803 Phone 407/624-8211; fax 407/624-2703 70671.1560@compuserve.com The Program AMTA-94 will offer a rich array of events: tutorials, invited talks, lively panels, papers and presentations on a variety of subjects, theater-style and tabletop demonstrations, exhibits, special interest group meetings, and social get-togethers. The conference events - papers, demonstrations, and panels - are structured around session themes. Concurrent sessions will enable participants to choose between topics. The goal is to provide something for everyone--MT users, system developers, commercial MT providers, and researchers--in a convivial and stimulating atmosphere. Invited Speakers - Jaime Carbonell, Carnegie Mellon University--Keynote: "Partnerships in MT" - Margaret King, ISSCO, University of Geneva-- "The State of MT in Europe" - W. John Hutchins, University of East Anglia--Roundup: "Past, Present, and Future of MT Development" Panels - "Is MT Research Doing Any Good?"--Is current MT research delivering practical results? Should it? What kinds of research are worth pursuing? - "The Role of MT Evaluation"--How can we ensure that MT evaluation has practical benefits? - "The Economics of MT"--What does it cost to run an MT shop? Can the up-front costs of MT be justified? - "The Voices of Experience: MT in Operational Settings"--What are the components that make for a successful MT installation? - "Future Directions"--What are systems likely to look like in 5 years? In 10 years? Demonstrations Demonstrations will be given both in a theater-style setting as part of the regular program and on tabletops, where noncommercial systems will be presented on an announced schedule. Exhibits In addition to the scheduled demonstrations, vendor booths will showcase commercial products on an ongoing basis throughout the conference (booth space sold out). Tutorials (note schedule changes) - "Choosing an MT System"--Karin Spalink (5 October, 9-12 a.m.) - "Intellectual Property Rights and MT"--Leighton Chong (5 October, 9-12 a.m.) - "MT in the 1990s"--Muriel Vasconcellos (5 October, 2-5 p.m.). - "Interlinguas"--Sergei Nirenburg, David Farwell, and Boyan Onyshkevych (5 October, 2-5 p.m.) Special Interest Groups AMTA's newly formed SIGs will meet for the first time. - MT Evaluation - Interlingual MT - Standards and Data Exchange - MT on PCs - The MT Lexicon The Site Situated on 10 wooded acres along the shore of Lake Kittamaqundi, the Columbia Inn offers opportunities for recreation and is also close to first-class restaurants and entertainment. Participants should make their reservations directly with the Columbia Inn (Wincopin Circle, Columbia, Maryland 21044, 800/638-2817 or 410/730-3900). The special rate for AMTA-94 is $79.00 plus tax, single or double occupancy (confirmed through 20 September only). Free covered parking is available. Related Events - Wednesday, 5 October: Tours of Baltimore (8 hrs, $30) and Annapolis (6 hrs, $22). - Thursday, 6 October: Welcoming reception in the Exhibit Area (complimentary). - Friday, 7 October: Dinner cruise of Baltimore Harbor (3 hrs, $48). - Saturday, 8 October: Banquet ($58). Transportation Since the Columbia Inn is just 20 minutes from Baltimore-Washington Airport (BWI), arriving at BWI is easiest. To get from the airport to the hotel there are three options: - Taxi (about $25.00 plus tip for one person); or - Airport Shuttle ($16.00 plus tip for one person, $4.00 for each additional person, MasterCard or Visa accepted); must be reserved in advance by calling 800/776-0323 or 410/381-2772; or - Rental car (south on US95 to Exit 41B, then 6 mi west on MD175 to Columbia, through 5 lights, left onto Wincopin Circle). It is also possible to arrive at National Airport (DCA) or Dulles Airport (WDA). (See information in registration packet.) Registration Packet More detailed information on related events, the hotel, ground transportation, and sponsorship opportunities are given in the registration packet, available from AMTA at 655 Fifteenth Street, N.W., Suite 310, Washington, D.C. 20005, or by fax, 202/667-8808. ------------------------------------------------------------------- AMTA-94: REGISTRATION FORM Please fill in the applicable lines information and mail this form, together with a check payable to AMTA, to: Jane Zorrilla, AMTA-94 Registrar, 819 Easterly Road, North Palm Beach, FL 33408-3803 (fax 407/624-2703). (Keep a copy for your records!) AMTA-94 (6-8 October) Active member AMTA 150.00 ______ Associate member AMTA 200.00 ______ Member AAMT or EAMT 200.00 ______ Nonmember 220.00 ______ Tutorials (5 October) "Choosing a System" (a.m.) "Intellectual Property" (a.m.) "MT in the 1990s (p.m.) "Interlingual MT" (p.m.) Active or corp/inst member 95.00 ______ All others 120.00 ______ Related Events Baltimore City Tour 30.00 ______ Annapolis on Your Own 22.00 ______ Dinner Cruise 48.00 ______ Banquet 58.00 ______ Total enclosed ______ Special Interest Groups: I am interested in the following SIGs: MT Evaluation ______ Interlingual MT ______ Lexicon and MT ______ Standards/Data Exchange ______ MT on PCs ______ Name: ___________________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ (This is my office:__ /home: __) Phone: ____________________ Fax: ___________________ E-mail: ___________________________ Affiliation: ____________________________________________________