text_combined: mt summit 99 cfp machine translation summit vii september 1317 1999 singapore call papers seventh machine translation summit organized asia pacific association machine translation aamt held kent ridge digital labs campus national university singapore 13 17 september 1999 mt summit vii last conference 20th century premier series conferences machine translation provide forum discussing prospect mt related areas coming century mt summit vii feature expanded program including research papers reports users experiences discussions policy issues invited talks panels exhibitions tutorials workshops aamt invites interested aspect machine translation researchers developers providers users watchers participate conference conference schedule 13 september 1999 tutorials 1416 september 1999 papers panels exhibitions 17 september 1999 workshops papers mt summit vii seeks original papers aspects machine translation topics interests include limited methodologies mt rulebased knowledgebased analogybased statisticsbased etc practical mt systems mt professional translation mt internet mt localization etc translation aids translation memory terminology databases etc speech dialogue translation natural language analysis generation techniques dictionaries lexicons mt systems text corpora mt knowledge extraction corpora human factors mt user interfaces evaluation techniques standards text lexicon encoding mt cross lingual information retrieval mt related technologies information retrieval text categorization text summarization information extraction etc three categories papers 1 research papers submissions invited reports significant research results aspect machine translation related areas reports include substantial evaluative component papers english longer 5 000 words 2 system presentations demos submissions invited reports design implementation operation evaluation operational prototype systems reports english longer 2 000 words 3 user studies submissions invited reports users experiences applying mt task evaluation mt systems analysis mt markets etc reports english longer 5 000 words types papers submitted address must received indicated date papers include cover page following information paper title author name affiliation address es email address es 200 word abstract research papers 5 keywords system presentations demos word system presentation demo hardware software network requirement demonstration user studies word user study please mail 4 hardcopies paper mt summit vii asia pacific association machine translation aamt 3f shiba koen sanada bldg 3 512 shiba koen minato ku tokyo 1050011 japan addition please submit ascii version cover page electronically aamt0001 infotokyo jp important dates 15 april 1999 paper submission deadline 30 may 1999 notifications 15 july 1999 final cameraready copy deadline call exhibits addition scheduled system presentations demos vendor booths showcase commercial products ongoing basis throughout conference exhibits restricted machine translation systems include variety nlp applications would like exhibit please contact local organizing secretary email vicky krdl org sg april 15 1999 call panel special session invited speaker proposals submissions invited panel sessions dealing significant controversial timely issues machine translation proposals include description topic preferably names affiliations panelists could represent diverse positions approach topic proposals special sessions invited speakers also welcome proposals sent program chair email mtsummit 99 sessions mlist ccm cl nec co jp november 30 1998 call tutorial proposals proposals solicited tutorials technological practical issues machine translation submissions made local organizing chair email hweeboon krdl org sg november 30 1998 include 1 length tutorial either half day full day 2 outline tutorial 3 intended audience introductory intermediate advanced 4 complete contact information contact person 5 brief biographies presenters call workshop proposals proposals solicited oneday workshops bring together relatively small group people involved specific problem area machine translation advance state art area submissions made program vice chair email tonglc krdl org sg november 30 1998 include theme goal workshop planned activities list potential participants singapore singapore vibrant sophisticated city state 3 million people offering best modern facilities comforts retaining heritage culture progressive cosmopolitan city singapore world best airport changi international airport lies crossroads asia known food shopping singapore thriving nucleus tourism trade finance climate singapore tropical year round high humidity temperatures varying 23 degrees celsius 74 f evening 32 degrees celsius 90 f day showers sporadic heavy also brief refreshing light summer clothing may worn throughout day venue kent ridge digital labs krdl national applied research development organization established january 1998 merger former national institutes information technology institute iti institute systems science iss diverse team 400 research scientists krdl aim premier research development organization asia pacific information networking technologies conference organization general chair hozumi tanaka tokyo institute technology japan local organizing committee chair hwee boon low kent ridge digital labs singapore secretary victorine chen toh kent ridge digital labs singapore program committee chair jun ichi tsujii university tokyo japan umist uk vice chair loong cheong tong kent ridge digital labs singapore members virginia cha star globe technologies singapore jason chang national tsing hua university taiwan zhaoxiong chen kezhi co china key sun choi korean advanced institute science technology korea robert dale macquarie university australia zhendong dong chinese information processing society china dominique estival university melbourne australia changning huang tsinghua university china hitoshi iida atr interpreting telecommunications research laboratories japan etsuo ito toshiba corporation japan hiroyuki kaji hitachi ltd japan shin ichiro kamei nec corporation japan asanee kawtrakul kasetsart university thailand kunio matsui fujitsu laboratories ltd japan se young park electronics telecommunications research institute korea wanchai rivepiboon chulalongkorn university thailand trihono sastrohartono agency assessment application technology indonesia youlwon seong language computer ltd korea keh yih su behavior design corporation taiwan chew lim tan national university singapore singapore benjamin k tsou city university hong kong hong kong yusoff zaharin universiti sains malaysia malaysia international advisors laurie gerber systran software inc usa eduard hovy usc information sciences institute usa john hutchins university east anglia uk antonio sanfillipo linglink luxembourg information details please call vicky 65 874 2003 fax 65 776 8109 may also visit web 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