tmi99 8th international conference theoretical methodological issues machine translation tmi99 august 2325 1999 chester uk preliminary announcement call papers eighth conference tmi series take place august 2325 1999 historic city chester uk addition general theoretical methodological issues tmi99 major theme modalities mt mt used submissions referring theme encouraged however substantial original unpublished research issues relevant machine translation also welcome proposals also solicited one day workshops see details submissions submission guidelines along latex style file put web site near future papers english longer 10 pages around 5 000 words important dates paper submissions march 12 1999 acceptance notification may 14 1999 final copies due july 2 1999 conference dates tutorials aug 22 1999 papers panels aug 2325 1999 workshops aug 26 1999 conference site conference meetings held chester college city chester uk call workshop proposals proposals solicited oneday workshops addressing specific issues interest machine translation would like organize workshop send proposals november 30 1998 program chair bond cslab kecl ntt co jp proposal include theme goal workshop planned activities list potential participants tmi99 officers program chair francis bond ntt cs labs kyoto local chairs harold somers arturo trujillo umist manchester general chair sergei nirenburg nmsu las cruces nm program committee laurie gerber systran usa emmanuel planas geta france melanie siegel dfki germany stephen beale crl usa kevin knight isi usa kentaro ogura ntt japan masahiko haruno atr japan hiromi nakaiwa ntt japan key sun choi kaist korea terumasa ehara nhk japan kristiina jokkinen atr japan graham wilcox umist uk please address enquiries program chair francis bond bond cslab kecl ntt co jp machine translation research group ntt communication science laboratories 2 4 hikari dai seika cho soraku gun kyoto japan 6190237 tel 077493 5313 81 fax 077493 5345 81