Call for Papers

Authors and system developers are invited to submit four kinds of presentations:

Theoretical papers: Unpublished papers describing original work on all aspects of Machine Translation. A preference will be given for papers that address the theme of future visions of MT in the context of information processing. Papers should be in English, not longer than 10 pages, with minimum character font size of 11 pt.

System descriptions with optional system demonstrations: Approx. 25 minutes will be allocated per system description/demo. Submissions should be in English, not longer than 4 pages. If a system demonstration is included, please provide the following information:

• hardware platform,
• operating system,
• name and contact information of system operations specialist.

Users' experience: Studies of experiences with implementing MT or testing its applicability to some task. Users, managers, and sales/marketing professionals are especially welcome to submit. Studies should be in English, not longer than 8 pages, with minimum character font size of 11 pt.

Visionary papers: Interesting, fun, and challenging descriptions of what the future might hold for people living in a world of instant communication, ubiquitous computing, and the need for translation greater than ever. Papers should be in English, not longer than 4 pages, with minimum character font size of 11 pt.

First page: All submissions should include a separate title page with the following information:

• paper title,
• author(s)' name(s), address(es), telephone and fax numbers, email address(es),
• one-paragraph abstract,
• for theoretical papers: subject area keyword(s)
• for user studies: the words "User study"
• for system descriptions/demos: the words "System description/demo"
• for visionary paper: the words "Visionary statement"

DEADLINES, SCHEDULE, SUBMISSION ADDRESS

Submissions are due at address below on April 14, 2000
Authors will be notified of acceptance on May 15, 2000
Final copies of papers are due on June 26, 2000

Softcopy submissions are strongly preferred. They should be sent to:

• email address: white_john@prc.com
• subject line: AMTA-2000 submission

• Microsoft Word (RTF format)
• PostScript
• ASCII plain text

Hardcopy submissions (please send four (4) copies):

AMTA-2000: John S. White
Litton PRC
1500 PRC Drive
McLean VA 22102
USA

Instructions for the formatting of accepted papers can be found here.

This page can be found at http://www.isi.edu/natural-language/conferences/amta2000/cfp.html.