Call for Papers

The ninth Machine Translation Summit, organized by the International Association for Machine Translation (IAMT) and hosted by the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas (AMTA), will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, from 23 to 27 September 2003.

May 11, 2003
Deadline for the submission of papers

MT Summit IX will feature a comprehensive programme that will include research papers, reports on users' experiences, discussions of policy issues, invited talks, panels, exhibits, tutorials, and workshops. We define machine translation in the broadest possible sense, to include not just fully automatic MT but tools for translation support and multilingual text processing as well.

We invite all those with an interest in translation automation-researchers, developers, translation service providers, users, or managers-to participate in the conference.

MT Summit IX hereby invites original submissions on all aspects machine and machine-aided translation. The submissions must be in English and fall into one of three categories:

research (or theoretical) papers: maximum length 8 pages;
user's studies (including manager's experiences): maximum length 8 pages;
system presentations (with optional demos): maximum length 4 pages.

Electronic submissions are strongly preferred, in PDF or MS-Word format only please. As the reviewing process will be blind, authors of the first two categories (research and user studies) are requested to keep their papers anonymous. This means that these submissions should NOT include the author's name; rather, papers should be identified only by their title. In addition to the electronic file containing their paper, authors must also submit a separate cover page on which the name and affiliation of the author(s) do appear, along with the title of the paper and the category of the submission. The two electronic files should be attached to an email and sent to the following address:

mtix@iro.umontreal.ca

Note that the requirement of anonymity does not apply to system presentations. However, those submitting system descriptions with demos are asked to specify on their cover page the type of equipment they will require for their demonstration.

We will acknowledge receipt of all papers received before the deadline and issue a submission number to each author. Please refer to that number in all subsequent correspondence. Anyone who is unable to make an electronic submission is asked to contact the Program Chair. Guidelines and style files for the preparation of the final camera-ready copy will be made available to the authors of accepted submissions in due time.

Important Dates

May 11, 2003	Deadline for the submission of papers
June 30, 2003	Notification of acceptance sent to authors
July 31, 2003	Camera-ready copy due
September 23, 2003	Conference opens

Proposals for Panels and Special Sessions

Proposals are also invited for panel and/or special sessions on issues of general importance to machine and machine-aided translation, which should be the subject of public debate at MT Summit IX. Please send your proposals to the Program Chair and include a description of the session theme, a justification of its importance, and the names of some suggested speakers or panelists.

Conference Website

Please consult the Conference Website for the latest information on all aspects of the Summit: http://www.mt-summit.org

MT Summit IX Organizing Committee

General Chair	Eduard Hovy
Program Chair	Elliott Macklovitch
Local Arrangements Chair	Florence Reeder
Workshops Chair	Harold Somers
Exhibit and Tutorial Co-chairs	Laurie Gerber, Keith Miller
Conference Webmaster	Jin Yang