CALL FOR PARTICIPATION


Intensive School in Machine Translation
16-20 May 2011, Chelyabinsk, Russia

http://www.mtschool-susu.info/

 

European Association for Machine Translation and South Ural State University are pleased to announce an exciting co-sponsored event “Intensive School in Machine Translation” (ISMT) which will be held in Chelyabinsk, Russia from May 16 through May 20th, 2011. The venue of the school is South Ural State University.

The overall goal of ISMT is to provide participants with a reference frame for major areas of study within the field of MT technology while defining critical problems of MT and the most useful methods for their solutions.

The ISMT courses on the state-of-the-art MT aspects will be delivered by internationally renowned researchers from different countries, - Andrew Way (Ireland), Harold Somers (UK), Robert Frederking (USA) and Svetlana Sheremetyeva (Russia). ISMT will also feature a discussion panel, which will enable participants to discuss specific issues in MT with experts in the field. The working languages are English and Russian. A course certificate will be issued upon completion of the course, based on 90% participation.

 

Please visit the ISMT site http://www.mtschool-susu.info/  for the program and other details of the event.

 

The school invites everyone professionally interested in machine translation. The primary target audience is university students, PhD students and young researchers for whom attendance is free of charge. Participants from industry/commerce will be charged a registration fee.

Since there are a limited number of participant slots we do recommend interested parties to register at the school site as early as possible.  Assistance with accommodation is offered once you have registered.

Important Dates

15 January 2011   Registration opens

15 April      2011   Registration deadline

16-20 May 2011   Intensive School in Machine Translation

Contact:  org@mtschool-susu.info
Svetlana Sheremetyeva, ISMT co-director