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         MT Summit XI Workshop on Patent Translation
September 11, 2007  Copenhagen, Denmark
http://www.aamt.info/patent/
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Workshop Theme
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Patent documents are one of the major application areas of machine
translation. The workshop aims to foster research and development of the
technology for patent translation by providing a forum in which
researchers and practitioners can exchange their ideas, approaches,
perspectives, and experiences from their work in progress.

Double submission of papers to both the workshop and the main conference
will also be welcomed.

The workshop will consist of 1-3 invited talk(s), presentation of
submitted papers, and one panel discussion.


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Areas of Interest
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Topics of interests include, but are not limited to:

 - Analysis and classification for patent documents,
 - MT and translation aids for patent documents,
 - Contrastive studies for multilingual patent documents,
 - Language resources for patent translation,
 - Information extraction from patent documents,
 - Evaluation techniques for patent translation,
 - Multilingual patent classification and retrieval.


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Submission of papers
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The workshop invites original submissions in any of the topics
mentioned. Any types of papers, including research papers, survey papers
and reports on user's experiences, are welcomed.
Submissions should be A4, single-column format and not be longer than
3,500 words including figures, tables and references.

Authors are requested to keep their papers anonymous and submit separate
cover pages with the following information:

 - paper title,
 - author's name(s), affiliation(s), address(es), and e-mail address(es),
 - 100-200 word summary,
 - some keywords for classifying the submission.

Electronic submissions in PDF format are strongly preferred.
The two electronic files should be attached to an email and sent to the
following address:

   shimohata245@oki.com

For more information, please visit the workshop web site at
http://www.aamt.info/patent/.

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Important Dates
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 Paper submission deadline: 15 June 2007
 Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2007
Camera ready submission deadline: 20 July 2007

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Organization
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Workshop Co-Chairs:
Jun'ichi Tsujii, University of Tokyo, Japan
Shoichi Yokoyama, Yamagata University, Japan
Program Committee Members:
    Terumasa Ehara, Tokyo University of Science, Suwa, Japan
Laurie Gerber, Language Weaver, Inc., USA
Chikara Hashimoto, Yamagata University, Japan
    Munpyo Hong, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
    Hiroyuki Kaji, Shizuoka University, Japan
    Akira Kumano, Toshiba Corporation, Japan
    Sadao Kurohashi, Kyoto University, Japan
    Shinichiro Miyazawa, Shumei University, Japan
    Hiroshi Nakagawa, University of Tokyo, Japan
    Naoya Oku, Japan Patent Information Organization, Japan
    Tadaaki Oshio, Japan Patent Information Organization, Japan
    Birgit Pichat, Lingtech A/S, Denmark
    Svetlana Sheremetyeva, Lanaconsult, Denmark
    Sayori Shimohata, Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd., Japan
    Eiichiro Sumita, ATR, Japan
    Akira Ushioda, Fujitsu Laboratories, Ltd., Japan
    Takehito Utsuro, University of Tsukuba, Japan