Machine Translation Summit

September 17-19, 1987

Hakone Prince Hotel, Japan

Manuscripts and Program

Most papers appear in these proceedings.

Most were also published later (1989), some revised and/or enlarged, in a volume edited by Makoto Nagao.

[Some papers did not appear in the proceedings but only in Nagao’s volume. These are indicated in red.]

Program

17 SEPT. (Thu.)

9:00-10:30 Opening Session

Opening Address: M. Nagao, Conference Chairman

Greetings: Yukio Honda (MITI)

Keynote Speeches:

"The FGCS Project and Machine Translation Systems", K. Fuchi (ICOT)

"Prospects in Machine Translation", W. J. Hutchins

10:40-11:40 Commercial Machine Translation Systems I —Development and its Use. Chairman: H. Tanaka (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

(1) SYSTRAN: J. P. Ryan (Systran), R. Akiyama (Arthur Andersen & Company)

(2) METAL: T. Schneider (Siemens), R. Shah (Compulex)

(3) DLT: T. Witkam (BSO)

13:00-15:00 Commercial Machine Translation Systems II —Development and its Use. Chairman: C. Boitet (Grenoble Univ.)

(1) ATLAS: H. Uchida (Fujitsu), N. Saeki (Mazda)

(2) HICATS: H. Kaji (Hitachi0, T. Oshio (JAPIO)

(3) TAURAS: S. Amano (Toshiba), Y. Yamaoka (ISS)

(4) PIVOT: K. Muraki (NEC), T. Arai (Japan Convention Services)

15:20-17:00 Panel Discussion —Technical Prospect of Machine Translation. Chairman: H. Nomura (NTT)

Panelists: C. Boitet (Grenoble Univ.), J. G. Carbonell (CMU), S. Ishizaki (ETL), M. Kay (Xerox), P. Toma (Aorangi International Univ.), J. Tsujii (Kyoto Univ.), H. Uchida (Fujitsu)

18 SEPT. (Fri.)

9:00-10:20 Current Status and Perspectives of Machine Translation Project I. Chairman: S. Ishizaki (ETL)

(1) EUROTRA: S. Perschke (CEC)

(2) ALVEY: F. E. Knowles (Aston Univ.)

(3) ESPRIT: M. Carpentier (CEC)

(4) ODA: Y. Tsuji (CICC)

10:30-11:30 Current Status and Perspectives of Machine Translation Project II. Chairman: L Rolling (CEC)

(1) GETA: C. Boitet (Grenoble Univ.)

(2) Mu: J. Tsujii (Kyoto Univ.)

(3) CMU: J. G. Carbonell (CMU)

(4) EDR: T. Kakizaki (EDR)

13:00-17:00 Panel Discussion —Governmental Views of Machine Translation-Chairman: M. Nagao (Japan)

Panelists: Ainon Muhammad (Malaysia), M. Czermak (FRG), A. Kubota (Japan), Iman Sudarwo (Indonesia), K. Kalaya (Thailand), F. Knowles (UK), K. Lee (Korea), K.Kusuda (USA), M. Tsui (Canada), L. Rolling (CEC), X. Ma (China), A. Zampolli (Italy)

19 SEPT. (Sat.)

9:00-12:00 Concluding Remarks Chairman: H.Kashiwagi (ETL)

(1) L. Rolling (CEC)

(2) M. Kay (Xerox)

(3) M. Nagao (Kyoto Univ.)

12:00 Closing Remarks: M. Nagao, Conference Chairman

Also included in proceedings: Current machine translation systems in Japan