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11-731: Machine Translation

Department: Language Technologies Institute (LTI)
Units: 12
Semester: Spring 2007
When: MW 1:30 - 2:50pm
Where: 4623 WeH
Instructors: Teruko Mitamura (leader), Bob Frederking, Alon Lavie

Syllabus: PDF file

Past MT Course Description: Mitamura, Nyberg, Frederking (2003) "Teaching MT in a Graduate Language Technologies Program", In Proceedings of the MT Summit IX 2003 workshop "Teaching Translation Technologies and Tools", New Orleans. PDF file.


Introduction to MT

DAY
Subject Lecturer
Jan 17 W Overview pdf file Mitamura
Jan 22 M History of MT pdf file Carbonell
Jan 24 W Principles of MT Research and Development pdf file Lavie

Modern Theory and Approaches for MT

DAY Subject Lecturer
Jan 29 M Manual MT Evaluation and Human Factors pdf file Frederking
Jan 31 W Automatic MT Evaluation pdf file Lavie
Feb 5 M Transfer Methods pdf file Lavie
Feb 7 W Interlingua MT Homework #1; pdf file Mitamura
Feb 12 M Statistical MT pdf file Frederking
Feb 14 W Example-based MT pdf file Frederking
Feb 19 M Multi-Engine MT pdf file; Homework #2 Lavie

 

Linguistic Analysis for MT System Development

DAY Subject Lecturer
Feb 21 W Linguistic Knowledge Development (1) pdf file Mitamura
Feb 26 M Linguistic Knowledge Development (2) pdf file Mitamura
Feb 28 W Linguistic Knowledge Development (3) pdf file; Homework #3; GenKit-Transform Guide; bird.gra; check list; demo file; How-to-run; Transformation; Mitamura
Mar 5 M Linguistic Knowledge Development (4) Grammar guide; EmacsLispHints; EmacsCommands Mitamura
Mar 7 W Ambiguity and Ambiguity Resolution pdf file Mitamura

MT System Development: Case Study

DAY Subject Lecturer
Mar 12 M Spring Break (No class)  
Mar 14 W Spring Break (No class)  
Mar 19 M Statistical MT pdf file Vogel
Mar 21 W Example-based MT pdf file Brown
Mar 26 M Learning MT Transfer Rules pdf file Lavie
Mar 28 W Speech-to-Speech MT System Development pdf file; pdf file Frederking
Apr 2 M Interlingua MT: KANTOO system pdf file Mitamura/Nyberg
Apr 4 W Business Case for MT and Commercial MT pdf file; pdf file Frederking
Apr 9 M Exam (in class, closed book exam) Mitamura

Term Project Presentation

DAY Subject Presenters
Apr 11 W Term Project Preparation
Apr 16 M Term Project Presentation & Discussion Eric Davis, Roger Hsiao
Apr 18 W Term Project Presentation & Discussion Vamshi Ambati
Apr 23 M Term Project Presentation & Discussion Greg Hanneman, Jason Adams
Apr 25 W Term Project Preparation
Apr 30 M Term Project Presentation & Discussion Aaron Phillips, Rashimi Gangadharaiah
May 2 W Term Project Presentation & Discussion Abhaya Agarwal, Nguyen Bach
     
May 7 M Final Term Project Paper Due  

 


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