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CLAW 2000

3rd International Controlled Language Applications Workshop

Location: Westin Hotel in Seattle, Washington, USA

Dates: 29-30 April 2000

CONTEXT:

The 3rd International Workshop on Controlled Language Applications (CLAW) is planned to be held 29-30 April 2000 as a 2-day co-located conference with the ANLP (Applied Natural Language Processing)/ NAACL (North American Chapter of Association for Computational Linguistics) in Seattle, Washington, USA at the Westin Hotel. Both of the first two CLAWs, held at the University of Leuven in 1996 (CLAW96) and Carnegie Mellon University in 1998 (CLAW98), were successful events in the field. Initial industrial development and deployment of Controlled English languages and systems (AECMA SE, Caterpillar's CTE, Boeing SE Checker, SMART MAXit Checker) have been followed by developments in other languages (for example, Scania Swedish, GIFAS Rationalised French, Controlled German at IAI and DFKI of the University of Saarbruecken, etc).

On the research front, we are grappling with issues like standardization, design, and evaluation of controlled language systems. On implementation issues, we are particularly interested in studies regarding author productivity and document usability. The workshop will give equal emphasis to the academic, corporate and industrial perspectives, while bringing together researchers, developers, users, and potential users of controlled language systems from around the world.

WORKSHOP FORMAT:

The two-day workshop will feature paper presentations, poster sessions, panel discussions, and system demonstrations. Dr. Corinne Moore is the invited guest speaker and will give a presentation on the Controlled Language project at Diebold Inc. Paper presentations will each consist of 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for questions and discussion. The final versions of accepted papers as well as the position statements of panel session participants will be published in the CLAW2000 proceedings that will be distributed at the workshop and are included in the registration fee.

TOPICS OF INTEREST:

Of interest are all topics relating to the design, implementation and application of controlled languages, including but not limited to: human communication protocols; controlled text authoring; conformance checking systems; controlled language authoring aids; machine translation; memory-based translation authoring and translation; issues in Controlled Language design; industrial experience and evolving requirements; quality and usability evaluations of controlled language.

PRELIMINARY WORKSHOP PROGRAM:

April 29, 2000 Saturday

9:00 Registration

9:30 Demos

11:05 Welcome: Jeff Allen (CLAW2000 chairperson)

11:20 Training for Controlled Language Processes: Linda Means, Patricia Chapman, Aulsan Liu

11:50 The Evolution of CASL Controlled Authoring at General Motors: Kurt Godden

12:20 Lunch and Demos

1:50 Towards a Theory of Textual Errors: Flora Ramírez Bustamante, Thierry Declerck, Fernando Sánchez León

2:15 Easy English: Grammar Checking for NonNative Speakers: Arendse Bernth

2:40 Evaluation and Systemization of the Procedure of Choice of Vocabulary in Controlled Languages: Isobel Heald

3:05 Break and Demos

3:30 Invited Paper: Controlled Language at Diebold, Incorporated: Corinne Moore

4:00 Toward the Development of a Postediting module for Raw Machine Translation Output: A Controlled Language Perspective: Jeff Allen and Christopher Hogan

4:30 Break

4:40 Panel Discussion: Efficient Roll-in and Roll-out of Controlled Language Applications:

Moderated by Christian Lieske (SAP AG)

Panelists: Jeff Allen (ELRA/ELDA), Uus Knops (LANT), Becky Letterman (Lucent Technologies: Bell Labs Innovations), Rick Wojcik (Boeing)

5:55 Close

6:00 CLAW Reception

April 30, 2000 Sunday

9:00 Demos

11:05 Designing a MultiPurpose CL Application: Ursula Reuther and Antje SchmidtWigger

11:30 Building Multilingual Controlled Language Performance Checkers: Andrew Bredenkamp, Berthold Crysmann, Mirela Petrea

11:55 Designing a Controlled Language for Interactive Model Checking: Claire Grover, Alexander Holt, Ewan Klein and Marc Moens

12:20 Lunch and Demos

1:50 Panel Discussion: Controlled Language in the commercial translation/localization sector

Moderator: Samantha La Duc (ABLE International, Inc)

Panelists: Geert Adriaens (Lernout & Hauspie), Scott Bennett (Logos Corporation), Bob Clark (Praetorius Ltd), Butch Pfremmer (ALPNET, Inc)

3:05 Break and Demos

3:30 Controlling Plural Ambiguities in Attempto Controlled English (ACE): Uta Schwertel

4:00 A Word Sense Checking Application for Simplified English: Heather Holmback, Lisbeth Duncan, Philip Harrison

4:30 Break

4:40 CLAW Business meeting (everyone is invited)

DEMOS / EXHIBIT:

Also welcomed are demonstrations of controlled language systems or applications, via the Web or on machines set up at the workshop. If you wish to participate in the demonstration/exhibit at CLAW2000, please contact Rick Wojcik. Costs are $40 for Research-only demos and $400 for Commercial exhibits.

WORKSHOP TIMETABLE:

29-30 April 2000: Conference Dates

REGISTRATION AND HOTEL INFORMATION:

It is possible to register through the CLAW2000 registration Web page.

In order to attend CLAW2000, current ACL membership is required. If you are not already an ACL member, it should be added to the CLAW2000 fees when registering.

CLAW2000 registration fee

$150.00 by March 28, 2000

$220.00 after March 28, 2000 (by Internet or on-site registration)

ACL membership

$60.00 (regular)

$30.00 (student)

CLAW2000 registration is separate from registration for the co-located ANLP and NAACL conferences. It is necessary to register for ANLP/NAACL if you wish to attend these other conferences.

Please note that you must book your hotel room at the Westin Hotel by phone or by fax by March 30, 2000 for the special conference rate. You must indicate on your reservation that you are attending the ANLP/NAACL2000 conference. The ACL has reserved a block of rooms in the Westin Seattle Hotel at a special conference rate of US $165 per night for 1 to 2 people. There is a $20 charge for each additional person. It is not possible to reserve rooms at the Westin Seattle Hotel by Internet. Rather, you should call +1-888-625-5144 or +1-206-728-1000 (fax +1-206-728-2007) and you must indicate that you plan to attend ANLP/NAACL2000.

The meeting room costs for the 3 conferences are based upon the number of people attending the conference who stay at the Westin Hotel, so please book your room early and make sure that the hotel knows you are attending ANLP/NAACL or CLAW. We encourage everyone to choose the Westin in order to keep the organization's costs down.

GENERAL INQUIRIES:

Jeff Allen (Paris, France)

Tel: +33 1 43 13 33 33

Fax: +33 1 43 13 33 30

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

Geert Adriaens (Lernout & Hauspie)

Jeff Allen: Committee Chair (European Language Resources Association & Université de Provence)

Arendse Bernth (IBM Research)

Kurt Godden (General Motors Corporation)

Teruko Mitamura (Carnegie Mellon University)

Eric Nyberg (Carnegie Mellon University)

Rick Wojcik (Boeing)