Keynote
speakers:
Mark
Johnson, Brown University, USA
Mark Johnson
is Professor of Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences and Computer Science
at Brown University. He is also the current president of the Association
for Computational Linguistics. He has made significant contributions
to research into computational processes involved in human language
understanding, and is at the forefront of research in statistical natural
language processing.
Harold
Somers, UMIST, UK
Harold
Somers is Professor of Language Engineering at UMIST (Manchester), UK.
With over 25 years experience in the field both as a researcher and
educator, he is editor of one of the fields premier journals (Machine
Translation), and has written extensively on the subject. His latest
publication Computers and Translation (John Benjamins, 2003) promises
to become an influential and useful addition to the literature.
Wednesday
10 December 7pm - 9pm
Theatre
1, ICT Building
111 Barry St, Carlton
Further details to follow