EAMT summer internships 2014
The European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT,
http://www.eamt.org) is an organization that serves the growing
community of people interested in MT and translation tools, including
users, developers, and researchers of this increasingly viable technology.
As part of its commitment to promote research, development and awareness
about translation technologies, the EAMT is for the first time launching
a call for summer internships.
Institutions or companies hosting the summer internships are expected to
apply, manage the funding, select the student and document the internship.
Students wishing to visit a place may want to convince a host to apply
for funding and help with proposal writing, but, in the end, the hosting
institution or company will be responsible.
Summer internships are expected to occur between June 15, 2014 and
September 15, 2014.
Purpose of the Call
The EAMT is planning to support summer internships in the field of MT
and translation tools.
The subject of the internship should be of direct interest to the
community of researchers, developers, vendors and users of MT and
translation technologies.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* Recent developments in MT research.
* MT evaluation methodology, metrics and results.
* Launch of MT-specific evaluation campaigns.
* New or prospective commercial uses of MT technology.
* MT environments (workflow, support tools, etc.).
* Interaction between users and MT systems.
* MT combined with other technologies (translation memories, speech
translation, cross-language information retrieval, multilingual text
categorization, multilingual text summarization, etc.).
* MT for less-resourced languages: development, usage, etc.
* MT in the social Internet: new uses, new modes of development.
All proposals will be screened by a review committee that consists of
EAMT Executive Committee members and possibly a few appointed external
experts if necessary.
Submission information
Eligibility requirements
In order to qualify for funding, the hosting institution or the
individual heading the hosting proposal must be a confirmed year 2014
member of the EAMT at submission time.
Students must be confirmed members of the EAMT at application time.
Membership information: http://www.eamt.org/membership.php
Selection criteria
* The proposed activity should be of direct interest to the MT
community at large: researchers, developers, vendors or users of MT
technologies.
* The proposal shall clearly describe the purpose of the internship,
and include a detailed work plan
* Proposals with a significant, clearly identified impact on the MT
community (through the development, dissemination or use of project
results) are most likely to be accepted.
* Proposals that bring together different aspects of MT will be
specially valued.
* The proposal should be clearly justified as being technically and/or
scientifically sound.
* The quality and efficiency of the implementation of the proposal
will be evaluated.
* The budget should be adequate for the proposed objectives and the
actual implementation of the internship.
Budget
EAMT anticipates funding several summer internships.
Applications by hosting institutions or companies requesting partial
funding to match their own internal funding will be given preference,
but well-justified requests for full funding will be carefully considered.
The total foreseen EAMT budget for this call is around EUR10,000. The
maximum amount EAMT can grant for a single internship will be EUR1,500
per month, which should cover all expenses (see budget details below).
Hosting institutions or companies will receive 50% of the internship
before the internship starts, and the remaining 50% during the
internship, after a brief progress report by the person responsible at
the hosting institution or company.
Contact for enquiries
For general enquiries please contact:
Mikel L. Forcada
EAMT Secretary
e-mail: m...@ua.es
Submission procedure
Overview
Hosting institutions or companies should respond to the call by
submitting a single PDF document, written in English, that is composed
of the following elements:
1. Proposal summary: 1 page maximum
2. Experience of the host: 1 page maximum
3. Detailed description of work: 2 pages maximum
4. Budget: 2 pages maximum.
Submit your proposals as a single PDF file no later than the deadline
(see Important Dates below) through EasyChair:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eamt2013proposals
Mark it clearly as a proposal to host a summer internship.
Detailed description of sections of the proposal by the hosting
institution or company
1. Proposal summary (one page) in English.
* Complete contact information of institution or company and
mentoring person
* Description of the activity to be performed by the student.
* Budget summary and identification of the requested support from
EAMT.
2. Experience of the proposing organization and mentoring person in the
field (1 page maximum).
3. Detailed proposal description (up to 2 pages)
* A clear and detailed description of the activity that will be
carried out by the student.
* A statement on why this event or activity would be helpful for
the MT community and for the student.
* A brief statement justifying why EAMT should support this event
or activity.
* A list of experience and related skills of the participants of
the team.
* A statement of the criteria that will be used to select interns
among candidates
4. Budget and project planning overview (up to 1 page)
* A breakdown of the costs estimated for the entire activity or
event. Should cover: travel bursary, accomodation, meals,
arrangements for visas (where applicable).
* A clear workplan, with clear deliverables, and optionally with
mid-term milestones.
* An identification of the support requested from EAMT and
possible other supporting funds (maximum funding by EAMT:
EUR1,500 per month).
* Text that will be used to announce the summer internship in
MT-List and other suitable mailing lists and media (one paragraph).
Important dates
* Circulation of the Call: September 2, 2013
* Submission deadline for institutions or companies hosting summer
interns: January 31, 2014, 23:59 CET.
* Notification of acceptance of a hosting proposal: March 31, 2014
* Hosting institutions or companies should publish available summer
internships before: April 30, 2014, 23:59 CEST.
* Submission deadline for students applying for summer internships:
(recommended: hosting institutions or companies may adapt
deadlines): May 31, 23:59 CEST
* Notification to candidates: 15 days after submission deadline
* Notification to the EAMT with list of applicants, and brief
justification for selection: same day as notification to candidates.
* Brief mid-term statement (to request remaining 50%): no later than
halfway the scheduled stay.
* Final report by hosting institution or company due: October 31,
2014, 23:59 CET.
Additional provisions
* Only complete hosting proposals will be reviewed.
* All information submitted with proposals will be regarded as
confidential and will only be used in the context of this project.
* The interns or their host institutions or companies may be required
to report at the EAMT events (e.g. Poster at the EAMT conference, a
short progress report for the General assembly, etc.), without any
claim for additional funds.
* The EAMT should be acknowledged in all materials related to the
project, activity or initiative.
No obligation to award the proposal
The EAMT shall be under no obligation to fund the proposals pursuant to
this call for proposals. EAMT shall not be liable for any compensation
with respect to candidates whose proposals have not been accepted. Nor
shall it be liable in the event of its deciding not to award the proposal.
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Mikel L. Forcada (http://www.dlsi.ua.es/~mlf/)
Departament de Llenguatges i Sistemes Informàtics
Universitat d'Alacant
E-03071 Alacant, Spain
Phone: +34 96 590 9776
Fax: +34 96 590 9326
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