2016 International Conference on Multi-lingual Computer Mediated Communication (MCMC 2016)

Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:

Track I. Machine Translation: State of the Art
Topics include but not limited to:
Computer-based translation tools
Example-based machine translation
Evaluation of machine translation
Finite-State Transducer Models
Synchronous Context-Free Grammar Models
Generative and Discriminative Models
Data Structures for Model Representation
Syntax-Based Statistical Machine Translation
Phrase-Based Statistical Machine Translation
Large n-gram language models
CRF-based Translation Models
Binarized Forest to String Translation
Bayesian Tree to String Grammar Induction
Word-based, Chunk-based, Phrase-based, Syntax-based SMT
Comparable corpora for Statistical Machine Translation
Morphological information for Statistical Machine Translation
Word Order, Domain Adaptation and Data Acquisition
Structure-aware translation models
Post-editing interface for machine translations
Computational models and tools for multimodal cognition
Comparable corpora based MT systems (CCMTs)
Open source CCMT systems
Methods for mining comparable corpora from the Web
Machine learning techniques using comparable corpor

Track II. MCMC in International Business
Topics include but not limited to:
Role of language skills in Corporate Communication
Empirical experience with Machine Translation
Machine Translation in Practice
Multilingual Negotiation Support
Multiculturalist and Cosmopolitan Perspectives
Knowledge sharing in multinational corporations
Language fluency, socialization and inter-unit relationships
Language and foreign subsidiary control
Bridging strategic and cross-cultural perspectives
Partnering across borders
Translation in cross-language international business
Language and tourism
The Global Machine Translation market
use of e-HRM systems in foreign subsidiaries
Role of language in corporate governance
Idiomatic language in economic translation
Machine Translation and post-editing
Corporate image building and product promotion
Terminology issues in Economics
Computer-assisted Translation and Concordances
Non-professional translation and crowdsourcing
Localization Industry Standards and Machine Translation
Mutilingualism on the Web
Electronic Dictionaries, Glossaries and Terminology Databases
Translation Practices in International Advertising
Online Intercultural Dialog in Business
Transformative Translation
Post-editing of machine translation

Track III. MCMC in Education and Culture
Topics include but not limited to:
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Network-Based Language Teaching(NBLT),
Evaluating Communication with E-Learners
Multilingual Monitoring of Online Discussions
Synchronous Communication in Online Education
MCMC and Pedagogical Implications
MCMC and Language Development
Computer-mediated collaborative learning
MCMC in the foreign language classroom
Use of MCMC by teachers in secondary schools
Language learning using synchronous CMC
MCMC for Language and Culture Acquisition
Sociolinguistics and MCMC
Barriers to computer-assisted language learning
Integrating CMC tools into the language curriculum
Face-to-face versus MCMC
Automatic prediction of misconceptions in MCMC
The Multilingual Internet: Language and Culture
MCMC Infrastructure for Intercultural Collaboration
Translation-mediated communication in a digital world
Ethnographic Perspectives on MCMC
Anthropology of Online Communities
Multilingual literacies in transnational MCMC contexts
Back Translation for Intercultural Communication
Multilingual Democratic Participation
Multilingual Electronic Meetings