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METIS

METIS. Project full title: STATISTICAL MACHINE TRANSLATION USING MONOLINGUAL CORPORA: from concept to implementation Project acronym: METIS-II Instrument: STREP 2004-2007 Brussels, 24 January 2007 Stella Markantonatou. METIS. A brief introduction. METIS: The aims.

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METIS

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  1. METIS Project full title: STATISTICAL MACHINE TRANSLATION USING MONOLINGUAL CORPORA: from concept to implementation Project acronym: METIS-II Instrument: STREP 2004-2007 Brussels, 24 January 2007 Stella Markantonatou

  2. METIS A brief introduction

  3. METIS: The aims • METIS-II aims at constructing free text translations by • relying on hybrid techniques • employing basic resources • retrieving the basic stock for translations from largemonolingual corpora of the target language only

  4. METIS: The promises • METIS is promising for translation pairs where, at least the source language member belongs to the languages endowed with basic computational resources only.

  5. METIS: The people

  6. METIS: The language pairs • The first prototype runs for the four language pairs • Dutch  English • German  English • Modern Greek  English • Spanish  English

  7. METIS: The results • METIS output compares well with SYSTRAN output for some language pairs • Results show that METIS is scalable and upgradeable with respect to quality and size

  8. METIS as a successful project

  9. Why was METIS successful? 1 2 3 4 5 6 • METIS has been a positive experience and a successful FET project because the ingredients bid together well

  10. Why was METIS successful? 1 2 3 4 5 6 • METIS has been a positive experience and a successful FET project because the ingredients bid together well Good idea

  11. Why was METIS successful? 1 2 3 4 5 6 • METIS has been a positive experience and a successful FET project because the ingredients bid together well Reasonably good planning Good idea

  12. Why was METIS successful? 1 2 3 4 5 6 • METIS has been a positive experience and a successful FET project because the ingredients bid together well Reasonably good planning Good idea Clear and just arrangements

  13. Why was METIS successful? 1 2 3 4 5 6 • METIS has been a positive experience and a successful FET project because the ingredients bid together well Reasonably good planning Good idea Clear and just arrangements Capable people

  14. Why was METIS successful? 1 2 3 4 5 6 • METIS has been a positive experience and a successful FET project because the ingredients bid together well Reasonably good planning Good idea Clear and just arrangements Capable people Capable sites

  15. Why was METIS successful? 1 2 3 4 5 6 • METIS has been a positive experience and a successful FET project because the ingredients bid together well Reasonably good planning Good idea Clear and just arrangements Enthusiasm and group feeling Capable people Capable sites

  16. Good idea The Idea • intellectually inspiring • addressing a real problem • mid-term results and applications lexica, chunkers, lemmatizers • long-term results and applications MT system, improved resources

  17. Reasonably good planning Work planning • Clearly defined phases/steps in the right temporal order --- difficult in a FET • Clear responsibilities for each partner BUT …. initiatives may be vital at project implementation time • Partners do complementary work lemmatizer, chunker, overall architecture design • ONE partner responsible for ONE type of work resource creation, algorithm development, integration, evaluation • ALL capable partners have responsibilities MEETING DEADLINES AND MILESTONES IS NOT JUST A FORMALITY

  18. Clear and just arrangements Finances • Clear and sincere discussion at project planning time about workload and finances • People should feel that they are paid for their work • Partners should feel that finances have been distributed evenly • Responsible behavior of the coordinating site and of the partners at project implementation time

  19. Clear and just arrangements IPR • Relevant agreements should be made • People should not feel insecure about their work • Ensure Information flow

  20. Capable people The partners • Capable in the scientific area • Able to communicate well with each other (perhaps, it is good to know that in advance) • Entertain a keen interest in each other’s work and consider it work for the PROJECT

  21. Capable people The coordinator should … • have clear ideas about the project • ensure seamless communication • be constantly alert and follow all discussions in the consortium • not panic: a project lasts for several years and the idea lasts even longer • support initiatives • is ready/able to mobilize workforce in order to make sure that quality standards and deadlines are met • is ready/able to do some of the work if necessary In a sense, the coordinator impersonates the project…

  22. Capable sites Capable sites • healthy institutions recover from crisis easier • experienced sites communicate their knowledge to their members and to the consortium • good administrative background makes life much easier

  23. Enthusiasm Enthusiasm well, there are not exactly recipes about that but, still, it is good to have • Institutions strongly committed to the project idea • PhD students working for the project • Senior scientists specialized in the domain

  24. PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL THAT THEY WORK FOR THEIR OWN PROJECT AND METIS IS LIKE THAT

  25. ON BEHALF OF THE METIS CONSORTIUM THANK YOU

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