Organizing Committee

Honorary Chair:

Makoto Nagao, Kyoto University, Japan

Chair:

Hozumi Tanaka, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Vice ChairsF

Hwee Boon Low, Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore

Jun-ichi Tsujii, University of Tokyo, Japan, and University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK

Members:

Atsushi Asada, Sharp Corp., Japan

Shun Ishizaki, Keio University, Japan

Mihoko Katsuta, Japan Translation Federation, Inc., Japan

Masaki Komurasaki, Center of International Cooperation for Computerization(CICC), Japan

Taizo Kotani, Inter Group Corporation., Japan

Takeshi Maruyama, Fujitsu Ltd., Japan

Shigemichi Matsuka, Hitachi Ltd., Japan

Sukeichi Miki, Matsushita Electric Corp., Japan

Hirosato Nomura, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

Tadashi Okamura, Toshiba Corp., Japan

Yasuyoshi Sakai, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Japan

Tatsuzo Tanaka, Japan Electronic Industry Development Association, Japan

Shintaro Ushio, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Japan

Akira Yamazaki, Center of International Cooperation for Computerization(CICC), Japan

Ei-ichi Yoshikawa, NEC Corp., japan
Cheong Tong Loong Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore

Key-Sun Choi, KAIST, Center for Artificial Intelligence ResearchCKorea

Yusoff Zaharin, University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

Changning Huang, Tsinghua University, China

Keh-Yih Su, Behavior Design Corporation, Taiwan

Dekai Wu, University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong

Executive Committee

Chair:

Hirokazu Amemiya, Toshiba Corporation, Japan

Vice Chairs:

Hideki Morimoto, Fujitsu Ltd., Japan

Hitoshi Isahara, Communications Research Laboratory, MPT, Japan

Members:

Masaru Fuji, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Japan

Yoji Fukumochi, Sharp Corporation, Japan

Yoshihiko Hayashi, NTT Cyberspace Laboratories, Japan

Kazuo Higuchi, Japan Electronic Industry Development Association, Japan

Satoshi Kinoshita, Toshiba Corporation, Japan

Junji Nagata, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Japan

Yuichi Nomuta, Japan Translation Federation Inc., Japan

Suteo Okuhira, Hitachi, Ltd., Japan

Jun Sugano, Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd., Japan

Shozo Takahashi, Center of the International Cooperation for Computerization (CICC), Japan

Akio Taneda, NEC Corporation, Japan

Seishiro Yamahata, Inter Group Corporation, Japan

Local Organizing Committee

Chair:

Hwee Boon Low, Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore

Secretary:

Victorine Chen-Toh, Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore

Program Committee

Chair:

Jun-ichi Tsujii, University of Tokyo, Japan and University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK

Vice Chair:

Loong Cheong Tong, Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore

Members:

Virginia Cha, Star+Globe Technologies, Singapore

Jason S. Chang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

ZhaoXiong Chen, Kezhi Co., China

Key-Sun Choi, Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

Robert Dale, Macquarie University, Australia

Zhendong Dong, Chinese Information Processing Society, China

Dominique Estival, Syrinx Speech Systems, Australia

Changning Huang, Tsinghua University, China

Hitoshi Iida, ATR Interpreting Telecommunications Research Laboratories and SONY Computer Science Laboratories Inc., Japan

Etsuo Ito, Toshiba Corporation, Japan

Hiroyuki Kaji, Hitachi, Ltd., Japan

Shin-ichiro Kamei, NEC Corporation, Japan

Asanee Kawtrakul, Kasetsart University, Thailand

Kunio Matsui, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Japan

Se Young Park, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea

Wanchai Rivepiboon, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Trihono Sastrohartono, Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology, Indonesia

Youlwon Seong, Language and Computer, Ltd., Korea

Satoshi Shirai, ATR Interpreting Telecommunications Research Laboratories, Japan

Keh-Yih Su, Behavior Design Corporation, Taiwan

Chew Lim Tan, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Benjamin K. Tsou, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Dekai Wu, University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Yusoff Zaharin, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

International Advisors:

Laurie Gerber, SYSTRAN Software, Inc., USA

Eduard Hovy, USC Information Sciences Institute, USA

John Hutchins, University of East Anglia, UK
Antonio Sanfilippo, European Commission, Luxembourg