Eric Nyberg
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Associate Professor School of Computer Science and the Heinz School of Public Policy and Management email: ehn@cs.cmu.edu |
Research
Professor Nyberg's research projects have focused on Knowledge-Based Machine Translation (KBMT) for practical applications. He's also working on new ideas related to parsing algorithms for translation of unrestricted input, to improve translation quality in real-time domains (such as broadcast captioning), as well as a new software architecture for integrated information management. Since 1988, he's been involved in the development of icon-based languages for people with speech disability, many of whom use keyboard-based speech synthesis hardware.
Publications
Articles
"An English-to-Turkish Interlingua MT System" (with D. Hakkani, G. Tur, K. Oflazer, and T. Mitamure), Proceedings of the Third Conference of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas, 1998.
"Can Practical Interlinguas be used for Difficult Analysis Problems?" (with K. Czuba and T. Mitamura), Second Workshop on Interlinguas at the Third Conference for the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas, 1998.
"The KANT Translation System: From R&D to Large-Scale Deployment" (with T. Mitamura and C. Kamprath), Localization Industry Standards Association Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1998.
"Controlled Language for Multilingual Document Production: Experience with Caterpillar Technical English" (with C. Kamprath and T. Mitamura), Prceedings of the Second International Workshop on Controlled Language Application, 1998.
"A Real-Time MT System for Translating Broadcast Captions" (with T. Mitamura), Proceedings of Machine Translation Summit VI, 1997.
"The Role of Linguistic Theory in AAC," American Speech-Language Hearing Association division 12 Newsletter, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1996.
"Controlled Language and Knowledge-Based Machine Translation: Principles and Practice" (with T. Mitamura), Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Controlled Language Applications, 1996.
Teaching
Professor Nyberg teaches a two-course sequence in Software Engineering for Information Technology, as well as two laboratory courses in Natural Language Processing and Machine Translation. He also is responsible for the evolution of the LTI Laboratory, which offers students in-depth, hands-on experience with a variety of working language systems.
Honors/Awards
For 1997 and 1998, Professor Nyberg was the recipient of an LTI Junior Chair award.