The “Language Understanding in the Human-Machine Era” (LUHME) workshop aims to reignite, retrieve, resume, and refocus the enduring debate about the role of understanding in natural language use and related applications.
Specifically, it seeks to elucidate the nature of language understanding and ascertain whether it is indispensable for computational natural language tasks such as automated translation and natural language generation.
Furthermore, it aims to provide insight into the role played by language professionals (e.g., linguists, professional translators, interpreters, language educators) in computational natural language understanding.
It will, therefore, convene researchers interested in the intersection of language understanding and the effective use of language technologies in human-machine interaction.