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11 - Computer Science and Informatics
University of Edinburgh
Statistical Machine Translation
<22> Originality: The only comprehensive textbook on statistical machine translation (SMT) describing the core methods in the field and referencing virtually all research done in the field at the time of publication.
Significance: The textbook is required or recommended reading in almost all university courses on SMT (e.g., Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University), recommended by Microsoft Research and others. The textbook helped establish SMT as a mature research field with broad common understanding of basic principles.
Rigour: The book describes fundamental methods that are essential for understanding of the current state of the art and current research literature.