-- The company's leading scholars will contribute both academic and 
     industry perspectives to the annual gathering

Arria NLG ( 
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) today announced its gold-level sponsorship of this year's International 
Conference on Natural Language Generation (INLG) ( https://inlg2021.github.io/ 
). Arria Chief Scientists Ehud Reiter and Yaji Sripada are serving as program 
co-chairs. Arria's Chief Product Officer (CPO) Ross Turner will also 
participate in discussions regarding productization of NLG. 

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This is a preeminent research event to discuss and disseminate advancements in 
the field of natural language generation (NLG). The conference will be hosted 
in Aberdeen, Scotland from 20 to 24 September. Participants will present their 
research in virtual meetings.

In addition to world-class research presentations, this year's conference will 
include workshops, tutorials, talks by invited experts, and a discussion panel: 
What users want from real-world NLG. The panel discussion will be led by 
academics currently working in industry on machine learning, NLG, and cognitive 
AI assistants.

While natural language generation has been established for more than 30 years, 
the adoption curve for NLG has accelerated. It is now seen as a foundational 
technology for business by analyst firms such as Gartner, who have recently 
recognized NLG as a core capability.

The INLG conference, which got its start in the late 1980s, has grown from 
being a niche academic group to a much grander scope academically and 
commercially. 

Arria CEO Sharon Daniels said, "At Arria, we're fortunate to have our chief 
scientists who keep us connected regularly to the global NLG community and its 
work. But this annual conference allows us to engage directly with academics on 
the forefront of exciting research, exploration, and innovation. We wouldn't 
miss the chance to take part in INLG 2021."

Arria and its people have enjoyed being involved in INLG since the beginning. 
The company has sponsored the conference numerous times in the past decade, 
while Arria's founders have been regular attendees for much longer.

Arria CPO Ross Turner said: "It's exciting to see the cutting-edge research at 
an event such as this, and both an honour and a privilege to be able to 
participate. As a company building NLG products, it's essential to keep in 
close contact with the wider research community. There is tremendous insight to 
be gained from these gatherings. It's important for us as a company to stay in 
touch and keep up with what everyone is working on in order to help move the 
field of natural language generation forward."

For the Generation Challenges part of the conference, in which participants 
conduct research to answer predetermined questions regarding evaluation of NLG 
systems, Professor Reiter will present a paper he wrote with Craig Thomson 
titled Generation Challenges: Results of the Accuracy Evaluation of Shared 
Tasks. Reiter and Thomson will announce the results of their shared task, which 
took place between April and July.

You can register for the conference ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3285614-1&h=3436249301&u=https%3A%2F%2Finlg2021.github.io%2Fpages%2Fregistration.html&a=register+for+the+conference 
) on the conference website ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3285614-1&h=2828410119&u=https%3A%2F%2Finlg2021.github.io%2F&a=website 
).

About Arria NLG 
Arria brings language to data analytics, helping to improve understanding and 
accelerate the ability to action key data insights, in real-time, at scale – 
humanizing the way in which we interact with data. 

The Arria NLG platform provides the ability to take advantage of a suite of 
natural language technology products. The platform includes no-code NLG Apps, 
NLG Studio for authoring and publishing custom NLG projects, out-of-the-box 
integrations for the top five business intelligence platforms, as well as 
natural language query capabilities and a developer SDK.

Arria has been named as a sample vendor in both Gartner's 2021 Hype Cycle for 
Analytics & BI and 2021 Hype Cycle for Natural Language Technologies. As the 
market adoption of NLG has been become a critical capability in business 
intelligence, clients from industries including banking, financial services, 
insurance, pharmaceutical, consumer product goods, news, and media have been 
coming to Arria for solutions.

Media Contact: Ross Turner
ross.turner@arria.com 

Source - Arria NLG