This volume presents the proceedings of the 2006 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP), held in Sydney, Australia, on July 22-23, 2006. It showcases research from the Association for Computational Linguistics, focusing on empirical approaches to understanding and processing human language.

As a collection of conference proceedings, this volume is primarily of interest to researchers and practitioners in the field of Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics. The papers presented likely reflect the state-of-the-art in empirical methods for language processing as of 2006, offering insights into the challenges and advancements of that period. The collection serves as a valuable archival resource for academic and industrial research.