LINGUIST List 15.2092

Sun Jul 18 2004

FYI: New European Master; LSA Lang in the School

Editor for this issue: Anne Clarke <annelinguistlist.org>

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1. Alberto Lavelli, NEW: European Master in Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
2. Ed Battistella, LSA Language in the School Curriculum Advisory Committee

EUROPEAN MASTER IN LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

The Faculty of Computer Science at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano,
Italy, and the Department of Computational Linguistics and Phonetics
(CoLi) of Saarland University, Germany, offer a European Master in
Language and Communication Technologies as part of their Master of
Science Programmes in Computer Science (Laurea Specialistica in
Informatica) and Language Science and Technology (M.Sc.),
respectively. Students of the European Master enrol in one of the two
universities and are required to spend at least one semester at the
other university; both universities adopt the ECTS credit system. In
this context, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano cooperates with
ITC-irst of Trento, while Saarland University cooperates with the
German Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI); these centres are
connected by more than 10 years of close partnership.


Study Programme at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

The European Master in Language and Communication Technologies is
designed to meet the demands of industry and research in this rapidly
growing area. It offers advanced courses taught by leading scientists
in topical areas such as Computational Linguistics, Speech Processing,
Information Retrieval, and Intelligent Interfaces. The programme has
various strengths that make it unique amongst Italian universities:

* Curriculum taught entirely in English
* Possibility of strongly research-oriented curricula
* Possibility for project-based routes to obtain the degree and
 extensive lab facilities
* Other specialisations with streams in the hottest Computer Science
 areas, such as Web Technologies, Information and Knowledge
 Management, Databases and Software Engineering
* International student community
* Direct interaction with the local and international industry and
 research centres, with the possibility of practical and research
 internships that can lead to future employment
* Excellent scholarship opportunities and student accommodations

Application deadline at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano: 
**27 August 2004** 
Details at http://www.unibz.it/inf/mcs/


Study Programme at Saarland University

Beginning in October 2004, CoLi at Saarland University offers a new
international Masters programme in Language Science and Technology,
completely taught in English, leading to the degree Master of Science
(M.Sc.) in 18 months. Saarbr�ecken is one of the world's leading
centres for language science and technology with faculty and students
coming from many countries. An active program of basic, applied and
cognitive research combines with state-of-the-art facilities to
provide students with a rich and stimulating environment for their
research. The programme cooperates closely with various departments
and facilities of related disciplines, where lectures and classes are
open to graduate students. The course of studies can be personalised
by setting an individual research focus. In addition to the general
degree Master of Science in Language Science and Technology, students
have the option of specialising in: Computational Linguistics,
Computational Psycholinguistics, Language Technology, and Phonetics
and Speech Technology. Technical support facilities available to
students in the programme include:

* State of the art computing infrastructure
* Computer lab with facilities for the visually impaired
* Eye-tracking lab
* Speech labs
* Dialogue and usability lab
* Video conferencing lab
* In-house Institute library

Applications at Saarland University for the European Master in
Language and Communication Technologies will be accepted starting the
academic year 2005-2006. Details at http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/msc/

The Language in the School Curriculum Advisory Committee of the LSA is
trying to update and expand a compendium of effort by linguists
working with schools. If you are interested in submitting a report,
please contact Ed Battistella (battistesou.edu) using the header LISC
Compendium. I will send sample posting for you to use as models.

Ed Battistella