LINGUIST List 22.5149 Thu Dec 22 2011 Media: Conclusion of the First MITRE Challenge Editor for this issue: Elyssa Winzeler <elyssalinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Karina Wright , Conclusion of the First MITRE Challenge Message 1: Conclusion of the First MITRE Challenge Date: 20-Dec-2011 From: Karina Wright <khwmitre.org> Subject: Conclusion of the First MITRE Challenge E-mail this message to a friend The first competition of The MITRE Challenge™ has concluded! A series of open competitions, the Challenge was developed to encourage innovation in technologies of interest to the federal government. Challenge #1, titled Multicultural Person Name Matching, launched early this year. For more information on the top performing teams, the competition itself, and The MITRE Corporation, please view the press release at: http://www.mitre.org/news/releases/11/challenge_12_14_2011.html The MITRE Challenge was announced previously on LINGUIST List at the following URL: http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-1935.html Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 22-Dec-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.