LINGUIST List 13.130

Mon Jan 21 2002

FYI: East Asian Languages, Language Technologies

Editor for this issue: Marie Klopfenstein <marielinguistlist.org>

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  • Yi Li, SPEAC announcement
  • Mahtab Nikkhou, ELDA promotes EUROMAP Language Technologies in France

    Message 1: SPEAC announcement

     Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 11:38:06 -0800
    From: Yi Li <speacosu.edu>
    Subject: SPEAC announcement


    2002 SPEAC Summer Programs East Asian Concentration

    Intensive Chinese/ Japanese Languages (June 24August 27) & Chinese/ Japanese Teacher Training (June 24August 8)

    The Ohio State University Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, in conjunction with the OSU National East Asian Languages Resource Center, is offering intensive summer programs for learners of Japanese/Chinese, and teachers of Chinese/ Japanese languages during the summer of 2002. The 10-week intensive Chinese (Levels I and IV) and Japanese (Levels I, II, and IV) language programs allow learners to complete the equivalent of a full academic year of language study and earn 15 credit hours. The Training Programs for Teachers of Chinese/Japanese (15 graduate credits) provide lectures, master classes, workshops, and hands-on teaching practice over 7 weeks.

    Applicants who submit their application materials prior to March 15, 2002, will receive priority consideration for admission and fellowships. Fellowships are available to a limited number of qualified applicants on a competitive basis. Final deadline is April 5, 2002. The deadlines for international students are: February 15 (for priority consideration) and March 1, 2002 (final deadline).

    For more information and application, please contact: SPEAC Coordinator, Foreign Language Center, The Ohio State University, 276 Cunz Hall, 1841 Millikin Rd., Columbus, OH 43210. Tel: (614) 688-3426 or 292-4361. Fax: (614) 292-2682. E-mail: speacosu.edu. Please visit our web site to get more information about SPEAC: http://www.deall.ohio-state.edu/speac/

    Application instructions, application forms and reference forms are available from our web site.

    Message 2: ELDA promotes EUROMAP Language Technologies in France

     Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 10:13:29 +0100
    From: Mahtab Nikkhou <nikkhouelda.fr>
    Subject: ELDA promotes EUROMAP Language Technologies in France


    EUROMAP Language Technologies - ------------------------------------------

    Paris, France, 18th January 2002 - We are pleased to announce that the European Commission has selected ELDA (the European Language resources Distribution Agency) to promote language engineering in France in the framework of EUROMAP Language Technologies (LT).

    Since October 2001, ELDA is the French National Focal Point for the EUROMAP LT project which aims to provide awareness, bridge-building and market-enabling services to boost opportunities for market take-up of the results of national and European HLT RTD projects. The key focus is on accelerating the rate of technology transfer from the research base to the market by creating communities of interest from established and emerging players in the development and value chain.

    The project is currently implemented by a team of eleven National Focal Points in Austria, Belgium/Netherlands, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom.

    Each NFP will draw on the skills and knowledge gained in previous HLT awareness-raising actions to achieve the following objectives: * increase the number of projects that deliver ready-for-market results; * accelerate awareness of the benefits of HLT enabled systems, services and applications within user sectors, policy makers and national administrations; * boost the number of best-of-class technology developers participating in research projects; * improve the relevance of project targets and technology supplier/user needs; * improve the match between HLT design and supplier/end user expectations; * facilitate user partnerships and communities for beta testing, demonstration, real-time utilisation monitoring and other close-to-market application activities.

    To find our more about EUROMAP LT please look at: http://www.elda.fr/proj/euromap.html and http://www.hltcentral.org/euromap

    Contact Point in France - ----------------------------- Mahtab Nikkhou Language Resources Project Manager ELDA The European Language Resources distribution Agency 55-57, rue Brillat Savarin, 75013 Paris, France Tel: +33 1 43 13 33 33, Fax: +33 1 43 13 33 30 E-mail: euromapelda.fr http://www.elda.fr/proj/euromap.html Centralwebsite : http://www.hltcentral.org/euromap

    Central Contact: - ----------------------------- Bente Maegaard Center for Sprogteknologi Njalsgade 80 DK-2300 KF8benhavn S Tel: +45 35 32 90 90 Email: euromapcst.dk http://www.hltcentral.org/euromap



    ***About ELRA/ELDA***

    The European Language Resources Association (ELRA) is a non-profit making organisation, founded by the European Commission in 1995, with the mission of providing a clearing house for Language Resources.

    The European Language Resources distribution Agency (ELDA) is ELRA92s operational body. ELDA collects, markets, evaluates and distributes Language Resources, along with the dissemination of general information in the field of Language Engineering.

    ELDA has considerable knowledge and skills in HLT applications, and has participated in many EU-funded and French-supported projects such as Amaryllis, Prisme, C-ORAL-ROM, Network DC, ISLE, Speecon, Speechdat Car, LRsP&P etc. To find out more about ELRA and ELDA please look at : http://www.elda.fr.

    - ----------------------------- Mahtab Nikkhou Language Resources Project manager ELDA The European Language Resources distribution Agency 55-57, rue Brillat Savarin, 75013 Paris, France Tel: +33 1 43 13 33 33, Fax: +33 1 43 13 33 30 E-mail: euromapelda.fr http://www.elda.fr/proj/euromap.html Central website : http://www.hltcentral.org/euromap