GCND Hackathon: Automatic Linguistic Annotation and Speech Recognition of Dialects

Host Institution: Ghent University
Website: https://www.gcnd.ugent.be/en/gcnd-hackathon/

Dates: 07-Oct-2024 - 09-Oct-2024
Location: Ghent

Focus: Automatic speech recognition (ASR), data annotation and visualization, with a focus on dialect data.
Minimum Education Level: MA

Description:
We are excited to announce the three-day doctoral school «GCND Hackathon: Automatic Linguistic Annotation and Speech Recognition of Dialects», a dynamic two-part course taking place from Monday, October 7th to Wednesday, October 9th, 2024, at Ghent University.

This course is aimed at students and researchers in linguistics, digital humanities, social sciences, computer science, and natural language processing. Participants will gain hands-on experience with automatic speech recognition (ASR), data annotation, and visualization techniques, focusing specifically on dialect data.

The course is free of charge for all participants, with lunches and coffee provided. For those not affiliated with a Flemish institution and not taking the course as part of the Flemish Doctoral Schools program, several travel funds up to €500 are available to support travel and accommodation expenses.

For full details, please visit our website: https://www.gcnd.ugent.be/en/gcnd-hackathon/

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Text/Corpus Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Dutch (nld)

Registration Open until 15-Sep-2024

Apply by Email: [email protected]
Apply on the web: https://forms.gle/KZgG2CJJdERsrcDWA

Registration Instructions:
Sign up here: https://forms.gle/KZgG2CJJdERsrcDWA