| When? | 11 June 2021 |
| Where? | virtual (Link will be emailed to registered participants.) |
| Organisation |
• The European Language Resource Coordination (ELRC) consortium |
Language Technology is shaping our multilingual future. It has already been transforming the way we interact with our devices and with each other, the way we shop, work and travel. More and more it reshapes our interaction with service providers, either public or private. Programs that automatically correct spelling errors and aid sophisticated writing, digital assistants that transform our voices to text messages on mobile phones, bots that answer our calls to the bank or to our social security organisation, systems that automatically translate from a foreign language, and much more, are already empowering our everyday lives, our businesses and our administrations. But can we fully use our own language in our digital interactions? Is our language adequately supported and ready to keep pace with the technological advancements of the AI era?
The third European Language Resource Coordination (ELRC) workshop in the Netherlands has addressed these questions and engaged participants in a fruitful discussion on the status and prospects of Language Technology for Dutch. Developers, integrators and users of Language Technology, both from the private and public sector have shared experiences, requirements and ways for transforming digital interaction in our multilingual Europe with Language Technologies. Finally, an interesting discussion took place on how language data, i.e. texts and speech, can fuel development in Artificial Intelligence.
All presentations are linked in the agenda below (click the link Presentation in each session).
Workshop programme
| 09:15 - 09:30 |
Registration |
| 09:30 - 09:40 |
Welcome and introduction Carole Tiberius, Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal |
| 09:40 - 10:00 |
The potential of Language Technology and AI – where we are, where we should be heading Khalil Sima’an, Universiteit van Amsterdam |
| 10:00 - 10:20 |
ELRC, Language Technology and AI for Dutch Carole Tiberius, Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal & Jan Odijk, Universiteit Utrecht |
| 10:20 - 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
The CEF AT Platform François Thunus, Europese Commissie |
| 11:00 - 11:40 |
Language technologies by/for the public sector - Panel session Emma Hartkamp, Europese Commissie, directoraat-generaal Vertaling (Moderator) |
| 11:40 - 11:45 |
Short Break |
| 11:45 - 12:15 |
Language data creation, management and sharing: existing practices and challenges - Panel session Steven Krauwer, Universiteit Utrecht & CLARIN ERIC (Moderator) |
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12:15 - 12:30 |
Conclusions |
