The third European Language Resource Coordination (ELRC) workshop in Slovakia

When: 25 May 2021
Where: Virtual event

Organisation:

•    The European Language Resource Coordination (ELRC) consortium
•    Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Sciences
 

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 Slovak European Language Resource Coordination (ELRC) workshop will address these questions and it will seek to engage participants in a fruitful discussion on the status and prospects of Language Technology for Slovak. Developers, integrators and users of Language Technology, both from the private and public sector will share experiences, requirements and ways for transforming digital interaction in our multilingual Europe with Language Technologies. Finally, we will discuss how language data, i.e. texts and speech, can fuel development in Artificial Intelligence.

The ELRC workshop is a free event, but registration is required. Please register here.

For further information, please contact the local workshop manager:

  • Miroslav Zumrík
  • Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • miroz@korpus.sk

Workshop programme

09:00 – 09:10

Welcome and introduction

Miroslav Zumrík, Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, SAS

09:10 – 09:30

The potential of Artificial Intelligence and Language Technology – where we are, where we should be heading

Mária Bieliková, Kempelen Institute of Intelligent Technologies

Presentation

09:30 – 10:30

Language Technologies in Slovakia / for Slovak - Panel session

Miroslav Zumrík (Moderator)

Marián Šimko, Kempelen Institute of Intelligent Technologies

Marek Košta and Andrej Greguš, Nettle.ai

Libor Bešenyi and Peter Kostelník, Xolution.sk

Marek Šuppa, FMFI UK/Slido

10:30 – 10:50

Coffee Break

10:50 – 11:15

The CEF AT Platform

Francois Thunus, DGT, European Commission

Presentation

11:15 – 12:00

Language technologies by/for the public sector - Panel session

Miroslav Zumrík (Moderator)

Milan Andrejkovič, Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic

Lukáš Palaj, Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic

Representative of the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic

Iveta Zraková, Migration Office/Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic

12.00 – 12:20

The Value of Text Data

Radovan Garabík, Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, SAS

Presentation

12:20 – 12:30

Conclusions

Miroslav Zumrík, Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, SAS

 

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