When? 21 September 2022
Where? Institute of Computer Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPI PAN), ul. Jana Kazimierza 5, Warsaw and online via Zoom
Organisation:
  • The European Language Resource Coordination (ELRC) consortium
  • Polish Society for Health Programs

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 Polish European Language Resource Coordination (ELRC) workshop address these questions and it seek to engage participants in a fruitful discussion on the status and prospects of Language Technology for Polish. Developers, integrators and users of Language Technology, both from the private and public sectors shared theire experiences, requirements and ways for transforming digital interaction in our multilingual Europe with Language Technologies. 

For further information, please contact the local workshop manager: 
Anna Kotarska, Polish Society for Health Programs, anna.kotarska[at]ptpz.pl

 

AGENDA

9.00 – 9.10 Welcome and introduction – Anna Kotarska, ELRC Public Services NAP (Presentation)
9.10 – 9.25 Linguistic Light & Magic: how language technology is changing our lives  – Maciej Ogrodniczuk, Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, ELRC Technology NAP (Presentation)
9.25 – 10.05 The potential of Language Technology and AI – where we are, where we should be heading – Maciej Piasecki, Wrocław University of Science and Technology (Presentation)
10.05 – 10.30 Heading for the Future: Common European Language Data Space – Philippe Gelin, Head of Unit G3: Accessibility, Multilingualism and Safer Internet,  DG CONNECT, European Commission (Presentation)

10.30 – 11.00    COFFEE BREAK
11.00 – 11.30 eTranslation latest developments and Connecting Europe Language Tools – Markus Foti, Head of Machine Translation, Directorate-General for Translation (DGT), European Commission (Presentation)
11.30 - 12.10 Language Technologies by/for the public sector: presentation of implemented solutions:
11.30 – 11.50
  • NLP models, data sets: OPI resources and experiences – Marek Kozłowski, Head of Laboratory of Linguistic Engineering, National Information Processing Institute (OPI PIB) (Presentation)
11.50 – 12.10
  • COVID hotline chatbot for the Ministry of Health by IBM and customer service at public administration, Michał Gawryś (pre-recorded) (Presentation)
12.10 – 12.30
  • LT requirements and offerings: do they converge? – Q & A with the audience

12.30 – 13.30    LUNCH
13.30 – 13.50 The value of data for Language Technology development: example of CLARIN-PL – Tomasz Walkowiak, Wrocław University of Science and Technology (Presentation)
13.50 – 14.40 Language data creation, management and sharing: existing practices and challenges – panel discussion with (Presentation):
  • Tomasz Klekowski, Working Group on AI at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister
  • Marek Kozłowski, National Information Processing Institute (OPI PIB)
  • Tomasz Walkowiak, Wrocław University of Technology
  • Marta Bartnicka, Dolby
  • Wojciech Wołoszyk, POLOT Polish Association of Language Services Providers (LSPs)

Moderator: Anna Kotarska, ELRC Public Services NAP

14.40 – 15.00    COFFEE BREAK
15.00 – 15.25 Establishing National Language Technology Platforms in EU member states – Kaspars Kauliņš, International Business Development Director @Tilde, Latvia (Presentation)
15.25 – 15.30  Summary and closing remarks – Anna Kotarska, ELRC Public Services NAP