Recent activities related to the development of language resources and technologies for minority and under-represented languages

In-house seminar

Research in the area of language resources and technologies for “low-resourced” languages had a huge boost in recent years, becoming one of the leading sectors. In my presentation I will illustrate some aspects of this sector, from the field of interest (what and which are “low-resourced” languages?) to the main challenges and problems that currently concern them, to conclude with a rundown of some of the most important initiatives of the last decade.

Speaker(s): Claudia Soria

She is among the authors of the META-NET White Paper “The Italian language in the digital age”. Her research interests revolve around the use of language technologies for the protection and enhancement of linguistic diversity and intangible cultural heritage. She was the coordinator of the Erasmus + project “The Digital Language Diversity Project” and is currently actively involved in various initiatives concerning the relationship between technology and minority languages, including the Special Interest Group on Under-Resourced Languages ​​(SIGUL).

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Video Recording: Recent activities related to the development of language resources and technologies for minority and under-represented languages