Natural Language Processing and Language Technology

Natural Language Processing and Language Technology

SALS-SIG Research Seminar

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Natural Language Processing and Language Technology


A half-day workshop on the application of research in NLP and Language Technology. This event is jointly organised by SALS-SIG and the Sydney Knowledge Based Systems Group.


When: Friday November 8th 1996

Time: 2:00pm--5:30pm

Where: Room 129, Building 4, University of Technology, Sydney.

Access: Enter corner Thomas and Harris Streets, Ultimo; take lift to level 1.

Program:

This workshop will consist of six short talks that aim to give a broad overview of the kinds of problems that can be solved using natural language and speech processing techniques.

2:00--2:30

Introduction: Language Technology Applications
Associate Professor Robert Dale
Director, Microsoft Research Institute, Macquarie University
2:30--3:00

Speech Technology: From Research to Applications
Dr Julie Vonwiller
Speech Technology Consultant, Appen, and
Speech Technology Research Group, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney
3:00--3:30

Linguistics in an Age of Engineering
Dr Christopher Manning
Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney
3:30--4:00 Afternoon Tea
4:00--4:30

Natural Language Interfaces to Databases: An Overview of the Technology
Dr Ion Androutsopoulos
Language Technology Group, MRI, Macquarie University
4:30--5:00

Computer Assistance for Multilingual Authoring
Dr Cecile Paris
Division of Information Technology, CSIRO Sydney
5:00--5:30

Generating Text on the World Wide Web
Maria Milosavljevic
Language Technology Group, MRI, Macquarie University

Enquiries: sals@mri.mq.edu.au


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