Month: May 2017

A spat over language erupts at the World Bank

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But arguments over an excess of conjunctions may miss the point A WAR of words has flared up at the World Bank. Paul Romer, its new chief economist, has been stripped of control of the research division. An internal memo claimed that the change was to bring the operations department and research arm closer together. But many think that it was because Mr Romer clashed with staff over the Bank’s writing style. He had demanded shorter, better-written reports. In the most recent spat, Mr Romer questioned the excessive use of…

Language Technology for Multilingual Europe: Survey

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The Language Technology topic is currently gaining momentum in Europe with the possibility of establishing a large-scale research and innovation programme in the near future. For the next planning phase and upcoming discussions with the EU, we would like to ask all members of the European Language Technology Research and Innovation community as well as related areas for their input on several important questions. Simply follow the link below and fill in the survey. We’re giving away one iPad among the first 500 respondents! It would be great if you could further help in disseminating…

Paneuropean research on dictionary use [in English and Greek]

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Η Λεξιμανία (όπως και πολλά άλλα portal σχετικά με τη γλώσσα) σας προσκαλεί να συμμετέχετε στην πανευρωπαϊκής κλίμακας έρευνα για τη χρήση των λεξικών. Συμμετάσχετε συμπληρώνοντας ένα σύντομο ερωτηματολόγιο: που θα βρείτε εδώ. Για να μπορέσει να συμπεριληφθεί μία γλώσσα στην έρευνα αυτή χρειάζεται να έχουν συμπληρωθεί τουλάχιστον 100 ερωτηματολόγια. Βοηθήστε κι εσείς να συμπεριληφθεί η ελληνική συμπληρώνοντας το ερωτηματολόγιο! Σας ευχαριστούμε!   Leximania (as well as other portals on language) invites you to participate on a paneuropean research concerning the use of dictionaries. You can participate by filling out…

[CfP] ‘Computational and Corpus-based Phraseology’ – CALL FOR PAPERS – *Deadline Extended to 15 June 2017*

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europhras2017

International Conference ‘Computational and Corpus-based Phraseology’ Recent advances and interdisciplinary approaches ************************* London, 13-14 November 2017 ************************* CALL FOR PAPERS – *Deadline Extended to 15 June 2017* The forthcoming international conference ‘Computational and Corpus-based Phraseology – recent advances and interdisciplinary approaches’ will take place in London on 13 and 14 November 2017 (http://rgcl.wlv.ac.uk/europhras2017/). ———————- Conference topics ———————- The conference will focus on interdisciplinary approaches to phraseology and invites submissions on a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to: computational, corpus-based, psycholinguistic and cognitive approaches to the study of phraseology, and practical…

[JOB] 10 month internships, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy

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Fondazione Bruno Kessler

Two positions are available for internships at FBK, Trento, Italy 1.DNN adaptation for acoustic modelling: https://altamira.fbk.eu/Annunci/Jobs_Research_Studentship_DNN_adaptation_for_acoustic_modeling_in_speech_recognition_161393023.htm 2. Single channel speaker diarization: https://altamira.fbk.eu/Annunci/Jobs_Research_Studentship_Deep_machine_learning_for_speaker_diarization_161387942.htm Internships start on January 1st 2018 and end on October 31st 2018 (10 months) – Application deadline is September 15th. Source: Fondazione Bruno Kessler