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Proposal to use IT to bridge Europe’s language barriers - timesofmalta.com
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Proposal to use IT to bridge Europe’s language barriers
Meta-Net, a European network of 60 research centres in 34 countries including Malta, has developed a Strategic Research Agenda
document outlining how investment in language technologies can generate considerable economic benefits.
It was presented to representatives of the European Commission, research and industry at a technology symposium last Friday in
Berlin.
Meta-Net is also advocating the design and development of a European Service Platform for Language Technologies to provide
seamless language technologies to users and customers. Through a coordinated, large-scale effort leading up to 2020, technologies
can be developed to future-proof European languages, providing new applications and services to citizens and creating a host of new
opportunities for the European IT and language industries.
The University is also involved in Metanet4U, an EU-funded project contributing to Meta-Net by developing language resources and
tools for the Maltese, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian and English languages.
For details e-mail Michael Rosner at the Intelligent Computer System Department at mike.rosner@um.edu.mt.
www.meta-net.eu
Compiled by AIESEC Malta.
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