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face="Arial">Please pass on to interested parties.<b><br>
<br>
CID</b><b>LeS Summer School: </b><b>CODING FOR LANGUAGE
COMMUNITIES (CLC 2014)</b><br>
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<b>Date and venue</b><b>:</b> August 11th - 15th | The Summer
School will take place within the "Parque Natural das Serras
de Aire e Candeeiros" in or near Minde, Portugal.<br>
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<b>Website:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.cidles.eu/summer-school-coding-for-language-communities-2014/">http://www.cidles.eu/summer-school-coding-for-language-communities-2014/</a><br>
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<b>About the Summer School</b><br>
There are currently around 7.000 languages spoken all over the
world - but each month a language dies. In general we see a
strong tendency to learn and use only the major languages such
as English, German, French, etc., especially in electronic
communication. This is partly caused by the lack of hardware
(e.g. keyboards) and software (for transliteration, text
completion, etc.) for under-resourced languages, which
constrain the natural usage of people's own language in many
tasks. The Summer School "Coding for Language Communities" is
about ongoing research and development to turn that process in
exactly the other direction: every successful technology can
also be used to teach, revitalize and therefore boost the use
of regional languages. This technology should also assist the
renewal of local languages and cultures by allowing people to
actively teach, learn, extend, and spread their language in
their community. Our aim is to give people the ability to use
their mother tongue in everyday electronic communication, no
matter where they are or what language they speak.<br>
<br>
What will we do?<br>
The Summer School "Coding for Language Communites" aims to
bring together three groups:<br>
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- Speakers of languages that are currently not supported by
language technologies and that want to use their language on
electronic devices;<br>
<br>
- Students of linguistics and language-related disciplines
interested in learning about software development;<br>
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- Software developers and students of computational sciences
that are interested in supporting under-resourced languages by
technological means.<br>
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During an exciting and exhausting week we will work together
to develop new software and tools for under-resourced
languages. We will create five interdisciplinary teams to
tackle real-world problems in ongoing or new open source
projects. Each team will consist of five members, with at
least one participant of each of the groups mentioned above.
Each team will have an expert as mentor to guide and supervise
the progress, in addition to three senior software developers
that will be available to support all the teams in the
implementation of the solution. At the end of the week there
will be prizes for the most creative solutions. Each day we
start with a theoretical talk by one of the mentors, which
complements the practical experience of developing language
technologies as a team within an open source project.<br>
<br>
This summer school is the first part of a larger event. There
will be a second summer school the week after this one about
Community-driven Language Documentation (</font></font><font
size="-1"><font face="Arial"><a
href="http://www.cidles.eu/summer-school-community-driven-language-documentation-2014/">http://www.cidles.eu/summer-school-community-driven-language-documentation-2014/</a>).<br>
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<b>Mentors</b><br>
Kevin Scannell<br>
Bruce Birch<br>
Dorothee Beermann<br>
Peter Bouda<br>
other mentors to be announced<br>
<br>
<b>Application</b><br>
Deadline for application is <b>May 31st, 2014</b>. The
number of participants is limited to 25. Admission will be
based on the track record and a motivational statement that is
part of the application form.<br>
<br>
Apply here: </font></font><font size="-1"><font face="Arial"><a
href="http://www.cidles.eu/summer-school-community-driven-language-documentation-2014/apply/">http://www.cidles.eu/summer-school-community-driven-language-documentation-2014/apply/</a><br>
<br>
<b>Costs</b><br>
The summer school costs 250 Euros for the whole week. The fee
includes summer school materials, all meals (breakfast, lunch,
dinner) and a place to sleep.<br>
<br>
We plan to provide scholarships for students to participate in
the summer school. If possible, the scholarship will cover the
fee of 250 Euros and travel costs up to 1.000 Euros. Describe
in the application form why you need a scholarship.<br>
<br>
<b>Organizing team</b><br>
Vera Ferreira<br>
Peter Bouda<br>
Rita Pedro<br>
Felix Rau<br>
Kevin Scannell<br>
Dorothee Beermann<br>
Eva Schinzel<br>
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For more information please contact <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:clc2014@cidles.eu">clc2014@cidles.eu</a>.</font></font><br>
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Vera Ferreira
Centro Interdisciplinar de Documentação Linguística e Social / Interdisciplinary Centre for Social and Language Documentation
Rua do Remexido, Loja 15
2395-174 Minde
Portugal
Tel.: +351249849123
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vferreira@cidles.eu">vferreira@cidles.eu</a>
Web: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cidles.eu">http://www.cidles.eu</a></pre>
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