Arabic-L:GEN:Arabic Search Engine Workshop in Qatar

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1) Subject:Arabic Search Engine Workshop in Qatar

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Date: 27 Jul 2007
From:"Dora Johnson" <dora at cal.org>
Subject:Arabic Search Engine Workshop in Qatar

CMU hosted workshop to motivate Arabic language technology
Information technology researchers and executives from around the Middle
East participated in an "Arabic Search Engine Workshop" hosted by
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Qatar, on June 17-18, 2007. The
meeting mainly focused on ways Qatar could become a commercial and
research center for the advancement of Arabic language technologies.

CMU has expressed an interest in teaming with academic and business
groups in the area to develop regional expertise in language technology.
Its faculty and students would be made available to provide scientific
and technological support for web search and Arabic<>English machine
translation.

Participating organizations in the workshop included CMU, Qatar
University, ictQatar, iHorizons, Microsoft Egypt, Qatar Foundation,
Qatar National Research Fund, Qatar Science & Technology Park and Qatar
Capital Partners.
Carnegie Mellon University, Web: http://www.cmu.edu

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