European Master in Language and Communication Technologies in Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

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>EUROPEAN MASTER IN LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
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>The Faculty of Computer Science at the Free University of
>Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, and the Department of Computational Linguistics
>and Phonetics (CoLi) of Saarland University, Germany, offer a
>distributed European Master in Language and Communication
>Technologies, as part of their individual Master of Science Programmes
>in Computer Science (Laurea Specialistica in Informatica) and Language
>Science and Technology (M.Sc.), respectively. Students of the European
>Master enrol in one of the two universities and are required to spend
>at least one semester at the other university; both universities adopt
>the ECTS credit system. In the context of the European Master
>Programme the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano co-operates with
>ITC-irst of Trento, while the Saarland University cooperates with the
>German Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI); these centres are
>connected by more than 10 years of close partnership.
>
>Human communication is at the heart of the information society and, in
>a richly multilingual area such as the European Union, full
>participation requires multilingual facilities for creating,
>exchanging and accessing information across language borders,
>throughout Europe and beyond. During the last few years, Language and
>Communication Technologies have seen a rapid increase in development
>at both research and industrial levels due to the fast growth of the
>Internet, of speech-based technologies, and the success of mobile
>communication. This has caused an acute need for continuous
>advancements in multilingual human language processing, cross-lingual
>information access, and multimodal human computer interaction. New
>expertise, skills and professional profiles are needed which can
>answer the growing requirements of our societies in the Human Language
>and Communication Technologies area.
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>The study programme at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
>
>The European Master in Language and Communication Technologies is
>designed to meet the demands of industry and research in this rapidly
>growing area. It offers advanced courses taught by leading scientists
>in topical areas such as Computational Linguistics, Speech Processing,
>Information Retrieval, and Intelligent Interfaces. The programme is
>part of the Master in Computer Science (Laurea Specialistica in
>Informatica) and it has various strengths that make it unique amongst
>Italian universities:
>
>* Curriculum taught entirely in English: The programme is open to the
>    world and prepares the students to move on the international scene.
>* Possibility of a strongly research-oriented curriculum.
>* Possibility for project-based routes to obtain the degree and
>    extensive lab facilities.
>* Other specialisations with streams in the hottest Computer Science
>    areas, such as Web Technologies, Information and Knowledge
>    Management, Databases and Software Engineering.
>* International student community.
>* Direct interaction with the local and international industry and
>    research centres, with the possibility of practical and research
>    internships that can lead to future employment.
>* Excellent scholarship opportunities and student accommodations.
>
>The application deadline at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano to
>the European Master in Language and Communication Technologies is the
>** 27 August 2004 **.
>Details can be found at http://www.inf.unibz.it/msc/
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>The study programme at the Saarland University
>
>Beginning in October 2004, CoLi at the Saarland University offers a
>new international Masters programme in Language Science and
>Technology, completely taught in English, leading to the degree Master
>of Science (M.Sc.) in 18 months. Saarbruecken is one of the world's
>leading centres for language science and technology with faculty and
>students coming from many countries. An active program of basic,
>applied and cognitive research combines with state-of-the-art
>facilities to provide students with a rich and stimulating environment
>for their research. The programme cooperates closely with various
>departments and facilities of related disciplines, where lectures and
>classes are open to our graduate students. The course of studies can
>be personalised by setting an individual research focus. In addition
>to the general degree Master of Science in Language Science and
>Technology, students have the option of specialising in the following
>areas: Computational Linguistics, Computational Psycholinguistics,
>Language Technology, and Phonetics and Speech Technology. Technical
>support facilities available to students in the programme include:
>
>* State of the art computing infrastructure
>* Computer lab with facilities for the visually impaired
>* Eye-tracking lab
>* Speech labs
>* Dialogue and usability lab
>* Video conferencing lab
>* In-house Institute library
>
>Applications at the Saarland University to the European Master in
>Language and Communication Technologies will be accepted starting from
>the academic year 2005-2006.
>Details can be found at http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/msc/
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>Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
>
>The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, founded in 1997, boasts modern
>premises in the centre of Bozen-Bolzano.  The environment is
>multilingual, South Tyrol being a region where three languages are
>spoken: German, Italian and Ladin.  Studying in a multilingual area
>has shown that our students acquire the cutting edge needed in the
>international business world.  Many of our teaching staff hails from
>abroad.  Normal lectures are complemented with seminars, work
>placements and laboratory work, which give our students a vocational
>as well as theoretical training, preparing them for their subsequent
>professional careers.  Studying at the Free University of
>Bozen-Bolzano means, first and foremost, being guided all the way
>through the student's educational career.  South Tyrol, due to its
>enviable geographical position in the centre of the Dolomites, also
>offers our students a multitude of opportunities for spending their
>free-time.
>
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>ITC-irst
>
>The Centre for Scientific and Technological Research (ITC-irst,
>http://www.itc.it/irst/ ) is a public research centre of the
>Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy.  Founded in 1976, it conducts
>research in the areas of Information Technologies, Microsystems, and
>Material Sciences. ITC-irst is one of most active and internationally
>renown research centres for Human Language and Communication
>Technologies, with more than 80 people working in this area.  The
>extensive lab facilities and a strong commitment to higher education
>render ITC-irst a dynamic research institute with all the relevant
>resources to foster creativity and innovation.