The 4th Workshop: Corpora and Sign language Technologies

[MARIA AZZOPARDI]

I hope it turns out well and you manage to make it to Malta - both Tim and
Nedelina.

For some reason I couldn't see your photo Tim - and there was no attachment.

For Tim: As for hotels, I haven't stayed at many - there were only two I
stayed at - The Hilton (St Julians) and Corinthia Palace (Balzan) - I
enjoyed my stay at both these hotels- although I believe the Corinthia
would turn out a little cheaper than the other one. If you google the
names + Malta something should come up.

For Nedelina: Malta is so small so to get to your hotel by bus should be
ok I would think. When you arrive at the airport (which is also tiny) ask
the information desk for assistance. They should give you the bus
shedules. Taxis tend to be a bit costly here, but then if it's late and
you'd rather get there directly with little hassle I think grabbing a taxi
might be a good option.

Really hope you manage to make it here.
If you need any more help let me know.
Maria

> From: Nedelina Ivanova <nedelina.ivanova at gmail.com>
> Date: May 9, 2010
> Subject: Re: The 4th Workshop: Corpora and Sign language Technologies
>
> Hallo from Iceland,
> I look forward to meet you Tim and Maria. I just do not know if I  can
> make it to Malta because of the volcano. The international airport here
> has been closed today and the volcano is still alive. So we hope the best.
> See you in Malta.
> Nedelina
>
>
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>
> On May 9, 2010, at 2:04 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote:
>
>> SignWriting List
>> May 9, 2010
>>
>> Hello Tim, Maria and Nedelina!
>>
>> This is wonderful news...I believe all three of you will be attending
>> the conference in Malta? even if for only for a short time...I hope you
>> all can meet each other...is rare to have three SignWriting users from
>> different countries together in Malta ;-)
>>
>> LREC 2010 Conference in Malta
>> May 17-23, 2010
>>
>> And it is ironic you mention the Icelandic volcano, Tim, since Nedelina,
>> who will be presenting at the conference, lives in Iceland....I hope you
>> all can make it to Malta without complications...
>>
>> So there are some SignWriting users attending the conference...that is
>> cool...
>>
>> Tim - your software looks so great! Good to see your picture...happy to
>> meet you both...and I see Adam Frost's hand photos too, and I am glad
>> you are using those...By the way, I have posted all of Adam's animated
>> gifs now, on the web:
>>
>> SignWriting Symbol Lessons ISWA 2010
>> http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/iswa
>>
>> But a word of explanation...Adam and I are still working on this...it is
>> a work in progress...we hope to update some of the symbols and photos,
>> and also we plan to give people individual photos and symbols as well,
>> that are not animated...all of that has not happened yet...but we are
>> getting there slowly but surely...
>>
>> I look forward to testing your software and feel free to ask for testers
>> here on the List...it is a privilege to test new software using
>> SignWriting...
>>
>> Thanks to everyone for your hard work -
>>
>> Val ;-)
>>
>> -----------
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 9, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Timothy W. Grove wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for posting this to the list, Maria. To make a long story short,
>>> I've just booked my tickets to Malta, so as long as that volcano in
>>> Iceland behaves itself, we are on our way! I'm not making any
>>> presentations or posters, but just hoping to learn as much as I can,
>>> and to have a mini family holiday as my wife and daughter are coming
>>> too! Anyone recommend a good hotel?
>>>
>>> The topic of the workshop sounds fascinating and I'll be looking for
>>> inspiration. I'm working on a Sign language dictionary application for
>>> SIL in which we are using SignWriting as a way for notating signs and
>>> for searching for signs. A lot to do yet, but hopefully we will have
>>> something soon for testing. I'll just leave a little 'teaser' behind
>>> here before I finish...
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Tim
>>>
>>> p.s. Yes, the photos are of myself and my wife. We are not part of the
>>> software, but I thought I'd use this photo to introduce ourselves and
>>> to protect the innocent... ; -)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> MARIA AZZOPARDI wrote:
>>>> Dear List,
>>>>
>>>> Shane Gilchrist has brought this workshop to our attention - 'The
>>>> Fourth
>>>> Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages:
>>>> Corpora
>>>> and Sign Language Technologies'
>>>>
>>>> It's actually happening in Malta.
>>>> Sorry I didn't know about this earlier, but in case anyone is
>>>> interested
>>>> there is still a little time left to present an abstract. I'm not sure
>>>> I'm
>>>> going to make it on time, but will try to see if I can get something
>>>> together to show how SignWriting/SignPuddle has been of great
>>>> linguistic
>>>> benefit to our projects here.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The link is:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/lrec2010/cfp.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks Shane for bringing this to our attention.
>>>>
>>>> Bye for now
>>>> Maria
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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