MT Meetup #10: Less In More Out - Low Resource in NLP

MT Meetup #10: Less In More Out - Low Resource in NLP

We are back again! We are pleased to announce our tenth MT Meetup in Zurich on 13 June 2022.

After another longer break, we look forward to welcoming you at our next Meetup. Exciting presentations on low resource languages – with focus on Switzerland – await you.

Where: Viadukt Bogen D
Capacity: 80 seats
Please register on our Meetup site prior to the event.

Schedule:

18:30
Door opening and registration

19:00
The evening will start with Noëmi and Chantal talking about the problems and possible solutions for low-resource settings in NMT. Their talk will largely focus on Swiss German. In the second part, Bernard, Flavio and TextShuttle will introduce the NMT project for Romansh in which RTR and TextShuttle have collaborated for the past year.

Note: Please be advised that the presentations will be held in German.

Experts:

• Chantal Amrhein, PhD Student at the Department of Computational Linguistics at University of Zurich
• Noëmi Aepli, PhD Student at the Department of Computational Linguistics at University of Zurich
• Alex Flückiger, Research Scientist at TextShuttle
• Bernard Bearth, responsible for data and archive at RTR
• Flavio Bundi, editor-in-chief at RTR

After the presentations, there will be an apéro and time for networking.