Just a reminder that the Change Seminar WILL meet tomorrow in CSE 203 at noon.
Hope to see you there, - Trevor On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Nicola Dell <nixd...@cs.washington.edu>wrote: > Hi everyone, > > > We *WILL* be having a Change seminar on Tuesday, March 4th. Our speaker > will be Kalika Bali from the Technology for Emerging Markets lab at > Microsoft Research, India. > > > Please join us at 12pm in CSE 203. As usual, lunch will be provided. > > > *Speaker Bio* > > Kalika Bali is a researcher in the Technologies for Emerging Markets and > Multilingual Systems research areas at Microsoft Research India. Her > interests are in speech and language technology for education, NLP and > speech technology for Indian languages, linguistic resources and standards, > and cognitive models of language processing. Her current research focuses > on the use of non-standard language use in computer-mediated conversations, > especially in social media. > > > *Understanding Language in Emerging Markets* > > In emerging markets such as India and China, the typical user demography > differs not only in the language used but also in the way languages might > be used. Technology especially mobile and internet must cater to a user > base that differs in many ways from those in North America or Europe. > Taking India as a case study, this talk outlines major challenges in > localizing technology and services vis-à-vis language technology, policy, > and linguistics, as well as user demography and practices. Deeper research > issues need to be addressed regarding issues of language use, such as the > dominance of transliteration and code mixing in all spheres of > computer-mediated communication. We will also discuss potential solutions > that point towards an improved natural language user interface for these > users. > > > > _______________________________________________ > change mailing list > change@change.washington.edu > http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change > >
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