SPEECH COMMUNICATION SCIENCES &
ADVANCED COMPUTING IN THE HUMANITIES
Socrates Thematic Network Projects, 4th year (Nov. 1, 1999 - Oct. 31, 2000).
Information for the joint meeting in Praha, March 17-19, 2000
1. Aims, background
The TNP on Speech Communication Sciences and the TNP
on Advanced Computing in the Humanities (ACO*HUM) have defined specific
dissemination and exploitation goals for their fourth project year.
The TNPs will cooperate on the following common goals:
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to start the creation of a Joint European Website for Education in Language
and Speech (JEWELS), as a major knowledge source which will facilitate
dissemination of information on all aspects of education and training in
our field (including Non-European Languages). Most of the material has
been collected already in the previous three year project period, and will
now be converted to the most effective and attractive web presentation.
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to work on policy documents covering both NL & Speech (including Non-European
Languages).
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to develop a student awareness plan for NL & Speech (including Non-European
Languages).
All former working groups of Speech Communication Sciences and two working
groups of ACO*HUM (Computational Linguistics & Language Engineering
and Computing for Non-European Languages) will closely cooperate and regroup
in new 'horizontal' working groups according to themes (see below).
In each of these working groups, experts from different fields will meet
to merge results and arrive at specific dissemination products.
The SOCRATES TNPs and ELSNET will co-operate in such a way that the
SOCRATES TNPs can profit from the substantial technical web support that
the ELSNET III project can offer. This support is provided under
the HLT programme and it realised by the companies ARAX and VDIVDE-IT.
Together with ELSNET we have defined some GENERAL
CONDITIONS FOR JEWELS.
EACL and ISCA will be involved wherever appropriate.
Project co-ordinators:
2. Practical information on
the Prague meeting, March 17-19, 2000.
The entire meeting will be held in hotel
Krystal, where also the participants will be lodged.
Participants from an official partner institution in one of the two Socrates
TNPs will get full coverage of travel, accommodation (max. 4 nights) and
subsistence cost for attending this meeting. Travel (on cheapest
fare basis) is normally booked and paid by the participant and refunded
after the meeting. Accommodation and meals will be reserved by the
local contact and paid for directly by the Socrates TNPs.
Booking procedure: please contact Ivana Kruijff-Korbayova <korbay@kwetal.ms.mff.cuni.cz>
and let her know:
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Your name, e-mail, address, telephone and fax
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Your network affiliation (ACO*HUM, Speech Communication Sciences, or own
cost)
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Your arrival and departure dates
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Whether you will take the optional lunches at the start and at the end
of the meeting (see schedule below).
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Any additional requirements: smoking/nonsmoking room, room mate, diet,
etc.
Ivana will then book a room for you and order meals. Please verify
your registration status in the following list of participants (continuously
updated):
3. Schedule of the project year
| January 21-22 |
Preparatory meeting in Utrecht |
| February 1 |
Call for participation in working groups |
| March 17-19 |
Kick-off meeting in Prague |
| Spring |
Working groups in action; Contacts with ARAX and VDIVDE-IT about conditions |
| July 1 |
Material ready for ARAX and VDIVDE-IT to be implemented on web-site |
| Summer |
Checks and tests of web-site |
| September |
Review meeting; initiation of update/improvement actions |
| November 1 |
Final product delivery |
4. WORKING GROUPS
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JEWELS INTERNAL STRUCTURE AND NAVIGATION
prepares guidelines for JEWELS structure and navigation from the perspective
of various users groups
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SITES AND COURSES
inventory of all sites in Europe with education in language and/or
speech; JEWELS presentation with links to local pages; course search facilities
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EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND TOOLS
collection of (commented) materials and tools (world-wide) in a database;
web presentation in JEWELS
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RECOMMENDATIONS & POLICY DOCUMENTS
publication of existing documents and creation of new policy
documents aimed at decision makers, including student awareness plan
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PROMOTION AND FACILITIES
develops pages that promote the disciplines in language and speech
(and the JEWELS site); creates an inventory of funding resources
5. Timeplan for the meeting
Friday March 17
| 12.30-14.00 |
Lunch (optional) |
| 14.00-15.30 |
Plenary, outline of the project (Gerrit Bloothooft & Koenraaad
de Smedt) |
| 15.30-16.00 |
Tea break |
| 16.00-18.00 |
Working groups |
| 19.30 |
Dinner |
Saturday March 18
| 9.00-10.30 |
Working groups |
| 10.30-11.00 |
Coffee break |
| 11.00-12.30 |
Working groups |
| 12.30-14.00 |
Lunch |
| 14.00-15.30 |
Working groups |
| 15.30-16.00 |
Tea break |
| 16.00-18.00 |
Plenary, working group presentations |
| 19.30 |
Dinner |
Sunday March 19
| 9.30-10.30 |
Working groups |
| 10.30-11.00 |
Coffee break |
| 11.00-12.30 |
Working groups (closure) |
| 12.30-14.00 |
Lunch (optional) |
