ComputEL: A workshop to explore the use of computational methods in the study of endangered language; Baltimore, MD - June 2014

ComputEL：探讨计算方法在濒危语言研究中的应用的研讨会；

• 批准号: 1404352
• 负责人: Jeffrey Good
• 金额: $ 2.5万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Buffalo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-02-15 至 2017-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1404352&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ComputEL; workshop; explore; use; computational

Contemporary efforts to document the world's endangered languages are dependent on the widespread availability of modern recording technologies, in particular digital audio and video recording devices and software to annotate the recordings that such devices produce. However, despite well over a decade of dedicated funding programs aimed at the documentation of endangered languages, the technological landscape that supports the activities of those involved in this work remains fragmented, and the promises of new technology remain largely unfulfilled. Moreover, the efforts of computer scientists, on the whole, are mostly disconnected from the day-to-day work of documentary linguists, making it difficult for the knowledge of each group to inform the other.The ComputEL workshop will address this state of affairs by bringing together field linguists and computer scientists to explore how computational techniques and tools can be created to better aid in the analysis of endangered languages. A particular focus will be on how to facilitate the process through which research results in this domain can be developed into software that is well-supported for use by those documenting endangered languages in the field.The workshop will be co-located with the Association for Computational Linguistics Annual Meeting in Baltimore in June 2014. This will allow it to reach a wider audience than would otherwise be possible, while taking advantage of its East Coast location to involve participants from nearby areas. Its first day will consist of research presentations scheduled as a part of the ACL meeting. On the following day, participants will take part in discussions designed to lay out a near-term agenda for the improved application of computational methods to the study of endangered languages.The papers from the workshop will be published in the Association for Computational Linguistics conference proceedings, and an additional report will be produced summarizing the conclusions of the closed meeting. Smaller speaker communities worldwide will benefit from the results which will support better documentation and preservation of endangered languages.

当代记录世界濒危语言的努力取决于现代录音技术的广泛可用性，尤其是数字音频和视频录制设备和软件来注释此类设备的录音。然而，尽管有十多年的专门资金计划针对濒临灭绝的语言，但支持参与这项工作的人的活动的技术格局仍然分散，而新技术的承诺仍然无法实现。此外，总体而言，计算机科学家的努力主要与纪录片语言学家的日常工作脱节，这使每个小组的知识很难告知对方。ComputelWorkshop将通过将现场语言学家和计算机科学家汇总在一起来解决这一状况，从而可以创建计算技术和工具来探索计算技术和工具，以更好地帮助分析型偏僻的倾向。特别的重点将放在如何促进该领域的研究中可以将其发展到该软件中，这些软件可以由那些记录在现场的濒临灭绝语言的记录的人使用。该研讨会将与Baltimore在Baltimore举行的计算语言学年度会议协会共同划分，而在2014年6月，该地区将在2014年6月与众不同的地方参与其中，可以吸引更多的参与者。它的第一天将包括安排作为ACL会议的一部分的研究演讲。第二天，参与者将参加旨在提出近期议程的讨论，以改善计算方法在濒危语言研究中的应用。研讨会的论文将在计算语言学会议协会会议论文集中发表，并将产生其他报告，从而总结了封闭会议的结论。 全球较小的演讲者社区将受益于支持更好的文档和濒危语言的文档和保存。