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 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.
>
>
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