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Perspectives for the Indo German Scientific and Technological Cooperation

in the Field of Language Technology

Reinhard Karger, M.A.

Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI) GmbH

German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence

Szuhlsatzenhausweg 3

D- 66123 Saarbrücken

karger@dfki.de, http://www.dfki.de, http://www.lt-cc.org

Tel.: +49 681-302 5253, Fax: +49 681-302 5341

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What has the speakersaid?

100 Alternatives

What has the speaker meant?

10 Alternatives

What does the speakerwant?

Unambiguous Understanding in the

Dialog Context

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Sprachanalyse

Speech Recognition

Speech Input

Discourse Context

Knowledgeabout Domainof Discourse

Grammar

LexicalMeaning

Acoustic Patterns

Language Models

Word Lists

Speech Analysis

SpeechUnder-

standing

Three Levels of Language Processing

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Topics for the Indo German Scientific and Technological Cooperation in

the Field of Language Technology

Natural Access to Internet Ressources Telephone Dialog Systems for Multilingual Information AccessMultimodal Information Access using Speech and GesturesMultimodal Information Kiosk for Rural and Urban Population

Cross-Cultural & Cross-Lingual Information ManagementEngineering of Knowledge SourcesInter-Cultural Issues in Human Computer Interaction (HCI)

Virtual Environments for Distance Education (E-Learning)Culturally Adapted Life-Like Characters for Literacy Programmes

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Application-Oriented Basic Research and Real-Life Applications

Enabling Technologies Language IdentificationSpeech & Gesture RecognitionLanguage UnderstandingInformation Extraction / RetrievalDialog ProcessingMachine TranslationAnswer GenerationSpeech SynthesisVirtual Environments

Research, Development, Identification and Adaptation of Technologies for Symbolic and Stochastic Speech & Language Understanding

General TasksProject ManagementData CollectionAlignment & AnnotationSoftware EngineeringSystem IntegrationModul CoordinationUsability StudiesTechnology EvaluationPresentation / Communication

Hybrid Processing Approach to achieve broad Coverage and Robustness

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Steps to Define a Joint Indo German LT-Project

BrainstormingInitial Group of Experts, Seed Funding

Preliminary Definition of Project Goals Domain of Discourse Interaction Paradigm (Scenario)

Pre-ProposalFeasability StudyAdaptation of Project GoalsFunding, Players & Teams

Funding Periods, Agencies, BudgetFull-Proposal

Definition of Workpackages, Deliverables, MilestonesProject PlanDefinition of Evaluation Criteria

Building the ConsortiumInternational Advisory Board