For her work on developing a multilingual machine translation system tailored to seven Philippine languages, a professor from the De La Salle University (DLSU) College of Computer Studies has been awarded the Imminent Research Grants 2024.
Imminent is a global research center which allocates €100,000 each year to fund five original research projects to explore the most advanced frontiers in the world of language services.
Dr. Charibeth Cheng, who serves as a faculty researcher at the DLSU Advanced Research Institute for Informatics, Computing, and Networking (AdRIC), is the sole recipient from an Asian university. The other winners are from Cambridge University, University College London, and Ionian University.
Conducted under the AdRIC Center for Language Technologies, Dr. Cheng’s project seeks to enhance communication across the linguistically diverse regions of the Philippines as well as to help preserve and digitally integrate indigenous languages.
The research is expected to have a profound impact, particularly in regions where language barriers have long hindered access to essential services and information. By leveraging advanced natural language processing techniques, her research seeks to enable more inclusive communication platforms, allowing for better integration of indigenous languages into the digital sphere.
With the grant, Dr. Cheng is looking at expanding her research, which could serve as a basis for influencing language policy, education, and technology development in multilingual settings.
The Imminent Research Grants support projects that demonstrate the potential to address global challenges through innovative solutions, in areas such as linguistic data processing, machine learning algorithms, and human-computer interaction.
For more information, please visit this link: https://imminent.translated.com/the-5-innovative-projects-awarded-with-imminent-research-grants-2023
Source:
Manilatimes.net
The post DLSU Professor Bags Prestigious Grant for Computational Linguistics appeared first on De La Salle University.
0 Commentaires