Recent Developments of COCOSDA

„ں A Progress Report

 

 

 

 

 

Lin-shan Lee

National Taiwan University

 

 

 

Budapest MeetingپiSept 1999 Eurospeechپj

l   Organizing‡€Topic Domains〞and ‡€Regional Programs〞as the Two Dimensions of Functionalities of COCOSDA

„ں‡€topic domains〞reflect the global issues including the dynamic technology environments

region 1

„ں‡€regional programs〞address the regional differences and activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

„ں each‡€topic domain〞or‡€regional program〞organized by a ‡€rapporteur〞, with responsibilities including organizing presentations or sessions in COCOSDA Workshops

„ں some possible titles for ‡€topic domains〞suggested

l     Central Coordinating CommitteeپiCCCپjto be Re-organized

„ں some possible names for convenor , deputy convenor for 2000-2001 suggested

l     Further Discussions to be Conducted via E-mails

March – May 2000

l   Officers Decided via E-mails

„ں convenor پFLin-shan Lee , National Taiwan University , Taiwan

„ں deputy convenorپFKhalid Choukri , ELRA , France

l   New Topic Domains Decided via E-mail Discussions

„ں‡€Evaluation of Speech Understanding / Dialogue Systems〞

            rapporteurپFWolfgang Minker , Daimlerchrysler , Germany

„ں‡€Multi-modal Corpora〞

            rapporteurپFSatoshi Nakamura , ATR , Japan

l   Regional Programs Initiated

„ں Europe

            rapporteurپFKhalid Choukri , ELRA , France

„ں Asia

            rapporteurپFShuichi Itahashi , University of Tsukuba , Japan

„ں Oceania

            rapporteurپFBruce Millar , Australian National University , Australia

l   Organizing Sessions in ICSLP 2000 on Language Resources and Technology Evaluation

„ں including a special session plus a regular session

Athens MeetingsپiMay / June 2000 LRECپj

l   ‡€Corpus Annotation Tools〞could be a New Topic Domain

„ں possible rapporteur suggested

l   ‡€Local Languages〞could be a New Topic Domain

„ں replacing the previously used term of‡€minority languages〞

„ں‡€local languages〞 vs ‡€global languages〞

„ں many local languages spoken in different regions , but many issues common across different regionsپie.g. experiences in collecting corpora , technologies for developing applications , and social , cultural , economic considerationsپjcould be addressed by this topic domain

„ں possible rapporteur suggested

l   A New Regional Program for Africa could be Established

„ں significant activities in collecting corpora and developing applications

„ں possible rapporteur suggested

l   A New Regional Program for Latin America could be Established

„ں significant activities in collecting corpora and developing applications

„ں possible rapporteur suggested

l   Approaches Discussed for Making Efficient Use of the Web for COCOSDA Activities to be Accessed by the Research Community

June – Sept 2000

l   New Topic Domains Developed via E-mail Discussions

„ں ‡€Corpus Annotation Tools〞

           rapporteurپFSteven Bird , LDC , USA

„ں ‡€Local Languages〞

           rapporteurپFDafydd Gibbon , University of Bielefeld , Germany

l   New Regional Programs Established via E-mail Discussions

„ں Africa

           rapporteurپFJustus Roux , University of Stellenbosch , South Africa

„ں Latin America

           rapporteurپFElsa Mora , University of Los Andes , Venezuela

l   Finalizing Session OrganizationپiSpecial / Regular Sessionsپjin ICSLP 2000

l   Developing Questionnaires for Topic Domains / Regions to Collect Information from the Research Community Worldwide

l   Efforts Made Trying to Improve the COCOSDA Website so as to Better Serve the Global Research Community

l   Organizing COCOSDA Workshop and Relevant Activities in ICSLP 2000

l   Re-organization of the Central Coordinating CommitteeپiCCCپj

Central Coordinating CommitteeپiCCCپjas of Oct 2000

(‡T)Working Group

l   Officers                                   پœ Data Center Representatives

„ں convenorپFLin-shan Lee , Taiwan                 „ں LDCپFSteven Bird , USA

„ں deputy convenorپFKhalid Choukri , France           „ں ELRAپFKhalid Choukri , France

„ں secretaryپFNick Campbell , Japan

l   Topic Domain Rapporteurs

„ں Evaluation of Speech Understanding /Dialogue

SystemsپFWolfgang Minker , Germany

„ں Multi-modal CorporaپFSatoshi Nakamura , Japan

(‡U)Advisory Committee پœ Adrian Fourcin , UK پœ Hiroya Fujisaki , Japan پœ Akira Kurematsu , Japan پœ Mark Liberman , USA پœ Joseph Mariani , France پœ Louis Pols , Netherlands

„ں Corpus Annotation ToolsپFSteven Bird , USA

„ں Local LanguagesپFDafydd Gibbon , Germany

l   Regional Program Rapporteurs

„ں EuropeپFKhalid Choukri , France

„ں AsiaپFShuichi Itahashi , Japan

„ں OceaniaپFBruce Millar , Australia

„ں AfricaپFJustus Roux , South Africa

„ں Latin AmericaپFElsa Mora , Venezuela