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[Frederick N. <fr...@by...>]

Professor, Centre for Applied Linguistics & Translation Studies,
UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD, Central University post office,
HYDERABAD-500 046. (Phone: +91-40-3010 500 Extn. 3650)

Residence address:
76 LAKE-SIDE COLONY, JUBILEE HILLS POST,
HYDERABAD-500 033. (Phone: +91-40-311 7302).

From: Niladri Sekhar Dash <NI...@IS...>
Subject: IWTDIL 2003, Call for Participation=20

Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:59:22 +0530 (IST)=20

Respected teachers, dear friends and colleagues.=20

Please circulate the following message among your colleagues and=20
interested persons.=20

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION=20

SECOND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON TECHNOLOGY=20
DEVELOPMENT IN INDIAN LANGUAGES (IWTDIL 2003)=20

COMPUTER VISION AND PATTERN RECOGNITION UNIT=20
INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE,=20

203, BARRACKPORE TRUNK ROAD=20
BARANAGAR, KOLKATA 700108=20
INDIA=20

DURING=20
JANUARY 22-24, 2003=20

OBJECTIVE=20

For several years the CVPR Unit of ISI, Kolkata has been active in=20
pioneering research on various areas related to Language Technology,=20
including Document Analysis, Speech Processing and Natural Language=20
Processing. Under the initiative of the Ministry of Information=20
Technology, Govt. of India, this Unit has been selected as a Resource=20
Centre for Technology Development in Indian Languages, with special=20
emphasis on Bangla. As a part of this project, we are organising the 2nd=20
International Workshop on Technology Development in Indian Languages=20
(IWTDIL 2003) consisting a series of lectures by eminent scientists on the=
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subject. The goals of this workshop are:=20

o to make scholars aware of recent research, developments and applications=
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of Indian languages technologies=20

o to encourage research on Indian language technology, and to explore new=
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applications of the existing technologies=20

o to establish contact with both international and national experts=20
working on various aspects of language technology=20

o to consider opportunities for collaborative research and development=20

REGISTRATION:=20

Registration is compulsory for all participants. NO REGISTRATION FEE IS=20
REQUIRED. Only 40 participants will be registered on 'first-come first=20
serve' basis.=20

LAST DATE FOR RECEIVING COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORM:=20
15TH DECEMBER 2002 (15.12.2002) (Registration through E-mail is=20
encouraged)=20

Acceptance information will be provided after 15th December, 2002.=20

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:=20

Research Fellow, College University teachers and others who are working in
the above mentioned fileds in various institutes and labs.

ACCOMMODATION:=20

Registered participants will be provided free accommodation and foods.=20

VENUE:=20

CVPR Unit's Seminar Room, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

PROCEEDING:=20

Lectures of the invited speakers will be published in the form of a
proceeding

ADVISORY COMMITTEE=20

K.B. Sinha, India, Chairman, M.G.K. Menon, India, C.R. Rao, USA, O.  Vikas,
MIT, Govt. of India, P.K. Chaturvedi, MIT, Govt. of India, K.  Yamamoto,
Japan, N. Bhattacharya, India, H. Bunke, Switzerland, D. Dutta Majumdar,
India, J.K. Ghosh, India, R.M. Haralick, USA, J.P. Hanton, France, A. Joshi=
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USA, R. Kasturi, USA, U.N. Singh, India, P. Hall, UK, A.  McEnery, UK.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE=20

B.B. Chaudhuri, Chair , S.K. Parui, Convenor, Umapada Pal, Sarbani Palit,
Mandar Mitra, Ujjwal Bhattacharya, Utpal Garain, Anirban Roy Chaudhuri,
Niladri Sekhar Dash, Tamaltaru Pal, Bhargab Bhattacharya, Anil Kumar Chand,
Ashoke Kumar Dutta, Srirupa Das, Soumen Chawdhury,

LIST OF SPEAKERS (Subject to last minute change)=20

A. Belaid, INRIA, France, H. Somers, UMIST, UK, V. Govindaraju, USA, P.=20
Hall, Open Univ. UK, F. Kimura, Mie Univ. Japan, K. Samudravijaya, TIFR,=20
India, R.M.K. Sinha, IITK, India, P. Bhattacharya, IITB, India, P.V.S.=20
Rao, Tata Infotech, India, P. Natarajan, BBN Tech, USA, J. Mukherjee, Bonn=
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University, Germany , A. Gelbukh Kahn, IPN, Mexico, S. Chakrabarty, IITB,=
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India, R. Singh, Montreal Univ. Canada., K. Allan, Monas Univ. Australia.,=
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G. Barnbrook, Birmingha Univ. UK, E. Weigand, Univ. M=FCnster, Germany=20

CONTACT ADDRESS=20

Convenor, IWTDIL 2003=20
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Unit=20
Indian Statistical Institute=20
203, Barrackpore Trunk Road,=20
Baranagar, Kolkata 700108, India.=20
Phone: (91)(33)578-1832=20
Fax : (91)(33)577-3035/66808=20
E-mail: cv...@is...=20
URL : www.isical.ac.in/~cvpr/events ....=20