Saturday, March 10, 2012

Ano [Wi]Ka Mo? Linguist's Assistant: A Resource for Linguists with Dr. Stephen Beale


Ano [Wi]Ka Mo Lectures Series 2

     ANO [WI]KA MO LECTURE SERIES discusses the language’s role on education, pedagogy and the society. The discussions focus on the role of linguistic and language research in establishing a multilingual education and literacy program.
     This March 12, 2012, Layap will host a tutorial/workshop with Prof. Stephen Beale, a computational linguist from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Prof. Beale will be presenting his Linguist’s Assistant (LA), a practical computational paradigm for describing languages. It will be a whole-day workshop, from 9:00am-5:00pm at Palma Hall 227, CSSP.

Programme:
9:00-9:20 am - Registration
9:20-9:30 am - Welcome Remarks (Eishrine Amante, UP Layap Director)
9:30-10:00 am - Background on the Country Visit to the Philippines of Prof. Beale (Mr. Joel Ilao, DSP Laboratory)
10:00-12:00 am - Workshop Proper Part I (Prof. Stephen Beale, Resource Speaker)
12:00-1:00 pm - Lunch Break
1:00-3:00 pm - Workshop Part II (Prof. Stephen Beale, Resource Speaker) 
4:00-5:00 pm - Open Forum
Closing Remarks (Prof. Ricardo Nolasco, UP Layap adviser)

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