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| author | john.j.camilleri <john.j.camilleri@chalmers.se> | 2013-05-29 06:29:25 +0000 |
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| committer | john.j.camilleri <john.j.camilleri@chalmers.se> | 2013-05-29 06:29:25 +0000 |
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Update Summer School page with sponsorship info (Aarne's changes)
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diff --git a/gf-summer-school-2013.html b/gf-summer-school-2013.html index f44fdd8a1..ae5884ec8 100644 --- a/gf-summer-school-2013.html +++ b/gf-summer-school-2013.html @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ <!DOCTYPE html> -<HTML> -<HEAD> -<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8"> -<TITLE>Third GF Summer School — Bavaria, August 2013</TITLE> +<html> +<head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> +<title>Third GF Summer School — Bavaria, August 2013</title> <style type="text/css"> body { max-width: 700px; @@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ h1, h2, h3, h4 { h1 { text-align: center; } +h2.subtitle { + text-align: center; +} img { display: block; margin: 0 auto; @@ -24,24 +27,38 @@ img { sup { font-size: 0.6em; } +table { + border-collapse: collapse; + border-spacing: 0; + margin: 0 auto; +} +table td, table th { + border: 1px solid #ccc; + padding: 0.1em 0.5em; +} </style> -<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Average' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> -<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Merriweather+Sans:700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> -</HEAD> -<BODY> -<H1>3<sup>rd</sup> GF Summer School 2013<br/><em>Scaling up Grammatical Resources</em></H1> +<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Average' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /> +<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Merriweather+Sans:700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /> +</head> +<body> + +<H1>3<sup>rd</sup> Third GF Summer School 2013<br/><em>Frontiers of Multilingual Technology</em></H1> + +<center> +Special theme of 2013: <em>Scaling Up Grammatical Resources</em></H1> +</center> <img height="480" width="480" alt="GF Summer School logo" src="https://sites.google.com/site/gfschool2011/_/rsrc/1286870375590/home/summerschool-logo.jpg?height=480&width=480" /> -<H2 style="text-align:center">Frauenchiemsee island, Bavaria<br/>18<sup>th</sup>–30<sup>th</sup> August, 2013</H2> +<h2 class="subtitle">Frauenchiemsee island, Bavaria<br/>18<sup>th</sup>–30<sup>th</sup> August, 2013</h2> -<H2>About</H2> -<P> +<h2>About</h2> +<p> Grammatical Framework (GF), <a href="http://www.grammaticalframework.org/">grammaticalframework.org</a>, is a multilingual grammar formalism based on the idea of a shared abstract syntax and mappings between the abstract syntax and concrete languages. GF has hundreds of users all over the world. -</P> -<P> +</p> +<p> The GF Resource Grammar Library (RGL) implements the morphology (inflection) and basic syntax (phrase structure) of some 26 languages: @@ -73,24 +90,70 @@ Thai, and Urdu. These resources are freely available as open-source software. More languages are under construction, -in both in-house and external projects. -</P> -<P> -We are especially interested in EU languages not yet covered by the Resource Grammar Library, -namely: Estonian, Lithuanian, Irish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Slovene, Portuguese, Greek, and Maltese. -Learn more at the <a href="http://www.grammaticalframework.org/lib/doc/status.html">RGL status page</a>. -Embedded grammars are parsing and generation programs compiled from GF grammars and usable as parts of programs written in other languages: Haskell, Java, and JavaScript. -</P> - -<H2>Venue</H2> +in both in-house and external projects (Greek and Maltese forthcoming by the summer school). +</p> +<p> +We are constantly welcoming new languages, especially from new language families, as well as +EU languages not yet covered by the Resource Grammar Library +(Estonian, Lithuanian, Irish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Slovene, and Portuguese). +Learn more at the <a href="http://www.grammaticalframework.org/lib/doc/status.html">RGL status page</a>. The Summer School is an excellent place to get started with a new language. +</p> +<p> +This year's special theme of “Scaling up Grammar Resources” means +extending the existing resource grammars with the ultimate goal of +dealing with any text in the supported languages. Lexicon extension is +an obvious part of this work, but also new grammatical constructions +are of interest. Porting resources from other open-source approaches, +such as WordNets and Apertium, is one method of doing this. And +reciprocally, we want to make GF resources easily reusable in other +approaches. +</p> +<!-- p> +The Summer School also has tracks for those interesting in applications (e.g. web and +mobile applications, and embedded grammars in C, C++, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Python), as +well as a theory track (parsing, grammar compilation, statistical GF models). +</p --> + +<h2>Venue</h2> <img src="http://www.mpq.mpg.de/Theorygroup/CIRAC/wiki/images/f/f9/Kloster.jpg" alt="Frauenchiemsee island" /> -<P> +<p> The summer school will take place at the <a href="http://www.frauenwoerth.de/english/">Frauenwörth Monastery</a>, -on Frauenchiemsee island in Chiemsee lake, Bavaria, Germany -(<a href="http://goo.gl/maps/uUnxN">map</a>). +on Frauenchiemsee island in Chiemsee lake, Bavaria, Germany (<a href="http://goo.gl/maps/uUnxN">map</a>). +</p> <h2>Preliminary schedule</h2> + +<h3>First week (18-23 August):<br/>Introduction to GF and multilingual grammar programming</h3> +<ul> + <li>Tutorial on using the GF resource grammar library for small applications</li> + <li>Tutorial on the GF programming language</li> + <li>Tutorial on how to write a miniature resource grammar (morphology, paradigms, syntax)</li> + <li>Tutorial on complexity aspects, grammar compilation, portable grammar format</li> + <li>Tutorial on using new GF-tools like Eclipse IDE and GF Cloud</li> +</ul> + +<p> +Tutorials will be given in morning sessions; supervised exercises in the +afternoon will make the attendants familiar with programming in GF. +</p> + +<h3>Second week (25-30 August):<br/>Advanced work in specialized tracks</h3> <ul> + <li>Resource Grammar track: large-scale grammar implementation for a new language</li> + <li>Application track: web applications, ontologies</li> + <li>Theory track: type theory, parsing, compiler issues</li> + <li>Hybrid systems: connection with statistical methods</li> +</ul> + +<p> +In the mornings, each day is dedicated to a special track, with plenary +talks attended by all participants. +For the afternoons we want to organize group work on the various tracks, +and have the participants choose which group they join. On the last day, +results of these groups will be presented to all participants. +</p> + +<!--ul> <li>Week 1: GF Introdcution</li> <ul> <li>GF tutorial</li> @@ -101,51 +164,88 @@ on Frauenchiemsee island in Chiemsee lake, Bavaria, Germany <li>Automatic creation of large lexicons</li> <li>Statistical parsing</li> <li>Generation from ontologies</li> - <li>Common goals with Apertium - sharing of GF resources with other frameworks</li> + <li>Common goals with Apertium and WordNets - sharing of GF resources with other frameworks</li> </ul> -</ul> +</ul--> -<h2>Teachers</h2> +<h2>Teachers (to be confirmed and completed)</h2> <ul> - <li>Krasimir Angelov</li> - <li>Thomas Hallgren</li> - <li>Hans Leiß</li> - <li>Laurette Pretorius</li> - <li>Aarne Ranta</li> - <li>Mike Rosner</li> - <li>Christina Unger</li> - <li>others (to be confirmed)</li> + <li>Krasimir Angelov, U Gothenburg</li> + <li>Thomas Hallgren, U Gothenburg</li> + <li>Hans Leiß, LMU Munich</li> + <li>Laurette Pretorius, U South Africa</li> + <li>Aarne Ranta, U Gothenburg</li> + <li>Mike Rosner, U Malta</li> + <li>Christina Unger, U Bielefeld</li> + <li>others (to be announced)</li> </ul> -<H2>Registration</H2> -<P> -We have now opened a prliminary registration for those of you who wish to express your interest. -Precise details about costs payments will follow later (the preliminary booking is non-binding). +<h2>Accomodation and travel costs</h2> +<p> +Accomodation will be in the Benedictine abbey of Frauenorth on Frauenchiemsee island. +There are some rooms in categories A (€55/night), B (€45/night), and C (€30/night, no showers). + +Approximate costs breakdown: +</p> + +<table> +<tbody> +<tr> + <td>Accomodation (category B)</td> + <td>€45/night x 12</td> + <td>€ 540</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td>Breakfast, lunch & dinner</td> + <td>€35/day x 12</td> + <td>€ 420</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td>Local travel costs (from Munich airport)</td> + <td>€36 x 2</td> + <td>€ 72</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <th colspan="2" style="text-align:right">Total:</th> + <th>€ 1032</th> +</tr> +</tbody> +</table> + +<h2>Registration</h2> +<p> +We have now opened a preliminary registration for those of you who wish to express your interest in attending. +Precise details about costs/payments will follow later (the preliminary booking is non-binding). + +So if you are pretty sure you will attend, please fill out the <strong><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DMTYSFhbD4xeirWv0DdOi4NfiwOrHMz_NDlHGHxuH-k/viewform">preliminary registration form</a></strong>. + +If you have any questions about the summer school you can contact us below. +</p> + +<h2>Contact</h2> +<p> +Head organiser: <strong>Hans Leiß</strong>, leiss at cis dot uni-muenchen dot de +</p> +<p> +Co-organiser: <strong>Aarne Ranta</strong>, aarne at chalmers dot se +</p> +<p> +Web/registration: <strong>John J. Camilleri</strong>, john dot j dot camilleri at chalmers dot se +</p> -If you are pretty sure you will attend, please fill out the <strong><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DMTYSFhbD4xeirWv0DdOi4NfiwOrHMz_NDlHGHxuH-k/viewform">preliminary registration form</a></strong>. +<h2>Sponsor</h2> -If you have any questions about the summer school you can contact us now below. -</P> +<a href="http://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/">VolkswagenStiftung</a> -<H2>Contact</H2> -<P> -Local organiser: <strong>Hans Leiß</strong>, leiss at cis dot uni-muenchen dot de -</P> -<P> -Head organiser: <strong>Aarne Ranta</strong>, aarne at chalmers dot se -</P> -<P> -Web/registration: <strong>John J. Camilleri</strong>, john dot j dot camilleri at chalmers dot se -</P> -<H2>Previous summer schools</H2> +<h2>Previous summer schools</h2> <ul> -<li><a href="http://school.grammaticalframework.org/2009">GF Resource Grammar Summer School</a> (2009) in Göteborg, Sweden</li> -<li><a href="http://school.grammaticalframework.org/2011">Second GF Summer School</a> (2011) in Barcelona, Spain</li> + <li><a href="http://school.grammaticalframework.org/2009">GF Resource Grammar Summer School</a> (2009) in Gothenburg, Sweden</li> + <li><a href="http://school.grammaticalframework.org/2011">Second GF Summer School</a> (2011) in Barcelona, Spain</li> </ul> -</BODY> -</HTML> +</body> +</html> |