European Network in Language and Speech

Objective

ELSNET's goal is to help coordinate European research and postgraduate training activities promoting the development of speech and natural language (NL) technology. The long-term technological goal is the construction of integrated multilingual speech and NL systems with unrestricted coverage of both spoken and written language. In the shorter term, the Network's efforts contribute towards increasing the industrial take-up of existing language technologies and creating the necessary human and software resources for a competitive European language industry.

STRUCTURE

The Network is made up of nine managing nodes and a larger number of associate nodes. Managing nodes act as a contact point between the associate nodes for which they have responsibility (this being organised primarily on a geographical basis) and the Network's executive board. The executive board comprises representatives from each managing node and task group, an industrial representative, and a representative from the European Commission. The board is chaired by the ELSNET coordinator. General administration is carried out by a senior academic (the ELSNET coordinator) and an administrative assistant, presently located at the University of Edinburgh.

ACTIVITIES

ELSNET's main activities are organised around four task groups concerned with research coordination, training and mobility, language and speech resources, and industrial links.

Programme(s)

• FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994

Coordinator

University of Edinburgh

Address

Old College South Bridge
EH1 1HN Edinburgh
United Kingdom

Participants (34)

AALBORG UNIVERSITET

Denmark

Address

Fibigerstraede, 13
9220 Aalborg East

CENTER FOR SPROGTEKNOLOGI

Denmark

Address

Njalsgade 80
2300 Copenhagen

CRIN

France

Address

Boulevard Des Aiguillettes
54506 Vandoeuvre-les-nancy

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

France

Address

91406 Orsay

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

France

Address

Université De Provence 29 Avenue Robert Schumann
13621 Aix-en-provence

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

France

Address

118 Route De Narbonne
31062 Toulouse

DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUER KUENSTLICHE INTELLIGENZ GMBH

Germany

Address

Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3
66123 Saarbrücken

Defence Research Agency (DRA)

United Kingdom

Address

St Andrews Road
WR14 3PS Malvern

Fondazione "Ugo Bordoni"

Italy

Address

Via Baldassarre Castiglione 59
00142 Roma

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen Nürnberg

Germany

Address

Egerlandstraße 7
91058 Erlangen

INST FOR LANGUAGE AND SPEECH PROCESSING

Greece

Address

Margari, 22
11525 Athenes

INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES

Portugal

Address

Apartado 10105, Rua Alves Redol, 9
1017 Lisboa

ISSCO

Switzerland

Address

54 Route Des Acacias
1227 Geneve

Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble

France

Address

46 Avenue Félix Viallet
38031 Grenoble

Irst

Italy

Address

Pante Di Povo
38100 Trento

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT BRABANT

Netherlands

Address

Hogeschoollaan, 225, 10153
5000 LE Tilburg

KTH

Sweden

Address

Drottning Kristinas Vaeg, 31, 70014
10044 Stockholm

ROSKILDE UNIVERSITET CENTER

Denmark

Address

, 260
4000 Roskilde

RUHR-UNIVERSITY BOCHUM

Germany

Address

Universitätsstraße 150
44780 Bochum

UNIVERSITAD POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA

Spain

Address

Camino De Vera
46071 Valencia

UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART

Germany

Address

Pfaffenwaldring 57
70550 Stuttgart

UNIVERSITAET WIEN

Austria

Address

Liebiggasse, 4
1010 Wien

UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE MADRID

Spain

Address

Campus De Montegancedo
28660 Madrid

UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM

Netherlands

Address

Spui, 21, 19268
1000 GG Amsterdam

UNIVERSITEIT VAN UTRECHT

Netherlands

Address

Trans 14, Binnenstand
3512 JK Utrecht

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN

Ireland

Address

Upper Merrion Str.
Dublin 4

UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS

Greece

Address

26500 Rion-patras

University College London

United Kingdom

Address

Wolfson House 4 Stephenson Way
NW1 2HE London

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Address

Free School Lane
CB2 3RF Cambridge

University of Essex

United Kingdom

Address

Wivenhoe Park
CO4 3SQ Colchester

University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST)

United Kingdom

Address

Sackville Street
M60 1QD Manchester

University of Sheffield

United Kingdom

Address

Mappin Street
S1 3JD Sheffield

Università degli Studi di Pisa

Italy

Address

Lungarno Pacinotti 43
56100 Pisa

Universität Hamburg

Germany

Address

Moorweidenstraße 18
20148 Hamburg