Descripción del proyecto
Hacia la plataforma principal de tecnologías del lenguaje en Europa
La existencia de veinticuatro lenguas oficiales y otras muchas lenguas más en la Unión Europea hace que las tecnologías del lenguaje (TL) sean fundamentales para que el mercado único digital siga siendo inclusivo. Sin embargo, la fragmentación del entorno empresarial de las TL en Europa, debido al elevado número de empresas especializadas, impide la transferencia de la investigación avanzada en TL a la industria y el comercio. El proyecto ELG, financiado con fondos europeos, ha creado la European Language Grid (ELG) como una plataforma modulable que proporciona un acceso sencillo a cientos de TL comerciales y no comerciales para todas las lenguas europeas con el objetivo de ser la plataforma fundamental para las TL en Europa. La plataforma incluye instrumentos y servicios en funcionamiento, conjuntos de datos y recursos para mejorar el mercado único digital multilingüe y crear nuevos puestos de trabajo.
Objetivo
With 24 official EU and many more additional languages, multilingualism in Europe and an inclusive Digital Single Market can only be enabled through Language Technologies (LTs). European LT business is dominated by thousands of SMEs and a few large players. Many are world-class, with technologies that outperform the global players. However, European LT business is also fragmented – by nation states, languages, verticals and sectors. Likewise, while much of European LT research is world-class, with results transferred into industry and commercial products, its full impact is held back by fragmentation. The key issue and challenge is the fragmentation of the European LT landscape. The European Language Grid (ELG) project will address this fragmentation by establishing the ELG as the primary platform for LT in Europe. The ELG will be a scalable cloud platform, providing, in an easy-to-integrate way, access to hundreds of commercial and non-commercial Language Technologies for all European languages, including running tools and services as well as data sets and resources. It will enable the commercial and non-commercial European LT community to deposit and upload their technologies and data sets into the ELG, to deploy them through the grid, and to connect with other resources. The ELG will boost the Multilingual Digital Single Market towards a thriving European LT community, creating new jobs and opportunities. Through open calls, up to 20 pilot projects will be financially supported to demonstrate the usefulness of the ELG. The proposal is rooted in the experience of a consortium with partners involved in all relevant initiatives. Based on these, 30+ national competence centres and the European LT Board will be set up for European coordination. The ELG will foster “language technologies for Europe built in Europe”, tailored to our languages and cultures and to our societal and economical demands, benefitting the European citizen, society, innovation and industry.
Ámbito científico
Programa(s)
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H2020-ICT-2018-2
Régimen de financiación
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67663 Kaiserslautern
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