TAMA Conference

<body> <p><font face="Arial"><small><small><small><script language="javascript"> if (top.location != location) top.location.href = location.href; </script> </small></small></small><font size="5"></font></font></p>  <p class="Headings">Pre-conference Workshops</p> <p class="Headings" align="center"><img border="0" src="images/colorbar.gif" width="330" height="1" alt="line"></p> <p align="JUSTIFY">In the practice-oriented Pre-Conference Workshop (19 Feb 2003) experts from around the globe will exhibit new research on terminology management. Experts from various universities and business organizations in South Africa will have an opportunity to present their research as well as the challenges they are faced with in terms of terminology, information and knowledge management. It is meant as a practice oriented event in which organizations, departments, companies, universities, etc. find a platform to introduce, explain and show their latest research results and/or products.</p> <p align="CENTER" class="Heading2">Pre-Conference Workshops: Programme</p> <p align="CENTER">(<b><a href="TAMA_preconference_programme.doc" target="_self">Print MSWord-version</a></b>)</p> <b> <table border="1" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan="2" align="center"><b><font size="2" face="Verdana">19 February 2003</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="2"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Chairperson: Dr N Mgijima, Chief Director: National Language Service</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2">09:00 – 09:15</font></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>Welcome and Opening Address:</b><br> Mrs BS Mabandla (Deputy Minister: Department of Science and Technology)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2">09:15 – 10:00</font></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>Developing Human Language Technologies in South Africa: Challenges and Proposals</b><br> Prof. JC Roux (Research Unit for Experimental Phonology, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2">10:00 – 10:30</font></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>TISSA (Telephone Interpreting Service for SA)</b><br> Dr A-M Beukes (National Language Service, Department of Arts and Culture)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="2">10:30 – 11:00</font></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Tea break</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2">11:00 – 11:30</font></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>Computational Morphological Analysis as an Aid for Term Extraction</b><br> Prof. Sonja Bosch, Prof. L Pretorius and Ms Linda van Huyssteen (University of South Africa)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2">11:30 –12:00</font></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>Multilingual Technology and Technology Transfer</b><br> Dr Jennifer DeCamp (MITRE Corporation and American University)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2">12:00 –12:30</font></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>Web Services in Language Technology and Terminology Management</b><br> Dr Uwe Quasthoff and Dr Christian Wolff (University of Leipzig)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="2">12:30 – 13:30</font></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Lunch</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="2"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Chairperson:</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2">13:30-14:00</font></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>Spellchecker</b> <b>for</b> <b>Afrikaans, based on Morphological Analysis</b><br> Dr Gerhard van Huyssteen (Potchefstroom University) and Menno van Zaanen (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2">14:00 – 14:30</font></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>Introducing TshwaneLex – A New Computer Program for the Compilation of Dictionaries<br> </b>Mr David Joffe, Mr Gilles-Maurice de Schryver and Prof. DJ Prinsloo (Department of African Languages, University of Pretoria)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2">14:30 – 15:00</font></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>Special Multiobjective and Multilingual Knowledge of Electronic Encyclopedia</b><br> Prof. RK Potapova (Department of Applied and Experimental Linguistics, Moscow State Linguistic University, Russia) and V V Potapov (Department of Philology, Moscow State Lomonosov University, Russia)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font face="Verdana" size="2">15:00 – 15:30</font></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Tea break</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2">15:30 – 16:00</font></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>Distributed Corporate Language Management: Modern Technologies in Client/Server Environments</b><br> Ms Claudia Blaschke (TRADOS, Germany)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2">16:00 – 16:30</font></td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>Case Studies on Term Entry and Glossary Distribution</b><br> Mr Ewald Gehrmann (<strong>STAR Group, Germany</strong>)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" colspan="2"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Social Programme: Cocktail Party at 19:00. Dress: Smart-Casual</font></b></td> </tr> </table> </b><font face="Arial" size="2"> <p align="center">  </font><img border="0" src="images/line.gif" width="276" height="1"></p>  </body>