Romanian Language Technology — a view from an academic perspective

Authors

  • Dan Tufiș Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Romanian Academy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15837/ijccc.2022.1.4641

Keywords:

Romanian language resources and technologies, Meta-Net White papers, European Language Equality

Abstract

The article reports on research and developments pursued by the Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence "Mihai Draganescu" of the Romanian Academy in order to narrow the gaps identified by the deep analysis on the European languages made by Meta-Net white papers and published by Springer in 2012. Except English, all the European languages needed significant research and development in order to reach an adequate technological level, in line with the expectations and requirements of the knowledge society.

Author Biography

Dan Tufiș, Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Romanian Academy

Member of the Romanian Academy, Professor, Ph. D., Senior Scientist grade I.

 

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