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SUMMARY:Open CLARIN.SI Language Data for the Development and Evaluation of
  Artificial Intelligence Systems in Slovenian and Other South Slavic Langu
 ages
DTSTART:20261111T090000Z
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CONTACT:events@slaif.si
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Nikola Ljubešić (Jožef Stefan Institute)\n\nIzvaj
 alec / Course provider: Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI)\, Department of Know
 ledge Technologies (E8)Participating organisations: Common Language Resou
 rces and Technology Infrastructure CLARIN.SI\; CLARIN knowledge centre for
  South Slavic languages CLASSLAPredavatelji / Instructors: Nikola Ljubeši
 ć (E8 JSI)\, Isabell Furkert (UL FF)\nLanguage data are the crucial found
 ation for the development and evaluation of modern language technologies\,
  which include large language models\, automatic speech recognition models
 \, machine translation systems and chatbots. Training data determine which
  languages a model can handle and what kinds of biases are reflected in it
 s behavior. High-quality data are essential not only for initial model tra
 ining\, but also for adapting models to specific tasks\, such as question 
 answering or text classification\, where large volumes of carefully design
 ed and manually annotated examples are required. Finally\, reliable and re
 presentative data are indispensable for evaluation of the model capabiliti
 es in the target language\, such as the Slovenian language. This lecture i
 ntroduces open language data provided through the CLARIN.SI CoreTrustSeal-
 certified repository as a key resource for responsible and effective devel
 opment of language technologies.\nLearning objectives: The main objective 
 of the course is to inform small enterprises and language technology devel
 opers about the availability of open language data that can be used across
  all stages of AI development and evaluation. Participants will become fam
 iliar with the CLARIN.SI infrastructure\, which serves as the central nati
 onal hub for language resources in Slovenia.\nCourse content: The lecture 
 provides an overview of open language data types used in language technolo
 gy development\, including massive text corpora\, speech data and evaluati
 on datasets. Special attention is given to the CLARIN.SI repository\, whic
 h contains approximately 700 language resource entries\, around 400 of the
 m focused on the Slovenian language\, together comprising about 9 terabyte
 s of data. The lecture presents concrete examples of widely used resources
 \, such the large web-based text corpora used for training large language 
 models\, instruction-tuning and task-specific datasets\, automatic speech 
 recognition resources\, and evaluation benchmarks for Slovenian and other 
 South Slavic languages.\nLearning outcomes: After the lecture\, participan
 ts will understand the central role of language data in shaping the perfor
 mance and reliability of language technologies. They will gain a clear ove
 rview of what the CLARIN.SI repository offers and how its resources can be
  effectively leveraged for the development and evaluation of AI systems fo
 r Slovenian and South Slavic languages. Participants will also be aware th
 at the CLARIN.SI repository can be used to deposit their own language data
 \, ensuring long-term archiving\, increased visibility and reuse\, and com
 pliance with data management plan requirements.\n\nhttps://indico.ijs.si/e
 vent/3995/
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