BEGIN:VCALENDAR BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:End-to-End African Language Technology DTSTART:20241024T203000Z DTEND:20241024T220000Z UID:https://cdh.princeton.edu/events/2024/10/end-to-end-african-language-t echnology/ DESCRIPTION:\n\n \n \n Watch recording:\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n A photo album from the lecture is on our Flickr.\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n View photos\n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n There is a lo t of work on building language resources for low-resource languages. Colle cting data\, building a model\, and publishing a paper is the general rout e taken. However\, building an '\;end-to-end language system'\; - a translation and/or speech system that can be practically used in an appl ication is a much tougher task. Ernest Mwebaze will talk about some of the practical use cases for low-resource language models in Ugandan language s and some hacks and workarounds in getting them to work in practice.Ernes t Mwebaze has had a dual career in academia and industry. He possesses ove r ten years of experience teaching computer science and machine learning. While at Makerere University he co-founded the Makerere University Artific ial Intelligence Research Lab leading it to prominence in the field of pra ctical implementation and deployment of artificial intelligence solutions. In industry\, he has worked at the Google AI research lab in Ghana and th e UN Pulse lab in Kampala where he focused on practical applications of ar tificial intelligence to tackle developmental challenges in agriculture\, utility estimation\, and different focus areas of the SDGs. He is passiona te about using artificial intelligence to improve society\, particularly i n developing parts of the world. He is currently the executive director of Sunbird AI in Kampala\, Uganda.\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Related events\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Afri can Languages in the Age of AI (AAA) Speaker Series\n \ n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n Bringing leading scholars to Princeton to dis cuss the opportunities and challenges for developing technologies that emp ower African languages\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n A New Agenda for African L anguages x AI: Everything\, Everywhere\, All At Once\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sep 19 2024 4:30PM–6:00PM\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Vukosi Marivate\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n African Languages in the Age of AI\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Towards AI Model s That Can Visually Understand the World'\;s Cultures\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n Nov 22 2024 4:30PM–6:00PM\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Graham Neubig\n \n \n\ n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n African Languages in the Age of AI\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n \ n \n \n Related research group\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n African Language Technologies Lab\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n A lab focused on increasing the representation of Africa n languages in NLP\, LLMs\, and AI. Director: Christiane Fellbaum\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\nhtt ps://cdh.princeton.edu/events/2024/10/end-to-end-african-language-technolo gy/ LOCATION:Friend Center 006\, A Level END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR