diff --git a/doc/gf-summerschool.html b/doc/gf-summerschool.html index a9fb48fa7..1c6fa2d78 100644 --- a/doc/gf-summerschool.html +++ b/doc/gf-summerschool.html @@ -54,21 +54,33 @@ Aarne Ranta (aarne at chalmers.se)

Executive summary

-We plan to organize a summer school with the goal of implementing the GF -resource grammar library for 15 new languages, so that the library will -cover all the 23 official EU languages of year 2009. Also other languages -chosen by the participants can be covered. The current library comprises 12 -languages. +GF Resource Grammar Library is an open-source computational grammar resource +that currently covers 12 languages. +The Summer School is a part of a collaborative effort to extend the library +to all of the 23 official EU languages. Also other languages +chosen by the participants can be covered.

-The library is a linguistic resource that covers the inflectional morphology +The linguistic coverage of the library includes the inflectional morphology and basic syntax of each language. It can be used in GF applications -and also ported to other formats. The library is licensed under LGPL. +and also ported to other formats. It can also be used for building other +linguistic resources, such as morphological lexica and parsers. +The library is licensed under LGPL.

-Each language is implemented by one or two students working together. -Travel grants will be available for some students selected on the basis of -pre-conference assignments. +In the summer school, each language will be implemented by one or two students +working together. A morphology implementation will be credited +as a Chalmers course worth 7.5 ETCS points; adding a syntax implementation +will be worth more. The estimated total work load is 1-2 months for the +morphology, and 3-6 months for the whole grammar. +

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+Participation in the course is free. Registration is done via the courses's +Google group, groups.google.com/group/gf-resource-school-2009/. The registration deadline is 15 June 2009. +

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+Some travel grants will be available. They are distributed on the basis of a +GF programming contest in April and May.

The summer school will be held on 17-28 August 2009, at the campus of @@ -249,7 +261,10 @@ the Google Group of the course, groups.google.com/group/gf-resource-school-2009/

-The participants are expected to learn GF by self-study from the +The registration deadline is 15 June 2009. +

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+The participants are recommended to learn GF in advance, by self-study from the tutorial. This should take a couple of weeks. An on-line course will be arranged in April to help in getting started with GF. @@ -258,13 +273,10 @@ arranged in April to help in getting started with GF. After the on-line course, a programming assignment will be published. This assignment will test skills required in resource grammar programming. Work on the assignment will take a couple of weeks. -

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Those who are interested in getting a travel grant will submit their sample resource grammar fragment to the Summer School Committee by 12 May. -The Committee then decides who is invited to represent which language -in the summer school. +The Committee then decides who is given a travel grant of up to 1000 EUR.

The summer school itself is devoted for working on resource grammars. @@ -304,14 +316,16 @@ who is likely to succeed in this.

Costs

-Our aim is to make the summer school free of charge for the participants -who are selected on the basis of their assignments. And not only that: -we plan to cover their travel and accommodation costs, up to 1000 EUR +The summer school is free of charge. +

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+Some travel grants are given, on the basis of a programming contest, +to cover travel and accommodation costs up to 1000 EUR per person.

-The number of grants will be decided during Spring 2009, so that grand -holders can be notified before the beginning of June. +The number of grants will be decided during Spring 2009, and the grand +holders will be notified before the beginning of June.

Special terms will apply to students in @@ -363,6 +377,7 @@ Time schedule:

  • April: on-line course, work on the contest assignment
  • 12 May: submission deadline for assignment work
  • 31 May: review of assignments, notifications of acceptance +
  • 15 June: registration deadline
  • 17-28 August: Summer School
  • September-December: homework on resource grammars
  • December: release of the extended Resource Grammar Library diff --git a/doc/gf-summerschool.txt b/doc/gf-summerschool.txt index bfef0caf1..c89da32c0 100644 --- a/doc/gf-summerschool.txt +++ b/doc/gf-summerschool.txt @@ -18,19 +18,29 @@ Aarne Ranta (aarne at chalmers.se) ==Executive summary== -We plan to organize a summer school with the goal of implementing the GF -resource grammar library for 15 new languages, so that the library will -cover all the 23 official EU languages of year 2009. Also other languages -chosen by the participants can be covered. The current library comprises 12 -languages. +GF Resource Grammar Library is an open-source computational grammar resource +that currently covers 12 languages. +The Summer School is a part of a collaborative effort to extend the library +to all of the 23 official EU languages. Also other languages +chosen by the participants can be covered. -The library is a linguistic resource that covers the inflectional morphology +The linguistic coverage of the library includes the inflectional morphology and basic syntax of each language. It can be used in GF applications -and also ported to other formats. The library is licensed under LGPL. +and also ported to other formats. It can also be used for building other +linguistic resources, such as morphological lexica and parsers. +The library is licensed under LGPL. -Each language is implemented by one or two students working together. -Travel grants will be available for some students selected on the basis of -pre-conference assignments. +In the summer school, each language will be implemented by one or two students +working together. A morphology implementation will be credited +as a Chalmers course worth 7.5 ETCS points; adding a syntax implementation +will be worth more. The estimated total work load is 1-2 months for the +morphology, and 3-6 months for the whole grammar. + +Participation in the course is free. Registration is done via the courses's +Google group, [``groups.google.com/group/gf-resource-school-2009/`` http://groups.google.com/group/gf-resource-school-2009/]. The registration deadline is 15 June 2009. + +Some travel grants will be available. They are distributed on the basis of a +GF programming contest in April and May. The summer school will be held on 17-28 August 2009, at the campus of Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. @@ -194,7 +204,9 @@ the **Google Group** of the course, [``groups.google.com/group/gf-resource-school-2009/`` http://groups.google.com/group/gf-resource-school-2009/] -The participants are expected to learn GF by self-study from the +The registration deadline is 15 June 2009. + +The participants are recommended to learn GF in advance, by self-study from the [tutorial http://digitalgrammars.com/gf/doc/gf-tutorial.html]. This should take a couple of weeks. An **on-line course** will be arranged in April to help in getting started with GF. @@ -202,12 +214,10 @@ arranged in April to help in getting started with GF. After the on-line course, a **programming assignment** will be published. This assignment will test skills required in resource grammar programming. Work on the assignment will take a couple of weeks. - Those who are interested in getting a travel grant will submit their sample resource grammar fragment to the Summer School Committee by 12 May. -The Committee then decides who is invited to represent which language -in the summer school. +The Committee then decides who is given a travel grant of up to 1000 EUR. The summer school itself is devoted for working on resource grammars. In addition to grammar writing itself, testing and evaluation is @@ -242,13 +252,14 @@ who is likely to succeed in this. ===Costs=== -Our aim is to make the summer school free of charge for the participants -who are selected on the basis of their assignments. And not only that: -we plan to cover their travel and accommodation costs, up to 1000 EUR +The summer school is free of charge. + +Some travel grants are given, on the basis of a programming contest, +to cover travel and accommodation costs up to 1000 EUR per person. -The number of grants will be decided during Spring 2009, so that grand -holders can be notified before the beginning of June. +The number of grants will be decided during Spring 2009, and the grand +holders will be notified before the beginning of June. Special terms will apply to students in [GSLT http://www.gslt.hum.gu.se/] and @@ -296,6 +307,7 @@ Time schedule: - April: on-line course, work on the contest assignment - 12 May: submission deadline for assignment work - 31 May: review of assignments, notifications of acceptance +- 15 June: **registration deadline** - 17-28 August: Summer School - September-December: homework on resource grammars - December: release of the extended Resource Grammar Library