JUNE 24 - 25, 2002

The European Commission (EC) launched the Asia Information Technology & Communication Program (Asia IT & C) in 1999 to strengthen the technological and economic relationship between European and Asian countries. As a part of this initiative, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) India in association with Maison des Sciences de l'Homme France and Asociación de Industrias de las Tecnologías Electrónicas y de la Información del País Vasco, GAIA Spain are jointly working on a project titled "Indian Language Communication Tools".

The objective of IEMCT was to present, discuss and explore the latest advancements in the emerging field of Multilingual Communication Technologies and its potential future directions. The key focus areas of the conference were Optical Character Recognition, Speech Technologies and Internet Tools for content creation and its retrieval in South Asian and European languages.

IEMCT targeted those involved in the research, development, deployment or use of Language Technology and Tools. These included software engineers, linguists, font designers, graphic designers, content developers, technical writers, product marketing personnel and students in the relevant fields. The participants were exposed to the latest R&D in Europe and Asia, related to the multilingual tools and technologies. The participants also got an opportunity to interact with prominent scientists and developers working in these fields.

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