About
Grammatical Framework (GF) is a multilingual grammar formalism based on the idea of a shared abstract syntax and mappings between the abstract syntax and concrete languages. GF has hundreds of users all over the world.
The GF Resource Grammar Library (RGL) implements the morphology (inflection) and basic syntax (phrase structure) of more than 30 languages: Afrikaans, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Interlingua, Japanese, Italian, Latvian, Maltese, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian bokmål, Nynorsk, Persian, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Sindhi, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, and Urdu. These resources are freely available as open-source software.
We are constantly welcoming new languages, especially from new language families, as well as EU languages not yet covered by the Resource Grammar Library (Lithuanian, Irish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Slovene, and Portuguese). Learn more at the RGL status page. The summer school is an excellent place to get started with a new language.
Schedule
The summer school starts with a GF tutorial aimed to be suitable for absolute beginners and bring them to the level where they can do independent work and follow the rest of the talks. But the tutorial should also make sense to experienced GF users, as it gives an update about some recent developments.
The tutorial will be followed by talks on various topics around GF and multilingual technology. These talks will be accessible even to the beginners who have followed the tutorial. They will usually not build on each other, so that, even if you find some of them difficult to follow, this will not compromise your understanding of the later talks.
Morning talks are intended for everyone, whereas afternoon work is in smaller groups. In the afternoons, guided tutoring will be given in small groups and to individuals, with detailed exercises and possibility for feedback.
The afternoons also contain specialized tutorials and workshops, aimed for those interested in their topics; other people can focus on their own projects in the meantime. Their duration can be anything from 30 minutes to 3 hours.
Practical work in the afternoons is an essential part of the summer school. The participants are expected to bring their own laptop computers and work on them. The tutors will help everyone to install the GF software (as well as other relevant tools). The GF software should work without problems on Linux, Mac OS, and Windows.
Registration
Participation in the summer school is free of charge, but applications are subject to approval. Otherwise, the cost of the summer school is likely to be self-cost, that is, most participants pay for their travel, accommodation, and meals.
To stimulate maximum interaction between lecturers and participants, the steering committee of the summer school will admit a limited number of participants (~30).
For regular participants, the deadline for registration is 21 May 2017.
To apply for a scholarship and a travel grant, the deadline for registration and document submission is 30 April 2017.
Scholarships
Students and academic/research staff of foreign higher education institutions can apply for Latvian state scholarships, 711 EUR each, for participation in the summer school. We are able to provide these scholarships to 10 participants. The scholarships, however, do not cover travel expenses. Also note that there is a limited list of 38 countries, citizens of which are eligible to apply for the scholarships.
Travel grants
In addition to the scholarships, students can apply for Digital Grammars travel grants, 300 EUR each, to attend the summer school. We are able to provide these grants to 5 students.
Summer school projects
To be eligible for the scholarship and the travel grant, you must do some preliminary work before the summer school. You must submit your CV, a motivation letter, and a GF-related study or project idea description, or a description of an implemented mini-project or a conducted experiment (3-5 pages including figures and references). More information about the submission procedure will be provided soon.
For more information click "Further official information" below.
This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:
http://school.grammaticalframework.org/2017/