Three-day workshop on language data collection, linguistic annotation begins at Kuvempu University

A three-day capacity-building store connected Kannada connection information postulation and linguistic annotation, conducted by probe scientists of AU-KBC Research Centre of Anna University successful Chennai, began astatine Shankaraghatta, Kuvempu University field connected Monday.

R. Vijay Sundar Ram, elder probe technologist astatine AU-KBC Centre, successful his preliminary remarks connected the workshop, stated that successful the Artificial Intelligence-driven economy, information is the oil. “Nowadays, we hardly usage hunt engines, arsenic we expect responses to beryllium precise and successful a summarised format. AI tools enactment efficaciously based connected the database we feed. The Large Language Models (LLMs) enactment due to the fact that of the information created implicit the respective years," helium said.

Mr. Sundar Ram said a capable fig of individuals proficient successful the connection are needed to proviso information to the LLM. We are blessed to behaviour a capacity-building store for students of Kuvempu University. The three-day store volition assistance students recognize however LLMs enactment and however to marque them effectively," helium added.

Kuvempu University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Sharath Anantharmurthy, who inaugurated the workshop, said a capacity-building store would assistance students find caller occupation opportunities. “Earlier, we were of the presumption that students of languages tin extremity up becoming teachers. However, now, students person opportunities successful the bundle manufacture and tin go cognition developers," helium said.

Prof. M. Dattatreya, chairperson of the Department of English; Meti Mallikarjun, prof of linguistics; and others were present. Around 60 students studying MA successful English and probe scholars are attending the workshop.