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--- meetings:other-events:1st_unidive_training_school [2024/04/09 10:51] – [1st UniDive training school] bruno.guillaume
+++ meetings:other-events:1st_unidive_training_school [2024/05/01 11:08] (current) – [Call for applications] agata.savary
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-===== Re-location =====
+===== Call for applications =====
-This event was initially planned at the [[https://www.jct.ac.il/en|Jerusalem College of Technology]].
+**Apply by: May 1, 2024**
-The Local Organizer was Chaya Liebeskind.
-Given the current situation, the Local Organizers and official representatives of Israel in the UniDive MC proposed not to hold the event in Jerusalem but to consider this venue for future UniDive events.
+We are happy to announce the 1st edition of UNIDIVE Summer School on Universality, Diversity and Idiosyncrasy in Language Technology. It is dedicated mainly (but not exclusively) to young researchers and investigators. Researchers working on low-resourced languages, dialects and varieties are particularly welcome. See below for the application details.
-By the MC vote, the event was relocated to Chișinău (Moldova) on the same dates.
 ===== Program =====
-The courses considered for this training school include:
+The [[meetings:other-events:1st_unidive_training_school:courses|courses]] considered for this training school include:
-  * annotating a (S)UD treebank for a new language (by [[https://kahane.fr/|Sylvain Kahane]] and Francis Tyers)
+  * [[meetings:other-events:1st_unidive_training_school:courses#dependency_syntax_surface-syntactic_ud_and_ud|Dependency syntax, Surface-Syntactic UD and UD]] - by [[https://kahane.fr/|Sylvain Kahane]]
-  * annotating MWE in a new language (by [[https://www.racai.ro/en/about-us/racai-staff/verginica-barbu-mititelu/|Verginica Mititelu]] and [[https://www.ilsp.gr/en/members/giouli-voula-2/|Voula Giouli]])
+  * [[meetings:other-events:1st_unidive_training_school:courses#annotation_of_multiword_expressions_for_newcomers|Annotation of multiword expressions for newcomers]] - by [[https://www.racai.ro/en/about-us/racai-staff/verginica-barbu-mititelu/|Verginica Mititelu]] and [[https://www.ilsp.gr/en/members/giouli-voula-2/|Voula Giouli]]
-  * corpus annotation infrastructure (annotation platforms, format validators, Git etc.)
+  * [[meetings:other-events:1st_unidive_training_school:courses#corpus_annotation_infrastructure|Corpus annotation infrastructure]] - by [[https://members.loria.fr/BGuillaume/|Bruno Guillaume]], [[https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/daniel-zeman|Daniel Zeman]] and [[https://perso.limsi.fr/savary/|Agata Savary]]
-  * a brainstorming hackaton on topics submitted by the trainees.
-===== Trainees' projects =====
+Additionally, the program will include:
-We will call for projects of corpus construction, to be submitted by the trainees, under the following principles:
+  * a brainstorming hackaton on topics submitted by the trainees
-  * Each trainee should submit a project for a construction of a resource related to the topics of the training school (e.g. a new/enhanced UD treebank, a new PARSEME corpus, a resource adding a new annotation layer on top of a UD/PARSEME corpus)
+  * posters of selected student projects
-  * An open question related to the project can be submitted for the brainstorming hackaton
-  * Optionally, the selected projects can be presented as posters
-===== Trainees' selection criteria =====
+===== APPLICATIONS AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES =====
+Each applicant should **submit a project** for a construction of a resource related to the topics of the training school (e.g. a new/enhanced UD treebank, a new PARSEME corpus, a resource adding a new annotation layer on top of a UD/PARSEME corpus, etc.). The length of the application should be 2 pages (excluding references). The application should contain:
+  * The title
+  * Applicant’s name and affiliation (including the country)
+  * A list of 3-4 key-words
+  * Description of a resource related to the topics of the training school
+  * Explanation how the participation in the training school will be useful for the project
+  * Open questions related to the project which could be addressed during the brainstorming hackathon
+  * Short statement of the project phase (planning, started, in the process of creation)
+**The projects are to be submitted via the  [[https://openreview.net/group?id=UniDive/2024/Training_School|OpenReview portal]]**.
+===== TRAINEE’S SELECTION CRITERIA =====
 We can fund about 40 trainees to come to Chișinău (additionally to local trainees). In case of a larger number of candidates, the selection criteria will include:
+  * Trainee’s country: trainees only from COST countries  and Near-Neighbour Countries can be funded. See [[https://www.cost.eu/about/members/|here]] and [[https://www.cost.eu/about/strategy/international-collaboration/|here]].
   * Age (Young Researchers and Invesitgators, i.e. under the age of 40, are promoted)
   * Gender and geographical balance (notably between Inclusiveness Target Countries and others COST countries)
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   * Status of the language on which the trainee intends to work (low-resourced languages, dialects or genres are promoted)
+__If you are not selected on the basis of these criteria and you can find other financial sources to cover your travel, accommodation and meals, you are also welcome to participate.
+__
+__The authors of the selected projects may optionally present them in a poster session during the Training School.__
 ===== Organizing Committee =====
   * Victoria Bobicev
   * Olesea Caftanatov
   * Atul Kr. Ojha
+  * Agata Savary