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Published May 16, 2020 | Version v1
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The European Language Technology Landscape in 2020: Language-Centric and Human-Centric AI for Cross-Cultural Communication in Multilingual Europe

  • 1. German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
  • 2. Institute for Language and Speech Processing, Athena Research Centre
  • 3. Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield
  • 4. Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics, Charles University Prague
  • 5. Evaluations and Language Resources Distribution Agency (ELDA)
  • 6. Tilde
  • 7. SAIL LABS Technology
  • 8. Expert System Iberia SL
  • 9. CrossLang
  • 10. Oslo Metropolitan University
  • 11. Thales Group
  • 12. Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS
  • 13. SAP
  • 14. Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
  • 15. Institute of the Lithuanian Language
  • 16. Institut de Lingüística Aplicada, University Pompeu Fabra
  • 17. Department of Informatics, University of Lisbon
  • 18. Centre for Translation Studies, University of Vienna
  • 19. Computational Linguistics and Psycholinguistics, University of Antwerp
  • 20. Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, University of Bergen
  • 21. Ľudovít Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • 22. Institute for Bulgarian Language, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • 23. Institut Jožef Stefan, University of Ljubljana
  • 24. Faculty of Mathematics, Belgrade University (UBG)
  • 25. Department of Digital Humanities, University of Helsinki
  • 26. Human Language Technology, Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK)
  • 27. Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS, Utrecht University
  • 28. Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences
  • 29. The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • 30. Department Intelligent Computer Systems, University of Malta
  • 31. Centre for Language Technology, Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen
  • 32. Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia
  • 33. Department of Linguistics, University of Zagreb
  • 34. Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Romanian Academy of Sciences
  • 35. Research Institute for Linguistics
  • 36. Department of Language, Estonian Ministry of Education and Research
  • 37. ADAPT Centre, School of Computing, Dublin City University
  • 38. French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) - Computer Science Laboratory for Mechanics and Engineering Sciences (LIMSI)

Description

Multilingualism is a cultural cornerstone of Europe and firmly anchored in the European treaties including full language equality. However, language barriers impacting business, cross-lingual and cross-cultural communication are still omnipresent. Language Technologies (LTs) are a powerful means to break down these barriers. While the last decade has seen various initiatives that created a multitude of approaches and technologies tailored to Europe’s specific needs, there is still an immense level of fragmentation. At the same time, AI has become an increasingly important concept in the European Information and Communication Technology area. For a few years now, AI – including many opportunities, synergies but also misconceptions – has been overshadowing every other topic. We present an overview of the European LT landscape, describing funding programmes, activities, actions and challenges in the different countries with regard to LT, including the current state of play in industry and the LT market. We present a brief overview of the main LT-related activities on the EU level in the last ten years and develop strategic guidance with regard to four key dimensions.

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Funding

BDVe – Big Data Value ecosystem 732630
European Commission
ELG – European Language Grid 825627
European Commission
AI4EU – A European AI On Demand Platform and Ecosystem 825619
European Commission