[Clarin-Be] Fwd: [NCF] Urgent Call for a Partner – CHIST-ERA 2025: “Science in Your Own Language”

[Vincent Vandeghinste]

Dear CLARIN and CLARIAH colleagues,

see the below call - spread the word!

kind regards,

v.

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  		SUBJECT:
  		[NCF] Urgent Call for a Partner - CHIST-ERA 2025: "Science in Your 
Own Language"

  		DATE:
  		2025-03-07 09:20

  		FROM:
  		Darja Fišer via NCF <ncf at lists.clarin.eu>

  		TO:
  		NCF list <ncf at lists.clarin.eu>

  		CC:
  		"Lek, I. van der (Iulianna) via BoD" <bod at lists.clarin.eu>

  		REPLY-TO:
  		Darja Fišer <Darja.Fiser at inz.si>

Dear all,

please see the very interesting and relevant invitation to join a 
project proposal below. Feel free to forward the message within your 
communities and get in touch with the main proposer directly but pls add 
me to cc /  inform me of any developments so that I can keep track of 
your expressions of interest and follow up as/if needed.

Many thanks,

Darja

> From: operas-sac-request at groups.openedition.org 
> <operas-sac-request at groups.openedition.org> On Behalf Of Mikołaj 
> Leszczuk
> Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2025 8:37 PM
> To: operas-sac at groups.openedition.org
> Cc: Kamel Smaïli <Kamel.Smaili at loria.fr>
> Subject: [operas-sac] Urgent Call for a Partner - CHIST-ERA 2025: 
> "Science in Your Own Language"
> 
> Dear Members of the OPERAS Scientific Advisory Committee,
> 
> We hope this message finds you well. We are reaching out on behalf of 
> Pr. Kamel Smaïli (LORIA, UL, CNRS, France) and Dr. Mikołaj Leszczuk 
> (AGH University of Krakow, Poland) to urgently request your support in 
> identifying a third partner for our new project proposal under the 
> CHIST-ERA Call 2025: "Science in Your Own Language" (SOL). We have a 
> strong track record of collaboration in CHIST-ERA (notably the 2014 
> project Access Multilingual Information opinionS - AMIS), and now we 
> aim to build on that experience with an ambitious, multidisciplinary 
> consortium.
> 
> Project Focus and Goals
> 
> Our proposed project centers on developing AI-driven tools to tackle 
> language and cultural barriers in scientific communication. 
> Specifically, we plan to:
> 
> 1. Transform complex scientific content (including text, graphs, 
> equations, tables, images, and video) into accessible multimedia 
> formats that are adaptable to diverse linguistic and cultural contexts.
> 
> 2. Implement a real-time system for text translation, explanation, and 
> summarization, allowing users to explore scientific output at various 
> levels of complexity (from general public to expert audiences).
> 
> 3. Enhance scientific integrity by detecting cross-lingual fraud, 
> plagiarism, and misinformation in research outputs across different 
> languages and disciplines.
> 
> 4. Generate interactive audiovisual material (e.g., videos, animations) 
> from textual content to make knowledge dissemination more engaging and 
> user-friendly.
> 
> These objectives are aligned with the CHIST-ERA 2025 SOL theme, 
> emphasizing multilingual scientific communication and broadening access 
> to research findings.
> 
> Current Consortium
> 
> * AGH University of Krakow (Poland): Expertise in multimedia 
> processing, AI-driven document analysis, and knowledge adaptation.
> 
> * LORIA, UL, CNRS (France): Expertise in machine translation, natural 
> language processing, large language models, and domain-specific 
> linguistic adaptation.
> 
> The Missing Partner
> 
> To meet the formal CHIST-ERA requirement of at least three partners 
> from three different participating countries, we are actively seeking a 
> third partner from among the other CHIST-ERA nations, such as Belgium, 
> Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Spain, 
> Switzerland, Taiwan, or the United Kingdom. Desired expertise includes 
> one (or more) of the following areas:
> 
> * Humanities, Linguistics, or Digital Humanities - adapting scientific 
> writing style to varied cultural and linguistic contexts and understand 
> sociolinguistic variations.
> 
> * Scientific Publishing & Digital Repositories - structuring and 
> enhancing accessibility of scientific outputs and adapting it to the 
> skill of the user.  For instance, providing simplified abstracts or 
> summaries for non-experts, offering in-depth technical details for 
> researchers and domain specialists and enabling multilingual access for 
> broader audience reach.
> 
> * AI-based Plagiarism & Fraud Detection - developing innovative methods 
> for cross-lingual research integrity and verification and performing a 
> subjective evaluation by experts.
> 
> * Advanced Pattern Recognition in Scientific Documents - analyzing 
> graphs, tables, formulas, or complex visual structures.
> 
> We intend to submit our proposal by April 2025, hence the urgency in 
> finalizing our consortium. The approximate project budget per partner 
> is expected to range from EUR600,000 to EUR1 million (depending on each 
> funding agency's regulations).
> 
> Contact
> 
> Please feel free to contact us directly at:
> 
> * Pr. Kamel Smaïli - [LORIA/UL/CNRS, France]
> 
> Kamel.Smaili at loria.fr
> 
> * Dr. Mikołaj Leszczuk - [AGH University of Krakow, Poland]
> 
> mikolaj.leszczuk at agh.edu.pl
> 
> If you are not interested, we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience 
> and thank you for your time in reading this message.
> 
> We look forward to the possibility of collaborating and would be 
> grateful if you could share this call with other researchers or 
> organizations that might be interested.
> 
> With kind regards,
> 
> Dr. Kamel Smaïli (LORIA, UL, CNRS, France)
> 
> Dr. Mikołaj Igor Leszczuk (AGH University of Krakow, Poland)
> 
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