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Abstract: 

In this project we investigate the applicability of machine learning techniques (supervised and unsupervised methods) to various language technology problems for African languages. 

Abstract Dutch: 

In dit project onderzoeken we de toepasbaarheid van automatische leermethoden voor taaltechnologische problemen voor Afrikaanse talen.

Project Leader(s): 
Guy De Pauw

Publications + Talks

Kituku, B., Wagacha P W., & De Pauw G. (2011).  A Memory-Based Approach to Kĩkamba Named Entity Recognition. Proceedings of Conference on Human Language Technology for Development. 106-111.
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Hoogeveen, D., & De Pauw G. (2011).  CorpusCollie - A Web Corpus Mining Tool for Resource-Scarce Languages. Proceedings of Conference on Human Language Technology for Development. 44-49.
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Chege, K., Ng'Ang'a W., Wagacha P W., De Pauw G., & Mutiga J. (2011).  Morphological Analysis of Gĩkũyũ using a Finite State Machine. Proceedings of Conference on Human Language Technology for Development. 112-117.
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De Pauw, G., Maajabu N., & Waiganjo Wagacha P. (2010).  A Knowledge-Light Approach to Luo Machine Translation and Part-of-Speech Tagging. Proceedings of the Second Workshop on African Language Technology (AfLaT 2010). 15-20.
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K. Chege, Waiganjo Wagacha P., De Pauw G., Lawrence Muchemi, & Wanjiku Ng'ang'a (2010).  Developing an Open source spell checker for Gĩkũyũ. Proceedings of the Second Workshop on African Language Technology (AfLaT 2010). 31-35.
De Pauw, G., de Schryver G-M., & Wagacha P. W. (2009).  A Corpus-based Survey of Four Electronic Swahili - English Dictionaries. Lexikos. 19, 340.
De Pauw, G., & de Schryver G-M. (2009).  African Language Technology: the Data-Driven Perspective. Lesser Used Languages and Computer Linguistics (LULCLII) - Combining efforts to foster computational support of minority languages. 79-96.
De Pauw, G., Wagacha P. W., & de Schryver G-M. (2009).  The SAWA corpus: a parallel corpus English - Swahili. Proceedings of the workshop on Language Technologies for African Languages (AfLaT 2009). 9-16.
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