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Research and Projects
Computational Linguistics for Metadata Building (CLiMB)
Uses automatic techniques to harvest subject descriptors for high quality metadata for digital imagesFaculty: Judith Klavans, Jimmy Lin, Dagobert Soergel
Sponsor: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
DHB
A Computation Approach to Understanding the Dynamics of the Judicial SystemUses automated content analysis techniques drawing from computational linguistics and information retrieval to study this social system
Faculty: Jimmy Lin
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Global Autonomous Language Exploration (GALE)
Develops and applies technologies to absorb, analyze, and interpret huge volumes of speech and text in multiple languagesFaculty: Jimmy Lin, Judith Klavans, Douglas W. Oard
Sponsor: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Processing Technology Office (IPTO)
International Children's Digital Library (ICDL)
Investigates how children access and use digital books to explore diverse cultures using a library containing 1,000 digitized booksFaculty: Allison Druin, Ann Weeks
Sponsors: National Science Foundation; Institute of Museum and Library Services; Microsoft Corporation; Adobe Systems Incorporated
International Children's Digital Library Communities Project
Investigates how to support an online global community of children who don't speak the same languages but want to share the same digital resourcesFaculty: Allison Druin, Jenny Preece, Ann Weeks
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Joint Institute for Knowledge Discovery (JIKD)
Helps users make sense of large digital eMail and speech data collections by formulating and applying innovative ideas and software solutionsFaculty:Jimmy Lin, Douglas W. Oard
Multi-Language Access to Large Spoken Archives (MALACH)
Develops technology for information retrieval for spontaneous, conversational speech working with oral history interviews with Holocaust survivorsFaculty: Douglas W. Oard, Dagobert Soergel
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
National Park Service Digital Field trips
Enables young people to take technologies into the world of the National Parks by using mobile technologies to access, use and create digital information that enriches their physical experiencesFaculty: Allison Druin
Sponsor: National Park Service
New Mobile Technologies for Children
Investigates how technology can support learning in early childhood education environmentsFaculty: Allison Druin
Sponsor: Microsoft Research
Robust Technologies for Automated Ingest
Explores automated ingest and verification for distributed digital collections, developing and testing a preservation architecture that can "evolve gracefully" as technology changes and that is interoperable with different computer platformsFaculty: Allison Druin, Douglas W. Oard
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Subject Specialists for Research Libraries (SSAL)
Investigates training for subject specialist librarians
Faculty: Diane Barlow
Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services