Poul Andersen * Cooperation with Central and Eastern Europe in Language Engineering

The seminar in Luxembourg was also used for the launch of a study carried out by ELSNET for the European Commission, the results of which were published in October 1994 as Survey of Language Engineering Organisations in Central and Eastern Europe. This document contains profiles of over 100 language engineering organisations in the following Central and Eastern Europe and Newly Independent States: Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine.

The document is available over the INTERNET at:

The survey lists the following 3 institutions in Romania:

• Center for Research in Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and Conceptual Modeling, Academy of Sciences, Bucharest,
• Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Bucharest,
• Department of Computer Science, University "Al.I.Cuza" of Iasi,

- and is obviously not complete, but the information gathering is continued through the abovementioned Concerted Actions TELRI and ELSNET goes East, and will eventually result in a more detailed picture.

10. More information...

about Calls for Proposals, etc., under the Framework Programmes is available in Romania from

- or directly from the European Commission :

Inquiries about Trans-European cooperation activities related to Language Engineering may also be addressed to:

An electronic mailing list Eastern (Europe) Language Engineering comprises more than 100 persons from Western as well as Central & Eastern Europe with a special interest in Trans-European cooperation. This mailing list can be used for announcement of conferences and other events, search for cooperation partners in specific projects, etc. In order to subscribe to this list, you should send an e-mail to the above mentioned address.

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