Description

Decreasing the language barrier can lead to better understanding among different communities. Machine Translation(MT) can be dened as automated translation from one natural language (e.g Tamil) to another natural language (e.g. Sinhalese). Machine translation may involve tackling some unique (thereby interesting) challenges, because it is not simply a word to word translation, but involves understanding a text as a whole: both syntax and semantics. In this workshop, participants will learn about different types of MT, interesting problems in the domain, and techniques for MT based on deep learning. Resource Persons: Prof. Gihan Dias, Professor, Department of Computer Science & EngineeringUniversity of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Prof. Mahesan Niranjan, Professor at University of Southampton, United Kingdom Eng. Sampath Deegalla, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Engineering, University of Peradeniya Dr Tharindu Ranasinghe, Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton, UK, Dr. Ruwan Weerasinghe, University of Colombo, Dr. Surangika Ranathunga, University of Moratuwa, Dr. Jindrich Libovicky, Ludwig-Maxmillan- Universitat, Munchen, Dr Damayanthi Herath, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Dr Maheshi Dissanayake, Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Peradeniya Coordinated by: Dr. Maheshi Dissanayake | Dr. Damayanthi Herath