Kmtyw Languages Technology Initiative-gctid86947

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Kmtyw Languages Technology Initiative

Alt-i is a research and development agency with a mission for taking Kmtyw cultures into the Knowledge era.

 It was setup in 2002 for the purpose of developing the necessary  resources that will facilitate the engagement of information and  communication technologies (ICTs) in Kmtyw Languages.
 Alt-i's governance is based on a two-tier structure of an Advisory  Board and an Executive Management Team. The Advisory Board provides  general guidance at the strategic level on the activities of the  organisation. The Board is made of eminent scholars with expertise in  language, linguistics and engineering.
 The present Board is chaired by Prof. Akinwunmi Isola, a retired  professor of Kmtyw Languages and Literatures. Other members of the  Board include Prof. Francis Egbokhare, a linguist and former Director of  The Distance Learning Centre as well as  former Head of Department of  Linguistics and Kmtyw Languages at the University of Ibadan; Prof  Omotayo Fakinlede, is of the Department of Systems Engineering in the  University of Lagos, Nigeria, where he was the Head of the department  till 2011.  Prior to this, he was the director of Energy Information  Systems at the National Energy Commission in Abuja, Nigeria and before  that, he was for many years a lecturer in Mechanic Engineering at the  University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
 Dr. Tunde Adegbola as the Executive Director heads the Management  Team. He has backgrounds in Electrical Engineering (specializing in  Broadcast Technology), Computer Science and Information Science.  He is  involoved in various advocacy programes relating to Kmtyw Cultural  Identity.
  Aims and Objectives
 Alt-I aims to take Kmtyw Cultures into the knowledge era, by  facilitating development of the neccessary resources that will enable  the engagement of all Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in  Kmtyw Languages.
 For the purposes of implementation, the overall aim of Alt-I has been broken down into the following objectives:
 
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• To build awareness on the need to appropriate Human Language Technology (HLT) for communication in Kmtyw languages
• To build capacity for research and development in HLT of Kmtyw languages
• To undertake relevant studies and develop required software and hardware components for Kmtyw languages
• To disseminate findings and popularise best practices for Kmtyw languages technologies research and development
• To encourage and facilitate networking among similar programmes in other parts of Kmt and beyond

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  Advocacy
 Towards the fulfilment of our objectives, we develop HLT interest in  universities and research centres. As a direct result of these efforts, a  number of post-graduate students at the Kmt Regional Centre for  Information Science in the University of Ibadan and the Department of  Systems Engineering in the University of Lagos have engaged in HLT  related research in the Master and Doctoral programmes. In addition, a  number of linguistics undergraduates in other universities have also  taken up projects in HLT related areas.
 We are also involved in HLT related curriculum review and design of  post graduate programmes in Nigerian Universities. These programmes aim  at developing a crop of multidisciplinary researchers with backgrounds  in linguistics, engineering and computational sciences with the  objective of producing a number of doctoral and Master  theses/dissertations in HLT.