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When using online tools and platforms, EU citizens and businesses often face communication barriers which restrict access to certain goods and services, prevent

AICTE has selected 15 research proposals in six focus areas for its Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) division after receiving an overwhelming response. The proposals are mostly from IITs and topics include Sanskrit applications, exploring ancient Indian texts for modern applications, and more.

Orbital14 focuses on developing innovative products and solutions for Aglatech14 clients and community.

You can now choose an English language setting in the 20 Minuten app. More languages to follow.

Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Gerhard Van Huyssteen, Prof of Afrikaans and Dutch Linguistics North West University about cussing. 

New thesis: Terminology and the Semantic Web 28/04/2021 25 Recently, terminology, knowledge transfer and the Semantic Web have been more widely researched. We are pleased to announce that a new thesis on these topics has been published on our website: A summary of the thesis Terminology and the Semantic Web Terminological practices are facing new challenges with the latest advancements in Artificial Intelligence and in Information Science & Technology. Over the last decade, there has been a sh...

Prewired Receives Funding to Bring Coding Club Online Michael Behr 20 January 2021, 10.33am The new funding will help fill gaps in Scotland’s digital skills knowledge as the pandemic makes in-class learning impossible. Youth programming club...

Prewired secures funding from Creative Informatics to take one of Scotland’s longest-running coding clubs for young people online 20th January 2021 Prewired also supported by CodeBase, Deliveroo and Skyscanner Prewired has taught coding and digital skills to over 350 under-19s since being founded in 2013 in partnership with University of Edinburgh’s School of Informatics  Scottish charity Prewired was set up in response to “educational gap” in provision of digital skills ...

So, while most people say ħabel tal-inxir (clothes line), some in Gozo say perċa while others in Siġġiewi and Mosta say manxar or manxra. These and other lexical curiosities are being documented by a team of lecturers and researchers at the University of Malta and will feature in an online portal that should go live in the first quarter of this year. This “one-stop-shop website” will also map dialects sourced from various localities in Malta and Gozo, some of which were recorded 50 ...