Event Details
| Event Title: | The Road to Sloogle: Gesture-Based Search Tools for American Sign Language |
| Date: | May 14, 2009 |
| Time: | 7:00PM |
| Location: | College of Arts & Sciences, Room B12 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston |
| Description: | Join Stan Sclaroff, professor and chair of computer science, and Carol Neidle, professor of French and linguistics and head of the linguistics program, for a presentation of their cutting-edge research to develop technology to allow users to search ASL materials by simply gesturing to a web camera on their computer. Discover human language as manifested in the visual-gestural dimension. Learn about the research project and its challenges. Explore possible solutions and their potential to open up access to the full range of ASL media. Program will be followed by a light reception. Discoveries, a lecture and learning series that taps the strength of the BU faculty to give alumni a deeper look into issues affecting the world and their lives, is brought to you by Arts & Sciences at Boston University and Arts & Sciences Alumni Relations. https://secure-alumni.bu.edu/olc/pub/BUAR/events/event_order.cgi?tmpl=events&event=2226233 |
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