Host Institution

University of Eswatini

Schedule

• 27 Jul 2023
• 0840-0850: Introduction of the Commissioner General
• 0850-0910: Opening remarks
• 0910-0940: Introduction to natural language processing
• 0940-0955: Introduction to Siswati Morphology
• 1010-1030: Remarks by partners
• 1030-1055: Machine learning techniques for morphology
• 1055-1110: Importance of indigenous languages in economic development & service delivery (business growth)
• 1125-1130: 2022 hackathon and poster presentation winner
• 1135-1235: ZINDI introduction of hackathon
• 1335-1600: Poster presentation
• 28 Jul 2023
• 0830-0900: Finite state morphological analyzer
• 0900-0915: Q&A
• 0915-1115: Introduction to Colab (python practical
• 1130-1300: Python practical on NLP dataset
• 1400-1500: Python practical on NLP dataset
• 1500-1530: Way forward/Closing remarks