Human language technologies
Researching software and systems that bridge the linguistic divide between people and machines to make communicating with computers as natural as speaking with family and friends.
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The Illusion of Inclusion How LLMs Misrepresent African Languages and Cultural Contexts
Multilingual LLMs have become so powerful, yet African languages remain misrepresented. Despite the progress in African NLP, driven by community-led initiatives, LLMs continue to misrepresent African languages and the meanings they convey. In this talk,…
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ODSP Applied Science
Shaping the future of content and collaboration in OneDrive and SharePoint The ODSP Applied Science team is shaping the future of content and collaboration by transforming OneDrive and SharePoint into a planet-scale, AI-native knowledge substrate,…
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Advancing Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Africa with AI
AfriCHI 2025 | Cairo, Egypt | Half-Day In-Person Workshop | https://www.africhi2025.org (opens in new tab) We invite researchers, practitioners, NGOs, community stakeholders, and African academics to join our half-day, in-person workshop at AfriCHI 2025. This…
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Kirby-Judge: Think Once, Judge Anywhere
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Distant conversational speech recognition: Challenges and Opportunities
State-of-the-art ASR systems excel on close-talk benchmarks but struggle with far-field conversational speech, where error rates remain above 20%. Current benchmark datasets inadequately assess generalization across domains and real-world conditions, often relying on oracle segmentation…
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