Videos

The National Library Ivan Vazov – Plovdiv (NLIV) is part of the CLaDA-BG project, which is integrated within the European research infrastructures CLARIN and DARIAH. The library participates as a partner providing textual resources and expertise.

NLIV provides digital content that supports technological partners in the creation of text corpora, natural language processing (NLP), and the development of generative AI models based on large language models (LLMs) for contemporary Bulgarian as well as for Bulgarian that was used before the Spelling Reform of 1945 (SR1945).

NLIV is also a user of tools and applications developed within the project. Examples include the creation of the Digital Library of NLIV (digital.libplovdiv.com) with the help of CultIs, a web-based software platform, developed by the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics (IMI-BAS).

An Open Day of Labling, a technology partner of CLaDa-BG, titled “Science – Useful and Accessible” was held on September 30, 2022. The event was dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Laboratory of Applied Linguistics (Labling) at the University of Shumen. The program included short information blocks focused on the applied developments and theoretical contributions of the researchers at CLaDa-BG. Special attention was paid to the youngest participants – undergraduate and doctoral students from the Labling-associated students’ linguistic club Axela Lazarova. The best students were awarded with diplomas and badges for high achievements in research. The awards were presented by Prof. Dr. Dimitar Popov – Director of the Aksela Lazarova Laboratory of Applied Linguistics at the University of Shumen. Among the congratulatory addresses were video greetings from the laboratory’s foreign partners.

Moderator: Dimitar Popov
Seminar Program [pdf]

“Echo from the Borders” is a science project, coordinated by the Greek Commission for South-East European Research and supported by the Ministry of Culture of Greece and the Bulgarian e-infrastructure CLaDa-BG.

The project is ran by the joint efforts of scientists from the Institute of Balkan Studies and Centrе of Thracology – Bulgarian Academy of Science, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the University of Crete, the Democritus University, the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum – Bulgarian Academy of Science, the University in Skopje and the Harvard University.

As part of the project, twelve lectures will be presented, covering the transborder flows of communication and differences in the areas of history, literature, language, dialects, traditions, spirituality, arts, culture etc. Each lecturer will present in their own language, however all lectures will feature English subtitles and will be made freely available online. The goal of the participants in the project is to encourage the scientific, cultural and communal exchange between the neighboring Balkan nations.