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CLaDA-BG
CLaDA-BG: National Interdisciplinary Research E-Infrastructure for Bulgarian Language and Cultural Heritage Resources and Technologies integrated within European CLARIN and DARIAH infrastructures
It includes resources and technologies related to Bulgaria’s linguistic, cultural, and historical heritage. The goal is to digitize, process, and integrate data and knowledge, as well as to provide services that support research in the social sciences and the humanities.
KLADA-BG’s activities include the integration of language resources and technologies, their presentation as interconnected documents, and the creation of networks of words and knowledge.
PARTNERS: introduction
The National Library Ivan Vazov – Plovdiv
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).
Open Day for the 20th anniversary of the Laboratory of Applied Linguistics
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.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
CultIS
The specialized web-based software platform for intelligent digital management and representation of large data and knowledge sets (CultIS, https://cultis.math.bas.bg/) is a digital library generator being developed and maintained by a research team in the ‘Mathematical Linguistics’ section of the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IMI-BAS), with the support of the national e-infrastructure ‘National Technological Infrastructure for Resources and Technologies for Language and Cultural-Historical Heritage, integrated into the European infrastructures CLARIN and DARIAH’ (CLaDA-BG)”.
Latin-Bulgarian Electronic Dictionary
A lexicographic aid with the most common Latin lexemes applied in Latin language teaching in our country and in the canon of classical Latin authors.
CONFERENCES AND VIDEO LECTURES
VIDEOLECTURE
Bulgarian Corpus in CHILDES Presenter: Velka Popova, Laboratory of Applied Linguistics “Aksela Lazarova”, Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen
VIDEOLECTURE
Corpus of child speech and associations dictionaries in LABLING Presenter: Velka Popova, Laboratory of Applied Linguistics “Aksela Lazarova”, Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen
VIDEOLECTURE
Bulgarian Childes Corpus Presenter: Velka Popova, Laboratory of Applied Linguistics “Aksela Lazarova”, Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen
VIDEOLECTURE
Lablass Presenter: Velka Popova, Laboratory of Applied Linguistics “Aksela Lazarova”, Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen
FIRST SEMINAR ON DIGITAL HUMANITIES (28-29.11.2023)
Moderator: Dimitar Popov Seminar Program [pdf]
Webinar "Linguistic Resources and Their Importance for Modern Science" (18.12.2021)
Lecturer: Prof. Encho Gerganov, PhD – Honorary Professor of NBU, former Deputy Minister of Education, former Deputy Rector of NBU, former Director of the Institute of Psychology at the BAS
Webinar and training for the doctoral students from the Laboratory of Applied Linguistics (19.11.2021 г.)
Lecturer: Prof. Kiril Semov, PhD from the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies at the BAS.
PARTICIPATION IN A CONFERENCE
Popov et al. LABLASS – a web-based system for studying verbal associations. – International scientific conference CONFIBL 2022
PARTICIPATION IN A CONFERENCE
Popov et al. Bulgarian associative dictionaries in the LABLASS web-based system. – Speech and Computer. 22nd International Conference, SPECOM 2020, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, OCTOBER 06–10, 2020 (SPECOM 2020)
PROJECTS
“THE BUILDINGS TELL THEIR STORIES”
Presentation of the mission of CLaDA – an innovative platform that connects universities, libraries, museums and scientific institutions in Bulgaria, creating an easily accessible system for searching scientific resources. Part of the participation of the Regional History Museum – Sofia in the project is to promote our cultural and scientific heritage through a series of videos about iconic buildings in Sofia. Video series “The Buildings Tell Their Stories”
“Echo from the Borders”
“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.
MOVIE
This short movie introduces some of the young researchers at CLADA-BG infrastructural project. They talk about what they do and how the infrastructure activities enhance their professional development.
EU Context and Financial Support
