Ona de Gibert
I am PhD student in Machine Translation at the University of Helsinki, where I contribute to the development of language technologies for minority languages. I graduated in Modern Languages and Literatures (University of Barcelona) and hold master's degree in Language Analysis and Processing (UPV-EHU).
I am a language and scientific activist and believe in the power of the collective to transform society. I am a member of the Wikipedia community in the Catalan language and would like to develop open-source systems for Wikipedia to achieve technological sovereignity.
Interventions
The preservation and promotion of minority languages has become crucial as the number of endangered languages continues to grow. Open communities such as Wikipedia are of the essence to preserve linguistic diversity through collective wisdom. Language technology has the capacity to play a significant role in supporting these languages. In this session, we will bridge the gap between Wikimedians and language technology research, by exploring how Wikipedia is used in current cutting-edge approaches and focusing on open-source initiatives, as opposed to proprietary systems. The outcome of this merge will hopefully lead to a fully open-source powered Wikipedia.