A.I.

Data Science Institute makes strides in project aiming to create an AI Assistant for acquiring low-resource languages like Hindi

May. 2, 2023—The Vanderbilt University Data Science Institute made progress this semester on a research project to bridge the gap in language acquisition of low-resource languages through deep learning. The team is developing an AI assistant for language professors and tools that keep the curricula up-to-date with changes in the Hindi language. Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies,...

Data Science Institute looking for students for project using AI models to better understand new languages

Jan. 6, 2023—Languages are constantly evolving and adapting to the world around them. Most approaches to learning new languages are rigid and don’t account for colloquialisms and outside influence, especially in the case of low-resource languages such as Hindi. The formal Hindi vocabulary taught by most textbooks is hardly going to help someone trying to discuss a...