The National Institute of the Korean Language (NIKL), led by Director Lee Kwan-kyu, is collaborating with the Italian artificial intelligence language technology company Babelscape to globalize Korean language resources.
On September 16, NIKL announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Babelscape to expand and utilize AI-based language resources. This agreement aims to connect the Korean language resources developed by NIKL with Babelscape's multilingual language resource, BabelNet, to promote the expansion and utilization of AI language resources.
BabelNet is a large multilingual dictionary and semantic network that connects words and concepts in approximately 600 languages based on their meanings. It integrates various language and knowledge resources, including WordNet, Wikipedia, and Wikidata.
Currently developed and managed by Babelscape, BabelNet can distinguish polysemy and link identical or related concepts across languages, making it useful for multilingual language processing and AI research.
Through this agreement, both organizations will collaborate on expanding multilingual conceptual networks by linking NIKL's Korean language resources with BabelNet, as well as exploring mutual cooperation for the expansion and utilization of AI-based language resources.
NIKL is already working on a project to integrate its Korean dictionary information, known as 'Uri Mal Saem,' with BabelNet, and this agreement is expected to lead to concrete outcomes in their collaboration.
The signing ceremony was attended by Babelscape's CEO Francesco Maria Tucci and Chief Research Officer Professor Roberto Navigli, who visited NIKL in person.
Professor Navigli, a specialist in AI language processing and a professor at Sapienza University of Rome, leads the Natural Language Processing research group and has conducted research on multilingual natural language understanding and lexical semantics, creating BabelNet.
Director Lee Kwan-kyu stated, "This agreement marks a significant starting point for connecting NIKL's credible Korean language resources with a global multilingual language resource. We will work closely with Babelscape to ensure that the Korean language occupies a prominent place in the global AI language resource ecosystem as a central part of Hallyu culture."
* This article has been translated by AI.
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