ππππππππ ππ πππππ πππππ: “ππππππΓππππ ππ ππππππππ πππππππππππ” (2/9-18/10) Applications for the specialized training course “GELPI Geopolitics of the Multilingual Internet – Presence and promotion of the Portuguese language in cyberspace” are open from July 29 to August 10. Entries…
Category: Announcements (page 2)
Workshop United Nations June 18th
Cultural and linguistic diversity in the era of digitalization and emerging technologies Workshop United Nations June 18th Contribution (in French) to the workshop Cultural and linguistic diversity in the era of digitalization and emerging technologies , June, 18th, 2024, New York, United Nations…
New page: English@Web
New page: English@Web: an historical bias You are surprised to discover OBDILCI announcing values for the percentage of English in the Web around 20%? You have read everywhere that English represents more than 50% of the web, way above any…
VERSION 5.1 OF MODEL PUBLISHED
V5.1 April 2024 OBDILCI announces the version 5.1 of its model of indicators of the presence of languages in the Internet. This version includes the update of the demolinguistic figures from Ethnologue #27 dataset of March 2024 and an update…
ICV2024 Symposium AI and Citizenship
OBDILCI contributed to the ICV Symposium AI and Citizenship with a conference “AI & Multilingualism: between dream and nightmare“.
IvΓ‘n GuzmΓ‘n de Rojas and the Aymara language
Son of a famous Bolivian painter who dedicated his art to the Aymara people, IvΓ‘n GuzmΓ‘n de Rojas (1934-2022) was an engineer who created an extremely original and powerful translation program: he used the Aymara language as a pivotal language…
Elon’s AI Impact by 2040
Elon University uses to publish insightful reports on emerging questions about the Internet. Their method is to survey a list of experts on the subject, collect and organize their contributions into a structured report. OBDILCI participated in: 2018: The Future of…
DISPARITION OF ADAMA SAMASSEKOU
An essential figure in the fight for linguistic diversity has just disappeared: Adama Samassekou, the President of MAAYA, the World Network for Linguistic Diversity, but also the leader of numerous civil society structures that you can learn from this announcement…
OBDILCI’ SITE RECEIVES WEB GURU AWARD
OBDILCI ‘s Website has been elected WEB GURU Award of the day for February, 23rd, 2024. “Web Guru Awards is an international award-honoring stage on the Internet. The best websites are awarded for their unique designs and functionality.” The criterias…
New Page: Pre-historic Projects
The history of networks, from computer manufacturer networks (such as IBMβs VNET), military networks (such as Arpanet), research networks (such as BITNET), libertarian networks (such as USENET) up to the merger into the Internet is a young story that began in the late 60s…