Applying Cyberinfrastructure to the Language Sciences: A Case Study for Language Acquisition

Tentative Schedule

Morning:

9:15 Convene. Registration.

[Introduction to Cyberinfastructure and Linguistics and the Language Sciences: 9:30-11:00]

  1. General Introduction to the Workshop (9:30-9.45)
  2. Applying Cyberinfrastructure to Linguistics
    and the Language Sciences (D.T. Langendoen) (9:45-10:15)

[Discussion: 10:15-10:25]

  1. Necessity for Collaboration (10:25-10:35)
    Principles of Collaboration
    Challenges of Collaboration
    Issues of Shared Data

[Coffee break 10:35-10:45]

[Virtual Organizations and a VCLA: 10:45-11:15]

  1. The role of Virtual Organizations
  2. Building a Virtual Center for Language Acquisition: its needs and its visions
  3. Building international dimensions

[Discussion: 11:15-11:30]

[Lunch: 11.30-1.00]

Afternoon: 1:00 - 4:00
Meeting the Challenge: Building Infrastructure
  1. The role of OLAC (Gary Simons — SIL) (1:00-1:45)
    The role of EMELD and Digital Tools in Linguistics
  2. Metadataa Standards (2:00-2:10)

  3. The role of the University Library (2:10-2:30)

[Coffee break 2:30-2:40]

[Building a Virtual Linguistics Lab: 2:40-4:00]

  1. Establishing "Best Practices"; Research Methods Manual
  2. Experiment Bank
  3. Middleware Tools, e.g., Methods modules
  4. Audio Visual Data and Methods samples
  5. Data Transcription and Analysis tool: establishing collaborative data sets with standardized metadata
    6. Technology Challenges
  6. Future Challenges
  7. Open Discussion: 4-5:00 PM