Project title: Development of the interdisciplinary master program on Computational Linguistics at Central Asian universities

Project acronym: CLASS

Project web-site: http://erasmus-class.eu

Reference number: 585845-EPP-1-2017-1-ES-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP

Coordinating university: University of Santiago de Compostela

Total budget of the project: 760 370,00 euros.

Realization period: from 15/10/2017 to 14/10/2020

Academic partners

The role of UrSU in the CLASS project

• - Developing an action plan in each six month;
• - Purchasing equipment for administrative and teaching issues in Uzbekistan;
• - Developing and approving curriculum of master program;
• - Developing syllabuses and content materials of the course distributed equally among the Uzbek partners;
• - Developing Open online courses;
• - Developing NLP tools;
• - Creating video rollers;
• - Developing sharing materials, e-books and methodological books on CL distributed equally among the Uzbek partners;
• - Reporting to SC;
• - Regional administrative project management;
• - Task distribution among the local project team;
• - Teaching and instructing CA academic staff in syntactic, morphological and semantic structure of the English language;
• - 5 academic staff participation in training on teaching CL with blended learning technology;
• - 5 academic staff participation in training on development methodologies for NLP tools;
• - Introducing developed master program to other HEIs;
• - Organizing student enrollment procedure;
• - Operational capacity: Skills and expertise of key staff involved in the project.

Work Packages:

WP1-Needs and competencies Analysis

WP2- Curriculum development

WP3-Development of NLP tools and online courses for using in blended learning

WP4-Dissemination and sustainability

WP5-Quality Plan

WP6-Overall and distributed project management

Wider Objective:

To create master program on computational linguistics for master students with linguistics and computational science background and to implement blended learning technologies on specialization courses under the initiatives of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan universities.

Specific Project Objectives:

• To create and implement interdisciplinary master program in CL in 7 CA universities under careful analysis of existing programs.
• To implement blended learning technologies on specialization courses.
• To develop NLP tools with good support for the Uzbek and Kazakh languages.

Equipment for the project:

For the two fields of science, linguistics and computer science, there were included two printers and two scanners for the project documentation for all CA partners. Moreover, there are included four laptops for using in the annual and semester meetings. As master related with programming and NLP tools 10 all in one HP desktop computers are included. Also for the open online courses there should be server and accessories (UPS, Enclosure, Network equipment and tools). Computer Linguistics program needs projector and SMART Board. There is a need for camera Canon, Falcon Eyes Power Station, Microphone for getting the quality video rollers and online courses. Master program needs core books for the students and academic staff. In developing the NLP tools and studying the English books the Prompt Expert will help with the translation and idea of translation process.

Applicants for the academic year 2019-2020

• The total number of applicants: 24
• Male: 13
• Female: 11

Academic background of applicants

• - Computer Engineering
• - Applied mathematics and Informatics
• - Computer Science and information technology
• - English language
• - Agronomy