Congratulations to Professor Anna Korhonen who has been awarded the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant for her project entitled 'Towards globally equitable language technologies (EQUATE)'. This 5-year 2.5M Euro project will design new, responsible approaches to natural language processing that can make the world's language technologies fairer, more inclusive and globally more equitable.
The ERC is the premier European funding organisation for excellent frontier research. The ERC Advanced Grant funding is amongst the most prestigious and competitive EU funding schemes, providing researchers with the opportunity to pursue ambitious, curiosity-driven projects that could lead to major scientific breakthroughs. Grants are awarded to established, leading researchers with a proven track record of significant research achievements over the past decade.
