ICLT
The Icelandic Centre for
Language Technology


GRANTS

YearSponsorProject nameProject managerCo-Applicants/CollaboratorsDurationGrant
2013University of Iceland Research FundA corpus for journal texts 1870–1920Sigrún Helgadóttir, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic StudiesGuðrún Kvaran and Steinþór Steingrímsson, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies; Jón Friðrik Daðason, University of Iceland3 months1,300,000 ISK
2013The Icelandic Student Innovation FundAn Open-Source Language-Independent Question-Answering SystemHrafn Loftsson, Reykjavik UniversityJón Gunnar Þorsteinsson, University of Iceland3 months340,000 ISK
2013The Icelandic Student Innovation FundThe Journal Fjölnir (1835-1847) made accessibleKristín Bjarnadóttir, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic StudiesJón Friðrik Daðason and Kristján Rúnarsson, University of Iceland3 months1,020,000 ISK
2012University of Iceland Research FundSoftware for manual correction of scanned textsSigrún Helgadóttir, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic StudiesGuðrún Kvaran, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies3 mounths1,100,000 ISK
2011NordPlus SprogA System Architecture for Intelligent CALLHrafn Loftsson, Reykjavik UniversityLars Borin, University of Gothenburg; Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, University of Iceland2 years38,500 EUR
2011The Icelandic Student Innovation FundWeb environment for the deployment and user testing of interactive virtual agentsHannes H. Vilhjálmsson, Reykjavik UniversityCADIA (Center for Analysis and Design of Intelligent Agents), IIIM (Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines and Institute for Creative Technologies (University of Southern California)3 months420,000 ISK
2011The Icelandic Student Innovation FundDesigning software for context-sensitive spell checkingSven Þ. Sigurðsson, University of IcelandKristín Bjarnadóttir, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies; Jón Friðrik Daðason, University of Iceland3 months420,000 ISK
2012The Icelandic Student Innovation FundConcept definitions and terms in language technologyEiríkur Rögnvaldsson, University of Iceland3 months420,000 ISK
2011RU Development FundDynamical Modeling of Speech SignalsJón Guðnason, Reykjavik UniversitySigurður Freyr Hafstein, Reykjavik University1 year4,400,000 ISK
2011The ICT Policy Support ProgramBaltic and Nordic Parts of the European Open Linguistic Infrastructure (META-NORD)Tilde SIA (Latvia)Københavns Universitet (Denmark), Tartu Ulikool (Estonia), Universitetet i Bergen (Norway), Helsingin yliopisto (Finland), Háskóli Íslands (ICLT; Iceland), Institute of Lithuanian Language (Lithuania), Göteborgs Universitet (Sweden)24 months2,250,000 EUR
2010The Icelandic Student Innovation FundAn advanced search in Icelandic corpora on the webSigrún Helgadóttir, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic StudiesÁsta Svavarsdóttir, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies; Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson, University of Iceland3 months420,000 ISK
2010The Icelandic Student Innovation FundA gold standard for IcelandicEiríkur Rögnvaldsson, University of IcelandHrafn Loftsson, Reykjavik University; Sigrún Helgadóttir, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies3 months420,000 ISK
2010The Icelandic Student Innovation FundAn improved shallow parser for Icelandic textHrafn Loftsson, Reykjavik UniversityEiríkur Rögnvaldsson, University of Iceland; Jón Eðvald Vignisson, CLARA3 months280,000 ISK
2009The Icelandic Student Innovation FundTagging and correcting a new corpusHrafn Loftsson, Reykjavik UniversitySigrún Helgadóttir, The Institute of Lexicography, University of Iceland; Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson, University of Iceland3 months280,000 ISK
2009The Icelandic Centre for Research (Grant of Excellence)Viable Language Technology Beyond English - Icelandic as a Test CaseEiríkur Rögnvaldsson, University of IcelandHrafn Loftsson, Reykjavik University; Matthew J. Whelpton, University of Iceland; Kristín Bjarnadóttir, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies; Anthony Kroch and Joel Wallenberg, University of Pennsylvania; Mikel L. Forcada, Universitat d'Alacant3 years45,000,000 ISK
2007The Icelandic Centre for ResearchImproved tagging accuracy of Icelandic textHrafn Loftsson, Reykjavik UniversityEiríkur Rögnvaldsson, University of Iceland; Sigrún Helgadóttir, The Institute of Lexicography, University of Iceland2 years3,100,000 ISK
2007The Icelandic Centre for ResearchContext-sensitive spell checkingEiríkur Rögnvaldsson, University of IcelandHrafn Loftsson, Reykjavik University; Sigrún Helgadóttir, The Institute of Lexicography, University of Iceland2 years3,100,000 ISK
2006The Icelandic Centre for ResearchShallow Parsing of Icelandic textEiríkur Rögnvaldsson, University of IcelandHrafn Loftsson, Reykjavik University; Sigrún Helgadóttir, The Institute of Lexicography, University of Iceland1 year3,800,000 ISK
2006University of IcelandContext sensitive spelling correctionEiríkur Rögnvaldsson, University of IcelandHrafn Loftsson, Reykjavik University; Sigrún Helgadóttir, The Institute of Lexicography, University of IcelandFirst prize in a competition500,000 ISK
2006The Icelandic Student Innovation FundUtilisation of a large lexicon for tagging Icelandic textHrafn Loftsson, Reykjavik UniversityKristín Bjarnadóttir, The Institute of Lexicography, University of Iceland3 months220,000 ISK