Dr. Piotr Szatkowski represented the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences (ISS PAS) at the international scientific conference Text, Speech and Dialogue (TSD), co-organized by the Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University in Brno and the Faculty of Applied Sciences at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen on September 1–4, 2026. The event focused on the latest technologies in natural language and speech processing, with a particular emphasis on the role of large language models and generative solutions in linguistic research.
During the poster session, Dr. Szatkowski presented the outcomes of research conducted by a team comprising Dr. Habil. Roman Roszko, Assoc. Prof. ISS PAS, Dr. Habil. Danuta Roszko (University of Warsaw), and Dr. Piotr Szatkowski. The presented work concerned the development of an infrastructure for data processing and testing the capabilities of modern language models in relation to the Masurian ethnolect.
The digitization of endangered language varieties drew significant interest from conference participants. The lively discussion following the official presentation, alongside subsequent substantive exchanges with experts, extended well beyond the scheduled time slot and coffee break. The exchange of experiences covered not only the methodological foundations of the project but also broader challenges related to preserving low-resource languages across Europe. Dr. Szatkowski continued these discussions during networking events, underscoring the high relevance and timeliness of the presented research.
The work presented at the conference is part of the broader ongoing CLARIN-PL-BIZ-Bis project.
The project “CLARIN – Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure” is co-funded by the European Union under the European Funds for Smart Economy 2021–2027 programme.
