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Coding for the Humanities: R-Programming Workshop at Stellenbosch University
02 June 2026 Twenty participants from the humanities and social sciences attended a R-programming workshop at Stellenbosch University from 12-14 May. The workshop was hosted by SADiLaR’s ESCALATOR Programme in collaboration with their Child Language Development Node (CLDN), housed in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University. Facilitated by Dr Bianca Peterson,…
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South African Sign Language Dissemination Event: Promoting Inclusion in Digital Spaces
Media Release: 15 May 2026 The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), in collaboration with its Child Language Development node at Stellenbosch University, will host a South African Sign Language (SASL) dissemination event on 29 May 2026, aimed at advancing the inclusion of the South African deaf community in digital spaces and strengthening…
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SADiLaR’s HESSP lead receives prestigious Jacques van der Elst Prize for 2025
28 April 2026 Prof. Tobie van Dyk, an applied linguist from North-West University and leader of the Higher Education Sector Support Programme (HESSP) in the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), has been awarded the Jacques van der Elst Prize by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science…
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ESCALATOR at the AI4D African Language Lab Workshop
30 March 2026 SADiLaR’s ESCALATOR programme had the privilege of joining a panel at the AI4D African Language Lab Workshop, held at the University of Pretoria on 25 March 2026. The panel discussion, titled “Bridging Research and Reality: The Content Pipeline”, brought together diverse voices committed to making language technology work for under-resourced African languages.…
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Bridging Language and Technology: Advancing NLP Skills at the University of Zululand
25 March 2026 The University of Zululand recently played host to a dynamic and impactful two-day Corpus Creation and Linguistic Text Processing Tools Workshop, held at its KwaDlangezwa campus on 17–18 March 2026. Facilitated by SADiLaR’s Project Manager and Unisa Node, Ms Marissa Griesel, under the ESCALATOR programme, the workshop brought together Computer Science students…
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Workshop Equips Researchers with Powerful Text Analysis Tools
13 March 2026 The Department of African Languages at the University of the Free State hosted a dynamic two-day Digital Text Analysis and Annotation Workshop from 24 to 25 February 2026, introducing participants to innovative digital humanities approaches that are transforming language and literature research. The workshop formed part of ongoing efforts to showcase digital…
