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The first VariAMU Workshop will be held at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Here is the programmeMarch 9 (Sunday) 9:30am – 12:30pm (venue: M1603, 16/F, Core M, PolyU)Conference WorkshopChair: Chu-ren Huang &#38; Laurent PrévotChu-ren Huang, Laurent Prévot: Introduction to the variations in action: A MUltilingual Approach (VariAMU) projectJingxia Lin, Menghan Jiang, Chu-ren Huang: A comparable corpus driven, multivariate approach to light verb variations in world ChinesesMantak Leung: Applying corpus study to the treatment of developmental dyslexia in ChineseCoffee BreakBrigitte Bigi: Automatic speech segmentation of French: Corpus adaptationSerge Pinto, Ana Margarida Nunes: Dysarthria across languages in Parkinson's diseaseYao Yao, Christine Meunier: Phonetic variation in French conversational speech1:00pm (venue: Regal Court, Regal Kowloon Hotel)Project lunchMarch 10 (Monday)9:30am – 12:30pm (venue: GH803, 8/F, Core G, PolyU)Big-group session on Project Introduction, Variation and ComplexityChair: Chu-ren HuangLaurent Prévot, Chu-ren Huang, Andrew Moody: Introduction (objectives, themes, team members) Philippe Blache: What resources for addressing syntactic complexity in the multilingual perspective?Cathy Wong: Hong Kong English: Pronunciation features at a glanceJiajuan Xiong: Typological differences between classifier-prominent languages and number-prominent languages12:45pm (venue: Bistro Restaurant, Hotel ICON)Project lunch2:30pm – 5:30pm (venue: GH803, 8/F, Core G, PolyU)Small-group session on Computational Tools and NLPChair: Philippe BlacheStéphane Rauzy: Two possibilities about Machine Learning: Adaption of tools for written language to spoken language OR Adaptation of a model to a new languageKlim Peshkov: Using chunks for studying variation (inter-individual, inter-situational)Qin Lu: Chinese segmentation and taggingShichang Wang: Crowdsourcing experiments, for better language dataAdam Pease: Intro to ontology for NLP6:45pm (venue: the Green Restaurant)Project diner, w/ the scientific attaché of French consulateMarch 11 (Tuesday)9:30am – 12:00pmFree time for small group informal meetings12:00 – 2:30pm (venue: GH615, 6/F, Core G, PolyU)Small-group session (w/ working lunch) on Corpora: Data and MethodologiesChair: Yao YaoRoxana Fung: Cantonese corporaCathy Wong: The corpus of English Loanwords in Hong Kong CantoneseSophia Lee / Hongzhi Xu: Development of an emotion corpusBrigitte Bigi: Automatic phonetic labeling with SPPASTan Lee: Speech technologies1:30pm – 4:00pm (venue: GH803, 8/F, Core G, PolyU)Small-group session on Language PathologyChair: Angel ChanMantak Leung: STU and MSTValerie Pereira: Cleft palate and motor speechSerge Pinto: Disease pathophysiology and dysarthria Dustin Lau, Mantak Leung: Reading research in ShenzhenAlain Ghio: Speech pathology: Measurements and corporaAngel Chan: Assessment tools and learner corpora4:00pm – 6:30pm (venue: GH803, 8/F, Core G, PolyU)Big-group meeting on Summary, Agreement, Future Plans*Chair: Chu-ren Huang, Laurent PrévotSession 1Sum-up of scientific discussions on the previous daysSession 2 – OrganizationConsortium Agreement - Planning of the activitiesPlanning of the summer schoolPlanning of joint grant applications (ANR, RGC, etc.)Brainstorming for actions strengthening the institutional collaboration* Open to VariAMU project members only