State Languages Cultural Protection and Technological Development Weeks Were Opened in GTU
25-09-2024
At the Georgian Technical University, connected with the “European Day of Languages” and with the call - “Georgia peacefully united by Georgian and Abkhazian languages, cultures and traditions towards Europe” - weeks of cultural protection and technological development of the state languages of Georgia were opened.
Tamar Lominadze – the vice-rector of the Georgian Technical University, announced the opening of the week and the importance of the cyclical event.
The event was attended by the president of the university supervisory board - Zurab Gudavadze, vice-rector - Tamar Tsereteli, and Konstantine Pkhakadze - the director of the “Educational-Scientific Center for Cultural Protection and Technological Development of State Languages of Georgia” at GTU, researchers of the center, deans of faculties, professors, and students.
According to Vice-Rector Tamar Lominadze, on September 26th, the Council of Europe celebrates the “European Day of Languages” with the motto “Languages for Peace”, which is very important for all countries, including Georgia. According to Tamar Lominadze, in the 21st century, the world’s nations are facing the most important challenge of developing technological alphabets, and researchers are uniting to overcome this challenge.
“In the 21st century, the countries and nations of the world once again face the need to develop technological alphabets for their languages, which implies the development of intelligent computer systems that are fully aware of these languages and the thought and communication systems provided by them. The challenge is very important for our country, where there are two state languages - Georgian and Abkhazian.
In the era of artificial intelligence, languages without such technological alphabets are doomed to digital death, which means the loss of the status of culture-carrying and producing language. Due to the global nature of the problem, the Council of Europe celebrates the European Day of Languages with the motto “Languages for Peace” and focuses on the peace mission of languages.
It should be noted that the “Educational and Scientific Center for Cultural Protection and Technological Development of State Languages of Georgia” operates at the Georgian Technical University, under whose auspices, since 2020, several important events have been dedicated to Georgian and Abkhazian language days at our university, with the call – “Georgian and Abkhazian languages in the European Union”. The weeks are an important cyclical event and will be opened with a report presented by the head of the University Center, Professor Konstantine Pkhakadze. We think the report and the weeks will be engrossing for our future generation students”, said Tamar Lominadze.
The report of Professor Konstantine Pkhakadze, Director of the “Educational-Scientific Center for Cultural Protection and Technological Development of State Languages of Georgia” at the Georgian Technical University, and among the members of the Commission of State Language Experts and the participants of the event aroused great interest.
In his report – “The Needs of Developing Technological Alphabets of Georgian and Abkhazian Languages and the Goals of Establishing the Research Institute for Cultural Protection and Technological Development of the State Languages of Georgia” - he spoke about the mission of the Weeks of Cultural Protection and Technological Development of the State Languages and also provided the audience with detailed information about the government of Georgia and about the very important steps taken by the Georgian Technical University, which are directly related to the epoch-making cultural challenges of protecting the Georgian and Abkhazian languages from the threat of digital death.
As Konstantine Pkhakadze pointed out, the scientific event, in addition to the epoch-making challenges of protecting the Georgian and Abkhazian languages from the threat of digital death, essentially echoes the goals of restoring Georgian-Abkhazian relations and uniting Georgia in peaceful ways.
According to Konstantine Pkhakadze, “In the digital era that is already approaching, or in the era of artificial intelligence, the main state language of Georgia - Georgian and also the second state language - Abkhazian are among the languages in danger of digital death, along with several other European languages. Thus, our goal should be and still is to protect the state languages of Georgia, Georgian, and Abkhazian, from the threat of death in the digital era.
This, in turn, necessarily requires the development of intelligent computer systems equipped with learning skills that are almost fully proficient in the Georgian and Abkhazian languages, in other words, the technological alphabets of the Georgian and Abkhazian languages, without which, obviously, in the digital world of the future, independent Georgian and Abkhazian languages and Cultures cannot be protected, preserved or developed.
The support of our country’s government is significant in achieving the mentioned most important goals, in connection with which Konstantine Pkhakadze emphasized the following in his report: “On September 23rd, within the framework of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at the “Future Summit” organized by the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Olaf Scholz, and the President of Namibia, Nangolo Mbumba. The 4-minute speech of the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, slightly changed our plans, the reason for which is the direct relationship between the content of this speech of Mr. Prime Minister and the goals of our daily report. To make it clearer, we quote one of the main paragraphs of this 10-paragraph speech: “In our digital world, where technologies present enormous opportunities and challenges, the Global Digital Compact should play the role of a road map for shaping an open, secure, and inclusive digital future.
Also, this agreement is assigned a key role in the wide use of the advantages of the latest technologies and the protection of human rights in the Internet and non-Internet spaces”. - In this very important speech of Irakli Kobakhidze, which was not covered in the Georgian media appropriately to its meaning, “open, safe and inclusive digital future” is emphasized, that essentially echoes the epoch-making challenges of protecting the Georgian and Abkhazian languages from the threat of digital death”.
Regarding the establishment of the Research Institute for Cultural Protection and Technological Development of the State Languages of Georgia, Konstantine Pkhakadze said that the institute will be based on the “Educational-Scientific Center for the Cultural Protection and Technological Development of the State Languages of Georgia located at the GTU” and accordingly, immediately after its establishment, the research institute will work within the framework of two long-term projects operating in the center – “Georgian language technological alphabet” and “Abkhazian language complete technological support plan-program”. He also emphasized that “The Department of Logic, language and artificial intelligence and the laboratory of Georgian and Abkhaz language resources and technologies will function in the institute”.
According to Konstantine Pkhakadze, “To protect the state languages of Georgia from the threat of digital death, in the Georgian Technical University, with the support of the Rector of the University, Academician David Gurgenidze, and the Academic Council, and also by the unified program (strategy) of the state language, an inter-faculty three-level (bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral) educational program “Digital Humanities and Computational Linguistics” is established and implemented.
After the report, the meeting was held in an interactive mode. Professor Konstantine Pkhakadze gave comprehensive answers to the questions of students and colleagues.
As part of the “Cultural Protection and Technological Development Weeks of the State Languages of Georgia”, the Center for the Cultural Protection and Technological Development of the State Languages of Georgia at GTU plans to hold events in discussion mode in almost all advanced higher education institutions of Georgia, including Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State and Kutaisi International Universities.
The cycle event will end on October 28th of this year with the final week dedicated to the Abkhaz language day.
Tamar Lominadze – the vice-rector of the Georgian Technical University, announced the opening of the week and the importance of the cyclical event.
The event was attended by the president of the university supervisory board - Zurab Gudavadze, vice-rector - Tamar Tsereteli, and Konstantine Pkhakadze - the director of the “Educational-Scientific Center for Cultural Protection and Technological Development of State Languages of Georgia” at GTU, researchers of the center, deans of faculties, professors, and students.
According to Vice-Rector Tamar Lominadze, on September 26th, the Council of Europe celebrates the “European Day of Languages” with the motto “Languages for Peace”, which is very important for all countries, including Georgia. According to Tamar Lominadze, in the 21st century, the world’s nations are facing the most important challenge of developing technological alphabets, and researchers are uniting to overcome this challenge.
“In the 21st century, the countries and nations of the world once again face the need to develop technological alphabets for their languages, which implies the development of intelligent computer systems that are fully aware of these languages and the thought and communication systems provided by them. The challenge is very important for our country, where there are two state languages - Georgian and Abkhazian.
In the era of artificial intelligence, languages without such technological alphabets are doomed to digital death, which means the loss of the status of culture-carrying and producing language. Due to the global nature of the problem, the Council of Europe celebrates the European Day of Languages with the motto “Languages for Peace” and focuses on the peace mission of languages.
It should be noted that the “Educational and Scientific Center for Cultural Protection and Technological Development of State Languages of Georgia” operates at the Georgian Technical University, under whose auspices, since 2020, several important events have been dedicated to Georgian and Abkhazian language days at our university, with the call – “Georgian and Abkhazian languages in the European Union”. The weeks are an important cyclical event and will be opened with a report presented by the head of the University Center, Professor Konstantine Pkhakadze. We think the report and the weeks will be engrossing for our future generation students”, said Tamar Lominadze.
The report of Professor Konstantine Pkhakadze, Director of the “Educational-Scientific Center for Cultural Protection and Technological Development of State Languages of Georgia” at the Georgian Technical University, and among the members of the Commission of State Language Experts and the participants of the event aroused great interest.
In his report – “The Needs of Developing Technological Alphabets of Georgian and Abkhazian Languages and the Goals of Establishing the Research Institute for Cultural Protection and Technological Development of the State Languages of Georgia” - he spoke about the mission of the Weeks of Cultural Protection and Technological Development of the State Languages and also provided the audience with detailed information about the government of Georgia and about the very important steps taken by the Georgian Technical University, which are directly related to the epoch-making cultural challenges of protecting the Georgian and Abkhazian languages from the threat of digital death.
As Konstantine Pkhakadze pointed out, the scientific event, in addition to the epoch-making challenges of protecting the Georgian and Abkhazian languages from the threat of digital death, essentially echoes the goals of restoring Georgian-Abkhazian relations and uniting Georgia in peaceful ways.
According to Konstantine Pkhakadze, “In the digital era that is already approaching, or in the era of artificial intelligence, the main state language of Georgia - Georgian and also the second state language - Abkhazian are among the languages in danger of digital death, along with several other European languages. Thus, our goal should be and still is to protect the state languages of Georgia, Georgian, and Abkhazian, from the threat of death in the digital era.
This, in turn, necessarily requires the development of intelligent computer systems equipped with learning skills that are almost fully proficient in the Georgian and Abkhazian languages, in other words, the technological alphabets of the Georgian and Abkhazian languages, without which, obviously, in the digital world of the future, independent Georgian and Abkhazian languages and Cultures cannot be protected, preserved or developed.
The support of our country’s government is significant in achieving the mentioned most important goals, in connection with which Konstantine Pkhakadze emphasized the following in his report: “On September 23rd, within the framework of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at the “Future Summit” organized by the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Olaf Scholz, and the President of Namibia, Nangolo Mbumba. The 4-minute speech of the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, slightly changed our plans, the reason for which is the direct relationship between the content of this speech of Mr. Prime Minister and the goals of our daily report. To make it clearer, we quote one of the main paragraphs of this 10-paragraph speech: “In our digital world, where technologies present enormous opportunities and challenges, the Global Digital Compact should play the role of a road map for shaping an open, secure, and inclusive digital future.
Also, this agreement is assigned a key role in the wide use of the advantages of the latest technologies and the protection of human rights in the Internet and non-Internet spaces”. - In this very important speech of Irakli Kobakhidze, which was not covered in the Georgian media appropriately to its meaning, “open, safe and inclusive digital future” is emphasized, that essentially echoes the epoch-making challenges of protecting the Georgian and Abkhazian languages from the threat of digital death”.
Regarding the establishment of the Research Institute for Cultural Protection and Technological Development of the State Languages of Georgia, Konstantine Pkhakadze said that the institute will be based on the “Educational-Scientific Center for the Cultural Protection and Technological Development of the State Languages of Georgia located at the GTU” and accordingly, immediately after its establishment, the research institute will work within the framework of two long-term projects operating in the center – “Georgian language technological alphabet” and “Abkhazian language complete technological support plan-program”. He also emphasized that “The Department of Logic, language and artificial intelligence and the laboratory of Georgian and Abkhaz language resources and technologies will function in the institute”.
According to Konstantine Pkhakadze, “To protect the state languages of Georgia from the threat of digital death, in the Georgian Technical University, with the support of the Rector of the University, Academician David Gurgenidze, and the Academic Council, and also by the unified program (strategy) of the state language, an inter-faculty three-level (bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral) educational program “Digital Humanities and Computational Linguistics” is established and implemented.
After the report, the meeting was held in an interactive mode. Professor Konstantine Pkhakadze gave comprehensive answers to the questions of students and colleagues.
As part of the “Cultural Protection and Technological Development Weeks of the State Languages of Georgia”, the Center for the Cultural Protection and Technological Development of the State Languages of Georgia at GTU plans to hold events in discussion mode in almost all advanced higher education institutions of Georgia, including Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State and Kutaisi International Universities.
The cycle event will end on October 28th of this year with the final week dedicated to the Abkhaz language day.
