{"id":3774,"date":"2024-01-31T19:13:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T19:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asling.org\/tc46\/?page_id=3774"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:13:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:13:54","slug":"oc-tc46-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asling.org\/tc47\/oc-tc46-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Organising Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Denis Dechandon
Coordinator for TC47<\/strong><\/p>

AsLing Treasurer
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Denis Dechandon<\/strong> is an experienced tool and business manager with a demonstrated history of working in the government administration industry. His studies in Romance languages at the University of Stuttgart, along with his professional activities, have centred around multilingualism, linguistics, translation, natural language processing, and foreign languages. Additionally, Denis has focused on semantic technologies, interoperability, knowledge organisation system creation and maintenance, and process automation.<\/p>

With a track record spanning 30 years, he has dedicated some 20 years to providing linguistic services within the framework of EU institutions. Over the last decade, Denis has shifted his focus to the cutting-edge field of semantic technologies, further enriching his expertise.<\/p>

Denis’ contributions to the field of language technology and translation have been recognised through his active participation in various conferences, including those centred around knowledge management. He is also deeply engaged in organising Translating and the Computer annual conferences, JIAMCATT annual and local meetings, and ENDORSE conferences and follow-up events.<\/p>

Presently, Denis is engaged in activities that focus on enhancing semantic interoperability and promoting the widespread use of semantic technologies. His core mission revolves around supporting government administrations and national public services in creating, maintaining, enhancing, and disseminating semantic assets and tools. The ultimate goal is to foster increased data flows, seamless data sharing and reuse, and the promotion of further developments in the field of Linguistic Linked Open Data.<\/p>

Throughout his professional journey, Denis has maintained a modest yet confident approach, consistently striving for excellence in all his endeavours. His comprehensive understanding of the language services sector and his growing expertise in the realm of semantic technologies make him a very knowledgeable professional.<\/p>

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Amal Haddad Haddad<\/strong><\/p>

Amal Haddad Haddad is a lecturer at the Department of Translation and Interpreting of the University of Granada (Spain). She is a member in LexiCon Research Group.<\/p>

She studied Spanish and English Language and Literature at the University of Jordan; and Translation and Interpreting at the University of Granada. She holds an MA in Translation and Interpreting and a PhD in Translation and Terminology from the University of Granada. Her research interests lie in the areas of the Translation, Terminology, Corpus Linguistics, as well Translation Technologies.<\/p>

She is editorial assistant in the Natural Language Processing book series of John Benjamin\u2019s and in the Natural Language Processing Journal of Cambridge University Press. She has different publications in international journals and publishers.<\/p>

Amal joins the AsLing Organising Committee to help organise TC46, 2024, in Luxembourg 19-21 November.<\/p>

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Valentini Kalfadopoulou<\/strong><\/p>

Valentini is a PhD Candidate in Ionian\u2019s University\u2019s Department of Foreign Languages, Translation & Interpreting. She currently serves as a board member on the board of the Hellenic Society for Translation Studies (HS4TS), she is a member of the FIT Mundus Translatio Journal’s editorial board, and a national expert for TE21, the national standardization Committee that mirrors the ISO TC37 International Standards Committee on Terminology, Interpreting, Language Services and Resources.<\/p>

She is a top honor graduate of the MSc Technoglossia programme, a computational linguistics and language technology Master\u2019s degree from Athens University, the Athens Polytechnic, the Institute of Language and Speech Processing, and the Demokritos Research Center. She holds a BA with a major in Philosophy from Athens University\u2019s Philosophy \u2013 Psychology and Pedagogics department.<\/p>

Since 1997 she has been working as freelance language specialist for projects involving translation, editing, proofing, language quality, and terminology.<\/p>

In 2004, she joined Oracle, namely the International Product Solutions department, as a Senior Language Specialist for the Greek language. Her corporate role also includes being part of the English terminology team and the Customer Feedback team, gathering language quality, usability and user experience data for all Oracle\u2019s translated products.<\/p>

Valentini joined the AsLing Organising Committee to help organise TC45, 2023, in Luxembourg 20-22 November.<\/p>

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