This is a good acievement* by a young girl from Gujarat. Our
congratulations.



Dr D.C.Misra

September 26, 2007



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*Guj girl to present paper on Indian font recognistion software



Ahmedabad, Sept 25 (PTI) A young computer wiz from Gujarat will present
a paper on Indian font recognition softwares at a global conference in
the US next month.


Sandhya Sitaraman (20), studying national language processing at an
institute in Surat, is the only representative from India invited to
present a paper at the forum, which is specially for undergraduate women
pursuing careers in computer sciences.

Personal computers and laptops have become an everyday tool for
professionals in all walks of life across India for some years now but
the lack of adequate font recognition softwares has limited their usage
mostly to those who understand English.

Sitaraman is gearing up to overcome this handicap and will present a
paper on "Artificial Intelligence Recognition for Indian languages" at
the conference at Carnegie Mellon University.

"I was very happy that my paper has been selected and I will be given
time to talk about my subject amid such a recognised panel of experts in
the computer field," Sitaraman told PTI.

Clearing the air about artificial intelligence (AI), Sitaraman said
"Many people have the misconception that AI is all about cyborgs and
inserting chips into human beings which is not true. A lot of AI today
is just about fields like human computer interaction and natural
language processing to make communication smoother to help solve complex
problems easily." PTI



(Source:
http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/$all/42F2CAA40DC13F41652573610017\
DA61, accessed : September 26, 2007)



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