Interview - Miriam Calleja Shaw

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You have recently published a book called COVID-19and the Virus that Shook the World . It provides a sobering look at virus infections and pandemics, with particular emphasis on the COVID-19 strain. Presently, the cases have diminished in Europe but the spread has moved elsewhere. However, how safe is ‘safe’ at the moment? With the way things are evolving with the ’new’ coronavirus, it’s very difficult to answer this question. The WHO just last weekend warned that the worst may be yet to come. We are certainly witnessing an atrocious amount of deaths and illness in the US. We don’t yet know with certainty which factors are affecting the progression of the pandemic. Indeed we don’t even know about all the symptoms that appear with COVID-19 infection. The relative ‘safety’ is different for everyone, depending on the state of their immunity and certain other factors. For a person with average health who isn’t too old, the danger of getting severely ill may be low – but we need to
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MASRI - Maltese Automatic Speech Recognition

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Image may contain: textMASRI (Maltese Automatic Speech Recognition) huwa proġett intriganti ħafna. L-għan tiegħu huwa li 'jiżviluppa t-teknoloġiji għall-għarfien awtomatiku tat-taħdit Malti'. Dan ifisser li t-tim li qed jaħdem fuqu qed jibni teknoloġija tal-Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) għall-Malti, bħalma jużaw Siri u Alexa: inti tistaqsi domanda jew tagħti istruzzjoni verbali lil software, u dan 'jifhimha'.Din it-teknoloġija li tippermettilna ngħaddu istruzzjonijiet verbalment lil tagħmir elettroniku, apparti li hija komda, hija wkoll importantissima f'oqsma bħas-saħħa, l-edukazzjoni, in-negozju, eċċ. Minflok ma toqgħod tittajpja fuq it-tastiera, titkellem.

 Iżda dan kollu jirrikjedi ħafna xogħol u ħafna riżorsi. Essenzjali hija l-binja ta' database ta' taħdit għaliex permezz t'hekk is-software 'jitgħallem jifhem' l-istruzzjonijiet. U hawnhekk fejn tista' tgħin, b'żewġ modi: billi toffri li taqra sentenzi preskritti, tirrekordjahom u ttellagħhom f'sit apposta. U billi tivverifika sentenzi li nqraw minn ħaddieħor. Jekk tikklikkja hawn taħt, issib kollox spjegat b'mod ċar, bil-Malti u bl-Ingliż:

(MASRI huwa ffinanzjat mill-Fond tar-Riċerka tal-Università ta' Malta.)

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