12/06/2024
The campaign for the 2024 European elections started in May, and information about political parties and participation in democracy was available on different online platforms. As the European Disability Forum has shown, much of this information is not accessible to people with disabilities, as websites and the language used are not adapted to the needs […]
16/05/2024
Today, 16 May, is Global Accessibility Awareness Day! iDEM is celebrating this important day by participating in the event held by the Accessibility Innovation Network of Catalonia in Barcelona. Horacio Saggion, professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra and lead researcher for iDEM, is presenting our project and discussing text simplification technology to support people with intellectual […]
15/04/2024
The iDEM project is excited to announce its participation in the upcoming Seminar of the Spanish Society for Natural Language Processing, which will be held during the 7th Spanish Conference on Informatics. Scheduled for the 20th of June at 15:00, our project will be prominently featured during this seminar, offering an excellent platform to showcase […]
15/04/2024
«The iDEM Project: Addressing Linguistic Barriers in Deliberative Processes» at @LRECCOLING024_DELITE2024 The First Workshop on Language-driven Deliberation Technology, Torino Italy, May 20, 2024. The iDEM project is thrilled to announce its participation in the upcoming International conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources, and Evaluation. Set to take place the 20th May, This presents a remarkable […]
03/04/2024
The European project iDEM will create AI tools that simplify and make information more understandable for participating in democratic debate, targeting people with communication difficulties or intellectual disabilities. UPF has joined a further 10 European partners to carry out the project, including universities, institutions, social entities and technology companies. In Catalonia, two such organizations are […]