e-LIS

This page collects material related to the e-LIS project. The project also aims at the creation of an electronic dictionary for Italian sign language-verbal Italian (e-LIS).

Nota bene: the e-LIS dictionary is hosted at EURAC.

The e-LIS dictionary

Brief history

The e-LIS project, lead by EURAC, was conceived in 2004 by C. Vettori, senior researcher at EURAC, who involved in the project the ALBA cooperative from Turin, active in deaf studies.

The KRDB research center of FUB and L'Aquila U. were involved in the e-LIS project at the start of 2006 to contribute to the development of the electronic dictionary from LIS to verbal Italian.

Team

Current members from EURAC

Chiara Vettori <chiara.vettori AT eurac DOT edu>

Current members from KRDB-FUB

Rosella Gennari <gennari AT inf DOT unibz DOT it>
Sergio Tessaris <tessaris AT inf DOT unibz DOT it>

Current members from L'Aquila U.

Tania Di Mascio <tania AT ing DOT univaq DOT it>

Former members

Jay Anderson <jay DOT anderson AT fandm DOT edu>
Paolo Dongilli
Mauro Felice
Enrico Franconi <franconi AT inf DOT unibz DOT it>
Yixian Liu <Yixian DOT Liu AT stud-inf DOT unibz DOT it>
Anna Mari Jieyun Ren <Jieyun DOT Ren AT stud-inf DOT unibz DOT it>
Monika Tomkowicz <Monika DOT Tomkowicz AT stud-inf DOT unibz DOT it>
Claudio Zanoni <claudio.zanoni AT eurac DOT edu>
Ivan Zorzi

Current tasks:

  • FUB: domain ontology for e-LIS (downloadable);
  • FUB: application ontology and search engine based on it (on-going);
  • L'Aquila U.: visual navigation of the dictionary based on the ontology (on-going).

Suggestions and collaborations are most welcome.

Some material

e-LIS: Electronic Bilingual Dictionary of Italian Sign Language-Italian. Bachelor thesis by Monika Tomkowicz, July 2006. Supervisor: R. Gennari.

Animated Hand Gestures for Italian Sign Language. Masters thesis by Ren Jieyun, October 2006. Supervisor: R. Gennari.

Draft domain ontology of the e-LIS dictionary, designed by Monika Tomkowicz.

More in general, please, refer to my publication page.

Project links

The official EURAC web site of the project.

The SEWASIE ontology-driven query system.

Misc links

Related sites in Italy

ENS, ente nazionale per la protezione e l'assistenza dei sordo-muti.

Storia dei Sordi, a cura di Franco Zatini.

Sordi on-line, il portale della comunicazione e dell'informazione per le persone sorde.

SLL, Sign Language Laboratory, ISTC, CNR, Rome.

SL dictionaries

The e-LIS dictionary for Italian SL-Italian.

Austrian SL dictionary.

Gebaren-Wort search engine, Flemish SL dictionary.

Report on the ASL dictionary proejct by Sherman Wilcox.

Last update: July, 2007.