Iñupiatun Coding Project

Language Revitalization and Historic Data "Rescue"

The Iñupiatun Language Access Project -- AKA Iñupiatun Coding Project -- aims to assist tribal language revitalization efforts and historic data rescue using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning techniques.

This project is led by Aqqaluk Trust, a Inuit-led and Inuit-serving cultural program focused on language, culture, and education.

The co-produced project is a collaboration between Aqqaluk Trust and university partners.

Collaborators include:

• Lucy Aviññaq Boyd, Aqqaluk Trust, Kotzebue, Alaska

• Cana Uluak Itchuaqiyaq, Assistant Professor, Technical & Scientific Communication, Virginia Tech

• Katie Carmichael, Associate Professor, Socio-linguistics, Virginia Tech

• Lifu Huang, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, UC Davis

• Wenpeng Yin, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Penn State

• Chris Lindgren, Assistant Professor, Technical Communication, North Carolina State University

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Watch this video created by Aqqaluk Trust to help inform tribal members about Iñupiatun Coding Project.

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