M Chenna Kesava Murty

Educational profile:

· Ph.D on ‘Argument Structure of Telugu Verbs’, in Applied Linguistics, Centre for ALTS, University of Hyderabad, 2003.

· M.Phil, on ‘Machine Readable Telugu-English Dictionary of Occupational Terms for Translators’, Applied Linguistics, Passed with First Class (62%), University of Hyderabad, 1996.

· M.A., in Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, Passed with Second class (56%), CALTS, University of Hyderabad, 1993.

· B.Sc., Biology, Chemistry and Hindi, Passed with Third Class, (45%), S.V. University, Tirupati, 1989.

· Intermediate, Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Hindi, Passed with First class (61%), Govt. Junior College, Kurnool, A.P. 1985.

· S.S.C. Passed with First Class (64%), Govt.Junior College, Atmakur, Kurnool (Dt), A.P., 1983.

· Passed Madhyamika in Hindi with 1^st class conducted by Dakshina Bharata Hindi Prachara Sabha, 1982.

Work Experience:

· Presently working as a Senior Language Analyst (Telugu) for the project on National Resourcing for Translation under Universities with Potential for Excellence in the Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad from March 2004.

· Worked for the Language Technology project under UGC, SAP-DRS as a Project fellow from March 2003 to February 2004, in the Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.

· Copywriter and Editor for the EYE Ad agency, a Hyderabad based Advertising agency during Feb 2000 to July 2000.

· Worked as a Assistant Editor for Telugu and other Indian Languages bi-lingual and bi-directional dictionaries sponsored by the state Telugu Academy, under Dr. G. Umamaheshwara Rao, Reader CALTS, University of Hyderabad as a Series Editor.

· Worked as a Project Assistant in the ANUSARAKA Machine Translation project Funded by DoE, Government of India in Joint collaboration with University of Hyderabad and IIT, Kanpur, from August 1996 to June 1999.

Teaching Experience:

· Taught a course entitled Munda Languages in Language Families of South Asia for M.A. Students of Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, for two Semesters from August to December 1999 and August to December 2000.

· Assisting my supervisor in the courses Machine Translation and Corpus Linguistics in our Language lab, CALTS, since four years.

Research Experience:

· Ph.D thesis on Argument Structure of Telugu Verbs under the supervision of Dr. G. UmaMaheshwar Rao, Reader, CALTS, University of Hyderabad. The dissertation mainly deals with the Computational Implementation of Verb Sense Disambiguation, which is a component of word sense resolution in Machine Translation.

· M.Phil entitled Machine Readable Telugu-English Dictionary of Occupational Terms for Translators, under the supervision of Dr. N. Krupanandam, Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad (1993-1996). The dissertation deals with the Lexicography and Translation of different occupational terms from Telugu to English.

· Submitted M.A. dissertation entitled Evaluation of Telugu-Bharati Text books (Telugu Primers [I-V Standards]- A Case Study under the supervision of Dr. N. Krupanandam, Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, (1991-1993).

Publications:

· Editor for Telugu-Hindi bi-lingual and bi-directional dictionary sponsored by the state Telugu Academy, under Dr. G. Umamaheshwara Rao, Reader CALTS, University of Hyderabad as a Series Editor, published in 2004.

· Published a paper entitled Translatability of Occupational Terms in the Indian Linguistics Journal, Vol.63, Number 1-4 December 2002, pp123-127.

Seminars:

· Participated in the Workshop on The Field Linguist’s Toolbox held at Computer Cell, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, during 16th-21st November 2004.

· Participated in the Workshop on Acoustic Analysis of Speech held at All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) in collaboration with CIIL, Mysore, during 19-20th August 2004.

· Participated in the workshop on Linguistic Annotation of Speech Corpora for Text to Text Systems, held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Sponsored by Hewlett and Packard Labs (HP Labs) during 25^th August to 5^th September, 2003.

· Participated in the Workshop on Word Sense Disambiguation sponsored by University of Brighton, UK, from 8^th July 2002 to 13^th July 2002 conducted by Language Technologies Research Centre, International Institute of Informational Technology (LTRC, IIIT), Hyderabad.

· Participated in the Workshop on LRMT-2002: NLP Workshop on Developing Language Resources for Machine Translation, partially funded by Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India, from 17^th June 2002 to 6^th July 2002 conducted by Language Technologies Research Centre, International Institute of Informational Technology (LTRC, IIIT), Hyderabad.

· Participated in the Training-cum-Workshop on Script Writing for Audio Visual Programmes (In Bengali, Oriya and Telugu Languages) held at the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore from 25-2-2002 to 6-3- 2002.

· Participated in the Workshop on Corpus-Based NLP, held at AU-KBC Research Centre, Chennai 17-31^st December 2001.

· Participated in the NLP Advanced course in Computational Linguistics-Teacher’s Training Programme (Supported by the DoE., Govt. of India) held at the Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad from 1^st February to 5^th March 1994.

Workshops:

· Presented a paper on Verb Sense Disambiguation: A tool for NLP, in the 32nd All India Conference of Dravidian Linguists, held at P.S. Telugu University, Warangal, A.P, during 10-12, June 2004.

· Presented a paper on Argument Structure for Verb Sense Disambiguation in the National Seminar on ‘Theroretical and Applied Aspects of Lexical Semantics’ Organized by Centre of Advanced Study in Linguistics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, during 27-28 Feb, 2004.

· Presented a paper on Argument Structure and Verb Sense Disambiguation – A Computational Implementation in the Conference on ‘Language Technology Tools: Implementation of Telugu’ Organized by CALTS, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, during 8-10 Oct, 2003.

· Presented a paper on Argument Structure of Telugu Verbs in the 4^th International Conference on South Asian Languages (ICOSAL-4) held at Annamalai University, Chidambaram during 3-5, Dec 2002.

· Presented a paper on anuvādakulakai dvibhashā vrittipadakośāla āvaśyakata oka pariśīlana (in Telugu) at the national seminar on Principles and Methods for the preparation of Telugu Dictionaries, held at the Department of Lexicography, Telugu University, Hyderabad from 15-16 February 1995.

· Presented a paper on Is Grammar the only way in Communicative Language Teaching In the Seminar on The Role of Grammar in Communicative Language Teaching, held at the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore from 27-29 December 1993.

Languages known: Telugu, Hindi and English

Areas of Interest: Word Sense Disambiguation, Machine Translation, Lexical Semantics

Knowledge of Computer:

· Computer Operating Systems worked on: MS-DOS 6.0, Ms-Windows95/98 and Linux

· Computer Packages worked on: Ms-Word 6.0, dBase IV, iLEAP, Goldwave, Praat, Festival, Festvox (Speech software).

Personal Details:

Passport Number: F 2268547

Date of Birth : 28 January 1968

Nationality : Indian

REFEREES

Prof. G. Uma Maheswara Rao Prof. Panchanan Mohanty

Centre for ALTS Head, Centre for ALTS

University of Hyderabad University of Hyderabad,

Hyderabad 500 046 Hyderabad 500 046

e-mail: guraohyd@yahoo.com e-mail: panchanan_mohanty@yahoo.com