Nafath Majlis is a quarterly series held by Mada Center alongside the publication of the Nafath periodical. The purpose is to highlight the latest developments in innovations and assistive technology solutions in the field of digital accessibility and assistive technology.
Nafath Majlis includes a number of events, workshops, sessions, seminars and panel discussions.
It seeks to attract those interested, specialists, innovators and researchers in the field of digital accessibility and assistive technology, and to promote digital inclusion to enable persons with disabilities to live in complete independence and ensure their inclusion in all aspects of life.
3rd Edition of Nafath Majlis
“Sign Language Processing”
Date: Thursday, September 26th, 2024
Time: 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: Community College In Qatar – Male Lusail Campus
Sponsors
Jusour Qatar Manpower Solutions Co.
Community College of Qatar (CCQ)
Speakers
Dr. Achraf Othman
Mada Center, Qatar
Ahmet Avcıoğlu
SignForDeaf, Turkey
Pinar Reza
WeAccess.Ai & SignForDeaf, Turkey
Dr. Emna Daknou
Higher School of Communications of Tunis, Tunisia
Tawfik Al-Hadhrami
UK
Prof. Hamzah Lokman
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia
Doaa Alghamdi
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Agenda
September 26, 2024
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 08:30 AM – 09:00 AM | Registration Opening |
| 09:00 AM – 09:10 AM | Mada Center, speech |
| 09:10 AM – 09:20 AM | Community College Qatar – speech |
| 09:20 AM – 09:40 AM | Application of AI in Turkish Sign Language Translation: A Case Study of its Use and Purpose
Pınar Reza, Turkey |
| 09:40 AM – 10:00 AM | Tunisian Sign Language Recognition System of Static Two-Handed Asymmetrical Signs using Deep Transfer Learning
Dr. Emna Daknou, Tunisia |
| 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM | Automatic Gesture-Based Arabic Sign Language Recognition: A Federated Learning Approach
Tawfik Al-Hadhrami, UK |
| 10:20 AM – 10:40 AM | Few-shot Learning for Sign Language Recognition with Embedding Propagation
Prof. Hamzah Luqman, Saudi Arabia |
| 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM | Discussion (Question and Answers) |
| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM | NLP Challenges for Arabic Sign Language Processing: An Example based study
Dr. Achraf Othman, Qatar |
| 11:50 AM – 12:10 PM | From Words to Signs: Translate Arabic Text to Arabic Gloss for Sign Language
Doaa Alghamdi, Saudi Arabia |
| 12:10 PM – 12:30 PM | The Development of AI-Powered Automatic Video Sign Language Translation Systems
Ahmet Avcıoğlu, Turkey |
| 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM | Discussion (Question and Answers) |
| 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Certificates and Group Photo |
2024 Nafath Majlis Editions
First Edition
February 2024
Second Edition
June, 2024
Third Edition
September 2024
Fourth Edition
December 2024
Sponsorship opportunities for Nafath Majlis
The Nafath Majlis is a vital platform for promoting international collaboration and networking, bringing together researchers. To ensure a lively exchange of ideas, opportunities are available to sponsor through to contribute expenses of the event, this opportunity allows bright minds to focus on sharing their pioneering work in the field of scientific research.
Your sponsorship will directly contribute to fostering a stimulating environment for pioneering discussions in the Nafath Majlis. Become a partner in scientific discovery!
Reach us at sponsorship@mada.org.qa
Call for paper submissions for the next editions of Nafath periodical.
Nafath is a quarterly magazine and workshop event known as “Majlis Nafath”.
Majlis Nafath aims to showcase the latest research, advancements, and knowledge sharing in the field of digital inclusion. In each edition, we invite innovative research and perspectives through a new call for papers, fostering a cycle of innovation and collaboration in these fields. Nafath periodical is available in both English and Arabic. Its aim is to support the growing need for accessible ICT and Assistive Technology in Qatar, the Arab region, and the world.
We invite the submission of papers exclusively in English or Arabic, which have to be formatted in accordance with Nafath template guidelines. For more information and to submit your paper, Click here