About the Hosts

i-Free is a Russian innovation leader, operating in the CIS since 2001 and internationally, since 2006. i-Free is a specialist developer and implementer of cutting-edge projects in mobile and NFC technology, electronic finance, electronic payments and micropayments, applications for smartphones and new network devices.

i-Free products and services are available in more than 100 countries. Headquartered in St. Petersburg, i-Free also has an office in Moscow. The company currently employs more than 700 staff.

i-Free is a passionate contributor to innovation, hosting or supporting some major international conventions on high-tech subjects. One of them is the Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Conference. 

The AINL Conference brings together top Russian and international talent in artificial intelligence and language processing – scientists, developers of technology, products and solutions. The Conference offers an excellent forum for debates, for sharing ideas and expertise, and for business networking. 

The Electronic Text Processing Seminar is a not-for-profit scientific forum, where researchers and engineers will be able to discuss the challenges of linguistic applications for information technology.

The purpose of the seminar is to inform all the interested participants about certain specific fields of computerized linguistics and the methods (linguistic, statistical, mathematical, etc.) employed in those fields.

Support for this seminar, which targets a broad audience, comes from the Russian Seminar on the Evaluation of Information Search Methods (ROMIP).