C · R · C · L  Inc.      Center for Research in Computational Linguistics, Incorporated

MISSION       FUNDING       OUTREACH       ASSOCIATES       2004       2005       2006       2007       Mission Statement

CRCL Inc. was formed in 2003 for educational purposes under the California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law, and received provisional federal and state 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status in 2004.

CRCL's mission is to promote research and study of the modern and historical languages of Thailand, Burma, Laos, and Cambodia, and to freely disseminate findings and results to the international community of students and scholars. We pursue applications in: education, including development of tools, resources, and methodology for instruction in these less-commonly taught languages; and linguistics research, including research in etymology, computational linguistics, and computational lexicography, as well as related disciplines and research.     Our core competence lies in writing software that makes language data accessible; our competitive advantage in research and development derives from our expertise in computer science, and extensive experience in SEA lexicography and linguistics.

Besides pursuing our own research agenda, the CRCL Inc. outreach program provides technical assistance to scholars who, for lack of funding or expertise, cannot adequately develop or promulgate their results.