THAMUS PRESENTATION
LIRICS Industrial Advisory
Group meeting
Barcelona 20/21 June 2005
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WHO IS THAMUS
Thamus is a Consortium of Galileo Avionica
with the following aims:
 Products and services in the field of documentary
engineering
 Research aimed at the creation of
informatic instruments for documentary
management.
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Activities
THAMUS Consortium operates in the field of:
 new information technologies
 documentary engineering
 computational linguistics
 multilingual technical documentation
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Activities
In particular, THAMUS operates in the following
fields:
• Documentary engineering:
- technical manuals
- translations
• Computer science:
- localization
- e-learning
- WEB portals
- multimedia manuals
- CBT
• Research activities:
- computational linguistics
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Strategic aims
 Consolidate our position as a reference firm within Galileo Avionica in
the field of technical documentation
 Acquire an important position within FINMECCANICA in the field of
technical documentation and e-services
 Diversify activities by offering multimedia products (CBT, e-learning,
interactive manuals, etc.) in line with the market expectations
 Reach high levels of efficiency
 Control costs for sustaining in an appropriate way the increase of
economic indexes and in the meanwhile offer more competitive products
Fields of expansion
1
• Partecipation in programmes of integrated logistics
Technical
manuals
2
within Finmeccanica
•
CBT
Development of basic informative products for new
employees, both for civil and military fields
• Development of simulation products for training of
operators and system repairmen
3
E-services
4
Research
and
development
software
activities
• Partecipation
in
specific
programmes
within
Finmeccanica
• Partecipation
in national and European research
programmes for the development of document
management software in collaboration with University
Clients
 ABB
 ANSALDO BREDA
 ANSALDO ENERGIA
 ALENIA MARCONI SYSTEM
 ENEL
 FINCANTIERI
 GALILEO AVIONICA
 MBDA
 OTO MELARA
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Collaborations
THAMUS participates in different projects
and collaborates with university centers
such as:
 the
CNR-ILC
Institute
of
Computational Linguistics of the CNR in
Pisa
 Information
Engineering
and
Electric
Engineering
Department
(DIIIE) of the University of Salerno
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Certifications
 UNI EN ISO 9001:2000
 Supplier Register of “ICE” (Istituto
Nazionale per il Commercio Estero)
 Supplier
Deputati”
Register
of
“Camera
dei
 Qualification given by the “Autorità Nazionale
per la Sicurezza” for programmes subject to
secrecy
and
for
handling
technical
documentation classified by automatic
elaboration systems (EAD)
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Technical Manuals
C.B.T.
Integrated Logistics
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Technical manuals
 Operators and maintainer manuals,
catalogues, Course documentation.
Spare
parts
 Creation of multimedia technical manuals by means of
WEB pubblication and visualization technology.
 Creation of technical manuals in SGML and their
pubblication according to AECMA, MIL …
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Computer based training
Two types of products developed within this field are
directed to:
 The info-formation, relating to internal regulations and
security, of employees taken on in private companies or
public bodies.
 Training for operators and equipment maintainer.
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System for operating management
and integrated logistics support
A software for managing the configuration of
MIRACH Aerial Target Systems, called GL, has been
developed for Galileo Avionica.
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Technical translation and
localization services
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Localization
A localization project has the purpose of creating
multilingual versions of:
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software programmes
e-business and company portals
on-line assistance systems
CBT (Computer Based Training)
static and dynamic websites (based on CMS)
hi-tech, mobile and wireless systems
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Localization
The adaptation process of a product to a determine
market. This process includes different aspects such
as technical-functional, linguistic and cultural ones.
“Localization revolves around combining language and
technology to produce a product that can cross
cultural and language barriers.”
The critical factor in localization is represented by the
technical-informatic management of problems.
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Technical translations
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Use and maintenance manuals
Operating manuals
Technical specifications
Technical-operating documentation
Catalogues
Illustrated Part Breakdown
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Technical Translations
Strong points
 Training of translators
- integration of technical and linguistic competence
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Continuous terminological up-dating
- automatic instruments for terminological management
- creation of personalized glossaries for customers
 Use of CAT technologies (Computer Assisted Translation)
 Rigorous quality checks
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Technical translations
Computer Assisted Translation Technologies
Check of layout
File to
translate
File
translated
Automatic raw translation
Partial translation suggested
Format filters
Segmentation
Leverage
TM
Terminological
database
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Technical translations
Advantages of using
CAT technologies
• Exploitation of text repetition
• Reuse of material already translated
• Stylistic and terminological coherence
• Team of on-line translators
• Integration of other software instruments
• Productivity increase (30%)
• Time-to-market reduction
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e-Learning
In order to satisfy the demands of our clients, Finmeccanica,
Galileo Avionica and Ministero della Difesa, Thamus is
developing a platform for Distance Training.
Learning Management System is an instrument able to
manage the different aspects relating to distance training.

Course Management

User Management

Documentation Storage
The LMS is in accordance with SCORM and AICC
international standards for the implementation of on-line
courses.
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e-Services

e-Learning
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Web Portals
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e-Learning
PLATFORM CHARACTERISTICS
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Course documentation repository accessible on-line

Didactic materials in e-learning form (ADL SCORM)

Tracing and reporting:
• verification of use of the system
• verification of interaction and user’s partecipation level

Management functions (users management)

News – Noticeboard – Interesting events

Chat - Forum – Web conferences
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Streaming video

On-line lessons (virtual classrooms) – Check tests
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e-Learning
Intranet
PC Users
Tutor
Application Server
Internet
Support
FAD
THAMUS
Platform
PC Users
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WEB portal

Automatic Translation

Computer Based Training

Multimedia Manuals

Logistics

e-Terminology
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Research
Computational Linguistics
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Research
Computational linguistics
THAMUS was founded as a Consortium for Computational
Linguistics in 1988 with the aim to carry out research in
industrial
applications
in
the
field
of
Natural
Language Processing (NLP).
The Consortium’s activities concern the advanced research
in Natural Language Processing on one hand and on the
other planning and development of applications for
language industry.
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Research
Computational Linguistics
THAMUS takes part in research programmmes together with
national and international Institutions. Thamus is registered
since 1990 at the “Anagrafe Nazionale delle Ricerche” which
is an Italian registry for research.
Principal projects already concluded:
Projects awaiting verification:
CLIA
ENEIDE
EUROLANG
SEALIS
CLIPS
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Research
ENEIDE Project
Electronic Network Environment for Interactive Document Engineering
Presented at the MIUR (Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della
Ricerca).
It aims at the creation of a distributed environment capable of offering
the following services:
Technical Documentation
•Document realization
•Homogeneity of texts
On-Line Assistance
e-Learning
Our partner in realizing this project is the Department of Information and
Electric Engineering of the University of Salerno.
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Research
SEALIS Project
Search Engine for Advanced Learning and Information Systems
IST-2004-2.4.7 Semantic based Knowledge and Content Systems
The project aims at creating semantic applications capable of
understanding the meaning of contents and guiding the user
directly towards information searched for by using advanced
strategies and through semantic queries.
These searches can be carried out by means of an ontological
structure which will represent the platform for identifying such
information.
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Research
SEALIS Project
Search Engine for Advanced Learning and Information Systems
Our partners for the project realization:
Università degli studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”
Centro ICT di Ateneo – Università degli Studi di Salerno
Technical University of Kosice
Université de Franche-Comté
GALILEO AVIONICA
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