In Memoriam Antonio Zampolli

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I am very, very sorry to announce you the sudden death of Antonio Zampolli, one of the founding fathers of ELSNET, and the driving force behind numerous initiatives in the world of language and speech technology. Antonio Zampolli died in a tragic fire accident in his home in Pisa.

Those who have worked closely with him will remember him as a creative scientist with a broad interest and a very strategic mind, and as a good friend and colleague.

Antonio Zampolli was one of the people who have really changed the world of language and speech technology, and it will be hard to imagine how it will be to move on without his inspiring presence.

I would like to offer my warmest condolences and sympathy to his family, his friends and colleagues in Pisa, and to all those who will be as shocked and devastated by this loss as I am.

It will be hard to carry on without him, but we will have to, and by all his actions and initiatives he has made our way forward easier than it would have been otherwise.

For a brief account of his role for the our community I would like to refer to the obituary written by Hans Uszkoreit for LT-World.

Steven Krauwer
ELSNET Coordinator