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Thomas FRONEK is Colonel (General Staff) in the Austrian Armed Forces and since March 2016 he has been the Director of the Austrian Armed Forces Language Institute at the National Defence Academy in Vienna. Previously, he held several high-ranking positions in the Austrian Armed Forces and the Austrian Ministry of Defence. Colonel FRONEK has been deployed to various international operations as Commander. He attended the 18th General Staff Course and graduated with a Master’s degree in Military Leadership. Besides his military studies, Colonel FRONEK also completed his studies in Czech philology and educational science at the University of Vienna.

Presentation title: 
Language Technologies in Resilient Armed Forces
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The challenges modern armed forces and security organisations face in mission accomplishment are becoming more complex, multidimensional, and multipolar. Armed forces are no longer only employed on land, at sea, and in the air (i.e. the traditional operational domains), but also in outer and cyber space. The speed of data processing, data networking, and the integration of AI into the decision-making process and the immediate operational area are playing an increasingly important role. New language technologies are of utmost importance in overcoming these challenges, as they enable multilingual communication during operations and support intelligence analyses as well as cyber security. Today, technologies such as AI represent a paradigm shift in the application of large language models and language tools; however, the introduction of language tools into a military and security environment requires the consideration of certain factors, such as the premise that resilient armed forces and security organisations must always be self-sufficient and work with reliable information.