The Technical Advisory Group is a collaborative and consultative forum with the objective to support product development and management. The Technical Advisory Group is advises the Steering Committee, maintains oversight of the DEEP Road Map and workplan, and prepares technical policies and procedures as required for approval by SC.

The responsibilities of the Technical Advisory Group are to:

• Provide technical advice in support of Steering committee and to contribute to technical road map and strategy for sign off by Steering Committee, in line with the core values and recommending integrations or partnership with other tools or initiatives, for the benefit of the humanitarian community.
• Monitor implementation of technical road map and prioritise tasks based on available resources.
• Budget future DEEP technical development and support fund raising initiatives and contribute to proposals development of project.
• Identify technical concerns affecting the DEEP community and recommend possible solutions, including issues of usability, improvement to existing features, data security, & quality control
• Ensure that the necessary policies, procedures, and standards are in place and up to date.
• Develop technical guidelines and recommendations regarding the introduction of new DEEP features and integration of data sets and other platforms.
• Support on communication and technical stakeholder engagement.
• Respond to requests from Steering Committee on specific task that needs technical guidance or advice.

The participants are made up of people who are involved in use or development of the DEEP and are chosen by its member organizations for their ability to provide technical advice. There is no maximum number of members of the Technical Advisory Group advised.

Organizations or individuals that can be considered for the Technical Advisory Group need to demonstrate that they subscribe to the core values of the DEEP and have extensive experience of deployment and the use of the platform and/or represent a technology company/entity deemed to be able to provide technical value or partnership.

A Letter of Commitment is required to be eligible for review/endorsement as a Technical Advisory Group member by the sitting DEEP Governance Board or Steering Committee. An individual is named as representative for the organization.

The purpose of this working group is to provide technical expertise and guidance to the DEEP on Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques, tools, and applications that can be used to support the platform’s mission and development.

The working group will focus on the following areas:

The working group will be composed of the following members:

• Chair: Nayid Orozco
• TAG members who will provide domain-specific knowledge and guidance
• Technical experts in NLP who will provide technical guidance (Guests)
• Other stakeholders who will participate in the working group as needed (DEEP’s NLP Team)