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Call for Workshop & Tutorial Proposals ESWC 2022
by ESWC 2022 20 Oct '21

20 Oct '21

Call for Workshop & Tutorial Proposals ESWC 2022 ESWC is a key academic conference for research results and new developments in the area of the Semantic Web and Knowledge Graphs. ESWC2022 marks the 19th edition, which will take place from 29 May to 2 June 2022, in Heraklion, Greece. ESWC2022 organizes Tutorials and Workshops - Call for Tutorials https://2022.eswc-conferences.org/call-for-tutorials/ - Call for Workshops https://2022.eswc-conferences.org/call-for-workshops/ Deadline: November 24th, 2021 Notification of acceptance: December 8th, 2021 All deadlines are 23:59 anywhere on earth (UTC-12). Workshop & Tutorials Chairs Mehwish Alam, FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure, Karlsruhe, Germany Anastasia Dimou, KU Leuven, Belgium

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ICT with Industry workshop - Artificial Intelligence for Text Simplification (17-21 January 2022)
by marijn Koolen 18 Oct '21

18 Oct '21

Are you a young scientist with a background in ICT and do you have a creative and inquisitive mind? Do you like to think outside-the-box? Would you like to get into contact with industrial partners such as KB, RTL, Axini, SIG or Philips and solve a case together? Then apply for the “ICT with Industry 2022” Lorentz Workshop. Every year, the Lorentz Center and NWO together organize an ICT with Industry workshop. During five days a group of about 50 researchers from IT and Computer Science from a wide range of universities (within the Netherlands and Europe) will work together extensively on challenging problems proposed by companies. This year the KB has also provided a case: ARTificial Intelligence for Simplified Texts (ARTIST). During the ICT with Industry workshop we aim to explore the possibilities to make news articles, books and other publications more accessible to people with low literacy by applying AI techniques to automatically rewrite publications. Links - Register: https://www.lorentzcenter.nl/ict-with-industry-2022.html - More info: https://lab.kb.nl/news/apply-ict-industry-2022 Dates: - application deadline: 22 November 2021 - notification: early December 2021 - workshop: 17-21 January 2022 Background In the Netherlands, about 2.5 million citizens between 16 and 65 years old find it hard to read. This means they face challenges to fully participate in today’s society. Recently we have seen this problem when people with low-level literacy received invitations for the COVID- 19 vaccines that were too complicated for them. But also understanding the news by reading news articles in the newspaper or websites can be difficult making it hard to understand current issues. The KB, national library of the Netherlands, aims to make all publications available to all Dutch citizens, including people who have reading disabilities. In this use case we propose to explore the possibilities to make news articles, books and other publications more accessible to people with low literacy by applying AI techniques to automatically rewrite publications. In the Netherlands, several initiatives have been undertaken to manually make books or news articles more accessible. However, this is very labour intensive and only makes a small selection of publications available for illiterates. During the ICT with Industry workshop we aim to explore several methods to automatically rewrite news articles/book, making them available for all Dutch citizens.

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Vacancy for front-end developer
by Peter Boot 12 Oct '21

12 Oct '21

Hi all, Interested in working at a site where some high-profile TEI digital editions have been built? (The Digital Infrastructure group at the KNAW Humanities Cluster in Amsterdam does the development work in our Huygens edition projects.) Check this out: https://www.academictransfer.com/nl/305161/front-end-developer-humanities-c… Best, Peter Peter Boot (peter.boot(a)huygens.knaw.nl<mailto:peter.boot@huygens.knaw.nl>) Senior researcher Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) http://www.huygens.knaw.nl/boot/ http://peterboot.nl/ Tel.: +31 20 2246825 Now working from home.

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Fwd: Job: Chancellor's Fellow in Text and Data Mining, Edinburgh
by TERRAS Melissa 07 Oct '21

07 Oct '21

Dear Colleagues, We're very pleased to be hiring a tenure track post at Lecturer or Senior Lecturer equivalent in text and data mining in History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh, working with the Edinburgh Futures Institute. International applications are welcomed. See more here: https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1… Please do share this opportunity with anyone who you think may be interested. Best wishes, Melissa Job Description UE08 £42,149 - £50,296 College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science/School of History, Classics and Archaeology and Edinburgh Future Institutes/ Archaeology Full time, 35 hours per week 5 year tenure track contract CHANCELLOR’S FELLOWSHIP 5 year tenure track Grade 8 appointments. Exceptionally, an appointment at Grade 9 might be made. Applications are sought for a Chancellor’s Fellowship in Text and Data Mining. This will be a joint appointment in the Edinburgh Futures Institute and the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, and will make a major contribution to the University’s Data Driven Innovation programme, in the areas of research, teaching and impact. Context The Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) is a global centre for multi-disciplinary, challenge-based Data Driven Innovation (DDI) research, teaching and engagement. Its distinctiveness stems from an approach which combines multi-disciplinarity with co-production – working with industry, governments and communities (at home and abroad) to build a portfolio of activity that has demonstrable ethical, social, cultural, economic and environmental impacts. This approach recognises that almost all of the biggest challenges facing societies globally, such as climate volatility, political discontent, economic upheaval and technological change are complex and multi-level in orientation. EFI seeks to address these challenges with insight and innovation developed from bringing the arts, humanities and the social sciences together with data science, engineering, the natural sciences and medicine. EFI has responsibility for delivering six major programmes linked to the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal: a multi-million pound investment by the UK and Scottish Government, aiming to attract inward investment, support skills development and entrepreneurship, with the aim of securing economic prosperity for all. The focus of EFI’s programmes are: creative industries; tourism and festivals; financial services (including fintech); public services; the ethics of data and artificial intelligence; and future infrastructure. The Institute is appointing a cohort of Chancellor’s Fellows over 2020/21 and 2021/22 to help drive research and innovation and support the development and delivery of its portfolio of postgraduate and undergraduate programmes. To support cross-University collaboration, each of these posts will be located in one of the University’s 21 Schools. The School of History, Classics and Archaeology is part of the College of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. It is co-located in a completely refurbished 'A' listed building designed by the distinguished Scottish architect, Sir Robert Rowand Anderson in the nineteenth century, with state of the art facilities for staff and students. The School combines the expertise of the departments of History, Classics and Archaeology along with the Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History, the Edinburgh Centre for Global History and the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Though each department has its own areas of special concern, there are many activities and interests in common and important synergies between disciplines. There is a full programme of seminars and conferences, and close links are also maintained with subjects in other Schools. We are one of the largest, most distinguished and most highly ranked centres for the study of the human past in Europe, with over 140 teaching, research and administrative staff. Teaching is provided to around 1500 undergraduate and over 300 postgraduate students drawn from some 40 countries. Around 600 of our students are from outside the UK, reflecting the School's high international reputation. The Opportunity To support the next generation of academic research and innovation leaders in interdisciplinary thinking and data sciences and drive the outcomes of the City Deal, EFI appointed 5 new Chancellor’s Fellows in Data Driven Innovation in 2018. To complement this, a further 5 Chancellor’s Fellows are to be recruited in strategic themes for EFI in 2020/21 and 2021/22. These prestigious awards are aimed at early career individuals of the highest potential and attainment who have begun to establish a reputation for the outstanding research at the forefront of their discipline and who have a commitment to learning and teaching at university level. Candidates already holding an externally-funded Fellowship are welcome to transfer this to Edinburgh if the sponsor permits. International candidates are welcome and will be supported through the process of visa application if required. The present post, held jointly between the Edinburgh Futures Institute and the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, will focus on data mining in relation to history and archaeology, expanding the thematic area within HCA and providing doctoral supervision within the School, teaching and supervising on EFI Masters programmes and courses, and helping to develop interdisciplinary, industry and public sector links across both EFI and HCA.. It is envisaged that the successful candidate will contribute to the development of the Data Driven Initiative, with the aim of creating new and socially beneficial partnerships. The Data Driven Initiative is part of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal: https://www.ed.ac.uk/local/city-region-deal/about-data-driven-innovation The research and expertise of the candidate may also contribute to the developing research theme in the Cultural and Creative Economies. This theme involves work in gaming, music, the visual arts, film, and graphic design. The theme also includes areas such as tourism, festivals, the exploration of the cultural heritage of Scotland and other countries. Chancellor’s Fellows Scheme The details of the scheme are as follows: * Five year full-time tenure-track appointment * These fellowships are intended to support candidates at the start of their independent academic careers. Subject to satisfactory review at the end of year 3, the post holder will then move to a standard University academic open-ended contract. * A remit to interdisciplinarity, notably engagement with others across the Data Driven Innovation (DDI) Programme and elsewhere with a focus on data-enabled research of the highest quality * International or UK recruits * During the first two years of the appointment, the role will focus more on research than teaching (current expectations are, approximately, 60% research, 30% teaching, 10% citizenship activities). Thereafter the post holder will progressively move towards the normal balance of teaching, research and administration for an academic role so that by the end of the five-year period they will have a normal academic balance of duties (that is, 40% research, 40% teaching, 20% citizenship activities). * The assessment at 3 years will assess all academic capabilities (research, teaching, innovation, engagement with external stakeholders, leadership) * The post holder will be given substantial mentoring and development support through and beyond the Fellowship to help them gain grants, fellowships and industry engagement funding Your skills and attributes for success: * A strong commitment to engagement with industry/public sector/third sector and to translation of research * An establishing/established reputation for the highest quality research and innovation at the forefront of the discipline(s), including attracting external funding, and publishing high quality research that is creating impact * A commitment to high quality, innovative and creative teaching, including project-led and hybrid approaches * Expertise in analysing both material and textual sources through manual and automated text and data mining tools * Ambitious plans for interdisciplinary grant applications, leading collaborative and applied research within the expanding field of text and data mining As a valued member of our team you can expect: An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme<https://www.ed.ac.uk/finance/pensions>, staff discounts, family friendly initiatives<http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/equality-diversity/help-advice/fami…>, flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page<http://www.ed.ac.uk/human-resources/staff-benefits> for further information and use our reward calculator<http://www.ed.ac.uk/human-resources/pay-reward/reward-calculator> to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided. The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality. Interviews will be held shortly after the closing date. If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work<https://www.ed.ac.uk/human-resources/demonstrating-rtw> webpages. The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Tier 2/Skilled Worker Visa. About Us As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally. ———— Professor Melissa Terras University of Edinburgh, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences @melissaterras The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th’ ann an Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, clàraichte an Alba, àireamh clàraidh SC005336.

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