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Call for papers: International Conference on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence (HHAI)
by Pernisch, R. 31 Jan '22

31 Jan '22

Call for papers Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence (HHAI) June 13-17 2022, Amsterdam Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence (HHAI) is the first international conference focusing on the study of Artificial Intelligent systems that cooperate synergistically, proactively and purposefully with humans, amplifying instead of replacing human intelligence. HHAI aims for AI systems that assist humans and vice versa, emphasizing the need for adaptive, collaborative, responsible, interactive and human-centered intelligent systems that leverage human strengths and compensate for human weaknesses, while taking into account social, ethical and legal considerations. This field of study is driven by current developments in AI, but also requires fundamentally new approaches and solutions. In addition, we need collaboration with areas such as HCI, cognitive and social sciences, philosophy & ethics, complex systems, and others. In this first international conference, we invite scholars from these fields to submit their best original, new as well as in progress, visionary and existing work on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence. We welcome research on the different challenges in Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence. The following list of topics is illustrative, not exhaustive. * Human-AI interaction and collaboration * Adaptive human-AI co-learning and co-creation * Learning, reasoning and planning with humans and machines in the loop * User modelling and personalisation * Integration of learning and reasoning * Transparent, explainable and accountable AI * Fair, ethical, responsible and trustworthy AI * Societal awareness of AI * Multimodal machine perception of real world settings * Social signal processing We welcome contributions about all types of technology, from robots and conversational agents to multi-agent systems and machine learning models. This first edition of Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence is organized by the Hybrid Intelligence Centre (https://www.hybrid-intelligence-centre.nl/ ) and the Humane-AI European Network (https://www.humane-ai.eu/ ) . Paper types In this conference, we wish to stimulate the exchange of novel ideas and interdisciplinary perspectives. To do this, we will accept three different types of papers: * Full papers present original, impactful work (12 pages excluding references) * Working papers present work in progress or new and visionary ideas (8 pages excluding. references) * Extended abstracts present existing, pre-published work (4 pages excluding references) Accepted full papers will be published in the Proceedings of the First International Conference on Hybrid Human-Machine Intelligence, in the Frontiers of AI series by IOS Press. Abstracts of working papers and existing work can be included in these proceedings, unless the authors request the abstracts to remain unpublished. All accepted papers will receive a minimum slot for oral presentation of 15 minutes. Depending on the content and quality of the work, some papers will be selected for longer presentations. Location This will be an in-person, single-track conference, held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Pending local and global Covid measures at the time of the conference, we will provide options to attend virtually. The conference will be hosted at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Reviewing process & Submission guidelines Reviewing will be single anonymized, as we are welcoming existing work and references to previous work from the submitting authors. Submissions of full and working papers should be original work and ideas without substantial overlap with pre-published papers. Extended abstracts can present previously published work. On acceptance, at least 1 author should attend the conference. A significant contribution is expected from all authors. A justification of contributions in the paper is appreciated. All studies involving human participants should have received human-research ethics consent from the relevant institutions and mention this in the paper. All submissions should adhere to IOS formatting guidelines. A template for LateX can be found here, and for Word here. Papers should be written in English. Work should be submitted in .pdf format via easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hhai2022 Important dates Abstract submission: February 25th 2022 Paper submission: March 4th 2022 Author notification: April 18 2022 Camera-ready submission: May 2nd 2022 Main conference: 13-17 June 2022 All deadlines are at the end of the day specified, anywhere on Earth (UTC-12). Contact information Keep an eye out on our website for more information: https://www.hhai-conference.org/ General chair: Stefan Schlobach (VU) Program chairs: Myrthe Tielman (TUDelft) & Maria Perez-Ortiz (UCL) For questions, you can reach us at: hhai2022(a)easychair.org

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KBR Digital Heritage Seminar Series - Computer Vision
by Isabelle Gribomont 31 Jan '22

31 Jan '22

Dear Colleagues, [With apologies for cross-posting] KBR invites you to attend the KBR Digital Heritage Seminar Series, in cooperation with ULB, UGent, VUB and UCL. In this virtual series running from February to June 2022, three scholars will present their work on image processing in the context of cultural heritage. Tuesday 22 February 2022 at 2 pm CET Thomas Smits, University of Antwerp, “The Visual Digital Turn: Computer Vision and the humanities” https://www.kbr.be/en/agenda/computer-vision-and-the-humanities/ Abstract Digital humanities research has focused primarily on the analysis of texts. However, digital and digitized sources also contain large numbers of images. Using several research projects as examples, I’ll discuss how scholars in the humanities can apply computer vision techniques in their research. Among other things, these new visual AI methods allow researchers to analyze patterns of (re)circulation of images, analyze patterns of media (use), analyze patterns in visual content at scale, analyze patterns of representations (gender/social class), analyze patterns in visual scenes and analyze patterns of visual style. In short, I’ll show how these techniques have opened up the visual side of the digital turn. Tuesday 15th March 2022 at 2 pm CET Apostolos Antonacopoulos, University of Salford, Manchester, UK “Understanding information-rich documents: experiences with historical England & Wales censuses” https://www.kbr.be/en/agenda/dhs-censuses/ Abstract In the Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis (PRImA) research Lab, from the University of Salford, UK, great efforts have been devoted to the investigation and analysis of cultural heritage materials especially using image processing and pattern recognition techniques. In the last a few years, a series of large-scale projects, including IMPACT - Improving Access to Text, Europeana Newspapers, Succeed - Support Action Centre of Competence in Digitisation, EMPO - Early Modern OCR project and Census 1961 were being hosted by PRImA. In this talk, Prof. Antonacopoulos, the founder and leading professor of PRImA, will give his insights on the processing and exploitation of cultural heritage materials. A special focus will be given to the ongoing project of Census-1961, where the main objective is to extract and model historical population census information using computer vision techniques. Monday 11th April 2022 at 2 pm CET Clemens Neudecker, Berlin State Library, Berlin, Germany “New Tools for Old Documents – Layout Analysis and OCR with Deep Learning and Heuristics” https://www.kbr.be/en/agenda/dhs-layout-analysis/ Abstract This talk will discuss the main achievements and experiences of the QURATOR project at the Berlin State Library (SBB) for document layout analysis. Historical documents that are being digitized in large quantities by libraries and archives frequently exhibit a wide array of features that disturb layout analysis, such as complex layouts with multiple columns, drop capitals and illustrations, skewed or curved text lines, noise, annotations, etc. In order to deal with these challenges and defects, a robust document layout analysis was developed that is implemented by pixel-wise segmentation using convolutional neural networks. In addition, heuristic methods are applied to detect columns or marginalia, and to determine the reading order of text regions. A key objective lies in feeding the resulting outputs to subsequent processes like a text recognition (OCR) engine or an image similarity search. Practical information: These talks will be held, via Microsoft Teams, in English, with questions in French, Dutch or English. The target audience is scholars, but the general public is warmly welcome. Registration is free but mandatory: https://forms.gle/v4Cz4jgdQ1yb33zY6. You will be sent the link to the virtual meeting on the morning of the event. This series is co-organised by KBR’s growing research labs which includes: the Digital Research Lab, Data Science Lab, and the Digital Literary Lab in cooperation with Université libre de Bruxelles, Ghent University, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and Université catholique de Louvain. The KBR DH Series Team Julie Birkholz, Sébastien de Valeriola, Tan Lu & Isabelle Gribomont

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Umanistica Digitale 11(2021) published
by Fabio Ciotti 25 Jan '22

25 Jan '22

Dear colleagues, it is with great pleasure that we announce the publication of issue 11 of *Umanistica Digitale* (UD, ISSN 2532-8816), available at: https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/issue/view/1033 This issue contains a Dossier (edited by Enrica Salvatori, Federico Boschetti e Angelo Mario Del Grosso) with articles derived from papers presented at AIUCD 2021 conference. UD, the journal of AIUCD (indexed in Scopus, ERIH PLUS, and ANVUR Scientific Journal), is now accepting proposals for issue 12 (publication scheduled in July 2022). The journal publishes original scientific articles (5-10.000 words), reviews, and project reports (1-3.500 words) in Italian and English on every topic and field of Digital Humanities. Proposals must be sent to the OJS portal of the journal. Details and information about the author's guidelines are available at https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/about/submissions. Fabio Ciotti Editor in Chief, Umanistica Digitale ------------------------------------ UD 11 (2021): DHs for society: e-quality, participation, rights and values in the Digital Age Table of contents One year after AIUCD2021 <https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/article/view/14209>, Enrica Salvatori, Federico Boschetti, Angelo Mario Del Grosso Dossier Digital Commons as new InfrastructureA new generation of public policy for digital transformation <https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/article/view/13695>, Marco Berlinguer Instruction and GAFAM: from conscience to responsability <https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/article/view/13685>, Paolo Monella CIDOC CRM mapping for the integration of RESTORE project resources <https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/article/view/13690>, Francesco Coradeschi, Emiliano Degl'Innocenti, Carmen Di Meo, Maurizio Sanesi, Alessia Spadi, Federica Spinelli Co-designing Cultural Heritage Experiences for All with Virtual Reality: a Scenario-Based Design approach <https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/article/view/13686>*, *Barbara Balbi, Alessandra Marasco OCR Correction for Corpus-assisted Discourse Studies: A Case Study of Old Newspapers <https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/article/view/13689>, Dario Del Fante, Giorgio Maria Di Nunzio The digital Gazetteer of Ancient ArabiaAn example of reuse and exploitation of annotated textual corpora <https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/article/view/13681>, Annamaria De Santis, Matteo Gallo, Irene Rossi, Jérémie Schiettecatte Inclusive collaboration: a didactic annotation experience through Euporia <https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/article/view/13680>*, *Marilena Crucitti, Michela Benedetti, Roberta Mirandola, Greta Maneschi, Antonella Soldani, Ludovica Amato, Filippo Lepori, Andrea Taddei, Federico Boschetti Semantic modeling of textual entitiesThe CRMtex model and the ontological description of ancient texts <https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/article/view/13674>, Achille Felicetti, Francesca Murano The “Tran (s) missions“ Summer School at the Digital Humanities Lab in Roma Tre: how multimedia shapes and reforms interdisciplinary research in the field of Italian and visual culture <https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/article/view/13705>, Giuditta Cirnigliaro, Angelica Federici, Valeria Federici, Luca Marcozzi, Manfredi Merluzzi Articles The United Nations Depository Libraries System asn an “open community”The ongoing evolution from a knowledge base to a knowledge network <https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/article/view/13676>, Deborah Grbac Modeling the Sources and Topics of Pliny’s Natural History <https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/article/view/12521>, Jeff Rydberg-Cox Reviews and reports Book review: Johanna Drucker. 2021. The Digital Humanities Coursebook. An Introduction to Digital Methods for Research and Scholarship. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge <https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/article/view/13808>, Brunella Longo Book review: Moretti, Franco. 2020. A una certa distanza. Leggere i testi letterari nel nuovo millennio. Rome: Carocci <https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/article/view/13562>, Riccardo Pozzo -- Fabio Ciotti Department of "Studi letterari, Filosofici e di Storia dell’arte" - University of Roma "Tor Vergata" Chair, European Association for Digital Humanities Chief Editor, "Umanistica Digitale" https://umanisticadigitale.unibo.it/ @Fabio_Ciotti <https://twitter.com/fabio_ciotti> f.ciotti(a)pec.it <https://twitter.com/fabio_ciotti> <https://twitter.com/fabio_ciotti>

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Digital Modern Languages: Tibet, Economic Development and the Affective Politics of Online State Media in the PRC - Séagh Kehoe (University of Westminster), 26 January
by Naomi Wells 20 Jan '22

20 Jan '22

The Digital Modern Languages seminar series (https://digitalmodernlanguages.wordpress.com/) will restart in 2022 with our newly expanded convening team that reflects a wider range of expertise in relation to different language, research and teaching contexts. In addition to and Paul Spence (King’s College London) and Naomi Wells (School of Advanced Study), the new convenors are Joe Dale (independent languages consultant), Orhan Elmaz (St Andrews), Saskia Huc-Hepher (Westminster) and Xuan Wang (Cardiff). Please find below the details of the first seminar. This is a free online event but advance registration at the following link is essential to be given access to the Zoom link:https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/25682. Tibet, Economic Development and the Affective Politics of Online State Media in the PRC - Séagh Kehoe (University of Westminster) Wednesday 26 January 2022, 4-5pm GMT Abstract: Chinese state media coverage about Tibet has long been dominated by stories about state-led economic growth. In recent years, the focus of these stories has shifted from macro-level descriptions of infrastructure, science and technology, income, and education, to a more granular approach that foregrounds dramatized and emotionalized narratives of individual Tibetans engaging in and reaping the benefits of economic development. Seeking to understand this trend, this paper examines the increasing production and circulation of affect in online state media stories about economic development in Tibet. Through a selection of texts, videos and social media posts, it analyses how and why repeated references to hardship, happiness and gratitude have come to characterize these stories and how they work to valorize Tibetan diligence, self-responsibility, and patriotism, obscure structural inequalities and consolidate Chinese rule over Tibet. In doing so, this paper shows the increasingly sophisticated and creative ways in which the state has harnessed the power of affect and new media to manage public opinion about Tibet in the PRC and reinforce political power. Speaker bio: Dr Séagh Kehoe is a Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Westminster. Their research interests include Chinese media representations of ethnicity and race, gender and sexuality, nationalism, and military. They have published in China Quarterly, positions, Media, Culture & Society, and Asian Ethnicity, and are co-editor of Cultural China: The Contemporary China Review 2020. You can stay up-to-date on future events in the series via our website (https://digitalmodernlanguages.wordpress.com/), Twitter account (@digmodlang) and JISC email list (https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=DIGITALMODERNLANGUAGES Dr Naomi Wells Lecturer in Italian and Spanish with Digital Humanities/Co-Director of the Doctoral Centre Institute of Modern Languages Research/Digital Humanities Research Hub School of Advanced Study | University of London Senate House | Malet Street | London WC1E 7HU | UK Email: naomi.wells(a)sas.ac.uk http://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/ https://digitalmodernlanguages.wordpress.com/

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