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Call for Participation ESWC 2022
by ESWC 2022 12 Apr '22

12 Apr '22

*Call for Participation 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. ESWC 2022 main scientific program features 28 accepted papers, a poster and demo session, workshops and tutorials, a PhD symposium, an EU project networking session, an industry track, eleven workshops and tutorials (covering topics ranging knowledge graph construction and natural language processing to linked data in construction and music), and the following keynote speakers: - Prof. Matthias Niepert (University of Stuttgart, Chief Scientific Advisory NEC Labs Europe): Learning with Discrete Structures - Prof. Tova Milo (Tel Aviv University): Data Disposal by Design - Prof. Axel Ngonga (Paderborn University): Structured Machine Learning with Multiple Representations For full details and the list of accepted papers, see https://2022.eswc-conferences.org/ *Early registration has now been extended to April 22nd!* Additionally, we would like to highlight the following: *Call for Project Networking Session Profiles* The project networking track of ESWC2022 will provide an opportunity to: - Share knowledge between research projects; - Transfer data and technology between projects; - Present and discuss project requirements and results with ESWC participants; - Discuss funding opportunities such as Horizon Europe and ERC. The project networking track is intended to provide research projects with the ability to connect with each other and engage in discussions about their respective research and development. It fosters opportunities for knowledge and technology sharing, and to identify complementary activities and goals. This can form the basis for future collaborations, research proposals, researcher exchange, or joint participation at events or initiatives. *Who is invited?* We equally welcome submissions from recently finished projects, which have results to transfer, as well as ongoing and reprojects, which are seeking datasets and tools to perform their work and would like to network and exchange know-how, expertise or info with other EU-funded projects. *What to expect from the network session? * As the past two years most networking has taken place online, ESWC 2022 will offer you the opportunity to get to know researchers from different projects in a lightly organised setting. The network session chairs will match you with the most promising projects for you to talk to based on your profile during a series of ‘speed dates’. As the networking session will take place before the gala dinner, you can continue conversations with your best matches there! *How to apply?* Describe your project’s objective, what you would like to share with other projects and what you hope to find in other projects at: https://forms.gle/jh6wpfT5D6sp7FUT6 This track will not be included in the proceedings, but your answers will be made available via the ESWC website to inform the community of the different projects in the session. *Deadline:* Send us your applications by Monday, 9 May 2022, 18:00 CET. Notification: Friday 13 May.

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Stellenausschreibung_Digital Humanities
by HR Shared Services 06 Apr '22

06 Apr '22

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren Wir würden gerne die Stelle anbei auf Ihrer Seite publizierten lassen. Gibt es eine Möglichkeit dies zu tun? Herzlichen Dank im Voraus für Ihre Rückmeldung. Freundliche Grüsse Fabienne Hänggi HR Shared Services Universität Basel | Vizerektorat People & Culture | Human Resources Steinengraben 5 | Postfach 2148 | 4001 Basel | Switzerland Tel. +41 61 207 00 14 hrs(a)unibas.ch<mailto:[email protected]> | www.unibas.ch<http://www.unibas.ch/> This e-mail and any attachments to it may contain confidential information, which is for the sole attention and use of the intended recipient. If you are not the correct addressee or have received this email in error, please notify us immediately and delete this email. Copying and forwarding this message without consent of the sender is not permitted.

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HHAI2022: Call for Contributions to Workshops
by Pernisch, R. 25 Mar '22

25 Mar '22

Dear friends and colleagues, HHAI-2022 (https://www.hhai-conference.org) workshops provide a platform for discussing Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence in more informal settings and for a broad audience. We accepted eight workshops to be part of HHAI 2022 before the main conference. More details about the individual workshops can be found on the conference website (https://www.hhai-conference.org/workshops/) as well as on their own websites. We welcome contributions to our workshops that are detailed below: Monday 13th June: - Workshop on the representation, sharing and evaluation of multimodal agent interaction (https://cltl.github.io/mmai2022/) - Heterodox Methods for Interpretable and Efficient Artificial Intelligence (https://hmieai2022.cs.umu.se/) - Imagining the AI Landscape after the AI Act (http://iail2022.isti.cnr.it/) - Common Ground Theory and Method Development Workshop: Exploring, Understanding, and Enhancing Human-Centricity in Hybrid Work Settings (https://www.iaw.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/hhai-workshop-submission/) Tuesday 14th June: - Knowledge Representation for Hybrid-Intelligence (https://sites.google.com/view/kr4hi/home) - HI ESDiT Collaboration on AI, Human Values and the Law - Rethinking values Conflicts in Smart Systems (https://value-conflict.notion.site/value-conflict/Rethinking-value-conflict…) - Human-Centered Design of Symbiotic Hybrid Intelligence (https://ii.tudelft.nl/humancenteredsymbioticHI/) Join us in the HHAI community and send your contribution to one of these workshops – see further guidelines, timeline and information via <ADD LINK TO WORKSHOP WEBSITE>. We also appreciate if you forward this call to colleagues you deem interested to contribute to this program. Thanks and let us know if you have any questions.

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from Maciej Maryl, Warsaw: offer to Ukrainian researchers entering Poland. Please share.
by Silvie Cinkova 28 Feb '22

28 Feb '22

> Dear All, > Please share widely: > Ukrainian Researchers who enter Poland due to the war or plan to arrive in the > coming days can seek help with the Academy of Young Scientists of the Polish > Academy of Sciences which assists with finding accommodation and jobs. > Contact here 👉 [ mailto:[email protected] | mail.amu.pan(a)gmail.com ] > or via Facebook ( [ > https://m.facebook.com/AkademiaMlodychUczonych/posts/4633761276751375 | > https://m.facebook.com/AkademiaMlodychUczonych/posts/4633761276751375 ] ) > In your message to please provide: name and surname, number of family members, > your discipline and University, contact number, city/university where you are > heading (if known) > All the best > M > -- > dr Maciej Maryl > Kierownik Centrum Humanistyki Cyfrowej Instytutu Badań Literackich PAN > Director of the Digital Humanities Centre at the Institute of Literary Research > of the Polish Academy of Sciences > Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warszawa > [ http://maryl.org/ | maryl.org ] | ORCID 0000-0002-2639-041X | NEP4DISSENT | > SHAPE-ID > On Sat, 26 Feb 2022, 14:15 Christof Schöch, < [ mailto:[email protected] | > schoech(a)uni-trier.de ] > wrote: >> Dear all, >> many thanks to all for your input to our statement. I have tried to take all >> suggestions into account and hope to have found a good compromise. The >> statement is now online: [ https://www.distant-reading.net/ukraine/ | >> https://www.distant-reading.net/ukraine/ ] >> There is no need, I believe, that we sign the statment individually, as we >> appear to have consensus that we want to publish this as a joint statement of >> our two European-level projects. >> Let's spread our message via Twitter as well. I hope the cumulated effect of all >> these statements could in the end have some weight, both in terms of a >> universal condemnation of Russia's act of aggression and as moral support for >> the people in Ukraine. >> But let's not forget that Ukraine also needs very concrete support so please >> consider donating to an organization of your choice. >> Best wishes, >> Christof >> On 25.02.22 16:34, Christof Schöch wrote: >>> Dear all, >>> many thanks for your many statements of support and for your important >>> perspectives on the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. It is really good to see so >>> much solidarity in our group. >>> I'm very much in favor of putting up a statement quickly on our website. And I >>> thank Maciej for the lead on this with NEP4DISSENT. >>> You are all welcome to check and edit the draft statement you can find here: >>> [ https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/edit/FovGZqAMyStx-ekMjkGGJn-0/embed/ | >>> https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/edit/FovGZqAMyStx-ekMjkGGJn-0/embed/ ] >>> The current text is a combination of our message with Maciej's statement. Feel >>> free to modify it but let's keep in mind to keep it short, keep it simple, keep >>> it clear. >>> Also, do let me know if you have trouble accessing the document; it should be >>> available without login. And: our circle is already wide, so please don't share >>> this link beyond our group. >>> The goal would be to put this out tomorrow by noontime. >>> Best wishes, >>> Christof >>> On 24.02.22 19:59, Christof Schöch wrote: >>>> Dear friends and colleagues, >>>> We are probably all following the news regarding the situation in Ukraine, not >>>> far from Krákow, Iasi, Vienna, or Budapest, where many of us live and work. >>>> It is heartbreaking to see something like this can happen today, when we have >>>> been working together closely and productively for many years with colleagues >>>> across Europe in the widest sense, including in Urkaine and Russia, whether in >>>> the COST Action, in CLS INFRA or in other contexts. >>>> Science doesn't know nationalities or borders. We are all united by science. And >>>> science, like people, needs peace, freedom and autonomy to thrive. >>>> If you have ideas about what we could do, as pan-European projects, or if you >>>> know statements from the European level we could amplify, please let us know. >>>> Our thoughts are with the people in Ukraine and our hopes are for a peaceful >>>> Europe. >>>> Christof, Carolin and Maciej >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mc mailing list [ mailto:[email protected] | mc(a)distant-reading.net ] [ >>> http://lists.distant-reading.net/mailman/listinfo/mc | >>> http://lists.distant-reading.net/mailman/listinfo/mc ] >> _______________________________________________ >> mc mailing list >> [ mailto:[email protected] | mc(a)distant-reading.net ] >> [ http://lists.distant-reading.net/mailman/listinfo/mc | >> http://lists.distant-reading.net/mailman/listinfo/mc ] > Administratorem Pani/Pana danych osobowych jest Instytut Badań Literackich > Polskiej Akademii Nauk, ul. Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warszawa, [ > http://ibl.waw.pl/pl/polityka-prywatnosci | ibl.waw.pl/pl/polityka-prywatnosci > ] > _______________________________________________ > wg1 mailing list > wg1(a)distant-reading.net > http://lists.distant-reading.net/mailman/listinfo/wg1

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Extended Deadline for HHAI2022
by Pernisch, R. 25 Feb '22

25 Feb '22

Call for papers, extended deadline! Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence (HHAI) June 13-17 2022, Amsterdam New Deadlines: Abstract submission: March 5th 2022 Paper submission: March 12th 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). 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 Contact information Keep an eye out on our website for more information: https://www.hybrid-intelligence-centre.nl/HHAI-2022 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<mailto:[email protected]>

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Registration and Keynotes for DHd2022 Potsdam (virtual DH conference)
by Francesca Giovannetti 16 Feb '22

16 Feb '22

Dear All, The local organizers of the University of Potsdam and the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam have decided to move the conference "DHd2022: Cultures of Digital Memory <https://www.dhd2022.de>" in Potsdam completely online. The University of Potsdam and the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences are now pleased to serve as virtual hosts for the Digital Humanities community from March 7-11, 2022. Registration via ConfTool < https://www.conftool.net/dhd2022/> is still possible and virtual participation is free of charge thanks to generous support. The scientific programme of the annual DHd-conference is as diverse as the German speaking DH community. We would like to welcome you to be our guest and contribute to the discussion. Highlights from the Conference Programme: - We are especially delighted to announce Amalia S. Levi (University of Bonn’s Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies) as our opening keynote speaker. Amalia S. Levi will showcase in her talk “Filling the Gaps: Digital Humanities as Restorative Justice” (in English) how imperial legacies are still shaping how archives, libraries, and museums organize and present world memory. Read more about the Opening keynote here: https://www.dhd2022.de/opening-keynote/ - We are also especially delighted to announce Kathrin Passig (independent writer) as our closing keynote speaker. Kathrin Passig will address questions of the “size” of Big Date in her keynote with the title “Rucksack der Rechenzentrum (in German). Read more about the Closing keynote here: https://www.dhd2022.de/closing-keynote/ Most contributions to the DHd2022 conference programme are in German, but there also some contributions that are announced in English, for example: Workshop: - Introduction to Docker | Marcus Lampert, Monday 07.03.2022, 14.00 – 15.30 & 16.00 – 18.00, Link: https://www.dhd2022.de/programm-events/07-03-montag/ Talks: - The Digital Archive and the Politics of Digitization | Gerben Zaagsma, Thursday 10.03.2022. Session 11.15 – 12.45 Uhr, Link: https://www.dhd2022.de/programm-events/10-03-Donnerstag/ - Evaluating Hyperparameter Alpha of LDA Topic Modeling | Keli Du, Friday Session 12.03.2022, Session: 11:15 – 12:45 Uhr, Link: https://www.dhd2022.de/programm-events/11-03-freitag/ - Adapting Coreference Algorithms to German Fairy Tales | David Schmidt*, Markus Krug, Frank Puppe Friday Session 12.03.2022, Session: 11:15 – 12:45 Uhr, Link: https://www.dhd2022.de/programm-events/11-03-freitag/ You can browse the full programme here: https://www.dhd2022.de/programm-events/ We hope to welcome many of You in the digital format! Feel free to spread the word in your communities. Kind regards, the local organizers of the DHd2022 in Potsdam, Anna Busch, Heike Neuroth, Peer Trilcke, Ulrike Wuttke and Melanie Seltmann

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Job Advertisement: Research data engineer at the ACDH-CH
by Schopper, Daniel 04 Feb '22

04 Feb '22

* With apologies for cross-posting* Dear list, may I direct your attention to the following job offer: The Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH- CH) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences is seeking a RESEARCH DATA ENGINEER with focus on XML technologies (10 to 40 hours per week). The focus of the position is on generating and publishing semi- structured textual data from linguistics and literature studies projects. Please refer to https://www.oeaw.ac.at/acdh/team/open-positions#c146815 for further details. Closing date is the 28.2.2022 With best regards Daniel Schopper

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University of Waterloo is hiring 6 Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC)
by Christine McWebb 01 Feb '22

01 Feb '22

[with apologies for cross-posting] Dear All, The University of Waterloo is seeking to fill 6 CERC positions at the Associate of Full Professor level. Please find the position ad attached to this message and please note the short turn-around time; the deadline to apply is February 21, 2022. If you feel that the ad fits with your research credentials as well as the research areas represented by the Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business<https://uwaterloo.ca/stratford-school-of-interaction-design-and-business/>, please consider applying or reach out to me directly. Kind regards, Christine McWebb Christine McWebb, PhD Director and Professor Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business<https://uwaterloo.ca/stratford-school-of-interaction-design-and-business/> University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada T.: +1-519-888-4567x23008 www.linkedin.com/in/mcwebb

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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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