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Multimodal Digital Oral History: The Forward-View Seminar
by Metilli, Daniele 03 Jun '22

03 Jun '22

Multimodal Digital Oral History: The Forward-View Seminar If the first “digital turn” in oral history was largely a passive affair, concerned with the online dissemination of retro-digitised and born digital oral history recordings, what might the incipient “sound as data” turn herald? What gains and losses might result from data-driven enquiries of oral history interviews as sonic or multimodal artefacts, individually or at scale? Which digital tools, processes and platforms can best be utilized in the data-driven analysis of oral history as sonic and multimodal artefact? What rationale and ethical commitments should guide processes of tool selection and creation for this work? What new research questions and trans-disciplinary collaborations may follow? And what are the implications for oral history of participating in this research, as may be illuminated through the emerging sub-field of digital hermeneutics? This seminar series takes as its jumping off point, that the time is right to pursue a Multimodal Digital Oral History, or one that engages with oral history artefacts in all their representational modalities: transcript, sound, waveform, metadata and more. Accordingly, it features papers that explore any of the questions posed above, and in doing so contribute to the task of imagining a Multimodal Digital Oral History turn, where the digital is active rather than passive; where digital oral history modalities are positioned as analytical categories of inquiry and also as sites of data-driven analysis; where reflexivity is a core aspect of digitally-mediated research; and as an endeavour that nevertheless remains attuned to oral history as a subjective and intersubjective meaning-making process, situated in space, time, culture and technology. Convened by: Andrew Flinn (UCL) & Julianne Nyhan (TU Darmstadt/UCL) A joint virtual seminar co-hosted by the Centre for Critical Heritage Studies UCL; the Chair of Humanities Data Science and Methodology, TU Darmstadt, Germany; the International Centre for Archives and Records Management Research, UCL; and the UCL Centre for Digital Humanities. Co-organised by Hannah Smyth (UCL) & Daniele Metilli (UCL). Website: https://multimodaldigitaloralhistory.omeka.net<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmultimoda…> REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/multimodal-digital-oral-history-the-forward-… Seminar 1 – 8 June 2022 * Douglas Lambert (University at Buffalo, United States) – Audio/video thematic indexing: meaning mapping for oral history access and usage * Alexander Freund (University of Winnipeg, Canada) – Historicizing modalities: a few thoughts on oral history under surveillance capitalism Time: 18:00–19:30 CEST / 17:00–18:30 BST • Platform: Zoom Seminar 2 — 22 June 2022 * Tanya Clement (University of Texas at Austin, United States) – Dissonant records: close listening to cultural resistance in audio archives Time: 18:00–19:30 CEST / 17:00–18:30 BST • Platform: Zoom Seminar 3 — 6 July 2022 * Almila Akdag Salah & Francisca Pessanha (Utrecht University, Netherlands) – More than words: a computational look at non-verbal cues in Oral History Archives * Myriam Fellous-Sigrist (King's College London, United Kingdom) –Between access and protection: applied ethics for curating digital oral history Time: 18:00–19:30 CEST / 17:00–18:30 BST • Platform: Zoom Seminar 4 — 13 July 2022 * Machteld Venken (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) – Talking borders, history and digital hermeneutics * Elspeth Brown (University of Toronto, Canada) – Is there anybody out there? Multimodal research creation and queer oral history Time: 18:00–19:30 CEST / 17:00–18:30 BST • Platform: Zoom Seminar 5 — 20 July 2022 * Sharon Webb (University of Sussex, United Kingdom) – Streams of data: methods for distant and close listening for oral histories * Tara Brabazon (Flinders University, Australia) – The auditory academic: transforming the soundscape of scholarship Time: 18:00–19:30 CEST / 17:00–18:30 BST • Platform: Zoom

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Call for particiapation to HHAI2022
by Pernisch, R. (Romana) 25 May '22

25 May '22

Call for participation at HHAI2022 Workshops 13-14. June 2022 Main Conference 14.-17. June 2022 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 participate at HHAI2022. We want to offer the opportunity to build a culture together and embrace diversity and inclusion as central principles. Therefore, we provide 2 scholarships (1x 1300 EUR and 1x 700 EUR) to support the attendance at HHAI to authors, which are PhD students. To apply for these scholarships, please send us an application which includes your CV and a statement to organisers(a)hhai-conference.org as soon as possible. Keynotes: - Paul Lukowicz: The HumanE AI Net vision of Human Centric AI - Joanna Bryson: With whom do we hybidise? Principle Agents of AI - Wendy Mackay: Creating Human-Computer Partnerships - Fernanda Viegas: Designing AI szstems with a variety of users in mind Keynote abstracts can be found on our website:https://www.hhai-conference.org/invited-speakers/ We have accepted a variaty of papers for long and short presentations. These papers include previously published work, work in progress and full research papers. Accepted papers are listed here: https://www.hhai-conference.org/accepted-papers/ An overview of the program: https://www.hhai-conference.org/program/ Monday 13. June: - Workshop on representation, sharing and evaluation of multipmodal agent interaction - Heterdox Methods for Interpretable and Efficient Artificial Intelligence - Imagining the AI Landscape after the AI Act - Common Ground Theory and Method Development workshop - Hackathon Tuesday 14. June: - Knowledge Representation for Hybrid-Intelligence - HI ESDiT Collaboration an AI, Human Values and the Law - Human-Centered Design of Symbiotic Hybrid Intelligence - (Eco)systemic challenges in AI - Rethinking Values Conflicts in Smart Systems - Hackathon - Conference Opening Ceremony - Keynote by Paul Lukowicz Wednesday 15. June: - Minute Madness - Sessions #1-#3 - Keynote by Joanna Bryson - Poster & Demo Session Thursday 16. June: - Session #4-#7 - Keynote by Wendy Mackay - Conference Dinner Friday 17. June: - Keynote by Fernanda Viegas - Sessions #8 & #9 - Community Meeting - Conference Closing Ceremony & Awards Information on registration and prices can be found here: https://www.hhai-conference.org/registration/ 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. 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 -- Romana Pernisch Postdoctoral Researcher KRR & Discovery Lab Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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ESU DH C&T 2-12 August 2022 Leipzig: Application & more Support
by Europaeische Sommeruniversitaet-Kulturen und Technologien 21 May '22

21 May '22

12th EUROPEAN SUMMER UNIVERSITY IN DIGITAL HUMANITIES "CULTURE & TECHNOLOGY" - 2nd to 12th August 2022 UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG The 12th edition of the European Summer University in Digital Humanities (see https://esu.fdhl.info/) will take place in Leipzig in person from the 2nd to the 12th August 2022. It is organised by Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Burr, Institut für Romanistik, and her team, together with the Forum Digital Humanities Leipzig (FDHL) (https://fdhl.info/) The application phase for a place at the Summer University began on 28 April 2022 and will end on 31 May 2022. Information on how to apply can be found here: https://esu.fdhl.info/application/. As in former years the Summer University will take place across 11 whole days. The intensive programme will consist of workshops, teaser sessions, public lectures, regular project presentations, a poster session and a panel discussion. For the workshops which are being offered see https://esu.fdhl.info/workshops/ Thanks to our sponsors, *more* support for participants of the European Summer University in Digital Humanities is now available. Please note: *one can only apply for one scholarship / bursary / fellowship*. Please note, furthermore, that *each scholarship / bursary / fellowship requires the fulfillment of certain conditions*. I) Funding granted by the *German Academic Exchange Service* (DAAD) (https://www.daad.de/en/) allows us to award up to *20 scholarships to foreign alumni / alumnae of German universities*, no matter from which country they come. There is one *exception*, however: Russian alumni / alumnae who hold offices in universities cannot be granted a scholarship at the moment. *Alumni / Alumnae* are people from outside Germany who as (Erasmus) students, graduates, researchers or lecturers have received a degree at a German University or have studied, conducted research or worked at a German University *at least for three months* and who are now outside of Germany. *Ukrainians* who are not Alumni / Alumnae of German universities but have an *intimate relationship with Germany* (for example as teachers or trainers or via German - Ukrainian teacher exchange) can temporarily also apply for such a scholarship. Scholarships cover the costs of travel, accommodation (12 nights) and meals (11 days). Accommodation will be reserved by us. The scholarships do *not* cover participation fees. Scholarships are attributed only once the applicant has registered for the Summer University and paid her / his participation fees. For more information see https://esu.fdhl.info/daad/ II) Thanks to the generous support *DARIAH-EU* (https://www.dariah.eu/) grants the European Summer University in Digital Humanities, a number of tuition fellowships will be available for (doctoral) students and young scholars who are not members of Leipzig University. The fellowships cover the participation fees. Winners of such a fellowship accept the obligation of writing a report about the European Summer University and the experiences they gathered during the event, illustrating it with pictures of the event and sending it to DARIAH-EU in electronic form no later than three weeks after the end of the Summer University. The text and the pictures will be published on the DARIAH-EU website and promoted through social media channels. Here you can find reports about former editions of the European Summer University: https://www.dariah.eu/2019/09/25/reflections-from-the-european-summer-unive… and https://www.dariah.eu/2021/11/12/reflections-from-the-european-summer-unive… Preference will be given to applicants (in the following order) from Eastern European Countries, including Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia; Southeastern European Countries, including Greece, Turkey and Cyprus; Central European Countries but excluding Austria; other European Countries; other countries. For more information see https://esu.fdhl.info/dariah-eu/ III) The *Slovenian Language Technologies Society* (SDJT) (http://www.sdjt.si/) decided to continue the summer school funding for Slovenian students started in 2018 also in view of ESU 2019. The open call (in Slovenian) can be found here http://www.sdjt.si/. The deadline for applications is *May 25 2022*. IV) With the aim to facilitate the participation of (doctoral) students and young scholars of Leipzig University at the European Summer University in Digital Humanities up to 3 scholarships of 300,00 Euro each are made available. This is possible because of the support the *Forum Digital Humanities Leipzig* (FDHL) (https://fdhl.info/) grants to the summer university. For more information see https://esu.fdhl.info/fdhl/. V) The *University of Leipzig* (https://www.uni-leipzig.de/en/) through its International Centre (https://www.uni-leipzig.de/en/international/) is, at this very moment, not able to guarantee support to participants of the European Summer University as it has done in former years. There is some *hope*, however, that a) not only for applicants from Leipzig's partner university *Kiewski nazionalny uniwersitet im. Tarasa Schewtschenko* but from the *Ukraine* in general special funds might be available, b) some bursaries for applicants from the following *Eastern European partner universities* of Leipzig University might become available in July: Sofiski Uniwersitet Sw. Kliment Ochridski Uniwersytet Wrocławski Uniwersytet Jagiellonski w Krakowie Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca Univerza v Ljubljani Univerzita Karlova v Praze Interested people from the *Ukraine* and the above named *partner universities* are strongly advised to apply for support / a bursary. For more information see https://esu.fdhl.info/international-centre/ VI) People coming from EU-Partner Countries may be able to apply for an *Erasmus + scholarship* (Key Action 103) at their own university. Please get informed. VII) All interested people are strongly advised to inform themselves about support for further education, qualification, specialisation, professionalisation available at *their own universities*. At many universities such funding exists, to find out about it might, however, mean doing some serious research. Should more support become available it will announced on our website https://esu.fdhl.info/ Should you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask them by writing a mail to esu_ct(a)uni-leipzig.de With best regards, Prof. (em.) Dr. phil. Elisabeth Burr Director of the European Summer University in Digital Humanities "Culture & Technology" University of Leipzig Beethovenstr. 15 D-04107 Leipzig https://home.uni-leipzig.de/burr/

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Call for Proposals: Working on and with Categories for Text Analysis (DHQ Special Issue)
by Gius, Evelyn 05 May '22

05 May '22

[with apologies for cross-posting] Call for Proposals DHQ Special Issue Working on and with Categories for Text Analysis: Challenges and Findings from and for Digital Humanities Practices Guest Editors: Dominik Gerstorfer, Evelyn Gius and Janina Jacke Proposals due: 2022-06-15 Link to the full CfP and Timeline: http://dhq.fortext.org/ <http://dhq.fortext.org/> Introduction In the digital humanities, computational social sciences and related fields, the development and use of category systems (e.g. ontologies, taxonomies or typologies) plays an important role in the systematization and analysis of texts. Categories allow for the linguistic labeling of texts or (textual) phenomena, as well as for their combination or differentiation based on selected relevant features. By selecting suitable parameters for grouping, categories usually allow for a systematic reduction of complexity and the ordering of complex textual artifacts and data sets, which in turn considerably facilitates both their analysis and the communication of analysis results. At the same time, category systems offer the possibility of a detailed text systematization or description through the formation of subcategories. If category systems are created as ontologies or taxonomies, they can additionally provide information about the relationship of relevant (text) phenomena to each other. Moreover, since the creation of categories usually requires the specification of explicit definitions of terms or categories, the scholarly exchange of information on subjects in the humanities, cultural studies, or social sciences is greatly facilitated – among other things, through easier understanding and better comparability of statements. While work on and with categories in the traditional humanities remains the exception rather than the rule and is limited to certain sub-disciplines, it is omnipresent in the digital humanities due to the influence of standards from the formal sciences. This omnipresence of category-system development in the digital humanities is in stark contrast to the lack of systematic reflection in this field of research. This concerns questions as: Which categories or which types of category systems are appropriate for (certain) objects in the humanities? What determines the validity and fruitfulness of categories in this field? Which – existing or new – procedures can be used to develop and revise a category system? We invite contributions addressing these questions. While the work on and with categories used for text annotation and analysis is the one focus, a second focus is on systems and methods for the organization and classification of texts in the context of databases – as well as the connection between these two fields of work in which category systems play a role. This also includes work on ontologies or the establishment and revision of systems for text analyses from information science, as well as mathematical category theory, which has already been successfully applied to knowledge representation and management in the natural sciences. Contributions should be based on concrete studies in the field of the digital humanities and related fields or provide an information science perspective that has been, or can be, adapted in the digital humanities. Contributions about concrete studies should address one or more of the following questions: Through which steps did the development of the analysis concepts used in the analysis take place? Who was involved and when? Were existing categories used or developed further? Which development steps were defined in advance, which ones resulted from the process? Was the type of category system to be developed – e.g. ontology, taxonomy, typology or network of concepts – defined? Why was this form chosen? Were there problems with the categories? Which adjustments of the categories or the development process were necessary? To what extent and, if applicable, how was the development of the analysis categories documented? What recommendations can be derived from experience for similar approaches to category development? How does the procedure relate to non-digital procedures that are common in the original discipline? Contributions from an information science perspective should address one or more of the following questions: Which aspects of the work done in computer science concerning ontology languages, methodologies, development environments and tools (for visualization, documentation and validation) can fruitfully be applied to the field of digital humanities/social sciences? What are the prerequisites for an application of such computer science or mathematics approaches for working with categories in text analyses? In which way might the adaptation of computer science research on category development to other fields pose difficulties? What are possible solutions? How can these approaches be implemented in concrete research (i.e., use cases from the humanities/social sciences)?

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Call for papers (conference): On the Margins: Hypertext, Electronic Literature, Digital Humanities, 15-16 December 2022
by Naomi Wells 04 May '22

04 May '22

On the Margins: Hypertext, Electronic Literature, Digital Humanities Senate House, University of London London, UK, December 15-16, 2022 https://easychair.org/cfp/Margins22 Since its early days as a series of experimental approaches, the Hypertext paradigm has proven itself vital in dealing with what Ted Nelson called “deep structural changes in the arrangements of ideas and phenomena.” Whether we conceive of Hypertext as non-sequential writing that branches and allows choices to the reader, or as a body of written or pictorial material interconnected in such a complex way that it could not conveniently be represented on paper, thinking in Hypertext has become a ubiquitous part of everyday life. In our research lives, Hypertext technologies and methodologies are similarly amongst the most prominent and visible outcomes of the “digital age.” Mature products of its investigation by research communities can be found in the work of Electronic Literature scholars and practitioners, Hypertext and Hypermedia specialists, and researchers in the Digital Humanities. However, owing perhaps to their disparate angles of investigation and the sheer scope of activity, these research communities remain fragmented and somehow “on the margins” of wider Humanities and Computer Science scholarship. We invite members of the Hypertext, Electronic Literature and Digital Humanities communities, including PhD and Early Career Researchers, to come together for a two-day conference reflecting on how Hypertext has shaped our research and creative practices, to build research opportunities between sympathetic communities, and to envision how to push the boundaries of Hypertext beyond its current incarnations. We want to inaugurate a space that will promote debate and connections, building new understanding at the crossroads between disciplines. We are planning to hold the conference in person, but can make arrangements to show pre-recorded presentations if you are unable to attend. Call for contributions * Potential topics include but are not limited to: * Studying digital reading experience * Describing “book history” for digital formats * Redefinitions of authorship and collaboration * New literary forms enabled by electronic literature * Multilingual and translingual digital texts and practices * Transmediality * Born-digital archives, genres and emerging formats * Digital scholarly editions * Approaches to digital inclusion * Pedagogy and hypertext applications * Social media * Experimental or early research Submission formats The conference will include three tracks: * Full papers (15-20 minutes) * Posters and Lightning talks (5-10 minutes; PGR and ECR contributions particularly welcome) * Tutorials for tools and demos * For full papers, we invite extended abstracts of 2,000-4,000 (4-8 pages in the ACM CHI Extended Abstract format), plus references. * For posters and lightning talks, we invite extended abstracts of 300-1,000 words (2-4 pages in the ACM CHI Extended Abstract format), plus references. * Accepted abstracts will be published in a peer-reviewed, Open Access volume in the Conference Proceedings of ACM series. * See this page for submission templates<https://chi2022.acm.org/for-authors/presenting/papers/chi-publication-forma…>; both Word and LaTeX formats available. The choice of the extended abstract format bridges practices between the Humanities and Hypertext communities, promoting the inclusion of scholars at different career stages and leaving a lasting legacy for the conference that can continue to benefit the research community. Please note that not all elements of the template will be relevant to all submissions. For tutorials, proposals should provide the following information: * title and brief description of the content or topic and its relevance to the conference theme (not more than 1000 words); * full contact information for all tutorial instructors, including a one-paragraph statement summarising their research interests and areas of expertise; * description of target audience and expected number of participants (based, if possible, on past experience); * any special requirements for technical support * a brief outline showing that the core content can be covered in approximately 2 hours, plus breaks Important dates * CfP opens 6 April 2022 * Paper, poster and workshop submission by 4 July 2022 * Acceptance by 5 September 2022 Confirmed Keynote speakers * Gustavo Gomez-Mejia (University of Tours) * James O’Sullivan (University College Cork) Conference programme committee * Alessio Antonini (Open University) * Francesca Benatti (Open University) * Sam Brooker (Richmond) * Christopher Ohge (School of Advanced Study, University of London) * Naomi Wells (School of Advanced Study, University of London) * Jane Winters (School of Advanced Study, University of London)

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ESWC 2022: Call for Project Networking Session Profiles
by ESWC 2022 03 May '22

03 May '22

*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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LITERATURE & COMPUTATION WEEK @UCLouvain (2/05 - 6/05)
by Isabelle Gribomont 25 Apr '22

25 Apr '22

Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to invite you to the LITERATURE & COMPUTATION WEEK, held at UCLouvain from May 2 to 6. From Monday to Friday, we will host afternoon seminars, on campus and on Teams, on the following topics: * Computational Literary Studies * Digital Literature * NLP and Machine Learning for Literature * Poetry and Artificial Intelligence * Digital Humanities and Literature * Computational/Intermedia Literary Performance You will find a summary of the programme below and the full programme here<https://uclouvain-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/isabelle_gribomont_uclou…>. Registration is free but mandatory for all interventions. To register, please fill out this form<https://forms.office.com/r/q3bWduvHdq>. Team links will be circulated to registered attendees on the day. This event is a collaboration between the Altissia Chair in Digital Cultures and Ethics<https://sites.uclouvain.be/chairealtissia/> (UCLouvain) and the LabEL<https://www.kbr.be/en/projects/laboratory-for-electronic-literature/> project (KBR). We look forward to meeting you there, Chris Tanasescu & Isabelle Gribomont PROGRAMME SUMMARY MONDAY 2/05 - MORE 56 (GPLO-DROIT) (Place Montesquieu, 2) & Teams * 14h00 - 14h50: Keynote lecture * Code, Poetry and Traditions of Text: Editing in Open, Broad Context (Ray Siemens, University of Victoria) * 15h00 - 15h50: Panel “Digital Heritage Research at KBR (Royal Library of Belgium)” * Computational Document Recognition in the KBR Data Science Lab (Tan Lu, VUB – KBR) * KBR's Digital Research Lab & Computational Literary Studies (Julie Birkholz, UGent – KBR) * Introducing LabEL, a Laboratory for Electronic Literature at KBR (Isabelle Gribomont, UCLouvain – KBR) TUESDAY 3/05 - LECL 82 (Place Montesquieu 1) & Teams * 14h00 - 14h50: Reflective Modelling with Visual Representations: What the digital humanities can learn from modelling in design practice (Jan-Erik Stange, Freie Universität Berlin) * 15h00 - 15h50: De l’enquête exploratoire à l’exposition en ligne : Bureaux-écrans d’écrivain·e·s. Coulisses numériques de la création (2021-2022) (Corentin Lahouste et Anne Reverseau, UCLouvain) * 16h00 - 16h30: Compute INCAL. Networked Communities and Cross-disciplinary Trans-centric Research Predictions for the Institute for the Study of Cultures, Arts, and Letters at UCLouvain (Derek Siemens, University of Victoria, and Chris Tanasescu, UCLouvain) WEDNESDAY 4/05 - SOCR 20 (Place du Cardinal Mercier, 10-12) & Teams * 14h00 - 14h50: What might a Canadian bilingual DH center look like? The Case of the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur les humanités numériques (bilingual French & English talk) (Michael Sinatra, Université de Montréal) * 15h00 - 15h50: Saisir la littérature en contexte numérique : du projet Littérature québécoise mobile à la matérialité des œuvres numériques (René Audet, Université Laval) - en distanciel/remote THURSDAY 5/05 - MERC 01 (Rue du Compas, 1) & Teams * 14h30 - 15h50: Panel “EMBEDDIA Project (Cross-Lingual Embeddings for Less-Represented Languages in European News Media)” * Text Analysis Using Cross-lingual Embeddings: Results from the EMBEDDIA project (Senja Pollak, Jozef Stefan Institute) * Natural Language Processing Online with ClowdFlows (Martin Žnidaršič, Jozef Stefan Institute) * 16h00 - 16h50: Towards a Collection of Works of Digital Literature from Flanders and the Netherlands (1971–2022) (Siebe Bluijs and Lois Burke, Tilburg University). FRIDAY 6/05 – Online only * 14h00 - 15h00: Automatic Genre Attribution for Classic Latin Text Corpora (exact title TBA) (Margherita Fantoli, KU Leuven) FRIDAY 6/05 – Facebook livestream (@Margento.Official<mailto:@Margento.Official>) * 22h00 - 23h30: Code Is Poetry. Intermedia Computational Performance (Margento & Friends)

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ESU DH C&T 2-12 August 2022 Leipzig: Announcement & Application
by Europaeische Sommeruniversitaet-Kulturen und Technologien 24 Apr '22

24 Apr '22

12th EUROPEAN SUMMER UNIVERSITY IN DIGITAL HUMANITIES "CULTURE & TECHNOLOGY" - 2nd to 12th August 2022 UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG After one year without a European Summer University in Digital Humanities “Culture & Technology” and another year with an online edition of the 11th ESU DH C&T, all this because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 12th edition of the Summer University will take place in Leipzig in person again, from the 2nd to the 12th August 2022. It will be organised by Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Burr, Institut für Romanistik, and her team, together with the Forum Digital Humanities Leipzig (FDHL) (https://fdhl.info/) As the new website (https://esu.fdhl.info) of ESU DH still needs updating, all information will be available temporarily on ESU’s previous website (https://esu.culintec.de/) The application phase for a place at the Summer University begins on 28 April 2022 and ends on 31 May 2022. Information on how to apply can be found here: http://esu.culintec.de/?q=node/1304. Interest in the ESU DH C&T can be expressed straight away by creating an account with the ConfTool of the Summer University https://www.conftool.org/esu2022/. As in former years the Summer University will take place across 11 whole days. The intensive programme will consist of workshops, teaser sessions, public lectures, regular project presentations, a poster session and a panel discussion. The following workshops are offered (for more information see https://esu.culintec.de/?q=node/1342) - Alex Bia (University Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain): XML-TEI document encoding, structuring, rendering and transformation (2 weeks) - Carol Chiodo (Harvard University, USA) / Lauren Tilton (University of Richmond, USA): Hands on Humanities Data Workshop - Creation, Discovery and Analysis (2 weeks) - Maciej Eder (Polish Academy of Sciences / Pedagogical University, Cracow, Poland) / Jeremi Ochab (Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland): Stylometry (2 weeks) - Stefan Th. Gries (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA / Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany): Text processing for linguists and literary scholars with R (1 week, week 2). - Simone Rebora (University of Basel, Switzerland) / Giovanni Pietro Vitali (Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University – Paris-Saclay University, France): Distant Reading in R. From Text Analysis to Mapping (2 weeks) - Peter Bell (Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany) / Fabian Offert (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA): Visual Artificial Intelligence for the Digital Humanities (2 weeks) - Jason Boyd (Ryerson University Toronto, Canada): Procedural Creativity and Digital Humanities Scholarship (1 week, week 2) - Yael Netzer (Ben Gurion, Haifa and Tel Aviv University, Israel): Digital Archives: Reading and Manipulating Large-Scale Catalogues, Curating and Creating Small-Scale Archives (2 weeks) - Barbara Bordalejo (University of Lethbridge, Canada) / Peter Robinson (University of Saskatchewan, Canada): Making an edition of a text in many versions (2 weeks) - Jason Boyd (Ryerson University Toronto, Canada): Project Planning and Management in the Digital Humanities (1 week, week 1) Each workshop consists of a total of 18 sessions or 36 week-hours. The number of participants in each workshop is limited to 10. Workshops are structured in such a way that participants can either take the two blocks of one workshop or two blocks from different workshops. The "workload" of an active participation in the European Summer University corresponds to 6 ETCS points. Like in former years the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) makes available generous support to up to 20 alumni / alumnae of German universities. As soon as other scholarships are confirmed, we will send out a separate announcement. The Summer University is directed at 60 participants from all over Europe and beyond. It wants to bring together (doctoral) students, young scholars and academics from the Arts and Humanities, Library Sciences, Social Sciences, the Arts and Engineering and Computer Sciences as equal partners to an interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge and experience in a multilingual and multicultural context and thus create the conditions for future project-based co-operations. The Leipzig Summer University is special because it not only seeks to offer a space for the discussion and acquisition of new knowledge, skills and competences in those computer technologies which play a central role in Humanities Computing and which determine every day more and more the work done in the Humanities and Cultural Sciences, as well as in publishing, libraries, and archives etc., but because it tries to integrate these technologies, methods and tools with the questions Digital Humanities pose about the consequences and implications of their application to cultural artefacts of all kinds. It is special furthermore because it consciously aims at confronting the so-called Gender Divide, i.e. the under-representation of women in the domain of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Germany, Europe and many parts of the world, by relying on the challenges that the Humanities with their complex data and their wealth of women represent for Computer Science and Engineering and the further development of the latter, on the overcoming of the borders between the so-called hard and soft sciences and on the integration of Humanities, Computer Science and Engineering. For all relevant information please consult the Web-Portal of the European Summer School in Digital Humanities “Culture & Technology”: temporarily https://esu.culintec.de/ which will be continually updated and integrated with more information as soon as it becomes available. With my best regards and wishes Prof. (em.) Dr. phil. Elisabeth Burr Director of the European Summer University in Digital Humanities "Culture & Technology" University of Leipzig Beethovenstr. 15 D-04107 Leipzig https://home.uni-leipzig.de/burr/

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1st Annual Conference of Computational Literary Studies, June 1 – 2 | Darmstadt / Online
by Journal of Computational Literary Studies 19 Apr '22

19 Apr '22

Dear colleagues, We are very pleased to announce that the program for the “First Annual Conference of Computational Literary Studies” on June 1 and 2 in Darmstadt is published here: https://jcls.io/site/conference/ Participation (on-site or online) is free and registration is now open. To register, please send an email to info(a)jcls.io with the following information: full name, email address, affiliation, participation online/on-site. We are looking forward to seeing you at the conference! The editors, Evelyn Gius, Christof Schöch, Peer Trilcke JCLS | Journal of Computational Literary Studies https://jcls.io/ Editorial Team: https://jcls.io/editorialteam/

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Ausschreibung "Bereichsassistenz Moderne Digital"
by Claudia Farnik 13 Apr '22

13 Apr '22

Guten Tag Gerne informieren wir Sie über unsere aktuelle Ausschreibung: https://jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/assistenz-postdoc-fuer-die-bereiche-g… Freundliche Grüsse Claudia Farnik Universität Basel | Departement Geschichte Dezentrale HR-Verantwortliche Hirschgässlein 21 | ‪CH-4051 Basel ‪Tel. +41 61 207 46 44 | ‪claudia.farnik(a)unibas.ch www.geschichte.unibas.ch ‪________________________________________________ Arbeitszeiten: Montag, Dienstag, Donnerstag vormittags, Mittwoch ganztags Donnerstagvormittag im Home-Office

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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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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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Journal of Computational Literary Studies: Deadline extension (December 22)
by Journal of Computational Literary Studies 30 Nov '21

30 Nov '21

[with apologies for cross-posting] Dear all We would like to inform that the deadline for submission of articles to the Journal of Computational Literary Studies is extended by one week to December 22 due to the delayed opening of submissions. For further information on the timeline please check https://jcls.io/site/timeline/ You can start your submission here: https://jcls.io/submissions/ The »Submission Guidelines« can be found here: https://jcls.io/site/guidelines/ Please also note the »Call for Papers«: https://jcls.io/site/cfp/ We are very much looking forward to your articles! The JCLS Editorial Team - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E-Mail: info(a)jcls.io Editors: Evelyn Gius, Christof Schöch, Peer Trilcke Editorial Assistants: Svenja Guhr, Élodie Ripoll, Henny Sluyter-Gäthje Board: Katherine Bode, Anne-Sophie Bories, Amy E. Earhart, Maciej Eder, Miguel Escobar Varela, Martin Eve, Frank Fischer, José Eduardo González, Natalie M. Houston, Fotis Jannidis, Mike Kestemont, Anouk Lang, David Mimno, Borja Navarro, Roxana Patras, Glenn Roe, Richard Jean So, Tomoji Tabata, Ted Underwood, Karina van Dalen-Oskam, Paul Vierthaler

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Vacancy: Researcher in computational linguistics with scientific programming expertise (Bolzano, Italy) - 2nd Call for Applications
by Franzini Greta 23 Nov '21

23 Nov '21

**With apologies for cross-posting** SECOND CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Researcher in computational linguistics with scientific programming expertisE The Institute for Applied Linguistics (IAL) at Eurac Research (Bolzano, Italy) is looking for a Researcher in computational linguistics with scientific programming expertise to implement and adapt software of interest for the IAL to support needs such as selecting, installing and adapting desktop or online tools to explore and annotate textual data or to process text data for linguistic purposes using well-established libraries. The tasks of the new Researcher will also depend on the experience (s)he will bring to the team and how it complements the skills of the researchers in the LT group (s)he will join. One of the first tasks of the selected candidate will be the development of a gamified web application for data crowdsourcing in the context of the Zeit.shift project (https://all4ling.eurac.edu/zeitshift/) However, the new collaborator will become a key figure in the coming linguaXlab linguistic services centre of the Institute, where (s)he will implement and apply technologies related to the Computational Linguistics and Digital Humanities activities of the LT group with a mid to long term perspective. This includes maintaining existing systems and platforms, localising CLARIN services (https://clarin.eurac.edu/) working with language data from South Tyrol and contributing to the growth of the Institute through the development of new projects and the pursuit of funding opportunities. Overall, we are looking for a cooperative and proactive team member with an interdisciplinary and applied research profile. The ideal candidate would have a sound technical background and previous working experience within a linguistics/humanities research context and be equipped with a decisive technology/infrastructure awareness and related expertise. Tasks: * Develop (gamified) web applications. * Upgrade and maintain desktop and online tools already in use at the IAL with new features. * Create or upgrade scripts to process textual data. * Document all code and scripts to ensure their long-term maintenance. * Workflow documentation for technical pipelines. * Technical consulting and requirements specification for web portals, for text searches, and citizen science interaction (i.e. required data formats, portability/reusability/adaptability, etc.). * Participation in the Institute’s general research activities and in activities of the language technology group including scientific publications, funding acquisition, dissemination activities, etc. Requirements: * MSc/MA/Diploma in Computer Science or other relevant field, or a BSC in Computer Science or other relevant field and 3 years of work experience as a programmer. * A record of past relevant activities (documented by, for instance, freely accessible code repositories, recommendation letters; Stack Overflow or GitHub profiles advantageous etc.) allowing us to evaluate the extent of the candidate’s skills. * Knowledge of at least two programming languages among Python, Perl, and Java. Familiarity with other relevant languages such as Ruby or languages used for text processing tools is a plus. * Experience with building back-end/front-end web applications (JavaScript/PHP/Node.js, SQL, etc.) using database frameworks and server scripting. * Good command of English, and both German and Italian (or the willingness to learn and become proficient in German and/or Italian). * Outstanding social, organisational & communicative skills, including careful scheduling and excellent management of tasks. * Ability to work in a research team and in a flexible and interdisciplinary setting. * Experience within interdisciplinary projects involving several partners and geared towards humanities infrastructure and/or supporting the work of humanities researchers is a strong advantage. * Willingness to move to South Tyrol or to its vicinity. We offer: Eurac Research offers competitive salaries that are calculated on a pre-established grid rewarding qualifications and experiences with regular increases. We foresee a full-time position for two years with a possible extension to a permanent contract. If the selected candidate is interested, a part-time contract of at least 70% could also be considered. Eurac Research is a dynamic, innovative and eco-friendly workplace where great research is performed. It strives to create an environment in which its employees feel comfortable, appreciated and considered and where they can express their best potential. As such, it offers numerous advantages and benefits that certainly contribute to its high rank among the official classification of the "Great places to work" in Italy. How to apply: For more information on the application process, please visit Eurac’s dedicated portal at: https://eurac.onboard.org/jobs/p4MgE7eo?campaign=W6mO27eM Application deadline is November 30th, 2021. We look forward to hearing from you! Greta H. Franzini, PhD Eurac Research Institute for Applied Linguistics t +39 0471 055 104 f +39 0471 055 199 greta.franzini(a)eurac.edu<mailto:[email protected]> Drususallee/Viale Druso 1 I-39100 Bozen/Bolzano Italien/Italia www.eurac.edu<http://www.eurac.edu/> instagram<https://www.instagram.com/euracresearch/> | twitter<https://twitter.com/eurac> | facebook<https://facebook.com/eurac.research> | youtube <https://www.youtube.com/EURACtv> | linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/company/euracresearch> [cid:[email protected]]<http://www.eurac.edu/> This transmission is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you receive this transmission by error, please notify the author immediately by mail and delete all copies of this transmission and any attachments. Any use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited by the „Privacy-Code“, UE 679/2016, and may lead to penal prosecution and liability for damages. Greta H. Franzini, PhD Eurac Research Institute for Applied Linguistics t +39 0471 055 104 f +39 0471 055 199 greta.franzini(a)eurac.edu Drususallee/Viale Druso 1 I-39100 Bozen/Bolzano Italien/Italia www.eurac.edu<http://www.eurac.edu/> instagram<https://www.instagram.com/euracresearch/> | twitter<https://twitter.com/eurac> | facebook<https://facebook.com/eurac.research> | youtube <https://www.youtube.com/EURACtv> | linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/company/euracresearch> [cid:[email protected]]<http://www.eurac.edu/> This transmission is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you receive this transmission by error, please notify the author immediately by mail and delete all copies of this transmission and any attachments. Any use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited by the „Privacy-Code“, UE 679/2016, and may lead to penal prosecution and liability for damages.

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JCLS. Journal of Computational Literary Studies: Submissions are open
by Peer Trilcke 18 Nov '21

18 Nov '21

[with apologies for cross-posting] Dear All Today, we are happy to announce that submissions to JCLS, the »Journal of Computational Literary Studies«, are now open. You can start your submission here: https://jcls.io/submissions/ The »Submission Guidelines« can be found here: https://jcls.io/site/guidelines/ Please also note the »Call for Papers«: https://jcls.io/site/cfp/ We are very much looking forward to your articles! The JCLS Editorial Team - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E-Mail: info(a)jcls.io Editors: Evelyn Gius, Christof Schöch, Peer Trilcke Editorial Assistants: Svenja Guhr, Élodie Ripoll, Henny Sluyter-Gäthje Board: Katherine Bode, Anne-Sophie Bories, Amy E. Earhart, Maciej Eder, Miguel Escobar Varela, Martin Eve, Frank Fischer, José Eduardo González, Natalie M. Houston, Fotis Jannidis, Mike Kestemont, Anouk Lang, David Mimno, Borja Navarro, Roxana Patras, Glenn Roe, Richard Jean So, Tomoji Tabata, Ted Underwood, Karina van Dalen-Oskam, Paul Vierthaler

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Vacancy: Researcher in computational linguistics with scientific programming expertise (Bolzano, Italy)
by Franzini Greta 02 Nov '21

02 Nov '21

**With apologies for cross-posting** Researcher in computational linguistics with scientific programming expertisE The Institute for Applied Linguistics (IAL) at Eurac Research (Bolzano, Italy) is looking for a Researcher in computational linguistics with scientific programming expertise to implement and adapt software of interest for the IAL to support needs such as selecting, installing and adapting desktop or online tools to explore and annotate textual data or to process text data for linguistic purposes using well-established libraries. The tasks of the new Researcher will also depend on the experience (s)he will bring to the team and how it complements the skills of the researchers in the LT group (s)he will join. One of the first tasks of the selected candidate will be the development of a gamified web application for data crowdsourcing in the context of the Zeit.shift project (https://all4ling.eurac.edu/zeitshift/) However, the new collaborator will become a key figure in the coming linguaXlab linguistic services centre of the Institute, where (s)he will implement and apply technologies related to the Computational Linguistics and Digital Humanities activities of the LT group with a mid to long term perspective. This includes maintaining existing systems and platforms, localising CLARIN services (https://clarin.eurac.edu/) working with language data from South Tyrol and contributing to the growth of the Institute through the development of new projects and the pursuit of funding opportunities. Overall, we are looking for a cooperative and proactive team member with an interdisciplinary and applied research profile. The ideal candidate would have a sound technical background and previous working experience within a linguistics/humanities research context and be equipped with a decisive technology/infrastructure awareness and related expertise. Tasks: * Develop (gamified) web applications. * Upgrade and maintain desktop and online tools already in use at the IAL with new features. * Create or upgrade scripts to process textual data. * Document all code and scripts to ensure their long-term maintenance. * Workflow documentation for technical pipelines. * Technical consulting and requirements specification for web portals, for text searches, and citizen science interaction (i.e. required data formats, portability/reusability/adaptability, etc.). * Participation in the Institute’s general research activities and in activities of the language technology group including scientific publications, funding acquisition, dissemination activities, etc. Requirements: * MSc/MA/Diploma in Computer Science or other relevant field, or a BSC in Computer Science or other relevant field and 3 years of work experience as a programmer. * A record of past relevant activities (documented by, for instance, freely accessible code repositories, recommendation letters; Stack Overflow or GitHub profiles advantageous etc.) allowing us to evaluate the extent of the candidate’s skills. * Knowledge of at least two programming languages among Python, Perl, and Java. Familiarity with other relevant languages such as Ruby or languages used for text processing tools is a plus. * Experience with building back-end/front-end web applications (JavaScript/PHP/Node.js, SQL, etc.) using database frameworks and server scripting. * Good command of English, and both German and Italian (or the willingness to learn and become proficient in German and/or Italian). * Outstanding social, organisational & communicative skills, including careful scheduling and excellent management of tasks. * Ability to work in a research team and in a flexible and interdisciplinary setting. * Experience within interdisciplinary projects involving several partners and geared towards humanities infrastructure and/or supporting the work of humanities researchers is a strong advantage. * Willingness to move to South Tyrol or to its vicinity. We offer: Eurac Research offers competitive salaries that are calculated on a pre-established grid rewarding qualifications and experiences with regular increases. We foresee a full-time position for two years with a possible extension to a permanent contract. If the selected candidate is interested, a part-time contract of at least 70% could also be considered. Eurac Research is a dynamic, innovative and eco-friendly workplace where great research is performed. It strives to create an environment in which its employees feel comfortable, appreciated and considered and where they can express their best potential. As such, it offers numerous advantages and benefits that certainly contribute to its high rank among the official classification of the "Great places to work" in Italy. How to apply: For more information on the application process, please visit Eurac’s dedicated portal at: https://eurac.onboard.org/jobs/p4MgE7eo?campaign=W6mO27eM Application deadline is November 30th, 2021. We look forward to hearing from you! Greta H. Franzini, Ph.D Eurac Research Institute for Applied Linguistics t +39 0471 055 104 f +39 0471 055 199 Drususallee/Viale Druso 1 I-39100 Bozen/Bolzano Italien/Italia www.eurac.edu<http://www.eurac.edu/> instagram<https://www.instagram.com/euracresearch/> | twitter<https://twitter.com/eurac> | facebook<https://facebook.com/eurac.research> | youtube <https://www.youtube.com/EURACtv> | linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/company/euracresearch> [cid:[email protected]]<http://www.eurac.edu/> This transmission is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you receive this transmission by error, please notify the author immediately by mail and delete all copies of this transmission and any attachments. Any use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited by the „Privacy-Code“, UE 679/2016, and may lead to penal prosecution and liability for damages. Greta H. Franzini, Ph.D Eurac Research Institute for Applied Linguistics t +39 0471 055 104 f +39 0471 055 199 Drususallee/Viale Druso 1 I-39100 Bozen/Bolzano Italien/Italia www.eurac.edu<http://www.eurac.edu/> instagram<https://www.instagram.com/euracresearch/> | twitter<https://twitter.com/eurac> | facebook<https://facebook.com/eurac.research> | youtube <https://www.youtube.com/EURACtv> | linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/company/euracresearch> [cid:[email protected]]<http://www.eurac.edu/> This transmission is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you receive this transmission by error, please notify the author immediately by mail and delete all copies of this transmission and any attachments. Any use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited by the „Privacy-Code“, UE 679/2016, and may lead to penal prosecution and liability for damages.

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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:[email protected]>) 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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Auto-Re: Manuscripts of Anne Frank available online
by e-mail＠jan-oliver-ruediger.de 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

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Manuscripts of Anne Frank available online
by Peter Boot 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

Dear Colleagues, Now available online: a digital edition of Anne Frank's Diary and all her other manuscripts, at https://annefrankmanuscripten.org/. The present edition is in Dutch. A translation into English will follow in about a year's time. The edition was built using TEI-XML. Unfortunately, the edition is only accessible in countries where Anne Frank's texts are in the public domain. These include, to name a few, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Israel and Japan. The edition is not available in other countries, such as the UK, the USA and the Netherlands. A YouTube video (in Dutch, but YouTube can generate subtitles in your language) that explains the edition is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wawNHUaMM5c For the full press release, see https://en.huygens.knaw.nl/anne-franks-digitised-manuscripts-available-in-t…. All best, Peter Boot Peter Boot (peter.boot(a)huygens.knaw.nl<mailto:[email protected]>) 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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PhD/Postdoc Position in Comp. Ling. at Tuebingen University
by Thorsten Trippel 27 Sep '21

27 Sep '21

The Division of General and Computational Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Tübingen, Germany is searching for a Computational Linguist with a specialization in any subarea of computational linguistics. Duties for this post include teaching one course in computational linguistics per semester (with English as the language of instruction), independent research, and participation in externally-funded, on-going research projects. Further information about the department can be found at https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/133894 The starting date for the position is January 1, 2022. The period of appointment is for three years. The position is at the rank of "Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter" (qualification: Ph.D. preferred; M.Sc., M.A. or equivalent required). Salary will be according to the German Salary System TV-L 13, 100 %. Applications should include CV, an outline of research experience/interests, as well as contact data of at least two references. Applications should be sent by November 1, 2021 to: acl-jobs(a)sfs.uni-tuebingen.de The University of Tübingen wishes to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching. Individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply and will be given preferential consideration when their qualifications are equivalent to those of other applicants.

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Call for Contributions ESWC 2022
by Kruit, B.B. 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

Call for Contributions 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 features three main tracks: - the Research Track for novel research contributions https://2022.eswc-conferences.org/call-for-papers-research-track - the In-Use Track for applications of focus technologies in practice https://2022.eswc-conferences.org/call-for-papers-in-use-track/ - the Resources Track for data and software supporting the community https://2022.eswc-conferences.org/call-for-papers-resources-track/ Deadlines for these tracks - 2 December 2021: abstract submission - 9 December 2021: full submission All deadlines are 23:59 anywhere on earth (UTC-12). For more details check out: https://2022.eswc-conferences.org/call-for-contributions/ Program Chairs Maria-Esther Vidal, Leibiz University of Hannover and TIB-Leibniz Centre for Science and Technology, Germany Fabian Suchanek, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France Pedro Szekley, USC Information Sciences Institute, USA Pavan Kapanipathi, IBM Research AI, USA Catia Pesquita, LASIGE, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Hala Skaf-Molli, Nantes University, France

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Author information event: computational analysis skills for humanities data | Thu, 23 September 2021 14:00 – 16:00 BST
by Anna-Maria Sichani 21 Sep '21

21 Sep '21

Apologies for the omission: the event will take place this *Thursday, 23 September 2021 14:00 – 16:00 BST* Feel free to register if you are interested. Please join us , if you are interested , and circulate widely ! > > ---- > > The National Archives, Jisc and the Programming Historian (a publisher of > multilingual tutorials that support humanists in learning digital tools and > methods) have formed a partnership that aims to publish a series of > articles to aid humanities researchers wishing to use digital tools and > methods in their analysis of large-scale digital collections. > > A call for papers <https://programminghistorian.org/posts/cfp-jisc-ph> is > currently open, inviting prospective authors to submit proposals for > article-length tutorials on the computational analysis of large-scale > digital collections. Register for this online event, and learn more about > the Programming Historian in general, and about the call for papers in > particular. There will be an opportunity to ask questions about the call in > the second part of the event. > > The event is free, but requires registration > <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/author-information-event-computational-analy…> > . > > PROGRAMME (provisional) > > 2pm: Welcome > > 2.05pm : The Programming Historian : an introduction > > 2.25pm : Why I value the Programming Historian (Quinn Dombrowski) > > 2.40pm : The call for papers > > 3.10pm : Getting started with large Twitter datasets (Max Odsbjerg > Pedersen and Helle Strandgaard Jensen) > > 3.20pm : Questions and answers > > 3.45pm : Close. > > (The event timings are in UK time, ie. UTC/GMT +1. See times for other > time zones > <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20210923T1300> > .) > > Quinn Dombrowski is the Academic Technology Specialist in the Division of > Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, and in the Library, at Stanford > University. > > Helle Strandgaard Jensen is Associate Professor of Contemporary Cultural > History, Department of History and Classical Studies, Aarhus University. > > Max Odsbjerg Pedersen is Information Specialist, Aarhus University Library > and the Danish Royal Library > -- > > *Dr. Anna-Maria Sichani* > *Post Doc Research Fellow in Media History & Historical Data Modeling * > *School of Media, Arts and Humanities | Sussex Humanities Lab* > *University of Sussex* > > *Editor, The Programming Historian* > *Director, ProgHist Ltd. | **ProgHist Ltd is a Not for Profit Company > Limited by Guarantee, Registered in England, Company Number 12192946* *programminghistorian.org/ > <http://programminghistorian.org/>* > @amsichani <https://twitter.com/amsichani> > amsichani.github.io > > *Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail* > >

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Author information event: computational analysis skills for humanities data
by Anna-Maria Sichani 21 Sep '21

21 Sep '21

Please join us , if you are interested , and circulate widely ! ---- The National Archives, Jisc and the Programming Historian (a publisher of multilingual tutorials that support humanists in learning digital tools and methods) have formed a partnership that aims to publish a series of articles to aid humanities researchers wishing to use digital tools and methods in their analysis of large-scale digital collections. A call for papers <https://programminghistorian.org/posts/cfp-jisc-ph> is currently open, inviting prospective authors to submit proposals for article-length tutorials on the computational analysis of large-scale digital collections. Register for this online event, and learn more about the Programming Historian in general, and about the call for papers in particular. There will be an opportunity to ask questions about the call in the second part of the event. The event is free, but requires registration <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/author-information-event-computational-analy…> . PROGRAMME (provisional) 2pm: Welcome 2.05pm : The Programming Historian : an introduction 2.25pm : Why I value the Programming Historian (Quinn Dombrowski) 2.40pm : The call for papers 3.10pm : Getting started with large Twitter datasets (Max Odsbjerg Pedersen and Helle Strandgaard Jensen) 3.20pm : Questions and answers 3.45pm : Close. (The event timings are in UK time, ie. UTC/GMT +1. See times for other time zones <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20210923T1300>.) Quinn Dombrowski is the Academic Technology Specialist in the Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, and in the Library, at Stanford University. Helle Strandgaard Jensen is Associate Professor of Contemporary Cultural History, Department of History and Classical Studies, Aarhus University. Max Odsbjerg Pedersen is Information Specialist, Aarhus University Library and the Danish Royal Library -- *Dr. Anna-Maria Sichani* *Post Doc Research Fellow in Media History & Historical Data Modeling * *School of Media, Arts and Humanities | Sussex Humanities Lab* *University of Sussex* *Editor, The Programming Historian* *Director, ProgHist Ltd. | **ProgHist Ltd is a Not for Profit Company Limited by Guarantee, Registered in England, Company Number 12192946* *programminghistorian.org/ <http://programminghistorian.org/>* @amsichani <https://twitter.com/amsichani> amsichani.github.io *Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail*

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PhD position (or Postdoc) in Computational Literary Studies at University of Stuttgart
by Jonas Kuhn 20 Sep '21

20 Sep '21

The Institute for Natural Language Processing (IMS) at University of Stuttgart has an opening for a doctoral researcher (or a postdoc) in the context of project CAUTION [1] to work on the operationalization of concepts from the field of narratology and on tools for computer-aided analysis of a corpus of literary texts. CAUTION is a collaboration between literary studies and computational linguistics, headed by Janina Jacke (University of Göttingen) and Jonas Kuhn (University of Stuttgart) [2], which addresses the phenomenon of unreliable narration in fiction. The project aims to advance the representational means for capturing this phenomenon, to devise a framework for intersubjectively stable annotation in texts, and to develop computational tools for automatically detecting signals for unreliable narration in a corpus. The project is funded by DFG (the German Research Foundation) and is associated with the Priority Programme SPP 2207 Computational Literary Studies. The successful candidate will work (i) on the detection of text properties signaling unreliable narration using data-driven techniques from natural language processing (NLP) and (ii) on capturing systematically what reasoning leads a reader to consider the narrator of a story to be unreliable, using a symbolic knowledge representation & reasoning framework. Specifically, the project explores how the interaction between story-internal knowledge and background knowledge from various sources can be formalized in a belief-desire-intention model for intelligent agents and how such a formalization can be integrated with the practice of text annotation. An important element of the project will be a close exchange between theoretical research in literary studies and research on algorithmic modeling techniques. The candidate must have a Master's degree in computational linguistics, computer science, digital humanities, or similar. Familiarity with the data-driven modeling paradigm in current NLP research, programming skills and experience in running and evaluating corpus-based modeling experiments are a prerequisite. A reading knowledge of German is desirable, since we work on a corpus of German texts. Some background in digital humanities on the one hand, and in knowledge representation & reasoning, declarative programming (e.g. Prolog) and/or multi-agent systems on the other hand would be a plus. IMS Stuttgart offers an inspiring environment for interdisciplinary work on algorithmic text analysis in a range of research contexts; several groups work on digital humanities and computational social science projects. The position will be available for three years, starting in November 2021. All applications received until October 5, 2021 will receive full consideration, but the position will remain open until filled. Do not hesitate to get in touch when you find this opening after October 5. The salary for a doctoral researcher working on the CAUTION project is according to the German university payscale (TV-L 13 65%, see [3] for details). By contributing to teaching at the department, the 65% contract can be increased to 100% TV-L 13, which can make the project position attractive to postdoctoral researchers with the relevant qualifications. To apply, please send a CV and letter of motivation in a single PDF document to Jonas Kuhn, jonas.kuhn at ims.uni-stuttgart.de <http://ims.uni-stuttgart.de/>. Please include names of 2-3 individuals willing to write a letter of recommendation. For inquiries regarding the position, please also contact Jonas Kuhn. The University of Stuttgart aims at increasing the number of women in academia. Therefore, women are particularly encouraged to apply. Applications of severely disabled candidates with equivalent qualifications will be given priority. Information according to article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for job application processes at University of Stuttgart can be found here: https://www.zendas.de/zendas/informationen_bewerbung.html <https://www.zendas.de/zendas/informationen_bewerbung.html> and https://www.uni-stuttgart.de/en/privacy-notice/job-application/ <https://www.uni-stuttgart.de/en/privacy-notice/job-application/>. [1] https://dfg-spp-cls.github.io/projects_en/2020/01/24/TP-Caution/ <https://dfg-spp-cls.github.io/projects_en/2020/01/24/TP-Caution/> [2] https://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/institut/arbeitsgruppen/gcl <https://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/institut/arbeitsgruppen/gcl> [3] https://oeffentlicher-dienst.info/c/t/rechner/tv-l/west?id=tv-l-2021 <https://oeffentlicher-dienst.info/c/t/rechner/tv-l/west?id=tv-l-2021>

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Community Open Principles: Before, During and After the Global Pandemic (Jun 30, 2021)
by Francesca Giovannetti 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

The Force11 Working Group Reimagining Educational Practices for Open (REPO) will be hosting its second webinar on Jun 30, 2021 at 13:00 UTC <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2021&month=…> . *Community Open Principles: Before, During and After the Global Pandemic* Dr. Ana Persic, UNESCO, Dr. Arianna Becerril García, AmeliCA, Dr. Johanna Havemann, Open Science MOOC, Osman Aldirdiri, AfricArXiv When we talk about Open (Open Science, Open Data, Open Access) what do we mean? How can we navigate the different definitions of what it means to be a community and to be Open? How do we engage with communities and train members around Open? What evidence are we using of how we are addressing Open? How can we be more inclusive and align our Open principles to foster norms, incentives, and recognition? Have our understandings around Open shifted during the pandemic? This online webinar will address these questions via the experiences of invited open science communities, how they have designed and applied their open (science) principles before and during the pandemic, particularly with regard to outreach and training, while also looking out at the horizon, at a future beyond the pandemic. The webinar aims to include open (science) perspectives from a diverse group of communities, learn from their approaches, how they have evolved, and identify possible next steps that all, in our global community can consider. Register now <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dvUoVNkvR42UTVrswfwpYQ>

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Second Call for Papers: The 5th Joint SIGHUM Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, Humanities and Literature
by Nils Reiter 11 Jun '21

11 Jun '21

LaTeCH-CLfL 2021: The 5th Joint SIGHUM Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, Humanities and Literature to be held on-line on 11 November 2021 in conjunction with EMNLP 2021 https://sighum.wordpress.com/events/latech-clfl-2021/ Second Call for Papers (with apologies for cross-posting) Organisers: Stefania Degaetano-Ortlieb, Anna Kazantseva, Nils Reiter, Stan Szpakowicz LaTeCH-CLfL 2021 is the fifth in a series of meetings for NLP researchers who work with data from the broadly understood arts, humanities and social sciences, and for specialists in those disciplines who apply NLP techniques in their work. The workshop continues a long tradition of annual meetings. The SIGHUM Workshops on Language Technology for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, and Humanities (LaTeCH) ran from 2007 to 2016. The ACL Workshops on Computational Linguistics for Literature (CLfL) took place from 2012 to 2016. The first four joint workshops (LaTeCH-CLfL) were held from 2017 to 2020. Topics and Content In the Humanities, Social Sciences, Cultural Heritage and literary communities, there is increasing interest in, and demand for, NLP methods for semantic and structural annotation, intelligent linking, discovery, querying, cleaning and visualization of both primary and secondary data. This is even true of primarily non-textual collections, given that text is also the pervasive medium for metadata. Such applications pose new challenges for NLP research: noisy, non-standard textual or multi-modal input, historical languages, vague research concepts, multilingual parts within one document, and so no. Digital resources often have insufficient coverage; resource-intensive methods require (semi-)automatic processing tools and domain adaptation, or intense manual effort (e.g., annotation). Literary texts bring their own problems, because navigating this form of creative expression requires more than the typical information-seeking tools. Examples of advanced tasks include the study of literature of a certain period, author or sub-genre, recognition of certain literary devices, or quantitative analysis of poetry. NLP methods applied in this context not only need to achieve high performance, but are often applied as a first step in research or scholarly workflow. That is why it is crucial to interpret model results properly; model interpretability might be more important than raw performance scores, depending on the context. More generally, there is a growing interest in computational models whose results can be used or interpreted in meaningful ways. It is, therefore, of mutual benefit that NLP experts, data specialists and Digital Humanities researchers who work in and across their domains get involved in the Computational Linguistics community and present their fundamental or applied research results. It has already been demonstrated how cross-disciplinary exchange not only supports work in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Cultural Heritage communities but also promotes work in the Computational Linguistics community to build richer and more effective tools and models. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: • adaptation of NLP tools to Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, Humanities and literature; • automatic error detection and cleaning of textual data; • complex annotation schemas, tools and interfaces; • creation (fully- or semi-automatic) of semantic resources; • creation and analysis of social networks of literary characters; • discourse and narrative analysis/modelling, notably in literature; • emotion analysis for the humanities and for literature; • generation of literary narrative, dialogue or poetry; • identification and analysis of literary genres; • linking and retrieving information from different sources, media, and domains; • modelling dialogue literary style for generation; • modelling of information and knowledge in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Cultural Heritage; • profiling and authorship attribution; • search for scientific and/or scholarly literature; • work with linguistic variation and non-standard or historical use of language. Information for Authors We invite papers on original, unpublished work in the topic areas of the workshop. In addition to long papers, we will consider short papers and system descriptions (demos). We also welcome position papers. • Long papers, presenting completed work, may consist of up to eight (8) pages of content plus additional pages of references; final camera-ready versions of accepted long papers will be given one additional page of content (up to 9 pages) so that reviewers’ comments can be taken into account. • A short paper / demo can present work in progress, or the description of a system, and may consist of up to four (4) pages of content plus additional pages of references. Upon acceptance, short papers will be given five (5) content pages in the proceedings. • A position paper — clearly marked as such — should not exceed six (6) pages including references. All submissions are to use the EMNLP stylesheets (for LaTeX / Overleaf and MS Word), to be announced soon at https://2021.emnlp.org/call-for-papers/. Papers should be submitted electronically, in PDF, via the LaTeCH-CLfL2021 submission website at https://www.softconf.com/emnlp2021/LaTeCHCLfL/. Reviewing will be double-blind. Please do not include the authors’ names and affiliations, or any references to Web sites, project names, acknowledgements and so on — anything that immediately reveals the authors’ identity. Self-references should be kept to a reasonable minimum, and anonymous citations cannot be used. Please see https://2021.emnlp.org/call-for-papers/#anonymity-period for the official EMNLP policy (except that our anonymity period starts later). Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings, and later available in the ACL Anthology. Important Dates Anonymity period begins on July 1, 2021. Paper submission deadline: August 5, 2021 Notification of acceptance: September 5, 2021 Camera-ready papers due: September 15, 2021 Workshop date: December 11, 2021 More on the organisers Stefania Degaetano-Ortlieb, Language Science and Technology, Saarland University Anna Kazantseva, National Research Council of Canada Nils Reiter, Department for Digital Humanities, University of Cologne Stan Szpakowicz, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa Contact latech-clfl(a)googlegroups.com

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CfP for DHd 2022 (Potsdam, Germany)
by Francesca Giovannetti 09 Jun '21

09 Jun '21

### Apologies for Cross posting ### Dear all, We would like to inform you that submissions are welcome for *DHd 2022*, 7.- 11.03.2022, at *Potsdam*, Germany. DHd 2022 "Kulturen des digitalen Gedächtnisses" is the annual conference of the Verband Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum, an associative member of the European Association of Digital Humanities (EADH). Check out the website (https://www.dhd2022.de) for the Call for Papers (in German) and details about the submission procedure. Please notice that the deadline is 15.07.2021. You can also follow us on Twitter @dhd2022! Looking forward to welcome you at Potsdam, Ulrike Wuttke on behalf of the Local Organisers of DHd 2022 Dr Ulrike Wuttke Vertretungsprofessorin für Bibliotheks- und Informationstechnologien und Digitale Services | Interim professor for Library and Information Technologies and Digital Services & Internationalisierungsbeauftragte des FB5 *Aktuell ausschließlich über E-Mail erreichbar | Currently only available via e-mail.* E-Mail: ulrike.wuttke(a)fh.potsdam.de Phone: +49 331 580-4533 Twitter: UWuttke | Skype: ulrike.wuttke ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8217-4025 FH Potsdam | University of Applied Sciences Potsdam Fachbereich Informationswissenschaft | Department of Information Science Kiepenheuerallee 5 | 14469 Potsdam http://www.fh-potsdam.de/ https://ulrikewuttke.wordpress.com/ Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

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DH-CH Event 7. - 9. June 2021, Rome
by tobias.hodel＠wbkolleg.unibe.ch 03 Jun '21

03 Jun '21

*Apologies for crossposting* Event: dh-ch.ch Digital Humanities Workshop @ the Istituto Svizzero and the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome next Monday, 7. - 9. June 2021 Digital Images, Metadata and Cultural Heritage Objects Metadata and semantic information are crucial for most operations with data. Enriching images with words and words with images is more important than ever. That's why the focus of a starting event is on image-based research. This can be demonstrated particularly well by the research on cultural heritage, as sources of great importance for our social and cultural identity. The change towards digital methods and tools is essential in this context in several ways since the form of capturing technology as well as the visualization of content changed greatly with the advent of the digital. We are very honored and pleased to have the following keynote speakers at dh-ch21: Dr. Heidi Amrein, Chefkuratorin, Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum Prof. Dr. Tobias Wildi, Fachochschule Graubünden Prof. Dr. Geoff Cox and Nicolas Malevé, London South Bank University Prof. Dr. Béatrice Joyeux-Prunel, Université de Genève Paola Manoni, Vatican Library Dr. Elena Chestnova, Università della Svizzera Italiana Prof. Dr. Sarah Kenderdine, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne You can register here to follow the keynote presentations of our workshop: https://www.istitutosvizzero.it/de/conferenza/digital-visual-media-and-meta… www.dh-ch.ch

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Postdoc Computational Literary Studies in Amsterdam (3 years)
by Peter Boot 12 May '21

12 May '21

Hi all, As you may have seen on other lists, we're looking for a postdoc computational literary studies. The postdoc position is part of the project 'ImpFic: The Impact of Fiction'. Within this project we investigate the impact fiction can have on readers. We use a large corpus of electronically available Dutch-language (original and translated) novels and a large collection of online book reviews. The aim of the project is to translate concepts of literary theory about how literature works into a computational form suitable for computational analysis of books and book reviews. The position is for 3 years at Huygens ING (Amsterdam) and is a collaboration with the Netherlands eScience Center. More details at: https://www.academictransfer.com/300391/ (NL) https://www.academictransfer.com/300413/ (EN) You can send your application to the Personnel & Organisation department by e-mail: sollicitaties(a)bb.huc.knaw.nl before May 25. The application consists of a motivation letter, a curriculum vitae, a publication list and where available links to digital projects that you have participated in, and/or a profile on GitHub or other public code repositories. Please contact us if you want to know more! Best wishes, Peter Boot

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EADH 2022 Call for Hosts
by Fabio Ciotti 11 May '21

11 May '21

EADH 2022 Call for Hosts The EADH Executive Committee invites proposals for Local Organisers (LO) to host the 2022 EADH Conference. The EADH Conference is organised each year that the annual ADHO Digital Humanities conference takes place outside of Europe, and has the objective to strengthen the scientific, institutional and cultural relations between the members of the DH communities in Europe and the Mediterranean area. EADH is particularly interested in proposals from institutions and regions that: • Have recently developed or are developing digital humanities communities and organizations; • Have not previously hosted an ADHO or the EADH Digital Humanities conference. Please note that the lead applicant must be a direct member of the EADH or of one of its Associate Organisations (currently AIUCD [Italy], DHD [Germany], DHN [Nordic Countries], CzADH [Czechia], and DH Russia). Organisation EADH Conferences are co-organised by two committees: The scientific organisation is conducted by a Programme Committee (PC) between 8 and 14 members and one Chair, appointed by the EADH Executive Committee. The local organiser may appoint up to two members of the PC. The PC decides the main theme of the conference, identifies and invites keynote speakers, produces and issues the Call for Papers, manages the review process, and decides the academic conference programme. The logistical organization will be the responsibility of a Local Organisation Committee, whose members and chair are appointed by the Local Organisers. Time Period and Venue Conference dates are decided by the Local Organiser, in consultation with EADH Executive committee. It is recommended that the conference takes place in the autumn of 2022. Other large DH-related conferences in Europe should be taken into account when fixing the precise dates. The venue must be an academic or cultural institution in the European and Mediterranean area in its broadest sense. The hosting institution should be able to accommodate a minimum of 300 delegates (including plenaries), at least three parallel sessions, and a communicative poster session. The Local Organizers must also have the infrastructure and organizational staff to guarantee online access to delegates and speakers. The availability of accommodations at accessible prices is an element that will be considered in the evaluation of the bid. Bids Bids should contain a preliminary budget and up to two pages describing the motivations and logistical opportunities offered by the proposed venue. Bidders must take into account the EADH diversity and inclusivity statement and the ADHO code of conduct. The venue for the 2022 conference will be decided by the EADH Executive Committee on the basis of: • Academic and social impact of the conference for the LO; • Logistical and economical adequacy of the venue (including costs of accommodations and availability of a childcare program); • The overall quality of the proposal. Bids should be submitted to secretary(a)eadh.org and CC to fabio.ciotti(a)uniroma2.it no later than June 30, 2021. Structure of the Conference The Conference should be a 2/3-day event, avoiding weekends. Workshops and training events can precede the official conference days, depending on the availability of the LO. Presentations will be organized in 90-minute slots. The conference should have two keynote plenary talks. Typical presentations are: • Long papers for theoretical or highly relevant methodological or technical issues; • Short papers to present research ideas, approaches and projects; • Panel or roundtable for one relevant topic discussed under different perspectives by 5/6 presenters; • Posters. One session of the conference is reserved for short poster presentations. Bidders in coordination with the Programme Committee are encouraged to propose alternative formats and innovative organization of the conference in addition to this general framework. Budget The conference must be financially self-sustaining or create a small surplus. Surpluses and deficits for conference finances are distributed at a ratio to EADH and to the local organizer according to this formula: 60% ADHO / 40% LOs. In case of loss, EADH backstop funding will not exceed €5,000. The EADH will also provide bursaries for young scholars. At least 50% of ADHO’s share of surpluses will be earmarked specifically for future conference travel bursaries and other pro-inclusion actions. The local organizers are expected to set six levels of registration fees: • Faculty and staff with a permanent contract, members of the EADH, associate organizations, and other constituent organizations of ADHO; • Faculty and staff with a permanent contract, non-members; • Faculty and staff with a fixed-term contract, members of the EADH, associate organizations, and other constituent organizations of ADHO; • Faculty and staff with a fixed-term contract, non-members; • Students, members of the EADH, associate organizations, and other constituent organizations of ADHO; • Students, non-members. Local Organisers are expected to set member/non-member rates so that the difference between member/non-member rates are higher than the EADH membership costs. Registration fees are recommended not to exceed €300 for the highest level of non-member fees to make the conference more accessible to the community. Social Programme Local Organisers are expected to arrange a diverse social programme, including a social dinner, that can contribute to the EADH community building. Usually, this social programme will highlight the local culture of the conference venue. Synergies and Possible Sponsorship Suggested collaborative activities range from hosting of workshops and tutorials to co-organisation of the conference or financial support. Private in-kind and financial sponsorship is welcome, provided that any activity from sponsoring organizations is clearly distinct from, and does not influence, the academic program. -- 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 f.ciotti(a)pec.it

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Digital Humanities Research Hub seminar series (School of Advanced Study, University of London)
by Naomi Wells 04 May '21

04 May '21

Digital Humanities Research Hub Seminar Series (School of Advanced Study, University of London) We cordially invite you to the inaugural seminar series of the School of Advanced Study’s Digital Humanities Research Hub in the 2021 summer term (convened by Gabriel Bodard). Please come to hear from the Hub’s faculty and some of our close collaborators at these lunchtime events. * Thurs May 6, 13:00–14:00 (BST): Gethin Rees and Valeria Vitale (British Library) - Locating a National Collection through Audience Research (book now<https://www.sas.ac.uk/events/event/24361>) * Thurs May 20, 13:00–14:00 (BST): Christopher Ohge (SAS) - Editorial Transformations and Minimal Computing at the Melville Electronic Library (book now<https://www.sas.ac.uk/events/event/24369>) * Thurs Jun 3, 13:00–14:00 (BST): Gabriel Bodard (SAS) - Teaching Digital Approaches to Cultural Heritage as an International Collaboration (book now<https://www.sas.ac.uk/events/event/24362>) * Thurs Jun 17, 12:30–13:30 (BST): Ruth Ahnert (QMUL) - “Stop, collaborate and listen”: Lessons on interdisciplinary collaboration from the Living with Machines Project (book now<https://www.sas.ac.uk/events/event/24363>) * Thurs July 1, 13:00–14:00 (BST): Naomi Wells (SAS), Nayana Dhavan (KCL) and Rhiannon Lewis (SAS) - Researching Social Media in the Digital Humanities (book now<https://www.sas.ac.uk/events/event/24367>) Attendance is free but booking is essential. Zoom links will be sent to registered attendees a few days before each seminar. ALL WELCOME. Dr Naomi Wells Lecturer in Italian and Spanish with Digital Humanities 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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CFP for UbiComp 2021
by KRISTIN BREANNE CORNELIUS WAY 03 May '21

03 May '21

Hi all-- Here is a CFP for a workshop that I am co-chairing for UbiComp 2021. Please apply or send to relevant colleagues or mailing lists. If you have any questions, you can email me or visit the website. All the best, Dr. Kristin Cornelius Visiting Research, Compliant and Accountable Systems Group Cambridge University, UK =================== Call for papers ================== Workshop on Reviewable and Auditable Pervasive Systems (WRAPS) Website: https://wraps-workshop.github.io/ Location: Virtual In conjunction with UbiComp (https://www.ubicomp.org) Important dates: - Paper submission: 15th June, 2021 - Author notification: 15th July, 2021 - Final camera ready due: 23rd July, 2021 - Workshop date: 25/26th September, 2021 (exact date/time to be confirmed) All deadlines are 23:59 AoE. ================================================== *** This workshop will bring together a range of perspectives into how we can better audit and understand the complex, sociotechnical systems that increasingly pervade our world. >From tools for data capture and retrieval, technical/ethical/legal challenges, and early ideas on concepts of relevance – we are calling for submissions that help further our understanding of how pervasive systems can be built to be reviewable and auditable, helping to bring about more transparent, trustworthy, and accountable technologies.*** Emerging technologies (e.g. IoT, AR/VR, AI/ML, etc.) are increasingly being deployed in new and innovative ways – be it in our homes, vehicles, or public spaces. Such technologies have the potential to bring a wide range of benefits, blending advanced functionality with the physical environment. However, they also have the potential to drive real-world consequences through decisions, interactions, or actuations, and there is a real risk that their use can lead to harms, such as physical injuries, financial loss, or even death. These concerns appear ever-more prevalent, as a growing sense of distrust has led to calls for *more transparency and accountability* surrounding the development and use of emerging technologies. A range of things can—and often do—go wrong, be they technical failure, user error, or otherwise. As such, means for the ability to *review, understand and act upon* the inner workings of how these systems are built/developed and used are crucial to being able to determine the cause of failures, prevent re-occurrences, and/or to identify parties at fault. Yet, despite the wider landscape of societal and legal pressures for record keeping and increased accountability (e.g. GDPR and CCPA), implementing transparency measures face a range of challenges. This calls for different thinking into how we can better understand (interpret) the emerging technologies that pervade our world. As such, this workshop aims to explore new ideas into the nascent topic, collating some of the outstanding challenges and potential solutions to implementing more meaningful transparency throughout pervasive systems. We look to bring together experts from a range of disciplines, including those of technical, legal, and design-oriented backgrounds. ============================================ Submissions: We invite papers of varying length from 2 to 6 pages (excluding refs) using the ACM sigconf template ( https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template) Submissions can be made via PCS at https://new.precisionconference.com/submissions. Accepted papers will be published in the UbiComp/ISWC 2021 adjunct proceedings, which will be included in the ACM Digital Library. All submissions will be peer reviewed, and should be properly anonymised. Some suggested topics include (but are not limited to): - Tools, techniques, and frameworks to assist in providing greater transparency & oversight over the workings of pervasive systems - Methods for explaining & understanding systems/models - Methods for fostering trust & transparency in pervasive systems - The usability of audit data - Performance implications of capturing audit data - Privacy, security and data protection implications of auditability mechanisms - Vocabularies and frameworks for modelling relevant information to support auditability & explainability - Data aggregation and consolidation - Legal considerations relating to record keeping & auditing mechanisms - Access controls & data sharing regimes - Audit log verification methods

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CFP: Eighth Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics (CLiC-it 2021)
by Sprugnoli Rachele (rachele.sprugnoli) 03 May '21

03 May '21

Dear All, we are happy to announce the first Call for Paper of the Eighth Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics (CLiC-it 2021): https://clic2021.disco.unimib.it/calls/first-call-for-paper/ Please note that the conference has a track dedicated to CL and NLP for the Humanities. Paper submission deadline: 13/9/2021 Website: https://clic2021.disco.unimib.it/ Twitter account: https://twitter.com/CLiC_it_conf Best regards, Rachele Sprugnoli ---- Rachele Sprugnoli, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano LiLa: Linking Latin ERC-funded project [ERC n. 769994] https://lila-erc.eu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RSprugnoli ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rachele_Sprugnoli Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Computazionale (AILC): http://www.ai-lc.it/en/association/ Associazione per l’Informatica Umanistica e la Cultura Digitale: http://www.aiucd.it/ Tel: +390272344928 [cid:b08770b1-92aa-49d9-af90-dda9b532cfe6] [cid:3c953e4b-1fe9-4476-b361-05eeff098091] [http://static.unicatt.it/ext-portale/FirmaOutlook.jpg]<http://www.unicatt.it/>

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Happy Digital Humanities Day!
by Alice Borgna 29 Apr '21

29 Apr '21

Digital Humanities Day 2021: today is the day! Participating is simple: - Tweet what you are doing (hashtag #dayofdh2021) - Peruse our Instagram hashtag #dayofday2021 and add your own. - Use the Day of Dh 2021 Graphics and Zoom background - Join a session of the floating Meet-up in your time zone or elsewhere in the world - Follow what your fellow digital humanists are up to - Play a few rounds of Digital Humanities Bingo with colleagues (be sure to post when you reach “bingo"!) For a list of events and all the graphics see https://dhcenternet.org/initiatives/day-of-dh/2021

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RIDE Tools - Call for reviews
by Elena Spadini 23 Apr '21

23 Apr '21

*Apologies for cross posting* Dear textual scholars, The Institute for Documentology and Scholarly Editing (IDE) is calling for reviews for a special issue of the journal RIDE <https://ride.i-d-e.de/>, dedicated to *Tools and Environments for Digital Scholarly Editing (DSE)*. The first issue <https://ride.i-d-e.de/issues/issue-11/> of RIDE dedicated to Tools and Environments was published in January 2020. *Reviews for the second issue will be accepted until the 30st of September 2021.* To guide reviewers through the review process and to create a structure for the evaluation, we provide *Criteria for Reviewing Digital Tools and Environments for DSE* that are supposed to be applicable to various types of resources. The guidelines (Version 1.0) can be found here <https://www.i-d-e.de/publikationen/weitereschriften/criteria-tools-version-…> . We kindly ask you to email us before start reviewing a tool at *ride-tools (at) i-d-e.de <http://i-d-e.de/>* with a suggestion of which resource you would like to review and with a short explanation of your affiliation and area of expertise. This is important in order to avoid multiple reviews of the same tool. *Background* In the introduction to his book *Software takes command *(Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013) Lev Manovich states that “software has become our interface to the world, to others, to our memory and our imagination”. Is the same happening in the world of digital scholarly editing? Certainly we cannot ignore their fundamental role in our daily scholarly practices and in the interactions with our objects of study. Insofar as tools shape scholarly editions, they also shape scholarly editing. A new RIDE issue is devoted to tools for digital scholarly editing. The aim of this issue is to: - contribute to the discussion about tooling in Digital Humanities, - bring to the forefront the instruments instead of the final products, - provide a venue for discussing best practices in the development and usage of tools, - list useful resources for all those involved in scholarly editing. Beyond that, we hope that the critical examination of digital tools draws greater attention to the (scholarly) achievements that their creation and maintenance imply. The journal *RIDE* was founded in 2014 to “provide a forum in which expert peers criticise and discuss the efforts of digital editors in order to improve current practices and advance future developments” (RIDE Editorial). RIDE is Open Access, reviews are published as HTML and downloadable as TEI. All reviews will be peer reviewed in order to reach a high quality level of the evaluations. The special issue on Digital Tools and Environments for DSE will be edited by Anna-Maria Sichani (University of Sussex) and Elena Spadini (University of Lausanne). *Submission details* Reviews are accepted in English, French, Italian, and Spanish. The length of the review can vary depending on how much the resource offers that is worthy of discussion (approximately 2000-5000 words). Please submit your review at *ride-tools (at) i-d-e.de <http://i-d-e.de/>* as an editable text file (preferably, but not necessarily docx to facilitate the conversion to TEI). Please send illustrations as separate image files (jpg or png) and leave a note in the text as a placeholder for each image. In addition to the text, we collect keywords. Each review should be accompanied by a short abstract in English, independently of the language used in the main text. For further information please check the general RIDE guidelines for writing and submitting <http://ride.i-d-e.de/reviewers/writing-and-submitting/>. The questionnaire mentioned in the submission checklist has been designed for scholarly digital editions so far. We will keep you informed about how to proceed with the questionnaire for this special issue. All reviews will be peer reviewed in order to reach a high quality level of the evaluations. We believe that this is important because the evaluation of digital scholarly resources usually requires a double expertise in digital methods as well as in individual disciplines. This is also to increase the credit for reviews. *Suggestions for review* The following list is merely alphabetically and not comprehensive: - Annotation Studio <http://www.annotationstudio.org/> - Apache OpenNLP <https://opennlp.apache.org/> - CATview <http://catview.uzi.uni-halle.de/> - Classical Text Editor <http://cte.oeaw.ac.at/> - CorrespSearch <https://correspsearch.net/> - CWRC-Writer <https://github.com/cwrc/CWRC-WriterBase> - ecdosis <http://ecdosis.rocks> - eLaborate <http://elaborate.huygens.knaw.nl/> - EVT <http://evt.labcd.unipi.it/> - FreeLing 4.0 <http://nlp.lsi.upc.edu/freeling/> - FromThePage <https://fromthepage.com/> - FuD <https://fud.uni-trier.de/> - Image Markup Tool <https://tapor.uvic.ca/~mholmes/image_markup/> - Isilex <https://isilex.github.io/easy-xml/> - Kiln <http://kcl-ddh.github.io/kiln/> - LombardPress <http://lombardpress.org/> - ManuscriptDesk <https://manuscriptdesk.uantwerpen.be/md/Main_Page> - MOM-CA <https://github.com/icaruseu/mom-ca/wiki> - New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (NTVMR) < http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/de/manuscript-workspace> - oXygen <http://oxygenxml.com/> - PhiloEditor <http://site1705.web.cs.unibo.it/phed/> - Scripto <http://scripto.org/> - Stanford NLP <https://nlp.stanford.edu/software/> - Stylo <https://stylo.ecrituresnumeriques.ca/> - T-Pen <http://www.t-pen.org/TPEN/> - TEI Critical Apparatus Toolbox <http://teicat.huma-num.fr/> - TextGrid <https://textgrid.de/en/> - Pundit <http://thepund.it/> - Transcribo <http://transcribo.org/en/> - Transkribus <https://transkribus.eu/Transkribus/> - Versioning Machine <http://v-machine.org/> - WMRCRE <http://vmrcre.org/> - Zooniverse <https://www.zooniverse.org/> More Digital Tools and Environments can be found on dedicated lists and in catalogs, for example: - TEI-Wiki Editing Tools < https://wiki.tei-c.org/index.php/Category:Editing_tools> ( last modified on 2015-02-20) - DIRT <http://dirtdirectory.org> (last update 2015-04-24) - TAPOR 3.0 <http://tapor.ca/home> -- Elena Spadini Postdoc, Université de Lausanne elespdn.github.io/io/

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Shared Task on Scene Segmentation in German Narratives
by Nils Reiter 21 Apr '21

21 Apr '21

1st Shared Task on Scene Segmentation in German Narratives We invite contributions to the 1st Shared Task on automatic Scene Segmentation (STSS) for German narrative texts. Scenes are time-, location- and plot-wise coherent units of a story, and can predominantly be found in narrative texts like novels or biographies. Scene segmentation is needed for a high-level content analysis of longer texts, but also for many subsequent tasks for NLP applied in longer narrative texts, since even modern methods struggle with processing text longer than a couple of sentences or paragraphs. All the details can be found here: http://go.uniwue.de/stss2021. The shared task is co-located with KONVENS 2021: https://konvens2021.phil.hhu.de ## Important Dates June 7, 2021: Registration Deadline June 30, 2021: Start of final evaluation July 7, 2021: End of final evaluation July 15, 2021: Paper submission due August 10, 2021: Camera ready due September 6-9, 2021: KONVENS conference ## Contact stss2021(a)informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de ## Organizers Albin Zehe, University of Würzburg Leonard Konle, University of Würzburg Lea Dümpelmann, University of Heidelberg Evelyn Gius, Technical University of Darmstadt Svenja Guhr, Technical University of Darmstadt Andreas Hotho, University of Würzburg Fotis Jannidis, University of Würzburg Lucas Kaufmann, University of Würzburg Markus Krug, University of Würzburg Frank Puppe, University of Würzburg Nils Reiter, University of Cologne Annekea Schreiber, TU Darmstadt

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1-year Research Fellowship (+1 year extension) - Università di Torino, Dipartimento di Informatica - H2020 Project SPICE
by Antonio Lieto 15 Apr '21

15 Apr '21

Open position at the University of Turin on “Semantic services for knowledge extraction, reasoning and integration in the cultural heritage domain” We are seeking a candidate for a one-year (renewable) research fellowship (from June/July 2021) to work on EU H2020 Project SPICE (Social Participation and Inclusion through Cultural Engagement - https://spice-h2020.eu) The candidate will be in charge of designing and deploying a semantic service for knowledge extraction, reasoning and integration in the field of cultural heritage. This service will be integrated into the socio-technical infrastructure of the SPICE project (2020-23), allowing third parties to perform reasoning tasks on the representation of the artworks and of the responses provided by the audience, with the ultimate goals of enabling advanced curation processes. Requirements for this position are a Master degree or Doctorate in Computer Science. The salary is €19.541. The call for application is available on the website of the University of Turin: https://pica.cineca.it/unito/assegni-di-ricerca-unito-2021-ii/file/Bando.pdf (REF INF.2021.10) Deadline: April 22 1:00 pm (CET). Online application at https://pica.cineca.it/unito/assegni-di-ricerca-unito-2021-ii/ Please write to Rossana Damiano for information (rossana.damiano(a)unito.it) ------------- Antonio Lieto, Ph.D Tenure-track Researcher (RTD-B) in Computer Science University of Turin, Department of Computer Science, Italy ICAR-CNR, Palermo, Italy Home: http://www.di.unito.it/~lieto/ ACM Distinguished Speaker: https://speakers.acm.org/speakers/lieto_12489 Vice-President of the Italian Association of Cognitive Science http://www.aisc-net.org/home/association/governing-board/ Deputy Editor in Chief of JETAI (Journal of Exp. & Theor. Artif. Intell., T&F) https://www.tandfonline.com/jetai <https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&j…> Author of "Cognitive Design for Artificial Minds" (2021), Routledge, Taylor & Francis. https://www.routledge.com/Cognitive-Design-for-Artificial-Minds/Lieto/p/boo…

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