October 2023 - Corpora

Corpus MOOC - free online course running right now
by Brezina, Vaclav 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

Hi all, Lancaster University is currently running a free online course on Corpus linguistics (8 weeks). There are some very interesting discussions on the platform already and a dedicated team of mentors is ready to answer your questions about CL and its various applications. It's still possible to register for free: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/corpus-linguistics Vaclav Professor Vaclav Brezina Professor in Corpus Linguistics Department of Linguistics and English Language ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Lancaster University Lancaster, LA1 4YD Office: County South, room C05 T: +44 (0)1524 510828 [cid:image001.png@01D9F871.689A8410]@vaclavbrezina [cid:image002.png@01D9F871.689A8410]<http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/arts-and-social-sciences/about-us/people/vaclav-…>

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OFAI 2023 Fall Lecture Series
by Tristan Miller 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

The Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI) is delighted to announce its 2023 Fall Lecture Series. The talks are intended to familiarize attendees with the latest research developments in AI and related fields, and to forge new connections with those working in other areas. The main theme of the current series is large language models. Lectures will be held at 18:30 Vienna time online via Zoom (meeting ID: 842 8244 2460; passcode: 678868); in-person attendance at OFAI is also possible for certain lectures. Attendance is open to the public and free of charge. No registration is required. For further details, sign up to our mailing list at <https://www.ofai.at/newsletter.html> or check the Lecture Series web page at <https://www.ofai.at/lectures>. Schedule: 11 October 2023 at 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Nafise Sadat Moosavi (University of Sheffield) Challenges of End-to-End Reasoning in NLP Calendar link: https://www.ofai.at/calendar/2023-10-11moosavi.ics 23 October 2023 at 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Simon Penny (University of California Irvine and Nottingham Trent University) Skill: Know-how, Artisanal Practices and 'Higher' Cognition Calendar link: https://www.ofai.at/calendar/2023-10-23penny.ics 8 November 2023 at 18:30 CET (UTC+1) Erich Prem (University of Vienna) Ethics of AI: Good AI Versus the Totalitarian Enforcement of Norms Calendar link: https://www.ofai.at/calendar/2023-11-08prem.ics 22 November 2023 at 18:30 CET (UTC+1) Dagmar Gromann (University of Vienna) Do Large Language Models Grasp Metaphors? Calendar link: https://www.ofai.at/calendar/2023-11-22gromann.ics 6 December 2023 at 18:30 CET (UTC+1) Ivan Habernal (Paderborn University) Privacy in Natural Language Processing: Are we There yet? Calendar link: https://www.ofai.at/calendar/2023-12-06habernal.ics 20 December 2023 at 18:30 CET (UTC+1) Thomas Graf (Stony Brook University) Linguistics and Symbolic Computation in a World of Large Language Models Calendar link: https://www.ofai.at/calendar/2023-12-20graf.ics 17 January 2024 at 18:30 CET (UTC+1) Stefanie Höhl (University of Vienna) Social Rhythms and Biobehavioral Synchrony in Early Human Development Calendar link: https://www.ofai.at/calendar/2024-01-17hoehl.ics 31 January 2024 at 18:30 CET (UTC+1) Clemens Heitzinger (TU Wien) Reinforcement Learning and its Application in Medicine and Large Language Models Calendar link: https://www.ofai.at/calendar/2024-01-31heitzinger.ics 14 February 2024 at 18:30 CET (UTC+1) Brigitte Krenn and Stephanie Gross (OFAI) Bias in Language Models Illustrated by the Example of Gender Calendar link: https://www.ofai.at/calendar/2024-02-14krenn.ics -- Dr.-Ing. Tristan Miller, Research Scientist Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI) Freyung 6/6, 1010 Vienna, Austria | Tel: +43 1 5336112 12 https://logological.org/ | https://punderstanding.ofai.at/

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Call For Volunteers: EMNLP 2023
by Mamoru Komachi 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

A limited number of student volunteers are needed for the success of EMNLP 2023. Both online and in-person event volunteers are needed. Tasks may include assisting at the registration desk, filling delegate packs, managing poster board sessions and displays, serving as volunteer coordinator for the day, and/or AV/technical support such as (but not limited to) managing social media (X/Twitter) and providing assistance for conference events including tutorials, the main conference, and workshops (either online or in-person versions). In exchange for one full day equivalent of work, students receive free registration to the main conference (including the ACL membership fee of the current year), workshops and tutorials, and the social events. The work will be divided, probably into two half-day shifts, and the shifts will be scheduled to maximize volunteer access to the conference events. Webpage: https://2023.emnlp.org/volunteers Application deadline: October 20, 2023 Notification of acceptance: November 3, 2023 All deadlines are 11.59 pm UTC -12h (“anywhere on Earth”). Submission Procedure Applicants for the Student Volunteer Program must be full-time students and should submit the completed application form where we ask a few questions and a one-page CV (resume). Students should make travel arrangements and accommodations independent of the results of the application. We plan to offer the option of reduced rate student housing for accepted volunteers, but please note that you are still responsible for the cost of accommodation. EMNLP Singapore 2023 Volunteer Registration Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHMDNQJbdU9dT4eUZTpxXIJkhF3rc0_Zv… Contact Details Student Volunteers Chairs : emnlp2023-volunteers(a)gmail.com Kevin Duh, Johns Hopkins University (USA) Ekaterina Kochmar, MBZUAI (UAE) Mamoru Komachi, Hitotsubashi University (Japan)

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Call for participation: SCAI Eval 2024 Shared Task on Conversational Search Evaluation
by Johannes Kiesel 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

SCAI Eval 2024 Shared Task on Conversational Search Evaluation ============================================================== Conversational search has many faces, and we want so see them all. Rather than evaluating systems, this shared task calls on the community to gather comprehensive evaluation resources to provide a clearer picture of evaluation: 1. Example data of diverse search-oriented conversations; 2. Definitions and annotation guidelines for aspects to evaluate (e.g., correctness, coherence, readability); and 3. Implementations of evaluation metrics. Both novel and already published contributions are welcome. Contributors will be invited to present at the next SCAI workshop (venue to be determined) and co-author a SIGIR Forum article. So join our mailing list at https://groups.google.com/g/scai-info to stay up-to-date with our task and get into contact. Web: https://scai.info/scai-eval-2024/ (details, instructions, examples) Mailing list: https://groups.google.com/g/scai-info Submission deadlines: - January 15, 2024: deadline for aspect definitions - January 29, 2024: deadline for data and metrics Task Committee: - Johannes Kiesel, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar - Maik Fröbe, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena - Andrea Papenmeier, University of Twente - Alexander Frummet, Universität Regensburg - Paul Owoicho, University of Glasgow -- Johannes Kiesel Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Bauhausstr. 9a, Room 106 99423 Weimar, Germany Phone: +49 (0)3643 - 58 3720

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Advance notice: ‘Statistics for linguistics with R’ bootcamp (08 – 12/07/2024)
by Magali Paquot 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

The Linguistics Research Unit of the Institute of Language and Communication (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium) will be hosting Stefan Gries’s next bootcamp on statistics for linguistics with R from 08 to 12 July 2024. The ‘Statistics for linguistics with R’ bootcamp is a hands-on introduction to statistical methods for both graduate students and seasoned researchers and is loosely based on the third edition (2021) of Gries’s textbook Statistics for linguistics with R. The course is intended for linguists who already have a basic knowledge in statistics and some experience using R and who wish to improve their proficiency in statistical modeling of linguistic data. Using the open source software and programming language R, we will deal with: • fundamental aspects of fixed effects regression modeling for both numeric and binary response variables; these include exploration of data and their preparation for modeling, model formulation and selection; numerical and visual interpretation and evaluation of models; • more advanced aspects of fixed-effects regression modeling such as contrasts for ordinal predictors, orthogonal contrasts, curvature of numeric predictors, and maybe general linear hypothesis tests; • the theoretical foundations of mixed-effects regression modeling; • applications of mixed-effects modeling for both numeric and binary response variables; • tree-based methods and random forests: 'fitting' and interpreting them with importance scores, partial dependence scores, and detecting (not just capturing) interactions. The website of the bootcamp will be online in early 2024 and online registration will start on 1 March 2024, 11 am CEST. The number of participants is limited. If you would like to participate, mark the date in your diary! Contact email: magali.paquot(a)uclouvain.be<mailto:magali.paquot@uclouvain.be> Magali Paquot Convenor

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Corpus linguistics & applied linguistics research 2023 online talks
by pascualf＠um.es 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

I’m sharing the following information about "Corpus linguistics & applied linguistics research 2023", a series of talks organised by the University of Murcia from 11 to 30 October 2023. The talks will take place via ZOOM. This is a free event. Registration links will be provided for each of the talks below. After registration, you’ll receive an email with the webinar link. Contrastive approaches in corpus linguistics research Dr Niall Curry, Manchester Metropolitan University October 11, 18:00 (Madrid time) / 17:00 (UK time) Registration link: https://umurcia.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_d68rw3V_TnOGNWDg6sXHnw Using Corpus Linguistics to Interpret the Law Dr Jesse Egbert, Northern Arizona University October 18, 18:00 (Madrid time) / 17:00 (UK time) Registration link: https://umurcia.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uAmw72l1T-en-4y0LnZffg Multiple correspondence analysis and corpus linguistics research Dr Isobelle Clarke, Lancaster University October 25, 17:30 (Madrid time) / 16:30 (UK time) Registration link: https://umurcia.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_s0aPEXAFTQe_App0qS7Erg The Core Metadata Schema for L2 data: Collaborative efforts towards improved data findability, metadata quality and study comparability in L2 research Dr Magali Paquot, UCLouvain October 30, 18:00 (Madrid time) / 17:00 (UK time) Registration link: https://umurcia.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_a6Wkw7llSG2HrvJ9yIGKvQ You can check out the 2021 and 2022 talks here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKjKIIQL6u1mXD2V9ZaT-_Q/featured Please feel free to share this information with anyone interested in these research areas. Best wishes, Pascual Pérez-Paredes https://webs.um.es/pascualf

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Research fellowship in NLP / event extraction at the University of Oslo
by Erik Velldal 05 Oct '23

05 Oct '23

[Apologies for cross-posting] A postdoc-level position as Research Fellow in Natural Language Processing is available in the Language Technology Group (LTG) at the University of Oslo (UiO), Norway. The 3-year position is affiliated with a new research project focusing on event extraction in the domain of armed conflicts, a cross-disciplinary collaboration bridging NLP and political science / conflict research. For more information, please see the full announcement here: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/251514/researcher-in-natural… The closing date is November 2nd, 2023. Please do not hesitate to contact me for any further information. Best regards, -erik -- Erik Velldal Language Technology Group Section for Machine Learning Department of Informatics, University of Oslo

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New York University Abu Dhabi Research Assistant or Post-Doctoral Associate Opening
by Nizar Habash 05 Oct '23

05 Oct '23

Hello everyone -- We are hiring in Camel Lab at New York University Abu Dhabi! We are looking for research assistants or postdocs who are interested in Arabic Natural Language Processing. *Camel Lab website: http://www.camel-lab.com/ <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.camel-2Dlab.com_&d=…>* *Camel Lab publications: http://scholar.camel-lab.com/ <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__scholar.camel-2Dlab.com…>* *Application Links:* *Research Assistant (Bachelors or Masters required) - * http://apply.interfolio.com/133722 *Post-Doctoral Associate (PhD required) - * http://apply.interfolio.com/133725 -- Nizar Habash Professor of Computer Science New York University Abu Dhabi https://www.nizarhabash.com/

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Postdoctoral position in computational linguistics with specialisation in language grounding to vision, robotics, and beyond (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
by Simon Dobnik 03 Oct '23

03 Oct '23

Postdoctoral position in computational linguistics with specialisation in language grounding to vision, robotics, and beyond University of Gothenburg, Sweden Project Description: The broad focus of this position is computational modelling of language (computational linguistics, natural language processing or language technology) in the context of data from other modalities such as vision, perception and action from the perspective of human-centred AI. The topics relevant for this position are computational modelling of language and perception, human-robot interaction, situated spoken dialogue systems, and computational representation of meaning (semantics). The work will be done within the Cognitive Systems group (lead by Simon Dobnik, https://www.gu.se/en/about/find-staff/simondobnik ) which one of the four research groups within The Centre for Linguistic Theory and Studies in Probability (CLASP), https://www.gu.se/clasp and is devoted to research and advanced training in the application of probabilistic modelling and machine learning methods to core issues in linguistic theory and cognition. The postdoctoral candidate will will have an opportunity further their scientific skills and advance the scientific filed by conducting research in collaboration with the research group by connecting ideas from several of the following areas: - Computational semantics, - Grounding language in action and perception, - Generation and understanding of spatial language, - Generation of image descriptions, visual question answering, visual dialogue - Referring in situated dialogue, - Situated agents / robots and instruction generation and following, - Machine learning with neural networks, - Cross-domain model transfer, - Learning from small data, - Combining top-down (expert-driven) and bottom-up (dataset-driven) models, - Reasoning and inference including Bayesian inference, - Model interpretation, testing and evaluation of unwanted social bias, - Crowd-sourcing for collection and evaluation of research data. Application Deadline: November 21, 2023 (end of the day, GMT+1). Formal announcement and application procedure: https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=7&lang=UK&validator=9b89… (English) and https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=6&lang=SE&validator=3038… (Swedish) Contact: For more information about the research / project focus relevant to the position, send an email to Simon Dobnik, Professor of Computational Linguistics, simon.dobnik(a)gu.se <mailto:simon.dobnik@gu.se> For other questions, please contact Sharid Loáiciga, Associate Senior Lecturer, +46(0) 31-786 59 42, sharid.loaiciga(a)gu.se <mailto:sharid.loaiciga@gu.se> — Simon Dobnik Professor of Computational Linguistics CLASP & FLoV, University of Gothenburg https://www.gu.se/en/about/find-staff/simondobnik

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FINAL CALL - BCS SEARCH INDUSTRY AWARDS 2023
by Tony Russell-Rose 03 Oct '23

03 Oct '23

BCS SEARCH INDUSTRY AWARDS 2023 *** FINAL CALL *** We are delighted to announce this year's Search Industry Awards, celebrating the best search innovations of 2023. Presented by the Information Retrieval Specialist Group of the BCS, these awards recognize people, projects, and organisations around the world that have excelled in the design of search and information retrieval products and services. If you know of any people, projects, or products that deserve recognition, let us know by submitting a nomination. Alternatively, if you're involved with something special yourself, you can submit an application today. CATEGORIES This year we are offering five awards: 1. Best search user experience recognises outstanding application of user-centred design principles (to a web site / mobile app / information resource, etc.). Previous winners include: * Boston University/Reza Rawassizadeh, Yi Rong for their work on ODSearch * LexisNexis for their work on Open question answering on Lexis+ 2. Most promising start up (or new enterprise) recognises the innovative and disruptive potential of a business model, technology, or solution. Previous winners include: * Giotto AI, an all-in-one platform to automatize, digitalize, and standardize the data collection, analysis and writing of a Clinical Evaluation Report * Resolute.AI, an AI driven platform to search major FDA databases in the public domain in a federated way * Search|hub for their work on developing and commercializing a system that infuses human understanding into existing search applications * ContextFlow, for their work on developing and commercializing the radiology image search technology developed in the EU FP7 Khresmoi project 3. Best open source project rewards the remarkable contributions of individuals and communities in fostering collaboration, transparency, and the democratization of knowledge. Previous winners include: * CiteSeerX, one of the largest open source academic search engines with over 10 million documents 4. Search professional of the year is made to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the discipline through their work and professionalism. Previous winners include: * Adam Tocock, Library Assistant at NHS * Stuart Mackie, Lead Data Scientist at BiP Solutions 5. Best paper / presentation (at Search Solutions). Previous winners include: * Filip Radlinski, Google: “Challenges with Really Understanding Natural Language in Conversational Recommendation” * Olivia Foulds, University of Strathclyde: “Crossing the 49th Parallel in Data and Information Science” * Mark Harwood, Elastic: “Tackling toxic content with the elastic stack” * Frederic Fol Leymarie, DynAikon Ltd: “Human Visual Perception + Computer Vision to provide greater User Control for Shape-based Search” The last award is open only to presenters at Search Solutions, and will be judged on the day of the event. For all others, apply today! JUDGING PANEL Winners will be selected by our panel of judges (details to be announced shortly). AWARDS CEREMONY The awards ceremony will take place during Search Solutions in November 2023. Winners will receive a framed certificate and a public listing on the IRSG Awards site. APPLY We’ve designed the application process to be simple to complete: https://forms.gle/AUGsRBV9W2JE8S3x9 If you are unsure which category to apply for, or have questions about the application process, contact us via the address below. For further details, see: https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/informa… Nominations will remain open until 31st October. CONTACT If you have any questions on the above, please contact the IRSG vice chair at tgr2uk+irsg(a)gmail.com ABOUT IRSG The IRSG is a Specialist Group of BCS. Its mission is to provide a focus for the European IR community, facilitate communication between researchers and practitioners and promote the adoption of IR research within industry. We host a major European conference (ECIR) and provide an associated programme of workshops, seminars and events. The IRSG is free to join via the BCS website, which provides access to further IR articles, events and resources. BCS is the industry body for IT professionals. With members in over 100 countries around the world, BCS is the leading professional and learned society in the field of computers and information systems.

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