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CFP ACM TALLIP Special Issue on Language Technology for Safer Online Social Media Platforms in Low-resource Eurasian Languages
by Bharathi Raja Asoka Chakravarthi 22 Sep '22

22 Sep '22

*Apologies for cross-posting* *Special Issue on Language Technology for Safer Online Social Media Platforms in Low-resource Eurasian Languages * Link: https://dl.acm.org/pb-assets/static_journal_pages/tallip/pdf/TALLIP-SI-Lang… * Aims, Scope and Objective of Special Issue: * Our everyday lives have become more reliant on online platforms. Social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), discussion websites (Reddit), messaging services (WhatsApp, Snapchat), blogs, forums, and online chats have all been used to spread ideas and data. Without a doubt, social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram benefit society by enabling individuals to express themselves and seek support from others in the online community. Additionally, these platforms have an unmistakable wrong side: cyberbullying, cyberstalking, cyberterrorism, e-bile, fake news, flaming, hate speech, impersonation, pornography, glorification of dangerous behavior (e.g., eating disorders), and trolling. Various news sites in recent years have recorded numerous incidences of suicide, grief, and fear. Additionally, although individuals from many linguistic origins are exposed to online social media, English remains at the forefront of continuing advances in language technology research. Recently, several study investigations on highly resourced languages, such as Arabic, German, Hindi, and Italian, have been done. However, more research on making social media platforms safer in low-resource Eurasian languages is still needed. This special issue aims to gather original research articles that add to the body of knowledge about the use of intelligent natural language systems to build a safer social media environment in low-resource Eurasian languages. Topics Among the special issue's topics of interest are the following: - • Early detection of radicalization in low-resource Eurasian languages • Mechanisms for recognizing and preventing cyber predators in low-resource Eurasian languages • Identifying and resolving hate speech (abusive language, cyberbullying, etc.) in low-resource Eurasian languages • Simulated propagation and transmission of potentially harmful information via social media in low-resource Eurasian languages • Data collection and annotation methodologies for to safer social media in low resourced Eurasian languages • Content moderation strategies in low-resource Eurasian languages • Cybersecurity and social media in low-resource Eurasian languages • Fake news detection in low-resource Eurasian languages * Important Dates • Submissions deadline: 10 February 2023 * with regards, Dr. Bharathi Raja Chakravarthi, Assistant Professor / Lecturer-above-the-bar School of Computer Science, University of Galway Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics, Data Science Institute, University of Galway E-mail: bharathiraja.akr(a)gmail.com , bharathiraja.asokachakravarthi(a)universityofgalway.ie Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=irCl028AAAAJ&hl=en Special Issue on Language Technology for Safer Online Social Media Platforms in Low-resource Eurasian Languages <https://dl.acm.org/pb-assets/static_journal_pages/tallip/pdf/TALLIP-SI-Lang…>

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last call for application to ALPS 2023 winter school !
by LAURENT BESACIER 22 Sep '22

22 Sep '22

Hi This is the last call for application to ALPS 2023 winter school. We extended the deadline to Sept 30th 2022 Our list of invited speakers has also been updated and it is awesome ! See more on [ http://alps.imag.fr/ | http://alps.imag.fr ] Laurent

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android app to collect recordings of read text & similar offline?
by Alex CRISTIA 16 Sep '22

16 Sep '22

Dear all, I'm a big fan of lig-aikuma, which allowed us to collect key data in remote regions in Bolivia, and recommended it to a team member who is heading back there in a week. But only today we realized it doesn't work with the android version in the phone that's being taken to the field. I wonder if any of you know of something that works like lig-aikuma, allowing us to provide the app with: - a list of texts to be shown on the screen, & collect the audio while the informant reads the text; - a list of sound files that can be listened to, & collect the audio while the informant repeats what they heard (or discusses it) I read about ODK & jotforms mobile, which may be programmable to have those functionalities, but I'm hoping we don't need to develop this in a rush. So if you've used them to do one or the both above, we'd be grateful if we can take a peek at your code. Your help will be greatly appreciated! -Alex --------------------------------------------------------------- Alex (Alejandrina) Cristia Researcher, CNRS Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique 29, rue d'Ulm, 75005, Paris, FRANCE My site: www.acristia.org --------------------------------------------------------------- If you donate, ask me about effective charities <https://effectivealtruism.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=52b028e7f799cca…>. / Si vous faites des dons, demandez moi sur le don efficace <https://www.altruismeefficacefrance.org/guide-don-efficace-1/>.

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job opening to share
by Alex CRISTIA 14 Sep '22

14 Sep '22

Dear colleagues, Can you please forward this opportunity broadly in your network? We are particularly inviting applications by folks from under-represented backgrounds, who thrive in our team! Thank you in advance, Alex *Short summary: *We are looking for someone with experience with deep learning, ideally using scikit-learn & pytorch, to join our technical team. We specialize in long-form audio-recordings, and your job will be to design, fine-tune, and evaluate neural networks on such data. French is NOT required - our team works in English! For more details see https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR8554-ALECRI1-001/Default.aspx?lang=EN --------------------------------------------------------------- Alex (Alejandrina) Cristia Researcher, CNRS Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique 29, rue d'Ulm, 75005, Paris, FRANCE My site: www.acristia.org --------------------------------------------------------------- If you donate, ask me about effective charities <https://effectivealtruism.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=52b028e7f799cca…>. / Si vous faites des dons, demandez moi sur le don efficace <https://www.altruismeefficacefrance.org/guide-don-efficace-1/>.

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ALPS 2023 Summer School, 1st Call for Participation
by LAURENT BESACIER 02 Sep '22

02 Sep '22

FIRST CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Advanced Language Processing School (ALPS) January, 16-20 2023 Virtual Event We are opening the registration for the third Advanced Language Processing School (ALPS), co-organized by University Grenoble Alpes and Naver Labs Europe. *Target Audience* This is a winter school covering advanced topics in NLP, and we are primarily targeting doctoral students and advanced (research) masters. A few slots will also be reserved for academics and persons working in research-heavy positions in industry. *Characteristics* Advanced lectures by first class researchers. A (virtual) atmosphere that fosters connections and interaction. A poster session for attendees to present their work, gather feedback and brainstorm future work ideas. *Speakers* The current list of speakers is: Kyunghyun Cho (New York University, USA); Yejin Choi (University of Washington and Allen Institute for AI, USA); Dirk Hovy (Bocconi University, Italia); Colin Raffel (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Hugging Face, USA); Lucia Specia (Imperial College, UK), François Yvon (LISN/CNRS, France). *Application* To apply to this winter school, please follow the instructions at [ http://alps.imag.fr/index.php/application/ | http://alps.imag.fr/index.php/application/ ] . The deadline for applying is Sept 16th, and we will notify acceptance on October 3rd. *Contact* Website: [ http://alps.imag.fr/ | http://alps.imag.fr/ ] E-mail: [ mailto:alps@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr | alps(a)univ-grenoble-alpes.fr ]

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