10:30 Registration desk opens
11:15 Opening words: Veronika Laippala
11:30-12:30 Session 1: Digital linguistics: methods and rhetorics
Chair: Veronika Laippala
Olli Kuparinen (Academy Research Fellow), Tampere University: Embracing the “natural” in natural language processing: focus on variation
Lotta Lehti PhD, Title of Docent (Digital Discourse Studies, University of Turku): Introduction to Digital Rhetoric: from Aristotle to Algorithms
12:30-14:00 Lunch at own expense (Grädda)
14:00-15:00 Panel: Dialogues in Data: Innovations in Merging Disciplines in Digital Humanities (short presentations and discussion)
Moderator: Antti Kanner
Outi Vesakoski (Researcher, Docent) University of Turku
Aleksi Sahala (Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires (ANEE): NLP approaches to ancient languages of Mesopotamia
Filip Ginter (TurkuNLP, University of Turku): Extraction of information from multilingual scientific literature with large language models
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-16:30 Keynote session
Chair: Hanna-Mari Kupari
Kalle Korhonen (University of Helsinki and Kone Foundation): An instance of sustained plurilingualism (or not?): Sicily, 6th c. BCE – 14th c. CE