Diversity in Human Diversity minisymposium 7.11.2024

07.11.2024 10:30 - 17:00

Diversity in human diversity_2024

The second annual Diversity in Human Diversity minisymposium on 7 November will be take place at Turku university campus and zoom. Detailed information about the locations will be sent to participants after registration.

The place for the seminar is Cal2 lecture hall

The event is free for participants, registration is mandatory for all types of participation.

Please register via this link by Thursday 31 October:

https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/82DC72729647D03E

Program:

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