Prof of Computer Science @LancasterUni, word boffin, CLARIN Ambassador. #NLProc, Corpus Linguistics, Doctor Who & stuff. Ravenclaw. @perayson.bsky.social
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27 Nov 2024
I've not been using Mastodon for a while, but many accounts and people I want to follow are now on ๐ฆ so I'll be increasingly using bsky.app/profile/perayson.bsโฆ plus linkedin.com/in/perayson/ for research posts now
18 Nov 2022
Spent 2 weeks on Mastodon and it is taking off in the #NLProc #corpuslinguistics communities. If Twitter does crash & burn, I will miss the supportive communities and networking opportunities here. Staying until the bitter end, but otherwise catch me at @perayson@fediscience.org
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25 Nov 2024
Hello all, we're now on @bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ucrelnlp.bsโฆ ๐ฆ
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31 Oct 2024
We are extremely excited to introduce the 2024 cohort of CoSeC Fellows... Dr @igezeani is a member of the School of Computing and Communications at @LancasterUni. Ignatius is interested in the application of NLP techniques in building resources for low-resource languages
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31 Oct 2024
I am honored to join the 2024 cohort of CoSeC Fellows!
Thank you @CoSeC_community and @UKRI_News for the opportunity to drive impactful innovations in scientific computing for collaborative research!
I look forward to working alongside this inspiring group.
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31 Oct 2024
We are extremely excited to introduce the 2024 cohort of CoSeC Fellows... Dr @igezeani is a member of the School of Computing and Communications at @LancasterUni. Ignatius is interested in the application of NLP techniques in building resources for low-resource languages
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31 Oct 2024
Introducing SmolLM2: the new, best, and open 1B-parameter language model.
We trained smol models on up to 11T tokens of meticulously curated datasets. Fully open-source Apache 2.0 and we will release all the datasets and training scripts!
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28 Oct 2024
Weโre really excited to share our #cfp for next yearโs @health_sig event(s), Inequalities, Inclusion & Innovation to be held at @LancasterUni on 22/3 (in person) and 25/3 (online). Follow the link to find out more baalhealthsci.wordpress.com/โฆ
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25 Oct 2024
Listen to this podcast about the @4dPicture Juniors Team.
@4dPicture is an international #research study to help people with #cancer.
Thanks to @_KikiLiu @pitarch_lucia & clรกudia cruz oliveira ๐
Podcast ๐๏ธ
open.spotify.com/episode/5JYโฆ
More info๐
4dpicture.eu/
#hapc
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16 Oct 2024
Workshop about ๐ก๐ฎ๐ค๐ฏ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ูุฑุดุฉ ุนูู
ูุฉ ุญูู ุงูููุจุฉ ูุงูุฐูุงุก ุงูุงุตุทูุงุนู Call-For-Papers: sina.birzeit.edu/nakba-nlp
#NLP #AL #Nakba #Nakba_NLP #SinaLab #ArabicNLP #COLING #COLING2024 #NLProc #LLMs
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17 Oct 2024
We're looking for emergency reviewers to help out with COLING2025 submissions. If you are able to complete a review between 23 and 29 October, please sign up! Thank you so much for supporting our community!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1Fโฆ
#NLProc #COLING2025
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15 Oct 2024
Happy to release
๐๐ข๐ง๐๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ - ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐
Many datasets, Python APIs, command lines, colabs, online demo. Morph tagger, WSD, NER, Relation Extraction, Synonyms..
sina.birzeit.edu/sinatools
Article: jarrar.info/publications/HJKโฆ
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15 Oct 2024
IJHAC: A Journal of Digital Humanities @EdinburghUP published a special issue on Spatial Humanities and the Global South. Articles from Latin America and Armenia exemplify the best combination of digital methods to perform spatial analysis. Go check it out euppublishing.com/toc/ijhac/โฆ
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15 Oct 2024
๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ด: ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ'๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. In her fourth #4DPicture blog, Klara shares how she navigated this transition with strength and hope. ๐
Read her inspiring story โก๏ธ 4dpicture.eu/blogs/blog-4-klโฆ
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10 Oct 2024
๐ธ#๐ฃ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ: ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ. As we mark #PinkOctober and raise awareness about breast cancer, it's crucial to highlight advancements in patient care. ๐๐
#BreastCancerAwareness #4DPicture
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8 Oct 2024
This #AdaLovelaceDay we're highlighting the inspirational women in #computingherstory that you can find out about at the museum. Next up: Grace Hopper, pioneer developer of the compiler, who laid the foundations for the kind of programming we have today. computinghistory.org.uk/det/โฆ
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8 Oct 2024
In honor of #AdaLovelaceDay, learn about the woman who many view as the world's first programmer: cnet.co/2dZ1Ihp
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8 Oct 2024
This #AdaLovelaceDay we thought we'd highlight some of the inspirational women in #computingherstory that you can find out about at the museum. Next up: Kathleen Booth, who worked from 1942-1962 at Birkbeck and wrote the first assembly language computinghistory.org.uk/det/โฆ
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8 Oct 2024
This #AdaLovelaceDay we thought we'd highlight some of the inspirational women in #computingherstory that you can find out about at the museum. First up: Karen Spรคrck Jones whose work on information retrieval helps our internet searches even today computinghistory.org.uk/det/โฆ
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๐ข Call for Papers: Corpus Linguistics 2025 ๐ข
Submissions are now open for paper presentations, poster presentations, thematic panels, and pre-conference workshops: cl2025.co.uk/call-for-papers
Deadline: 17th January 2025
Join us in Birmingham in July! #CL2025
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5 Oct 2024
I proposed the ACL Anthology at the ACL exec meeting at ACL'01 in Toulouse in response for a call for proposals for a 40th anniversary initiative for ACL'02. I offered to build it with the support of @LDCupenn plus donations, on condition that it would be freely available.
The interesting part of this question as I see it, though, is how we avoided the paywall that encumbers so many other sites in EE and CS. Was it just fortune, or some inherent quality in our community?
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