Written by Alexander Raginsky 1–4 June 2015, University of Leuven, Belgium Organised by ICT COST Action IC1307 The European Network on Integrating Vision and Language (iV&L Net) – Combining Computer Vision and Language Processing For Advanced Search, Retrieval, Annotation and Description of Visual Data About iV&L Net: The explosive growth of visual and textual data (both on the Internet
Written by Alexander Raginsky Call for Participation Second Asian Summer School in Information Access (ASSIA 2015) http://assia2015.lib.ntnu.edu.tw/ Information Retrieval (IR) is the activity of obtaining information resources from information repositories according to users’ information need. The summer schools in Information Retrieval have been very successful in Europe where research students, young faculty members, or industrial researchers can get a
Written by Alexander Raginsky *”Culture & Technology” – European Summer University in Digital Humanities (ESU DH C & T) 28th of July – 07th of August 2015, University of Leipzig http://www.culingtec.uni-leipzig.de/ESU_C_T/* As the application phase closes soon (*31st of May 2015*) we would like to draw your attention (again) to the various types of *support *which are available for
Written by Alexander Raginsky The computational linguistics group at Uppsala University is delighted to invite you to an afternoon of public lectures on language technology by leading experts in the field. The lectures will take place in Room 7-0043, English Park Campus, Uppsala University, on the 26th of May according to the schedule below. Attendance is free for anyone
Written by Alexander Raginsky Remember that discarded Bluetooth earpiece quietly moldering away in the back of your desk drawer? It may soon receive a new lease on life. While there’s little doubt that the last two years have seen the smartwatch emerge as the frontrunner in the wearable revolution, a small group of companies have been toiling quietly in
Written by Alexander Raginsky Fancy a stimulating summer holiday in Greece? This year the European Summer School on Information Retrieval (ESSIR 2015, http://bit.ly/1KIHX70 ) will be held in the beautiful beach side city of Thessaloniki. As part of the summer school we will be holding a Student Symposium on Future Directions in Information Access. Therefore, we cordially invite masters
Written by Alexander Raginsky Many gadgets will be able to understand images and video thanks to chips designed to run powerful artificial-intelligence algorithms. By Tom Simonite on May 14, 2015 WHY IT MATTERS Many applications for mobile computers could be more powerful with advanced image recognition. Many of the devices around us may soon acquire powerful new abilities to
Written by Alexander Raginsky Summer School in Corpus Linguistics: Tools and Applications This event will cover the latest developments in corpus tools and corpus applications through an intensive programme of interactive sessions to be run by leading figures in the field. It will provide participants with in-depth knowledge of cutting-edge methods and techniques for undertaking advanced research. More information:
Written by Alexander Raginsky Summer School Methods for metaphor identification and analysis Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday evening 14 June until Friday evening 19 June 2015 After two successful rounds in one cycle of Winter and Summer schools in 2012 and 2013 with over 30 participants from all over Europe and some countries outside Europe, the Metaphor Lab Amsterdam is delighted
Written by Alexander Raginsky Autumn School 2015 for Information Retrieval and Information Foraging (ASIRF) Overview lectures on Advanced topics in Information Retrieval and Information Foraging. 19. – 25. September 2015 in Katlenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/fb3/institute/iwist/veranstaltungen/asirf2015/ The Autumn School for Information Retrieval and Information Foraging 2015 (ASIRF) provides unique opportunies to learn about the the latest developments in the
