Events
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Scott Patterson, M.A.I.S., McGill University, Canada
Domesticating Wealth Inequality: Hybrid Discourse Analysis of UN General Assembly Speeches, 1971–2018
The rise of wealth inequality is well-documented, yet robust calls for redistribution have yet to emerge from within the UN system. How can this be …
Lecture series
OFAI 2022 Lecture Series
OFAI is delighted to announce its 2022 Lecture Series, featuring an eclectic lineup of internal and external speakers.
The talks are intended to familiarize attendees …
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Prof. Liana Ermakova, University of Western Brittany, France
JOKER: Towards Automation of Wordplay Translation
Laughter is a non-verbal social signal which is omnipresent in our everyday interactions. Nevertheless, current spoken dialogue systems are not equipped to understand and express …
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Dipl. Vladislav Maraev, M.A., University of Gothenburg, Sweden
What does laughter mean for a dialogue system?
Vladislav Maraev of the University of Gothenburg will present a research talk at OFAI entitled, "What does laughter mean for a dialogue system?" Members of …
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Mag. Susanne Hoefler und Dr. Friedrich Neubarth, OFAI, Wien
LEGO-Bauanleitungen für Blinde und Sehbehinderte – eine spezielle Herausforderung für die Sprachtechnologie
LEGO stellt auf Anregung eines Blinden, Matthew Shrifrin, nun seit einem Jahr sprachliche Bauanleitungen zur Verfuegung, damit auch Blinde und Sehbehinderte an der Welt der …
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Dr. Arthur Flexer, OFAI, Wien
Discovering X Degrees of Keyword Separation in a Fine Arts Collection
OFAI's Arthur Flexer will give a semi-virtual lecture on “Discovering X Degrees of Keyword Separation in a Fine Arts Collection” at the Austrian Research Institute …
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Prof. Bob Sturm, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
On horses in machine learning
A "horse" is a system that is not actually addressing the problem it appears to be solving. The inspiration for the metaphor is the real-life …
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Prof. Bob Sturm, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Folk the algorithms - Music at the frontiers of artificial creativity and criticism
In this talk/musical performance, I will recount how a bit of Saturday morning humor turned into an ERC Consolidator Grant four years later. It …
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Dr. Sallam Abualhaija, University of Luxembourg
Natural language processing in the eyes of software engineers
Natural language (NL) is prevalent in the Requirements Engineering (RE) field (a major subfield in Software Engineering). RE is embedded within a diverse organizational context …
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Dr. Graeme Hirst, University of Toronto
Classifying verbal autopsy records by cause of death using neural networks and temporal reasoning
It is important for public health planning and resource allocation for authorities to have statistics on the varying causes of death in each region. But …