[SORSE] Towards an NLP Pipeline for Conflict Narrative Detection as well as Inclusive Definition and Use of Terms for the US RSE Community

Session

Talks

Oct 22, 2020, 2:00 PM

Virtual (Zoom)

1. Towards an NLP Pipeline for Conflict Narrative Detection

Stephen Anning (University of Southampton)

10/22/20, 2:00 PM

This talk is about PhD research into developing an NLP pipeline for Conflict Narrative Detection. In response to increased incidences of online abuse, a new industry of hate speech detection using NLP has emerged. Accordingly, we tested NLP technologies used by this industry to discover how quantitatively analysing language distorts meaning. We compiled a dataset comprising "Mein Kampf" from...

2. The Continual Road to an Inclusive Definition and Use of Terms for the US Research Software Engineer Community

Sandra Gesing (University of Notre Dame), Dr Daniel S. Katz (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US), Dr Lance Parsons, Dr Charles Ferenbaugh, Dr Ian Cosden

10/22/20, 2:30 PM

An important part of building a strong and resilient community is fostering collaboration between individuals with varying backgrounds, expertise, and viewpoints and building a diverse and inclusive community. While the term Research Software Engineering was initially suggested in 2010, there are many different definitions of Research Software Engineers (RSEs) and their community. The US-RSE...