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| − | = Organisation & Elections = | + | |
| − | The first SIGHUM elections took place in October 2013. The voting was anonymous and the process was organised by Caroline Sporleder and Andrei Beliankou (University of Trier). The following elected board officers are serving until October 2015: | + | The ACL Special Interest Group on Language Technologies for the Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities (SIGHUM) |
| − | * President: Antal van den Bosch (Radboud University Nijmegen) * Secretary: Kalliopi Zervanou (Radboud University Nijmegen) * Liaison officer: Marieke van Erp (VU University Amsterdam) The next election process will begin in September 2015. | + | is intended to provide a forum for CL researchers who are developing language technology for data from the socio-economic sciences |
| + | or the humanities (SSH). It also functions as a contact point for SSH stakeholders. | ||
| + | ACL SIGHUM stands officially since June 2012. | ||
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| + | === Organisation & Elections === | ||
| + | The first SIGHUM elections took place in October 2013. The voting was anonymous | ||
| + | and the process was organised by Caroline Sporleder and Andrei Beliankou (University of Trier). | ||
| + | The following elected board officers are serving until October 2015: | ||
| + | |||
| + | '''''* President:''''' Antal van den Bosch (Radboud University Nijmegen) | ||
| + | |||
| + | '''''* Secretary:''''' Kalliopi Zervanou (Radboud University Nijmegen) | ||
| + | |||
| + | '''''* Liaison officer:''''' Marieke van Erp (VU University Amsterdam) | ||
| + | |||
| + | The next election process will begin in September 2015. | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Membership === | ||
| + | SIGHUM is open to all interested parties and does not charge any membership fees. | ||
| + | Members should be however active in CL and SSH research and applications, as indicated | ||
| + | by their affiliation and publications. | ||
| + | Membership involves registration and participation in the mailing list & the elections. | ||
| + | The membership roster is maintained by the Secretary and is updated online at | ||
| + | [http://sighum.science.ru.nl/members SIGHUM Members List]. | ||
| + | Membership currently stands at 132. An overview of membership counts for the years of the SIGHUM standing is given below: | ||
| + | |||
| + | * '''2012:''' 70 | ||
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| + | * '''2013:''' 85 | ||
| + | |||
| + | * '''2014:''' 110 | ||
| + | |||
| + | * '''2015:''' 132 | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Activities overview === | ||
| + | |||
| + | <ul> | ||
| + | <li>'''''LaTeCH 2015:''''' The LaTeCH workshop series is the main annual event endorsed by SIGHUM and the venue for the SIGHUM annual research and business meeting. | ||
| + | It aims to provide a forum for researchers who are working on language technology research in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Cultural Heritage domains. | ||
| + | [https://sighum.wordpress.com/events/latech-2015/] was collocated with ACL/IJCNLP 2015 in Beijing, China. | ||
| + | It was organised by Kalliopi Zervanou, Marieke van Erp and Beatrice Alex. | ||
| + | The program included 16 papers and the acceptance rate was 64%.</li> | ||
| + | <li>'''''SIGHUM website:''''' Improvements on the website content and appearance. Gradual transition to https://sighum.wordpress.com/.</li> | ||
| + | </ul> | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Planned activities === | ||
| + | |||
| + | <ul> | ||
| + | |||
| + | <li> '''''SIGHUM Nominations and Elections'''''</li> | ||
| + | |||
| + | <li>'''''SIGHUM website:''''' Improvements on the website content and appearance. Members are encouraged in content contribution regarding relevant research, tools, resources, use cases and projects.</li> | ||
| + | |||
| + | <li>'''''SIGHUM endorsed workshops:''''' For 2015-16, we plan to organise our annual LaTeCH workshop, preferably co-located with an ACL event. </li> | ||
| + | |||
| + | <li>'''''SIGHUM volunteers:''''' We plan to encourage our members to participate more actively in the SIG organisation. | ||
| + | For this purpose, we seek volunteers to undertake mainly liaison activities with related communities, such as CLARIN, DH, etc.</li> | ||
| + | |||
| + | </ul> | ||
Latest revision as of 20:51, 29 June 2015
The ACL Special Interest Group on Language Technologies for the Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities (SIGHUM) is intended to provide a forum for CL researchers who are developing language technology for data from the socio-economic sciences or the humanities (SSH). It also functions as a contact point for SSH stakeholders. ACL SIGHUM stands officially since June 2012.
Organisation & Elections
The first SIGHUM elections took place in October 2013. The voting was anonymous and the process was organised by Caroline Sporleder and Andrei Beliankou (University of Trier). The following elected board officers are serving until October 2015:
* President: Antal van den Bosch (Radboud University Nijmegen)
* Secretary: Kalliopi Zervanou (Radboud University Nijmegen)
* Liaison officer: Marieke van Erp (VU University Amsterdam)
The next election process will begin in September 2015.
Membership
SIGHUM is open to all interested parties and does not charge any membership fees. Members should be however active in CL and SSH research and applications, as indicated by their affiliation and publications. Membership involves registration and participation in the mailing list & the elections. The membership roster is maintained by the Secretary and is updated online at SIGHUM Members List. Membership currently stands at 132. An overview of membership counts for the years of the SIGHUM standing is given below:
- 2012: 70
- 2013: 85
- 2014: 110
- 2015: 132
Activities overview
- LaTeCH 2015: The LaTeCH workshop series is the main annual event endorsed by SIGHUM and the venue for the SIGHUM annual research and business meeting. It aims to provide a forum for researchers who are working on language technology research in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Cultural Heritage domains. [1] was collocated with ACL/IJCNLP 2015 in Beijing, China. It was organised by Kalliopi Zervanou, Marieke van Erp and Beatrice Alex. The program included 16 papers and the acceptance rate was 64%.
- SIGHUM website: Improvements on the website content and appearance. Gradual transition to https://sighum.wordpress.com/.
Planned activities
- SIGHUM Nominations and Elections
- SIGHUM website: Improvements on the website content and appearance. Members are encouraged in content contribution regarding relevant research, tools, resources, use cases and projects.
- SIGHUM endorsed workshops: For 2015-16, we plan to organise our annual LaTeCH workshop, preferably co-located with an ACL event.
- SIGHUM volunteers: We plan to encourage our members to participate more actively in the SIG organisation. For this purpose, we seek volunteers to undertake mainly liaison activities with related communities, such as CLARIN, DH, etc.