The Department of Philology of the University of Crete in collaboration with the “TALOS Center for AI in Social Sciences and Humanities” hosts two practical workshops featuring visiting scholars working with AI-driven research methodologies.

Both workshops will be held onsite at UCRC (Gallos Campus, Rethymno) and online via Zoom (pre-registration required).

Workshop 1: Named Entity Recognition: Theory and Application

Date: Monday, 11th November 2024
Time: 14:30-16:30

Instructor: Litao Lin (PhD candidate, Dept. of Information Science, Nanjing University)

Overview: Dive into the fundamentals and practical applications of Named Entity Recognition (NER) in text analysis, exploring its significance and use in humanities research.

Pre-register here for the Zoom link.

Short CV: Litao Lin is a Ph.D. student in Library and Information Science at Nanjing University and visiting scholar at TALOS (winter semester), funded by a prestigious scholarship from his home institution. His doctoral research focuses on digital humanities, specifically the application of deep learning techniques for knowledge extraction from ancient Chinese texts. By integrating theories and methodologies from library and information science, he employs advanced technologies—including ontologies, the semantic web, and natural language processing—to systematically organize and standardize knowledge within these texts. The aim of his work is to enhance the large-scale, open linking and interoperability of Chinese historical texts, thus contributing to the preservation and dissemination of ancient cultural heritage.