2014Q3 Reports: SIGHUM

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SIGHUM 2013-2014 Annual Report

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.


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 SIGHUM mailing list & SIGHUM elections. The membership roster is maintained by the SIGHUM Secretary and is updated online at SIGHUM Members List Membership currently stands at 110. A membership overview for the two years of the SIGHUM standing is given below:

  • 2013: 75
  • 2014: 110