The 1st Workshop on Teaching NLP for Digital Humanities

Event Notification Type: 
Call for Papers
Abbreviated Title: 
Teach4DH
Location: 
Humboldt-Universität
Monday, 17 July 2017
State: 
Country: 
Germany
City: 
Berlin
Contact: 
Submission Deadline: 
Sunday, 23 July 2017

The 1st Workshop on Teaching NLP for Digital Humanities (Teach4DH)
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-- Deadline extension: Sunday July, 23 --

https://teach4dh.github.io

Held in conjunction with GSCL 2017 (http://gscl2017.dfki.de/),
Berlin, Germany, September 12, 2017

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
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Computational linguists often teach digital humanities (DH) modules that focus on using / applying / adapting NLP technologies and resources to DH problems. The challenge in such modules is to introduce students with a background in humanities or social sciences to technical content without going into detail. NLP tools often require special input formats, knowledge of program options, and post-processing of the output. NLP resources are often not easily accessible and provide only limited interaction. Interfaces and search tools require knowledge of specialized search syntax.

The workshop is intended to provide a forum for such “NLP teachers” to share experiences, discuss best practices, introduce teaching concepts, and present demos of existing technology. It also provides an opportunity for DH researchers to express their needs and provide directions for future DH curricular developments. The workshop is intended to foster collaborations and to cross-fertilize knowledge and approaches across DH disciplines.

Teach4DH is co-organized by GSCL's SIG Education and Profession and supported by CLARIN.

WORKSHOP TOPICS
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We welcome submissions of long and short papers, posters, and demonstrations relating to any aspect of teaching NLP in DH classes, including:

- Didactic units / concepts / tools for employing NLP in teaching "on stage"
- Challenges in teaching for a non-CL audience
- Exploiting NLP tools "behind the scenes" for creating didactic DH material
- Curricular considerations in developing standards for DH programs

See the website at https://teach4dh.github.io for more details, including submission instructions. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the workshop co-chairs at teach4dh@googlegroups.com.

IMPORTANT DATES
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All submission deadlines are at 11:59 p.m. PST

*** Jul 23rd, 2017 Extended deadline ***
Aug 09th, 2017: Notification of acceptance
Aug 25th, 2017: Camera-ready papers due
Sep 12th, 2017: Workshop day

COMMITTEES
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WORKSHOP CHAIRS

Peggy Bockwinkel University of Stuttgart
Thierry Declerck DFKI, Saarbrücken
Sandra Kübler Indiana University, Bloomington
Heike Zinsmeister Universität Hamburg

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Melanie Andresen Universität Hamburg
Fabian Barteld Universität Hamburg
Sabine Bartsch Technische Universität Darmstadt
Noah Bubenhofer Zurich University
Stefanie Dipper Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Kim Gerdes Sorbonne nouvelle Paris
Evelyn Gius Universität Hamburg
Fotis Jannidis Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Jonas Kuhn University of Stuttgart
Lothar Lemnitzer BBAW, Berlin
Harald Lüngen IDS, Mannheim
Nils Reiter University of Stuttgart
Thomas Schmidt IDS, Mannheim
Ulrike Schneider Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Julian Schulz LMU, München
Olga Scrivner Indiana University
Caroline Sporleder Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Jannik Strötgen MPI, Saarbrücken
Thorsten Trippel University of Tübingen
Gabriel Viehhauser University of Stuttgart
Andreas Witt University of Cologne
Amir Zeldes Georgetown University

Contact address:
teach4dh@googlegroups.com