The Computational Linguistics and Language Technology Lab (CLLT) at the University of Crete, in collaboration with the TALOS-AI4SSH Lab, is hosting a series of insightful online seminars on Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). This series will cover various themes in NLP, linguistic resources, AI ethics, and explainability, featuring many experts.

Here you can find the programme:

NLP and Linguistic Resources

Date: November 21st, 18:00-20:00

    • 18:00-19:00 – Stella Markantonatou, Research Director at the Institute for Language and Speech Processing/ATHENA RC
      Topic: “Modern Greek Dialects in the Era of AI: Resources, Models, and Tools”
    • 19:00-20:00 – Maria Theoxari, PhD student at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
      Topic: “Συγκρότηση και επεξεργασία δίγλωσσικου παράλληλου σώματος κειμένων λογοτεχνίας (fr>el) με τη συνδρομή της Υπολογιστικής Γλωσσολογίας” 

    AI Explainability and Ethics

    Date: November 28th, 18:00-20:00

      • 18:00-19:00 – Aarne Talman, EMEA ML & Data Science Lead at Accenture Centre for Advanced AI
        Topic: “What Can Explainable AI Learn from Models of Scientific Explanation”
      • 19:00-20:00 – Konstantinos Kogkalidis, Postdoctoral Researcher at Aalto University and R&D Engineer at Skyfora
        Topic: “On Tables with Numbers (and What They Do (Not) Mean)”

      Date: December 5th, 18:00-19:30

        • 18:00-19:30 – Shalom Lappin, Professor Emeritus at KCL, Professor of Natural Language Processing at QMUL, and Senior Researcher at CLASP, University of Gothenburg
          Topic: AI Dangers: Imagined and Real

        Participants can join the sessions via this Zoom link.
        Stay engaged with the latest discussions in AI and NLP, led by experts in the field!