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Google Summer of Code

Google Summer of Code (https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/)is a global programme which offers student developers stipends to writecode for various open source software projects.  Students work for 3months on a project with mentoring from open source developers, andreceive a stipend which is paid in 3 stages – if they successfullycomplete the project, the full stipend is between US$3000

[Lecture] Generalized Transition Systems for Natural Language Analysis, ILSP, Athens, 17/10/2016

“Generalized Transition Systems for Natural Language Analysis“ Ryan McDonald Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google Date & Time:  Monday, 17th October, 15:00 Location: “Athena” Research & Innovation Centre, Institute for Language & Speech Processing, Artemidos 6 & Epidavrou, 151 25 Marousi, Greece, Ground Floor, Conference Room Directions: www.ilsp.gr/en/contact/mapilsp —————————— Abstract: Transition-based parsing has become a

The Tony Kent Strix Annual Lecture – Geological Society, London, 31/10/2016

The 2016 Lecture will be given by Peter Ingwersen, Professor Emeritus at The Royal School of Library and Information Science, University of Copenhagen, at the Geological Society in London during the afternoon of Monday 31st October. Professor Ingwersen won the award in 2015. There will be two speakers: following an introductory paper by Stephen Robertson

Google feeds its AI machines steamy romance novels to improve natural language processing

Google feeds its AI machines steamy romance novels to improve natural language processing Over the past couple of years, Google has been implementing a number of AI, or machine-learning technologies, in to its products. Whether it’s intuitive search within the Photos app, better automatic thumbnail creation in YouTube, ‘Smart Reply’ in Inbox, or just straight-out beating an