Today, on 6 December 2016, 25 language and country combinations were discussed by Master’s students (listed below) at FIMS, Western University. What are the mostView More
Category: Blog
This blog is for Dr. Rubin’s LiT.RL Lab updates, FIMS announcements, and Western University campus event alerts. Dr. Rubin relates technology-related news, reflections on language technologies or natural language processing. She sometimes writes about languages and cultures. Her lab students may contribute occasional entries on any of the above, or on broader information organization and LIS issues.
Automatic “Crap” Detector Op-Ed in Undark, MIT
Fake news is an established problem by now, with nothing much to add to it. Other than, how do we deal with it? We haveView More
Student Poster Session: Multilingual Access
On December 6th, 2016 (Tue) ⑨:00 – ⑪:50 a.m. we will be holding Student Poster Session on MULTILINGUAL INFORMATION ACCESS in various global contexts. WesternView More
The Politics of Internet Memes
by Yimin Chen, LIS PhD Candidate. In his opening monologue to the first Saturday Night Live broadcast following the 2016 US election, comedian Dave ChappelleView More
Bolder Views of Digital Access in US Library of Congress
Carla Hayden, the new head of the Library of Congress, at a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, April 2016. [Photo by: Drew Angerer/The New YorkView More
Rubin Received 2016 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Victoria Rubin is a proud recipient of the 2016 FIMS Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching “in recognition of outstanding contributions to the academic developmentView More
Mediations Team-Talk @Western: Fake News or Truth?
Silverman, Buzzfeed Canada, on Spreading the Truth in an Age of Viral Misinformation
Craig Silverman, the Founding Editor of Buzzfeed Canada, will deliver the Fall 2016 Clissold Lecture entitled “Spreading the Truth in an Age of Viral Misinformation”.View More
Upcoming Talk @ Mediations, Western
[Image caption: “Prototype of a system in R&D”] Save the Date: “Fake News or Truth? Using Satirical Cues to Detect Potentially Misleading News” Thursday, OctoberView More
Visit from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
LiT.RL received a visit from Professors Tan Seng Chee, Kevin Hartman, and Betsy Ng, researchers at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. The conversationView More