You are invited to take a look at the end-of-course Digital Wall (via MS Sway) with some fascinating cautionary tales told and visualized by graduateView 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.
LiT.RL Team’s Work Profiled in Western News
On 23 March 2023, Western News, our University’s central publication for communications, published a long-form article explaining our current research plans and some past accomplishments byView More
Dr. Cherry to give a UWORCS2023 Keynote on *Large* Language Models
On April 11 at 12:15 p.m. Dr. Collin Cherry will give a keynote talk entitled “Making sense of Language Models and Large Language Models”, partView More
“A Trained Librarian is a Powerful Search Engine with a Heart” Quote
A lovely example of Authority Work to disambiguate authors with the same name: Sarah McIntyre. One of them is wearing a funky hat and glasses.View More
Dr. Menczer Presents at FIMS, Western “Hacking Online Virality”
Rogers Chair in Studies in Journalism and New Information Technology (at FIMS, Western) presents “Hacking Online Virality” by Dr. Filippo Menczer, Luddy Distinguished Professor at IndianaView More
WISSLR2023: Western Interdisciplinary Student Symposium on Language Research
If you are interested in Linguistics and other types of language-related research, you may enjoy our annual Western Interdisciplinary Student Symposium on Language Research (WISSLR)View More
Guest Lecture by Dr. Rajaram (Ivey, Western)
On 14 March 14 2023, Dr. Prashant Rajaram will speak about his research on Engagement with Influencer Videos and Impact of Ad Delivery on StreamingView More
Guest Lecture by Cst. Lazar, Lie Detection Expert
On 7 March 2023, Zaia Lazar will deliver a guest talk on Lie Detection as part of investigative interviewing techniques in Law Enforcement. The eventView More
LIS9002 Class Tour to Western Archives at Weldon
On 24 March 2023, the first term MLIS students in Dr. Rubin’s LIS9002 course at FIMS are invited to participate in a special event atView More
Rubin’s Talk at the University of Calgary
On 22 – 24 March 2023, Dr. Rubin will be presenting at the annual Canadian Network on Information and Security (CANIS) conference at the UniversityView More