2nd International Conference on Data & Digital Humanities
Generative Artificial Intelligence for Text and Multimodal Data
12th – 13th December 2024 · University of Minho, Braga, Portugal (hybrid conference)
We are pleased to announce the 2nd International Conference Data & Digital Humanities, which will take place at the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, on 12th-13th of December 2024, as a virtual and face-to-face conference. This will be an event hosted by CEHUM – Center for Humanistic Studies.
The first edition of this congress began as part of the research project PortLinguE (PTDC/LLT-LIG/31113/2017), entitled "Multilingual portal for specialized languages: mining open data for cross-language information retrieval", in collaboration with the research project DIAL4U (2020-1-FR01-KA226-HE-095526), entitled "Digital pedagogy to develop Autonomy, mediate and certify Lifewide and Lifelong Language Learning for (European) Universities" and with the research project SimpleText (University of Bretagne Occidentale).
Our second instalment continues the dialogue among these research domains, striving to promote the exchange and dissemination of innovative practices in using Generative AI for both multimodal and textual applications within the academic community. While this edition of the conference primarily focuses on Generative AI, we also welcome work that covers the three main steps of data processing and aims to make data science methods more accessible to the broader community and the Humanities.
Getting and cleaning all your data before analyzing it
Exploring your data using different methods and tools
Presenting your data in a clear and compelling way
The idea is to be able to use Generative AI to gather, clean, manipulate, and analyze textual and multimodal data as well as to weave it into compelling and inspiring stories.
Read more: Call for Papers
A Conference for all data lovers to come together to share, inspire, and innovate.
Panel 1
Getting data, exploring data with different methods and tools, and telling a storywith data: the Brazilian Academic Multiliteracy Corpus (BrAMCorp) and academic literacies research
This panel brings together researchers engaged in the study of academic literacies and the generation and analysis of data, particularly in the context of the Brazilian Academic Multiliteracy Corpus (BrAMCorp), an action developed within the research project “University Learners in Contemporary Academic and Scientific Literacy Practices for Training Teachers and Globalized Researchers” (FAPESP). The presentation will report on the implementation of a computer system to manage databases of student's academic productions in different languages, the development of a linguistic and multimodal corpus to support a university project aimed at studying academic reading and writing in Portuguese, and reflect on the production of multimodal texts that communicate the results of research carried out on the development of academic literacy of young university students entering the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Brazil).
Rodrigo Esteves de Lima Lopes
(Unicamp/Cnpq)
Rodrigo Esteves de Lima Lopes is an associate professor at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas. He has a CNPq productivity grant (level 2) and is President of ALSFAL (Latin American Systemic-Functional Linguistics Association). He has experience developing scripts in the R programming language and working on research in the areas of Systemic-Functional Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Data Literacy, and Open Educational Resources. Working at the interface between Applied Linguistics and technology, he strongly advocates Free Software and Open Education.
Inês Signorini
(Unicamp/Cnpq)
Inês Signorini holds a PhD in Language Studies from the Université Paul Valéry-Montpellier III, France. She is a full Professor of Applied Linguistics at the State University of Campinas, Brazil. She is a researcher of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and National Development (CNPq) since 2005. She has published on intercultural communication, identity and language, multiliteracies, language and technologies, and metapragmatics. She has done postgraduate work at the University of Montréal (1985) and Toronto University (2002), Canada.
Júlio Bizigato Portes
(Unicamp)
Júlio Bizigato Portes is currently pursuing undergraduate studies in Letters at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and International Relations at the Faculty of International Relations of Campinas (FACAMP).
Anderson Carnin
(Unicamp)
Anderson Carnin is a professor at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). He holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics and completed his post-doctorate in the same field at the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos/Brazil). He has experience in the field of Applied Linguistics, particularly in Portuguese language teaching, initial/continuing teacher training, teacher professional development, and the teaching writing.
Panel 2
Sharing experiences on AI as a part
of an Arqus Community of Practice. Lessons learned and the way ahead
Lucas J. Ruiz Díaz
(University of Granada)
Lucas J. Ruiz Díaz obtained his PhD in International Relations from the University of Granada (2015), from where he holds a Graduate in Political Science (2004) and a Master’s degree in European Constitutional Law (2008). He also holds a Diplôme d’Études Spécialisées in European Politics from the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB, 2005)
and a Graduate in Law from the National University of Distance Education (UNED, 2020). He has accompanied his academic background and research experience on account of the several internships in International Organizations that he has conducted, such as the Council of Europe (2008), the United Nations (2009) and the European Union (Eurojust, 2010; European Parliament, 2013). He is specialist in European politics, policies and Law, in particular relating to the external dimension of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice and the Common Security and Defence Policy of the EU. He is currently a Lecturer at the University of Granada and Associated Professor at the Open University of Catalunya.
Panel 3
The Artificial Intelligence Revolution in Photography: Intersections between Creativity and Technology
(A Revolução da Inteligência Artificial na Fotografia: Interseções entre Criatividade e Tecnologia)
Ângela Ferreira
(Artist and Curator of Contemporary Photography)
Ângela Ferreira, born in 1975 in Porto, Portugal, is an artist and independent photography curator with a PhD in Photography and Visual Communication from Universidade do Minho. She has degrees in Curatorial Studies, Photography, and Law, and completed postdoctoral research at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro on contemporary visual practices.
Co-founder of the Portuguese PhotoFestival Encontros da Imagem, Ângela has curated exhibitions featuring artists like Malick Sidibé and Viviane Sassen, and lectured across Europe and Latin America. She is currently a professor at Universidade Lusófona and Universidade do Minho, and was previously an adjunct professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto.
Ângela is involved with the Photography Museum in Fortaleza, Brazil, and serves as an advisor for FotoFestival SOLAR. She collaborates with artists on cultural and social issues, and co-founded both Nervo_Portuguese Photobook Observatory and RAMA: Editorial Residence.
Boris Eldagsen
(Artist)
Berlin-based artist known for his exploration of the unconscious and the sublime through visual art. Eldagsen will discuss how AI is redefining artistic creation in photography, challenging the boundaries of aesthetic and emotional perception.
Pablo Corral Vega
(Photojournalist)
Ecuadorian photojournalist and cultural manager, with a portfolio published in National Geographic and the New York Times. Pablo will analyse the impact of AI on photojournalism, exploring how new technologies are transforming visual storytelling and the ethical challenges involved.
Featured Project: American Bestiary - A photographic project that explores American fauna and culture through a critical and artistic lens. You can find out more at https://pablocorralvega.com/en/photo-magazine-3/
Round Table
Narratives: AI and the Evolution of Humanities Research
(Narrativas Digitais: IA e a Evolução da Pesquisa em Humanidades)
A deep dive into the practical applications of AI across various disciplines in the humanities, showcasing case studies, innovative empirical results, and ethical considerations.
Daniel Seco
(UFRRJ/Tree Intelligence)
Daniel Bonatto Seco is a Digital Humanities master at UFRRJ, Research Fellow in CPDOC/FGV and Data Specialist at Tree Intelligence, a stakeholder management and consulting firm. Works in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Digital Collections, Network Science, Social Network Analysis (SNA), Social Listening and R&D.
We look forward to welcoming you all to an enriching conference with open discussions and important networking to promote the humanities and social sciences in the age of Artificial Intelligence.
