Abstract
| Date | Theme | Session | Time | Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 January, 2025 | Network analysis | Seminar | 10:30 – 11:30 | A brief introduction to different quantitative network metrics for the humanities and a description of how they can be applied to different fields. |
| Network Analysis with Python | InnoArts Workshop | 16:30 – 18:00 | A hands-on programming workshop, using the networkX Python library for network analysis. | |
| Meet-and-Greet | Walk-in | 18:30 – 19:30 | Meet our speaker, Prof. Miguel Escobar Varela, and exchange your thoughts or questions! This session is open to all. | |
| 21 January, 2025 | Finetuning AI models for humanities research | Seminar | 12:30 – 13:30 | An overview of how open-weights vision and language models can be finetuned for humanities research. |
| Fine-tuning BERT Models | InnoArts Workshop | 16:30 – 18:00 | A hands-on programming tutorial on how to use the HuggingFace transformers library to finetune a BERT model for textual classification. |
Venue: Arts Tech Lab (Room 4.35), 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus
• Seminar: Up to 40 HKU participants.
• Workshop: Up to 30 HKU participants.
• Registration is based on a First Come, First Served basis. (Deadline: 19 January, 2025)
• Participants shall receive a LinkedIn microcredential certificate upon satisfactory completion of both InnoArts workshops.
About the Speaker
Miguel Escobar Varela is Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Centre for Computational Social Science and Humanities (CSSH) at the National University of Singapore. In his research, uses computational tools to document and study cultural heritage in Southeast Asia. He is the author of Theater as data (University of Michigan Press, 2021) and has written several articles on digital humanities and Indonesian cultural heritage. A full list of his publications, datasets and digital projects is available at https://miguelescobar.com. He is also Associate Editor of the new journal Computational Humanities Research (Cambridge University Press).
Workshop Material [ link ]
Registration for this event has been closed. Thank you for your interest.
Prerequisites for Attendees
- Prior experience with digital humanities is not required.
- Programming or coding knowledge is not necessary.
- Workshop participants should bring their own laptop to obtain and retain learning materials.
For inquiries, please contact:
Email: atlask@hku.hk