Dear all, apologies for cross-posting.
Next week, on Tuesday 4th February at 6.15pm, Pieter Francois
(Oxford) will be giving a talk in the Centre for e-Research seminar
series at King's College London. The talk is on: "Exploring very
large collections of texts by creating structured unbiased samples."
More details are at the bottom of this email.
The event is free of charge but please would you register
beforehand, at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cerch-seminar-exploring-very-large-collections-of-texts-by-creating-structured-unbiased-samples-tickets-10115191811
Our seminars are held fortnightly on Tuesdays during term time at
6.15pm in the Anatomy Museum, on the 6th floor of King's Building,
Strand Campus, King’s College London: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/innovation/groups/cerch/research/projects/completed/atm.aspx
. Seminars are followed by drinks and nibbles.
The full programme for this term can be found at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/innovation/groups/cerch/research/seminars/2013-14.aspx.
We hope you can join us.
Regards,
Anna Jordanous (CeRch)
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Exploring very large collections of texts by creating
structured unbiased samples
Pieter Francois (Oxford)
Abstract: This presentation introduces the 'Sample Generator', a
digital tool which allows users to generate structured unbiased
samples of (digital) texts from the nineteenth century British
Library holdings. Using the Sample Generator allows researchers to
explore quickly a very large dataset (the British Library has
approximately 1.8 million nineteenth century holdings) in a
methodologically robust way. Furthermore the generated samples are
easily citable and shareable. The overall intellectual background
of the Sample Generator is that of the 'generative humanities' in
which a creative process of going back and forth between data and
the conceptual drawing board takes centre stage. In addition to
saving valuable research time, the main contribution of the Sample
Generator is that it is a hypothesis generating and testing tool.
This presentation will address the ideas behind the Sample
Generator, offer a hands on showcasing of its main functionalities
and will finally demonstrate the value and potential of the Sample
Generator by zooming in briefly on one case study, i.e. an
analysis of the changes in nineteenth century travel routes in
Europe.
More details at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/innovation/groups/cerch/research/seminars/2013-14/s8exploring.aspx
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Anna Jordanous
Centre for e-Research (CeRch)
Department of Digital Humanities
King's College London
26-29 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5RL
www: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/innovation/groups/cerch/
