News Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences
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Saving sign language for the future by AI and machine learning
28th March 2024More than three hundred sign languages have been registered in the world. But despite the advances in Artificial Intelligence and language technology, only a small number of them have been supported by AI tools and language technology. In order to improve this, linguistics expert Mirella De Sisto, artificial intelligence specialist Dimitar Shterionov, and PhD student Lisa Lepp have been working on automatic recognition and translation of sign language through machine learning and computational linguistics approaches in the SignON project.
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Dutch labor market has a significant discrimination problem caused by the government
20th March 2024Sociologist and anthropologist Hans Siebers has conducted research on workplace discrimination for the past two decades. He examined access to jobs, promotion opportunities, and daily exclusion, considering both employers and applicants, with and without migration backgrounds. Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on March 21, he discusses widespread workplace discrimination.
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Our Mind Wanders Almost Half of the Time
18th March 2024Why is it that there are so many more conditions for a happier life than before, yet people often continue to focus on negative aspects of life? Michael Vlerick addresses this question in his book, "Waarom we niet gelukkiger zijn" ("Why We Aren't Happier"), providing us with tools to become content individuals within our means.