The Lexical Data Master Class aims at bringing together 20 trainees together with experts to share experiences, methods and techniques for the creation, management and use of digital lexical data.

Background and Motivation

Co-organized by DARIAH, the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (BBAW), Inria (Paris, France) and the Belgrade Center for Digital Humanities, with the support of the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Clarin and DARIAH-DE, the Lexical Data Master Class will take place in Berlin at the BBAW from 4 to 8 December 2017.

This Master Class is part of a joint French-German program supported by the BMBF and MESRI (French Ministry for Higher Education, Research and Innovation).

The masterclass will cover a wide range of topics ranging from general models for lexical content and TEI-based representation of lexical data to managing digital lexica as online resources and working efficiently with XML editors. The participants will have a chance to attend two keynote talks as well as different sessions on a variety of lexicon-related topics, as well as to consult with experts on their own dictionary projects.

Keynote speakers will be James Pustejowksy (Brandeis University) and Frieda Steurs (KU Leuven).

Training material produced for and during the master-class will be converted, revised and submitted for peer-reviewed publication  in #dariahTeach (https://teach.dariah.eu/), an online training platform, partially as supplements to the existing #dariahTeach course on Digitizing Legacy Dictionaries, and partially in the form of dariahTeach Workshops (on topics such as “XPath for Lexicographers” or “Representing Morphological Data in Digital Lexica”).

Dictionary samples used and annotated during the Master Class will be published in the ENEL WG2 / PARTHENOS GitHub repository.

Programme

• Monday 4th December13h-17h30 (plenary room - U form, 30 persons)
  • 13h-13h30: planery: Introduction, presentation of the week, round table of participants
  • 13h30-15h30: project slam from participants (each should have prepared a 2-page presentation when applying, with main expectations, questions), preparation of the break outs for the following day
  • 16h-17h30: first keynote (with interactions)
• Tuesday 5th December
  • 9h-10h30 Instructional session (3 parallel rooms, 3 x 15, U/O form)
  • 10h30-11h Cofee break
  • 11h-12h30: Workshop (3 parallel rooms, 3 x 15, U/O form)
  • 12h30-14h: Lunch buffet with pitches (highlight, progress, questions to the group)
  • 14h-15h30: Workshop (3 parallel rooms, 3 x 15, U/O form)
  • 15h30-16h: Coffe break
  • 16h-17h30: Plenary: reporting back, personal results and further expression of interest
  • 19h30: Joint diner
• Wednesday 6th December
  • 9h-10h30 Instructional session (3 parallel rooms, 3 x 15, U/O form)
  • 10h30-11h Cofee break
  • 11h-12h30: Workshop (3 parallel rooms, 3 x 15, U/O form)
  • 12h30-14h: Lunch buffet with pitches (highlight, progress, questions to the group)
  • 14h-15h30: Workshop (3 parallel rooms, 3 x 15, U/O form) ; gathering contributions for the final participants’ proposal.
  • 15h30-16h: Coffe break
  • 16h-17h30: second keynote (with interactions)
• Thurday 7th December
  • 9h-10h30 Instructional session (3 parallel rooms, 3 x 15, U/O form)
  • 10h30-11h Cofee break
  • 11h-12h30: Workshop (3 parallel rooms, 3 x 15, U/O form)
  • 12h30-14h: Lunch buffet with pitches (highlight, progress, questions to the group)
  • 14h-15h30: Minicamp (3 parallel rooms, 3 x 15, U/O form)
  • 15h30-16h: Coffe break
  • 16h-17h30: Minicamp  (3 parallel rooms, 3 x 15, U/O form)
• Friday 8th December
  • 9h-10h30 Participants’ symposium
  • 10h30-11h Coffee break
  • 11h-12h30 Participants’ symposium
  • 12h30-14h Lunch and farewell

Organisational Team

• Alexander Geyken, BBAW (Berlin, Germany) and CLARIN-D
• Laurent Romary, Inria (Paris, France) and DARIAH-EU
• Benoît Sagot, Inria (Paris, France)
• Toma Tasovac, Belgrade Center for Digital Humanities (Serbia)

Target Group

The workshop is open to everyone.

Prerequisites

Potential applicants should submit a short proposal presenting their background and interest in the field together with a description of a particular project involving lexical data that they would like to pursue during the master class.

Selection Process

Applicants will be selected by the selection committee according to submitted proposals.

Selection Committee

• Alexander Geyken, BBAW (Berlin, Germany) and CLARIN-D
• Laurent Romary, Inria (Paris, France) and DARIAH-EU
• Benoît Sagot, Inria (Paris, France)
• Toma Tasovac, Belgrade Center for Digital Humanities (Serbia)

Application Process

Potential applicants should submit a short proposal presenting their background and interest in the field together with a description of a particular project involving lexical data that they would like to pursue during the master class.

Applications should be made via the Lexical Master Class website: https://lexmc.sciencesconf.org

Deadline for application: 20th October 2017

Notification of acceptance: 27th October 2017

Further inquiries can be made to: lexmc@sciencesconf.org

Costs

Participation is free of charge. Travel costs and accommodation will be covered for all participants up to a maximum of 600€.