2 October, 2024 – Interns joining poltextLAB for the 2024-25 autumn semester
The following interns join poltextLAB in the 2024-25 autumn semester: Patrik Bodó Hanna Csikós Tamás Fenyődi Zsolt Geszler Dániel Nagy Dénes Stumpf
1 October, 2024 – Miklós Sebők on the role of language data in AI development at the Language Data Space Country Workshop
The European Language Data Space and the HUN REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics convened a distinguished gathering on 1 October 2024, in Budapest, bringing together experts from Hungarian industry, public administration, and academia to discuss the critical role of language data in the development of language technologies and AI-driven tools in Hungary. During the roundtable discussion entitled “LDS for the Development of Hungarian Artificial Intelligence”, Miklós Sebők presented the research-related aspects of the topic. The programme is available here: https://language-data-space.ec.europa.eu/events/lds-country-workshop-hungary-2024-10-01_en
27 September, 2024 – New publication by Miklós Sebők, Orsolya Ring, Márk György Kis, Martin Balázs Bánóczy and Ágnes Dinnyés in the Journal of Computational Social Science
On September 26, 2024, a new article has been published by Miklós Sebők, Orsolya Ring, Márk György Kis, Martin Balázs Bánóczy and Ágnes Dinnyés in the Journal of Computational Social Science. The title of the article is “The geopolitics of vaccine media representation in Orbán’s Hungary—an AI-supported sentiment analysis.” The publication is available here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42001-024-00325-z.
26 September, 2024 – Successful participation in the SLICES-SC Project
The poltextLAB team’s Babel Machine project has been highlighted as an open call success story among the SLICES-SC Open Call winners, who have benefitted from the SLICES infrastructure. Our participation in the SLICES-SC project lasted from April 2023 to August 2024, during which the team was able to use the imec research group iLab.t’s GPULab infrastructure. The GPULab is a testbed with 125+ GPUs with over 570.000+ cuda cores and 1.8TB+ GPU RAM for AI research and every research that needs GPUs. The flyer detailing the success story can be downloaded here: https://slices-sc.eu/an-open-call-success-story-i-the-babel-machine/
29 July, 2024 – Miklós Sebők among NRDI NREP Excellence programme winners
Miklós Sebők has been chosen as one of the winners of the first tier of the Excellence programme, belonging to the National Research, Development and Innovation Office’s National Research Excellence Programme. The “BABELGLOB: A State-of-the-Art AI Tool for the Global Analysis of Policy Frames” project has received 50 million HUF in funding. Further reading (in Hungarian): https://nkfih.gov.hu/hivatalrol/sajtokozlemenyek/ket-kutato-nyert
26 June, 2024 – Miklós Sebők presents at the the 4th Strategic Workshop of the HUN-REN Hungarian Research Network
On June 26, 2024, Miklós Sebők gave a presentation entitled “No-code AI text analytics at your fingertips: research time travels with the Babel Machine” at the 4th Strategic Workshop of the HUN-REN Hungarian Research Network. In the presentation he explained how the Babel Machine, developed by poltextLAB for free academic use, can replace time-consuming traditional content analysis. With this development, the research group aims to democratise access to artificial intelligence. The presentation is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwfIgXQU_Yg
26 June, 2024 – István Üveges presents at the MILAB RAG meetup
On June 26, 2024, István Üveges participated in the meetup organized jointly by the Artificial Intelligence National Laboratory (MILAB) and the Budapest Deep Learning Reading Seminar on the topic of Retreival Augmented Generation (RAG). Üveges’ presentation was on the application of RAG in social science, which he demonstrated through legal texts. The programme of the meetup and István Üveges’ presentation slides are available here: https://mi.nemzetilabor.hu/hu/esemenyek/budapest-deep-learning-reading-seminarral-kozos-meetup-temaja-retreival-augmented.
20 June, 2024 – Rebeka Kiss’s presentation on the quality of legislation
On June 20, 2024, Rebeka Kiss attended the Tag der Parlamentsforschung – Day of Parliamentary Research conference organised by the Österreichisches Parlament in Vienna. Rebeka Kiss presented co-authored work with Miklós Sebők on “The concept of tailor-made laws and legislative backsliding in Central-Eastern Europe.” The programme of the conference is available here: https://www.parlament.gv.at/dokument/fachinfos/parlamentsforschung/Day-of-Parliamentary-Research-2024-Abstracts.pdf.
18 June, 2024 – Sean Theriault’s lecture on the policy agendas of the Holy See as a global power
On June 18, 2024, Sean Theriault, guest speaker of the VSHIFT Momentum project at poltextLAB, gave a lecture at the HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences Institute for Political Science with the title “The Policy Agendas of a Global Power: The Case of the Holy See.” Theriault is a professor at the University of Texas; his expertise include the U.S. Congress, the presidency, political parties, elections, and party ploarization. He is the author of five books and numerous articles in a variety of journals on subjects ranging from presidential rhetoric to congressional careers and the Louisiana Purchase to the Pendleton Act of 1883.The abstract of his lecture is available here: https://politikatudomany.tk.hu/esemeny/2024/05/speaker-series-sean-theriault.
11 June, 2024 – New publication on the Babel Machine by Miklós Sebők, Ákos Máté, Orsolya Ring, Viktor Kovács and Richárd Lehoczki in Social Science Computer Review
On June 11, 2024, a new article has been published by Miklós Sebők, Ákos Máté, Orsolya Ring, Viktor Kovács and Richárd Lehoczki in the Social Science Computer Review. The title of the article is “Leveraging Open Large Language Models for Multilingual Policy Topic Classification: The Babel Machine Approach.” The publication is available here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08944393241259434.