=========== Objectives =========== Teaching activities will raise questions that can be answered thanks to quantitative methods implemented within a text analysis framework and other procedures that may be used to identify and compare the characteristics of texts. The aim is to discuss with students, young researchers and scholars of different disciplines strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of quantitative methods for text analysis. Participants selected for the IQLA-GIAT Summer School have the opportunity to exploit different tools within the same environment and the same tool in different environments. The IQLA-GIAT Summer School aims at: 1. sharing information on software, corpora, relevant literature and research results; 2. promoting a dialogue among different disciplines on actual research issues; 3. developing innovative analytical tools and integrated research methods; 4. introducing students and young researchers to new strains of research and applications; 5. sharing state-of-the-art knowledge in:
a. Corpora and textual data collection
b. Quantitative linguistics
c. Computational stylistics
d. Content mapping and data visualization
e. Computer-aided analysis of textual data
======== Credits ======== The IQLA-GIAT Summer School in Quantitative Analysis of Textual Data is organized by GIAT – Interdisciplinary Text Analysis Group (www.giat.org) in collaboration with the International Quantitative Linguistics Association ( www.iqla.org) and the Department of Computational Linguistics (Computerlinguistik und Digital Humanities) of the University of Trier ( www.uni-trier.de). The IQLA-GIAT Summer School is a project funded by the University of Padua, coordinated by prof. Arjuna Tuzzi (University of Padua).
========================== Application and deadlines ========================== The IQLA-GIAT Summer School is open to 20 participants including researchers, scholars and postgraduate students. The selection of 20 participants is due to the capacity of the laboratory room. Applicants should send a file in pdf format including: a. curriculum vitae; b. personal mission statement and research interests (max 500 words); c. request for ECTS credit (if needed - 3 CFU). Applications should be sent to the following address: qatd.school at fisppa.it Application deadline: Tuesday 18th August 2015 (open until registry is filled).
================ Selection criteria ================ a. privilege foreign applicants (Italian candidates are not excluded) and younger candidates; b. encourage participation from different countries; c. comply with gender equality. Candidates will receive a confirmation of acceptance by Tuesday 18th August 2015. Tuition fee: €250,00 The IQLA-GIAT Summer School will not provide financial support for participants. All participants have to provide by themselves to flight, accommodation and other expenses during the school. Indications for accommodations will be provided accordingly.
========= Schedule ========= The IQLA-GIAT Summer School will take place from Monday 21st to Friday 25th September 2015. The IQLA-GIAT Summer School is a full-time intensive course held: On Monday from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm From Tuesday to Thursday from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm On Friday from 9.30 am to 4.00 pm On Friday, the last two hours will be left for the final assessment.
========= Location ========= University of Padua Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education & Applied Psychology (Dipartimento di Filosofia, Sociologia, Pedagogia e Psicologia Applicata - FISPPA) Sociology buildings via Cesarotti, 10/12 35123 Padova, ITALY
======== Classes ======== All courses are in English. Teaching activities include lectures and lab sessions, as well as tutorials illustrating software tools. The teaching staff includes researchers and experts from different European Universities: Toulouse II (France), Trier (Germany), Athens (Greece), Neuchatel (Switzerland), Kraców (Poland), Padova and Trieste (Italy).
========= Lectures ========= The IQLA-GIAT Summer School is organized in 18 lessons of 2 hours each (in total 36 hours) among which approximately 8 lessons are specifically organized as laboratory sessions (this is meant to be as activities in the IT laboratory with individual IT workstations and active participation among the class for the development of projects and data analysis) and one dedicated to the final assessment. As a consequence, practical activities cover almost 50% of the total amount of hours required. The second edition of the Summer School is organized also considering the results and suggestions obtained through the evaluation questionnaire done in the 2013 edition.
================= Final Assessment ================= 1) All participants will be requested to fill in a questionnaire to assess the main aspects of the IQLA-GIAT Summer School (e.g. organization, teaching, materials, facilities and equipment, expectations, satisfaction rate, suggestions etc.). 2) If they wish to receive ECTS credits (3 CFU), participants shall take a written test including 30 multiple choice questions (one correct answer out of four). The passing grade is 15 correct answers. Grades will reflect the sum of all correct answers (one point) according to the following range: A (29-30 points); B (25-28 points); C (21-24 points); D (17-20 points); E (15-16 points).
======== Website ======== IQLA-GIAT Summer School will provide a specific website within GIAT’s domain (www.giat.org) for the distribution of learning resources, links and bibliographic references before, during and after the Summer School. Secretariat For any further information and details about terms, deadlines, application forms and payment modalities, please contact: Dott.ssa Francesca Bacchin: qatd.school at fisppa.it Dott. Stefano Sbalchiero: qatd.school at fisppa.it -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 13419 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://mailman.uib.no/public/corpora/attachments/20150811/e688a2d6/attachment.txt>