fi/tt/article/view/62348/23917">was launched by a kick-off symposium on Oct 6, 2016 that was attended by some 200 friends of Digital Humanities. HELDIG Digital Humanities Summit 2017 provides a snapshot of activities within the centre and its collaboration network after the first year of operation, facilitating networking and sharing results within the Finnish community of Digital Humanities research and education and beyond.
The programme consists of 85 presentations (!), including 17 demos and posters. After opening the Summit, the first presentation slot contains talks from the faculties of the University of Helsinki involved in the HELDIG initiative. After this, presentations from libraries, archives, and museums and other collaborating organizations of the HELDIG Network are heard. After the lunch, talks about projects, research, services, and applications underway within the network are given. After the presentations, there is a networking event based on posters and demos in the lobby, with nibbles and drinks served.
Participation in HELDIG Digital Humanities Summit 2017 is open and free, but registration is required for catering. Register here Tuesday 10th October latest :
https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/81397/lomake.html
| Time | Topic | Presenter(s) | Affiliation(s) | Material |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00–9:15 | Opening of the Summit | |||
| Helsinki Centre for Digital Humanities (HELDIG): From Vision to Reality | Eero Hyvönen | University of Helsinki (HELDIG); Aalto University, Dept. of Computer Science (SeCo) | presentation, article | |
| 9:15–10:00 | HELDIG Faculties at the University of Helsinki | Presentations of Faculties | Chair: Eero Hyvönen | |
| 1 | Data Science, Computational Creativity, and Digital Humanities | Hannu Toivonen | University of Helsinki, Dept. of Computer Science | abstract, presentation |
| 2 | Applications of Language Technology to Digital Humanities at Dept. of Computer Science | Roman Yangarber | University of Helsinki, Dept. of Computer Science | presentation, |
| 3 | Activities at the Centre for Research Methods | Reijo Sund | University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences | presentation |
| 4 | Citizen Mindscape: Experiences on Opening Data | Mika Pantzar and Jussi Pakkasvirta | University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences; Faculty of Arts | presentation |
| 5 | Introduction to Open Data Science – a MOOC for Every Digital Humanist to Attend | Kimmo Vehkalahti | University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences | course |
| 6 | Digitalization and Law: Activities at the Legal Tech Lab | Riikka Koulu | University of Helsinki, Faculty of Law, Legal Tech Lab | presentation, Legal Tech Lab report |
| 7 | Cultivating Social-creative Knowledge Practices: Educational Transformations in the Digital Age | Kai Hakkarainen | University of Helsinki, Dept. of Educational Sciences | presentation |
| 8 | FIN-CLARIN: New and Updated Tools and Resources | Krister Lindén | University of Helsinki, Faculty of Arts | presentation, Kielipankki |
| 9 | Finnish Term Bank in Arts and Sciences as a Niche-sourcing Enterprise and Digital Resource | Johanna Enqvist and Tiina Onikki-Rantajääskö | University of Helsinki, Faculty of Arts | presentation |
| 10:00–10:30 | Coffee Break | |||
| 10:30–11:35 | Libraries, Archives, and Museums | Presentations of Collaborating Organizations | Chair: Mikko Tolonen | |
| 1 | Cohesive View to Heterogenous Data through Controlled Vocabularies | Matias Frosterus | National Library of Finland | abstract, presentation |
| 2 | What Finna Could Offer for Digital Humanities | Erkki Tolonen and Piia Naukkarinen | National Library of Finland | abstract, presentation |
| 3 | National Library of Finland and Digitized Collections for Researchers | Tuula Pääkkönen | National Library of Finland | abstract, presentation, Try it! |
| 4 | Data for Digital Humanities – Digitized Historical Newspaper and Journal Collection of the National Library of Finland | Kimmo Kettunen, Mika Koistinen, and Teemu Ruokolainen | National Library of Finland | abstract, presentation |
| 5 | Diplomatarium Fennicum − Online Database of Finnish Medieval Documents | Seppo Eskola and Lauri Leinonen | National Archives of Finland | abstract, presentation |
| 6 | On Massive Digitization at the National Archives of Finland and Next Steps | Vili Haukkovaara | National Archives of Finland | presentation |
| 7 | READ Project – Where are We Now | Maria Kallio (Vili Haukkovaara) | National Archives of Finland | presentation |
| 8 | Institute for the Languages of Finland and Its Archives as a Resource for the Digital Humanities | Toni Suutari | Institute for the Languages of Finland (KOTUS) | video presentation, longer version |
| 9 | Experts and Crowds Working Together: 3 Million Place-name Entries from Field to Archives and Wiki | Susanna Ånäs and Toni Suutari | Institute for the Languages of Finland (KOTUS) | video presentation, longer version |
| 10 | Open Science and Cultural Heritage project at the Finnish Literature Society | Kirsi Keravuori | Finnish Literature Society (SKS) | abstract, presentation |
| 11 | Elias Lönnrot Letters Online | Maria Niku | Finnish Literature Society (SKS) | abstract, Try it! |
| 12 | 3D Documentation Process of Cultural Heritage and Archaeological Excavations at the National Board of Antiquities | Janne Hymylä | National Board of Antiquities | abstract, presentation |
| 13 | Digital Reconstruction of Photography Collection – a Case Study of Tyyne Savia | Satu Savia | Helsinki City Museum | abstract, presentation |
| 11:35–12:30 | Lunch | On your own | ||
| 12:30–13:30 | Other Public and Private Sector Organizations | Presentations of Collaborating Partners | Chair: Jouni Tuominen | |
| 1 | Utilizing Semantic Metadata in National Broadcasting Company YLE | Kim Viljanen | National Broadcasting Company YLE | presentation |
| 2 | The National Interoperability Platform – Coming Soon | Suvi Remes | Ministry of Finance | abstract, presentation |
| 3 | Implementing (Semantic) Interoperability – a Viewpoint on the Availability of Public Administration Documents | Mikael Vakkari | Helsinki City | presentation |
| 4 | The Finnish Open Science and Research Initiative | Pirjo-Leena Forsström | CSC Ltd | abstract, presentation |
| 5 | Open Data Available for Research (AVAA) | Anssi Kainulainen | CSC Ltd | presentation |
| 6 | What is FAIR Research Data? Why Data Management Matters and How to Do It | Jessica Parland-von Essen | CSC Ltd | abstract, presentation |
| 7 | FAIR Research Data Service Etsin | Jessica Parland-von Essen | CSC Ltd | presentation |
| 8 | Research on Digital Transformation and Resilience – Towards Consumption of Local Digitalities | Toni Ryynänen and Torsti Hyyryläinen | Ruralia Institute | abstract, presentation |
| 9 | Georef – Linked Data for Spatial Data and Non-Spatial Data by Place Names | Esa Tiainen | National Land Survey | abstract, presentation |
| 10 | Open Data at Statistics Finland | Markku Huttunen | Statistics Finland | presentation |
| 11 | The Finnish Terminology Centre – Enhancing Information Management with High-quality Content | Päivi Kouki and Sirpa Suhonen | Finnish Terminology Centre (TSK) | abstract, presentation |
| 12 | HELDIG and DARIAH-EU: Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities | Maija Paavolainen | University of Helsinki, Library | presentation |
| 13:30–14:30 | Research, Services, and Applications 1 | Research at Universities | Chair: Jouni Tuominen | |
| 1 | STRATAS: Combining Texts and Contextual Information in Historical Sociolinguistics |
Tanja Säily, Terttu Nevalainen, Anni Sairio, Samuli Kaislaniemi, Anna Merikallio, Taru Nordlund, Katja Litola, Johanna Marttila, Eetu Mäkelä, Poika Isokoski, and Harri Siirtola |
University of Helsinki, Department of Modern Languages, Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies, and Department of Digital Humanities; University of Tampere, Faculty of Communication Sciences |
abstract, presentation |
| 2 | From Linked Open Data to Meta-analysis in Historical Linguistics | Joonas Kesäniemi, Turo Vartiainen, Tanja Säily, Agata Dominowska, Aatu Liimatta, and Terttu Nevalainen | Helsinki University Library; University of Helsinki, Department of Modern Languages | abstract, presentation |
| 3 | Discovering Paraphrases from Movie Subtitles | Mathias Creutz | University of Helsinki, Department of Modern Languages | abstract, presentation |
| 4 | NLP for Dialectology – The Swiss German Oral History Corpus ArchiMob | Yves Scherrer | University of Helsinki, Department of Modern Languages | presentation |
| 5 | Speech and Digital Humanities | Martti Vainio and Juraj Simko | University of Helsinki, Department of Modern Languages | presentation, print version |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European Lexicon | Jouna Pyysalo | University of Helsinki, Department of Modern Languages | Try it! |
| 7 | Semantic Domains in Akkadian | Tero Alstola | University of Helsinki, Department of Modern Languages | abstract, presentation |
| 8 | Medieval Literary Networks as Statistical Data | Samu Niskanen | University of Helsinki, Department of Modern Languages | abstract, presentation |
| 9 | The Mill – Interactive FIN-CLARIN Web Services | Mietta Lennes | University of Helsinki, Department of Modern Languages | abstract, presentation |
| 10 | Computational History Group at HELDIG | Mikko Tolonen | University of Helsinki, Department of Modern Languages and HELDIG | presentation |
| 14:30–15:00 | Coffee break | |||
| 15:00–17:00 | Research, Services, and Applications 2 | Chair: Eetu Mäkelä | ||
| 1 | National Library Newspaper Archive Re-OCR and Reprocessed | Senka Drobac | University of Helsinki, Department of Modern Languages | presentation |
| 2 | Aspects of Digital Humanities in the Peace Machine Concept | Timo Honkela | University of Helsinki, Department of Modern Languages | presentation |
| 3 | Russian Studies Go Digital | Daria Gritsenko | University of Helsinki, Aleksanteri Institute | abstract, presentation |
| 4 | Global Digital Humanities | Xenia Zeiler | University of Helsinki, Faculty of Arts | abstract, presentation |
| 5 | Automatic Learning of Common Representations of Related Languages with No Prior Linguistic Knowledge | Mark Granroth-Wilding | University of Helsinki, Dept. of Computer Science | abstract, presentation |
| 6 | Calendars and Computers – Unraveling Medieval Cultural Contacts | Tuomas Heikkilä | University of Helsinki, Faculty of Theology | presentation |
| 7 | How to Induce Engagement with and within Mixed Reality Applications? | Petri Parvinen, Essi Pöyry, Osmo Mattila, and Jani Holopainen | University of Helsinki | abstract, presentation |
| 8 | Research on Social Network Analysis in Aalto University | Mikko Kivelä | Aalto University, Dept. of Computer Science | presentation |
| 9 | Network mining: Historic Data Analysis and Online Social Debates | Aristides Gionis | Aalto University, Dept. of Computer Science | abstract, presentation |
| 10 | Digital Cultural Heritage – New Formats and Genres | Lily Díaz-Kommonen | Aalto University, School of Arts | abstract, presentation |
| 11 | Digital History of Industrialization, Innovation and beyond | Mats Fridlund | Aalto University, School of Engineering | presentation |
| 12 | Linked Data Finland (LDF.fi): Publishing and Using Semantic Data for Research and Applications | Jouni Tuominen | Aalto University, Dept. of Computer Science (SeCo); University of Helsinki (HELDIG) | presentation, project, Try it! |
| 13 | Semantic Finlex – Law and Justice on the Semantic Web | Arttu Oksanen | Aalto University, Dept. of Computer Science (SeCo) | presentation, project, article, Try it! |
| 14 | WarSampo – Finnish World War II on the Semantic Web | Eero Hyvönen, Erkki Heino, Petri Leskinen, Esko Ikkala, Mikko Koho, Minna Tamper, Jouni Tuominen, and Eetu Mäkelä | Aalto University, Dept. of Computer Science (SeCo); University of Helsinki (HELDIG) | presentation, EuropeanaPro LODLAM Prize article, Try it! |
| 15 | Finnish Ontology Service of Historical Places and Maps: HIPLA.fi | Esko Ikkala | Aalto University, Dept. of Computer Science (SeCo) | presentation, project, Try it! |
| 16 | Publishing and Using Biographies on the Semantic Web as Data: Case National Biography and Vanhat Norssit Register | Petri Leskinen | Aalto University, Dept. of Computer Science (SeCo) | presentation, project, Try Vanhat Norssit Register! |
| 17 | Extracting Structured Knowledge from Unstructured Texts: Research and Applications | Minna Tamper, Erkki Heino and Eetu Mäkelä | Aalto University, Dept. of Computer Science (SeCo) | presentation |
| 18 | Big Data Approach to 19th-century Finnish Newspaper Literature | Mikko Koho, Agata Dominowska, Elsi Hyttinen, Péter Ivanics, Elizabeth Oakes, Ilona Pikkanen, Leena Tulkki, and Risto J. Turunen | Aalto University, Dept. of Computer Science (SeCo); University of Helsinki; University of Tampere | abstract, presentation |
| 19 | Supporting Evolving Search Tasks in Digital Environments via Fuzzy String Matching | Sanna Kumpulainen and Heikki Keskustalo | University of Tampere | abstract, presentation |
| 20 | Welfare Bums or Fellow Humans: Discussing Welfare Provision to the Poor in Suomi24 Forum | Veronika Laippala, Aki-Juhani Kyröläinen, Aleksi Vesanto, Lotta Lehti, Johanna Kallio, and Filip Ginter | University of Turku | abstract, presentation |
| 21 | On Digitalization of the Comparative Method of Reconstruction in the Indo-European Family of Languages in PIE lexicon | Måns Hulden, Fedu Kotiranta, Jouna Pyysalo, and Aleksi Sahala | University of Colorado, Boulder; University of Helsinki | abstract, Try it! |
| 22 | Reassembling the Republic of Letters: A Digital Framework for Multi-lateral Collaboration on Europe's Intellectual History (1500–1800) | Eero Hyvönen, Howard Hotson, and Thomas Wallnig | Aalto University, Dept. of Computer Science (SeCo); University of Helsinki (HELDIG); University of Oxford; University of Vienna | presentation, project |
| 23 | The “Mapping Manuscript Migrations” Project | Toby Burrows, Lynn Ransom, Hanno Wijsman, and Eero Hyvönen | University of Oxford; University of Pennsylvania; Library, Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes (IRHT), CNRS; Aalto University, Dept. of Computer Science | abstract, presentation |
| 17:00–19:00 | Networking: Posters & Demos with Nibbles & Drinks | |||
| 1 | Democratization and Language Practices: Introducing the DEMLANG Project | Minna Palander-Collin, Turo Hiltunen, Minna Nevala, Päivi Pahta, Arja Nurmi, and Jukka Tyrkkö | University of Helsinki, Faculty of Arts | abstract |
| 2 | Vendor Names on Darknet Drug Markets | Lasse Hämäläinen | University of Helsinki, Faculty of Arts | abstract |
| 3 | HELDIG and DARIAH-EU: Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities | Maija Paavolainen | University of Helsinki, Library | |
| 4 | Wikidocumentaries – a Wiki for Small History | Susanna Ånäs | Aalto University, School of Arts | abstract, poster |
| 5 | WarSampo – Finnish World War II on the Semantic Web | Erkki Heino et al. | Aalto University and HELDIG | Try it! |
| 6 | Norssi Alumni on the Semantic Web | Petri Leskinen et al. | Aalto University and HELDIG | Try it! |
| 7 | The ATT Research Data Management Services | Anssi Kainulainen et al. | CSC Ltd | http://openscience.fi/services https://avaa.tdata.fi/web/avaa/etusivu |
| 8 | Mixed Reality Hub – Digitally Supported Interpersonal Service Experiences | Osmo Mattila, Jani Holopainen, Petri Parvinen, and Essi Pöyry | University of Helsinki, Dept. of Forest Science | abstract |
| 9 | LCD Aggregation and Data-analysis Workbench (LADA) | Joonas Kesäniemi, Turo Vartiainen, Tanja Säily, Agata Dominowska, Aatu Liimatta, and Terttu Nevalainen | University of Helsinki, Dept. of Modern Languages | abstract |
| 10 | Wider Access to Digitized Finnish Newspapers and Magazines – Haka Authentication to digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi Service | Juha Rautiainen | National Library of Finland | abstract |
| 11 | University of Helsinki Research Data Service Channel: Demonstration of the MILDRED1 Project | Aija Kaitera | Helsinki University Library | |
| 12 | AncestryAI – a Machine Learning Tool for Inferring Large-scale Genealogical Networks | Eric Malmi | Aalto University, Dept. of Computer Science | Try it! |
| 13 | Finnish Ontology Service of Historical Places and Maps | Esko Ikkala | Aalto University, Dept. of Computer Science (SeCo) | Try it! |
| 14 |
ERRATAS: Charting the reliability of modern editions of English historical texts |
Anni Sairio, Samuli Kaislaniemi, Terttu Nevalainen, Tanja Säily, and Anna Merikallio | University of Helsinki, Department of Modern Languages | abstract |
| 15 |
RATAS: Building a corpus of 19th-century Finnish correspondence |
Katja Litola, Johanna Marttila, and Taru Nordlund | University of Helsinki, Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies | abstract |
| 16 | OCTAVO – Analysing Early Modern Public Communication | Antti Kanner, Jani Marjanen, Ville Vaara, Hege Roivainen, Viivi Lähteenoja, Laura Tarkka-Robinson, Mark Hill, Simon Hengchen, Eetu Mäkelä, Leo Lahti, and Mikko Tolonen | University of Helsinki, Dept. of Modern Languages and HELDIG; University of Turku | poster |
| 17 | Revita: intelligent support for language learning, and for learning endangered languages | Anisia Katinskaia and Roman Yangarber | University of Helsinki, Dept. of Computer Science | Try it! |
HELDIG – Helsinki Centre for Digital Humanities provides a new kind of platform for addressing the challenges of digitalization, based on multi- and interdisciplinary research and collaboration in humanities, social sciences, and computer science. By fostering collaboration and by sharing research infrastructures not only within the University of Helsinki but with other organizations in the Helsinki area and beyond, relevant research problems and data can be found, unnecessary duplicate work can be eliminated, and more resources be targeted to Digital Humanities research and education. HELDIG is funded in 2016–2020 as part of the profiling measures of the Academy of Finland and the University of Helsinki. As part of the activity, eight new professor positions related to Digital Humanities are being filled up in seven faculties of the University of Helsinki.
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