Florian Cafiero
@floriancafiero.bsky.social
Fellow « AI for the Humanities and Social Sciences » PSL University. Lecturer in Digital Humanities and NLP (Ecole Nationale des Chartes, École Normale Supérieure de Paris) Computational Social Science (Dauphine). Researcher at Centre Jean Mabillon.
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New little paper “The times are a-changin’: présent vs passé simple in French novels (1811–2024)”👉 hal.science/hal-04984105
With Simon Gabay and @floriancafiero.bsky.social
#dhbenelux2025
In french fiction, use of past tenses (especially the passé simple) collapsed over the last 150 years.. so why?
With Simon Gabay and @floriancafiero.bsky.social
#dhbenelux2025
In french fiction, use of past tenses (especially the passé simple) collapsed over the last 150 years.. so why?
The times are a-changin': présent vs passé simple in French novels (1811-2024)
The use of présent and passé simple in French has undergone profound changes in recent centuries. By means of a large corpus of novels, we observe major trends that we attempt to describe and explain....
hal.science
May 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New little paper “The times are a-changin’: présent vs passé simple in French novels (1811–2024)”👉 hal.science/hal-04984105
With Simon Gabay and @floriancafiero.bsky.social
#dhbenelux2025
In french fiction, use of past tenses (especially the passé simple) collapsed over the last 150 years.. so why?
With Simon Gabay and @floriancafiero.bsky.social
#dhbenelux2025
In french fiction, use of past tenses (especially the passé simple) collapsed over the last 150 years.. so why?
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We are happy to announce our next seminar, given by Florian Cafiero @floriancafiero.bsky.social (PSL @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social) entitled "A Riddle in a Haystack: Using Large Language Models for the Detection of Rare Phenomena" on Friday 7th March at 11am CET. Details here: t.co/pPbWfkALM4!
March 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
We are happy to announce our next seminar, given by Florian Cafiero @floriancafiero.bsky.social (PSL @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social) entitled "A Riddle in a Haystack: Using Large Language Models for the Detection of Rare Phenomena" on Friday 7th March at 11am CET. Details here: t.co/pPbWfkALM4!
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Open funded PhD position at Tallinn Uni, School of Digital Technologies: Computational phenomenology of first-person experiences
www.tlu.ee/en/dt/applyi...
www.tlu.ee/en/dt/applyi...
December 10, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Open funded PhD position at Tallinn Uni, School of Digital Technologies: Computational phenomenology of first-person experiences
www.tlu.ee/en/dt/applyi...
www.tlu.ee/en/dt/applyi...
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#DH25 #digitalhumanities #collaboration #ADHO
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#DH25 #digitalhumanities #collaboration #ADHO
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December 8, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Do you want to collaborate as reviewer for DH2025?
Please, fill in this form (forms.gle/JN5B1nyL2a8L...) & register in ConfTool (www.conftool.pro/dh2025/).
#DH25 #digitalhumanities #collaboration #ADHO
Please, fill in this form (forms.gle/JN5B1nyL2a8L...) & register in ConfTool (www.conftool.pro/dh2025/).
#DH25 #digitalhumanities #collaboration #ADHO
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Hello DH community! We’re excited to join this space and look forward to connecting with you all on conferences, publications, presentations, collaborations, training opportunities and highlighting various activities happening across the digital humanities community.
#DigitalHumanities#ADHO
#DigitalHumanities#ADHO
November 27, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Hello DH community! We’re excited to join this space and look forward to connecting with you all on conferences, publications, presentations, collaborations, training opportunities and highlighting various activities happening across the digital humanities community.
#DigitalHumanities#ADHO
#DigitalHumanities#ADHO
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For locals: I'm happy to announce that the CFP for next year’s Graduate Fellowship in Digital Humanities (often referred to as the DH Fellows program for short) has now been posted. Applications due February 15th, 2025.
scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/digital-huma...
scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/digital-huma...
Digital Humanities Fellows Program
The Scholars’ Lab
scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu
November 13, 2024 at 2:10 PM
For locals: I'm happy to announce that the CFP for next year’s Graduate Fellowship in Digital Humanities (often referred to as the DH Fellows program for short) has now been posted. Applications due February 15th, 2025.
scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/digital-huma...
scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/digital-huma...
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CamemBERT 2.0: A Smarter French 🇫🇷 Language Model Aged to Perfection 👌
We release a much-needed update for the previous. SOTA French encoder LM.
We introduce two new models CamemBERTa-v2 and CamemBERT-v2, based on the DeBERTaV3 and RoBERTa recipe.
So what's new?
[1/8]
We release a much-needed update for the previous. SOTA French encoder LM.
We introduce two new models CamemBERTa-v2 and CamemBERT-v2, based on the DeBERTaV3 and RoBERTa recipe.
So what's new?
[1/8]
November 15, 2024 at 5:07 PM
CamemBERT 2.0: A Smarter French 🇫🇷 Language Model Aged to Perfection 👌
We release a much-needed update for the previous. SOTA French encoder LM.
We introduce two new models CamemBERTa-v2 and CamemBERT-v2, based on the DeBERTaV3 and RoBERTa recipe.
So what's new?
[1/8]
We release a much-needed update for the previous. SOTA French encoder LM.
We introduce two new models CamemBERTa-v2 and CamemBERT-v2, based on the DeBERTaV3 and RoBERTa recipe.
So what's new?
[1/8]
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🔍 The full program for #CHR2024 is now available! Join us for cutting-edge computational humanities research and discussions. See the complete schedule at: 2024.computational-humanities-research.org/programme/
Computational Humanities Research 2024
2024.computational-humanities-research.org
November 13, 2024 at 10:48 AM
🔍 The full program for #CHR2024 is now available! Join us for cutting-edge computational humanities research and discussions. See the complete schedule at: 2024.computational-humanities-research.org/programme/
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Didn't find one, so made a computational literary studies starter pack, with notable bunch of european folks and early career scholars.
My circle here is small, so please reply/dm to be added or removed and suggest people from your networks!
go.bsky.app/4et1nxZ
My circle here is small, so please reply/dm to be added or removed and suggest people from your networks!
go.bsky.app/4et1nxZ
November 12, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Didn't find one, so made a computational literary studies starter pack, with notable bunch of european folks and early career scholars.
My circle here is small, so please reply/dm to be added or removed and suggest people from your networks!
go.bsky.app/4et1nxZ
My circle here is small, so please reply/dm to be added or removed and suggest people from your networks!
go.bsky.app/4et1nxZ
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"word entropy of American English has been rising steadily since around 1900 [...] with short-form media such as news and magazines having higher entropy than long-form media, and social media feeds having higher entropy stil"
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
The rising entropy of English in the attention economy - Communications Psychology
American English has become more information dense over the last 100 years, likely driven by competition for human attention.
www.nature.com
August 15, 2024 at 9:21 AM
"word entropy of American English has been rising steadily since around 1900 [...] with short-form media such as news and magazines having higher entropy than long-form media, and social media feeds having higher entropy stil"
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
A few words about our ongoing research about detection and analysis of texts written by persons with ADHD: www.sciencesetavenir.fr/sante/cervea...
Le TDAH, un trouble qui peut être repéré par la stylométrie - Sciences et Avenir
La stylométrie pour détecter des troubles de l'attention : la technique a été testée par des chercheurs en psychologie et s'avère plus que prometteuse. Elle pourrait servir à savoir quelles per...
www.sciencesetavenir.fr
January 31, 2024 at 2:08 PM
A few words about our ongoing research about detection and analysis of texts written by persons with ADHD: www.sciencesetavenir.fr/sante/cervea...
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Pleased to see that “Topic modelling literary interviews from The Paris Review” has just been published in Digital Scholarship in the Humanities (DSH): doi.org/10.1093/llc/...
It’s open access (with thanks to IReL).
@derekgreene.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social
It’s open access (with thanks to IReL).
@derekgreene.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social
January 11, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Pleased to see that “Topic modelling literary interviews from The Paris Review” has just been published in Digital Scholarship in the Humanities (DSH): doi.org/10.1093/llc/...
It’s open access (with thanks to IReL).
@derekgreene.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social
It’s open access (with thanks to IReL).
@derekgreene.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social
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We are accepting applications for the Gerda Henkel Fellowship in Digital History, a joint partnership with the German Historical Institute and @rrchnm.bsky.social. Applications are due February 4, 2024.
Apply Now for the Gerda Henkel Fellowship in Digital History – Roy Rosenzweig Center for History a...
rrchnm.org
January 10, 2024 at 9:55 PM
We are accepting applications for the Gerda Henkel Fellowship in Digital History, a joint partnership with the German Historical Institute and @rrchnm.bsky.social. Applications are due February 4, 2024.
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3 PhD positions at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen
Fully salaried.
Deadline 11 February 2024
jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Fully salaried.
Deadline 11 February 2024
jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
PhD scholarships at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies University of Copenhagen
jobportal.ku.dk
December 29, 2023 at 10:13 AM
3 PhD positions at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen
Fully salaried.
Deadline 11 February 2024
jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Fully salaried.
Deadline 11 February 2024
jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
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Available for beta testing: Zotero for Android
L'essentiel y est sauf un connecteur de navigateur, l'édition de bibliographie...
Synchronisation par compte personnel OK en espérant avoir assez de mémoire
A tester...
By @zotero.bsky.social
L'essentiel y est sauf un connecteur de navigateur, l'édition de bibliographie...
Synchronisation par compte personnel OK en espérant avoir assez de mémoire
A tester...
By @zotero.bsky.social
Available for beta testing: Zotero for Android
We're happy to announce the beta of Zotero for Android.
You can install the app from the Google Play Store:
forums.zotero.org
December 25, 2023 at 9:38 AM
Available for beta testing: Zotero for Android
L'essentiel y est sauf un connecteur de navigateur, l'édition de bibliographie...
Synchronisation par compte personnel OK en espérant avoir assez de mémoire
A tester...
By @zotero.bsky.social
L'essentiel y est sauf un connecteur de navigateur, l'édition de bibliographie...
Synchronisation par compte personnel OK en espérant avoir assez de mémoire
A tester...
By @zotero.bsky.social
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DH Folks, I am delighted to be a part of planning the 2024 Canadian Society for Digital Humanities Conference, which will take place at McGill from the 16th-19th of June. If you could please lend a hand in sharing this CFP, that would be fantastic: csdh-schn.org/csdh-schn-co...
December 15, 2023 at 2:29 PM
DH Folks, I am delighted to be a part of planning the 2024 Canadian Society for Digital Humanities Conference, which will take place at McGill from the 16th-19th of June. If you could please lend a hand in sharing this CFP, that would be fantastic: csdh-schn.org/csdh-schn-co...
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Re-upping this job ad for a postdoc with the Atlanta Interdisciplinary AI Network. Applications due Jan 16th. Feel free to reach out with questions!
Big news over here in the #AIAINetwork: we're hiring a 2-year postdoc! If you work at the intersection of AI and the humanities, and would be happily housed in the
Emory English department, then this job is for you! Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/136528
Emory English department, then this job is for you! Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/136528
December 12, 2023 at 3:15 PM
Re-upping this job ad for a postdoc with the Atlanta Interdisciplinary AI Network. Applications due Jan 16th. Feel free to reach out with questions!
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#CHR2023 has been a very rich experience! Already looking forward to CHR2024 in Aarhus where we'll have some first results from the GOLEM project golemlab.eu
Btw, we're also hiring a PhD to work on the computational analysis of narrative in argumentative text
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
#nlproc
Btw, we're also hiring a PhD to work on the computational analysis of narrative in argumentative text
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
#nlproc
December 8, 2023 at 5:36 PM
#CHR2023 has been a very rich experience! Already looking forward to CHR2024 in Aarhus where we'll have some first results from the GOLEM project golemlab.eu
Btw, we're also hiring a PhD to work on the computational analysis of narrative in argumentative text
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
#nlproc
Btw, we're also hiring a PhD to work on the computational analysis of narrative in argumentative text
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
#nlproc
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Very proud to have organized Computational Humanities Research 2023 in Paris with @floriancafiero.bsky.social at EPITA. Nothing would have been possible without the support of EPITA, the ARIANE consortium and Humanistica. We welcome 150 people from all over Europe, the US and even Australia!
December 7, 2023 at 10:44 AM
Very proud to have organized Computational Humanities Research 2023 in Paris with @floriancafiero.bsky.social at EPITA. Nothing would have been possible without the support of EPITA, the ARIANE consortium and Humanistica. We welcome 150 people from all over Europe, the US and even Australia!
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La conférence #HNR2024 est également ouverte aux contributions en français ! Venez présenter vos recherche en analyse de réseaux historiques à Lausanne: historicalnetworkresearch.github.io/lausanne/aac/ (délai de l'appel 31.01.24)
November 27, 2023 at 10:29 AM
La conférence #HNR2024 est également ouverte aux contributions en français ! Venez présenter vos recherche en analyse de réseaux historiques à Lausanne: historicalnetworkresearch.github.io/lausanne/aac/ (délai de l'appel 31.01.24)
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🌍 Applications for visiting professors on Democracy & AI @sciencespo are still open until December 15. The Open Institute for Digital Transformation is funding 2 semester-long stays in one of Sciences Po’s world-class research centers in Paris.
www.sciencespo.fr
November 25, 2023 at 8:40 AM
🌍 Applications for visiting professors on Democracy & AI @sciencespo are still open until December 15. The Open Institute for Digital Transformation is funding 2 semester-long stays in one of Sciences Po’s world-class research centers in Paris.
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10 postdoctoral fellowships at the Aarhus Institute of Adanced Studies (AIAS): 23 months, open to researchers of all disciplines.
Deadline: 1 February 2024
@aiasdk.bsky.social
Deadline: 1 February 2024
@aiasdk.bsky.social
10 individual fellowships open for application at AIAS
AIAS-AUFF Fellowships
aias.au.dk
November 24, 2023 at 12:35 PM
10 postdoctoral fellowships at the Aarhus Institute of Adanced Studies (AIAS): 23 months, open to researchers of all disciplines.
Deadline: 1 February 2024
@aiasdk.bsky.social
Deadline: 1 February 2024
@aiasdk.bsky.social
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Proceedings of Computational Humanities Research 2023 are out! 830 pages 😱
ceur-ws.org/Vol-3558/
Impossible without heroic help from @folgertk.bsky.social
ceur-ws.org/Vol-3558/
Impossible without heroic help from @folgertk.bsky.social
CEUR-WS.org/Vol-3558 - Computational Humanities Research Conference 2023
ceur-ws.org
November 22, 2023 at 2:59 PM
Proceedings of Computational Humanities Research 2023 are out! 830 pages 😱
ceur-ws.org/Vol-3558/
Impossible without heroic help from @folgertk.bsky.social
ceur-ws.org/Vol-3558/
Impossible without heroic help from @folgertk.bsky.social
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UltraFastBERT, a BERT model using only 0.3% of its neurons for inference, matching the performance of standard BERT models. Achieving up to 78x speedup over traditional methods. #NLP #LLMs #BertGoBrrrt
Exponentially Faster Language Modelling
Language models only really need to use an exponential fraction of their neurons for individual inferences. As proof, we present UltraFastBERT, a BERT variant that uses 0.3% of its neurons during...
arxiv.org
November 22, 2023 at 10:33 AM
UltraFastBERT, a BERT model using only 0.3% of its neurons for inference, matching the performance of standard BERT models. Achieving up to 78x speedup over traditional methods. #NLP #LLMs #BertGoBrrrt
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[CFP] I am pleased to announce the opening of the call for papers for the #HNR2024 conference: historicalnetworkresearch.github.io/lausanne/ Do you apply network analysis to historical subjects? Come to Lausanne in July! Deadline January 31, 2024 Please share!
November 16, 2023 at 10:45 AM
[CFP] I am pleased to announce the opening of the call for papers for the #HNR2024 conference: historicalnetworkresearch.github.io/lausanne/ Do you apply network analysis to historical subjects? Come to Lausanne in July! Deadline January 31, 2024 Please share!