Beatrice Alex
@beatricealex.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer and Chancellor’s Fellow in Language Technology at University of Edinburgh; School Research Ethics Lead for LLC; Head of the Edinburgh Language Technology Group; NLP-lead of the Edinburgh Clinical NLP Group
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Beatrice Alex
@beatricealex.bsky.social
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@EdiClinicalNLP group is now on Bluesky for further announcements: bsky.app/profile/edin...
@EdiClinicalNLP group is now on Bluesky for further announcements: bsky.app/profile/edin...
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OpenAI updates its terms of service for ChatGPT: can’t use the service for “tailored advice that requires a license, such as legal or medical advice, without appropriate involvement by a licensed professional.”
www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
ChatGPT users can’t use service for tailored legal and medical advice, OpenAI says
OpenAI dispelled suggestions that it’s changing its terms around legal and medical advice.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
OpenAI updates its terms of service for ChatGPT: can’t use the service for “tailored advice that requires a license, such as legal or medical advice, without appropriate involvement by a licensed professional.”
www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
Happy 10th Anniversary to the JOHD: openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com. It's wonderful to celebrate open access to humanities data as supported by this journal. And thank you for inviting me to speak about our work www.hiddenheritages.ai where we provide access to digitised Irish and Gaelic folktales.
Decoding Hidden Heritages
Explore the shared linguistic and cultural heritage of Ireland and Scotland
www.hiddenheritages.ai
September 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Happy 10th Anniversary to the JOHD: openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com. It's wonderful to celebrate open access to humanities data as supported by this journal. And thank you for inviting me to speak about our work www.hiddenheritages.ai where we provide access to digitised Irish and Gaelic folktales.
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#Edinburgh folks: free hackathon for 15-18 year olds on Sat 27th Sept. Build a project in a day. Free, beginner-friendly, and open to secondary students. Food, drinks, snacks, and swag are provided. At @codebasetech.bsky.social, Castle Terrace. Sign up at: lochdin-edinburgh.netlify.app Please share!
Loch'd In — Teen Hackathon in Edinburgh
Loch'd In is a 12-hour teen hackathon in Edinburgh. Free, beginner-friendly, and myth-inspired.
lochdin-edinburgh.netlify.app
September 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
#Edinburgh folks: free hackathon for 15-18 year olds on Sat 27th Sept. Build a project in a day. Free, beginner-friendly, and open to secondary students. Food, drinks, snacks, and swag are provided. At @codebasetech.bsky.social, Castle Terrace. Sign up at: lochdin-edinburgh.netlify.app Please share!
Interesting stats from EMNLP: This year, we received 8174 submissions and accepted 22.16% of the submissions as Main papers and 17.35% as Findings. … 82 papers were desk-rejected because at least one of their authors had been identified as an irresponsible reviewer 2025.emnlp.org/desk-rejecti...
August 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Interesting stats from EMNLP: This year, we received 8174 submissions and accepted 22.16% of the submissions as Main papers and 17.35% as Findings. … 82 papers were desk-rejected because at least one of their authors had been identified as an irresponsible reviewer 2025.emnlp.org/desk-rejecti...
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Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
Google Scholar Is Doomed
Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?
hannahshelley.neocities.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
Hidden Heritages - a great resource providing access to digitised Gaelic and Irish folktales. The transcription was done automatically using @transkribus.bsky.social or crowdsourcing. A great example of the use of AI and NLP for the benefits of research and society.
Newly launched- the Decoding Hidden Heritages project brings together over 5,500 Gaelic folktales from Ireland & Scotland, transcribed & made searchable using advanced AI. Congrats to Will Lamb, Bea Alex and wider team!
Decoding Hidden Heritages
Explore the shared linguistic and cultural heritage of Ireland and Scotland
www.hiddenheritages.ai
June 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Hidden Heritages - a great resource providing access to digitised Gaelic and Irish folktales. The transcription was done automatically using @transkribus.bsky.social or crowdsourcing. A great example of the use of AI and NLP for the benefits of research and society.
Published today! 🗞️🗞️🗞️
Can Topic Modeling of Local Newspaper Texts Enhance Understanding of Neighborhood Effects on Health?
Eleojo O. Abubakar, A. Grivas, B. Guthrie, C. Zheng, C. Grover, C. Llewellyn, C. MacRae, R. Tobin, B. Alex, C. Dibben, J. Pearce and A. Marshall
doi.org/10.1111/gean...
Can Topic Modeling of Local Newspaper Texts Enhance Understanding of Neighborhood Effects on Health?
Eleojo O. Abubakar, A. Grivas, B. Guthrie, C. Zheng, C. Grover, C. Llewellyn, C. MacRae, R. Tobin, B. Alex, C. Dibben, J. Pearce and A. Marshall
doi.org/10.1111/gean...
Can Topic Modeling of Local Newspaper Texts Enhance Understanding of Neighborhood Effects on Health?
Social attributes of neighborhoods, like heritage, and low-level social disorder, are not reflected in official metrics such as deprivation indices. However, research suggests these attributes are im...
doi.org
May 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Published today! 🗞️🗞️🗞️
Can Topic Modeling of Local Newspaper Texts Enhance Understanding of Neighborhood Effects on Health?
Eleojo O. Abubakar, A. Grivas, B. Guthrie, C. Zheng, C. Grover, C. Llewellyn, C. MacRae, R. Tobin, B. Alex, C. Dibben, J. Pearce and A. Marshall
doi.org/10.1111/gean...
Can Topic Modeling of Local Newspaper Texts Enhance Understanding of Neighborhood Effects on Health?
Eleojo O. Abubakar, A. Grivas, B. Guthrie, C. Zheng, C. Grover, C. Llewellyn, C. MacRae, R. Tobin, B. Alex, C. Dibben, J. Pearce and A. Marshall
doi.org/10.1111/gean...
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Cuts to the the Women’s Health Initiative “will lead to incalculable losses to scientific discovery and human health.” www.statnews.com/2025/04/22/w...
Women’s Health Initiative, known for hormone therapy trials, to lose federal funding
The Women's Health Initiative, the enormous study that shaped treatment of menopause and other conditions, is on the verge of shutting down.
www.statnews.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Cuts to the the Women’s Health Initiative “will lead to incalculable losses to scientific discovery and human health.” www.statnews.com/2025/04/22/w...
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Spaces still available!
Join us in two days for this beginner-level online lesson where we’ll teach you how to create a digital gazetteer from historical texts, using the Linked Places Delimited (LP-TSV) format.
No programming skills needed!
📅Thur 17 April
🔗 edin.ac/3FBtHoy
Join us in two days for this beginner-level online lesson where we’ll teach you how to create a digital gazetteer from historical texts, using the Linked Places Delimited (LP-TSV) format.
No programming skills needed!
📅Thur 17 April
🔗 edin.ac/3FBtHoy
April 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Spaces still available!
Join us in two days for this beginner-level online lesson where we’ll teach you how to create a digital gazetteer from historical texts, using the Linked Places Delimited (LP-TSV) format.
No programming skills needed!
📅Thur 17 April
🔗 edin.ac/3FBtHoy
Join us in two days for this beginner-level online lesson where we’ll teach you how to create a digital gazetteer from historical texts, using the Linked Places Delimited (LP-TSV) format.
No programming skills needed!
📅Thur 17 April
🔗 edin.ac/3FBtHoy
Wonderful to see all the hard work of my PhD student Sarah Immel of the CDT for Designing Responsible NLP exhibited at the Edinburgh Science Festival. Today at the Edinburgh Futures Institute!
April 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Wonderful to see all the hard work of my PhD student Sarah Immel of the CDT for Designing Responsible NLP exhibited at the Edinburgh Science Festival. Today at the Edinburgh Futures Institute!
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Lucy Havens, Benjamin Bach, Melissa Terras, Beatrice Alex
Investigating the Capabilities and Limitations of Machine Learning for Identifying Bias in English Language Data with Information and Heritage Professionals
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.00860
Investigating the Capabilities and Limitations of Machine Learning for Identifying Bias in English Language Data with Information and Heritage Professionals
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.00860
April 2, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Lucy Havens, Benjamin Bach, Melissa Terras, Beatrice Alex
Investigating the Capabilities and Limitations of Machine Learning for Identifying Bias in English Language Data with Information and Heritage Professionals
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.00860
Investigating the Capabilities and Limitations of Machine Learning for Identifying Bias in English Language Data with Information and Heritage Professionals
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.00860
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Simple but impactful chart shows the leading cause of death throughout the lifecycle.
March 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Simple but impactful chart shows the leading cause of death throughout the lifecycle.
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Spaces still available to join our two-class course on Bayesian Statistics!
We'll cover the fundamentals and provide hands-on practice with Bayesian models in R.
📆 Wed 25 Mar & 2 Apr, 14:00 – 16:00
🔗 edin.ac/42XeZ54
We'll cover the fundamentals and provide hands-on practice with Bayesian models in R.
📆 Wed 25 Mar & 2 Apr, 14:00 – 16:00
🔗 edin.ac/42XeZ54
March 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Spaces still available to join our two-class course on Bayesian Statistics!
We'll cover the fundamentals and provide hands-on practice with Bayesian models in R.
📆 Wed 25 Mar & 2 Apr, 14:00 – 16:00
🔗 edin.ac/42XeZ54
We'll cover the fundamentals and provide hands-on practice with Bayesian models in R.
📆 Wed 25 Mar & 2 Apr, 14:00 – 16:00
🔗 edin.ac/42XeZ54
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Curious about Machine Learning?
Join us for our next Digital Methods of the Month session where we'll break down the basics and discuss some of its real world applications.
No prior knowledge needed - this session is beginner friendly!
📆 Mon 7 April, 13:00 - 14:00
edin.ac/3DwwC1f
Join us for our next Digital Methods of the Month session where we'll break down the basics and discuss some of its real world applications.
No prior knowledge needed - this session is beginner friendly!
📆 Mon 7 April, 13:00 - 14:00
edin.ac/3DwwC1f
March 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Curious about Machine Learning?
Join us for our next Digital Methods of the Month session where we'll break down the basics and discuss some of its real world applications.
No prior knowledge needed - this session is beginner friendly!
📆 Mon 7 April, 13:00 - 14:00
edin.ac/3DwwC1f
Join us for our next Digital Methods of the Month session where we'll break down the basics and discuss some of its real world applications.
No prior knowledge needed - this session is beginner friendly!
📆 Mon 7 April, 13:00 - 14:00
edin.ac/3DwwC1f
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Are you a CAHSS researcher with an excellent data-led project? Nominate your work (or someone else's!) for a CDCS Digital Research Prize - there's £250 towards research costs up for grabs!
Deadline for nominations NOW EXTENDED: 14th March 2025
Deadline for nominations NOW EXTENDED: 14th March 2025
March 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Are you a CAHSS researcher with an excellent data-led project? Nominate your work (or someone else's!) for a CDCS Digital Research Prize - there's £250 towards research costs up for grabs!
Deadline for nominations NOW EXTENDED: 14th March 2025
Deadline for nominations NOW EXTENDED: 14th March 2025
The
@EdiClinicalNLP group is now on Bluesky for further announcements: bsky.app/profile/edin...
@EdiClinicalNLP group is now on Bluesky for further announcements: bsky.app/profile/edin...
bsky.app
December 17, 2024 at 3:22 PM
The
@EdiClinicalNLP group is now on Bluesky for further announcements: bsky.app/profile/edin...
@EdiClinicalNLP group is now on Bluesky for further announcements: bsky.app/profile/edin...
Reposted by Beatrice Alex
Come join us for the Edinburgh Winter School on Teaching Programming across Disciplines!
📍 Where: University of Edinburgh and online
📅 When: Wed 8th January, 9am-5pm GMT
💲 Cost: FREE
📋 More info: pairprogramming.ed.ac.uk/winter-schoo...
👍 Registration: forms.office.com/e/d3WABzje3n
#Edusky
📍 Where: University of Edinburgh and online
📅 When: Wed 8th January, 9am-5pm GMT
💲 Cost: FREE
📋 More info: pairprogramming.ed.ac.uk/winter-schoo...
👍 Registration: forms.office.com/e/d3WABzje3n
#Edusky
Winter School 2025: Program and Details – Teaching Programming across Disciplines at the University of Edinburgh
pairprogramming.ed.ac.uk
November 8, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Come join us for the Edinburgh Winter School on Teaching Programming across Disciplines!
📍 Where: University of Edinburgh and online
📅 When: Wed 8th January, 9am-5pm GMT
💲 Cost: FREE
📋 More info: pairprogramming.ed.ac.uk/winter-schoo...
👍 Registration: forms.office.com/e/d3WABzje3n
#Edusky
📍 Where: University of Edinburgh and online
📅 When: Wed 8th January, 9am-5pm GMT
💲 Cost: FREE
📋 More info: pairprogramming.ed.ac.uk/winter-schoo...
👍 Registration: forms.office.com/e/d3WABzje3n
#Edusky
Council of Europe also calls for more support for Cornish, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Manx Gaelic www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
UK urged to promote speaking of Irish and Ulster Scots in Northern Ireland
Council of Europe also calls for more support for Cornish, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Manx Gaelic
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2024 at 12:12 AM
Council of Europe also calls for more support for Cornish, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Manx Gaelic www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
A fantastic dataset to analyse
In our latest blog post Dr Beatrice Alex shows how the marked up text underlying our digital edition can be used as a dataset. Have a look at the initial results of her computational text analysis. #DH #DigitalHumanities thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2...
From Bloodletting to Emojis: Exploring Alice Thornton's World Through Computational Text Analytics
Blog article - 9 September 2024
thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk
September 12, 2024 at 6:24 AM
A fantastic dataset to analyse