Conference programme
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Registration
Check-in for conference attendees
Attendees can register and collect conference materials.
9:00 AM
9:10 AM
9:10 AM
Opening Ceremony
Welcome and Introduction
Opening remarks and introduction to the conference by organizers.
9:10 AM
10:10 AM
10:10 AM
Agata Savary
Invited SpeakerChaired by Verginica Barbu Mititelu
Quantification of diversity in natural language processing
10:10 AM
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Paper Presentation Session
Chaired by Verginica Barbu Mititelu- Laura Orynbay, Gulmira Bekmanova, Altanbek Zulkhazhav and Ayaulym Sairanbekova: Advances in Computational Analysis of Kazakh Political Discourse
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Coffee Break
Networking and Refreshments
Attendees can take a break and enjoy coffee and light refreshments.
11:00 AM
12:40 AM
12:40 AM
Paper Presentation Session
Chaired by Inga Țițchiev- Vasile Păiș, Dan Tufiș, Verginica Barbu Mititelu, Radu Ion, Maria Mitrofan, Elena Irimia, Eric Curea and Andrei Păun: Towards Romanian large language models using the CoRoLa corpus
- Adrian Marius Dumitran, Răzvan Cosmin Cristia and Matei-Iulian Cocu: A Cross-Lingual Analysis of Bias in Large Language Models Using Romanian History
- Alexandr Parahonco, Tudor Bumbu, Olesea Caftanatov, Dan Bumbu, Marius Cerescu, Nichita Degteariov, Ion Bostan: Personalized Virtual Tutors through Reasoning LLMs
- Anca-Diana Bibiri, Mihaela Mocanu, Liviu-Andrei Scutelnicu, Liviu Petcu, Viorica Popa, Elena Lăcustă and Angela Bejan: The Mapping greeting formulae in historical Moldova project: an overview
- Verginica Barbu Mititelu, Victoria Bobicev, Victoria Alexei, Rodica Braniște, Olesea Caftanatov, Maria Mitrofan, Radu Ion, Elena Irimia, Daniela Istrati, Ludmila Malahov, Sergiu Nisioi and Alexandr Parahonco: Automatic Detection of AI-Generated Texts from Moldova and Romania (ADAMo), A Project Presentation
12:40 AM
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Lunch Break
Lunch and Networking
Attendees are invited to lunch and networking at Hanul Berarilor.
2:00 PM
2:50 PM
2:50 PM
Amalia Todirașcu
Invited SpeakerChaired by Dan Tufiș
Automatic Text Adaptation for Target Audiences
2:50 PM
3:50 PM
3:50 PM
Paper Presentation Session
Chaired by Dan Tufiș- Vasile Vancea: Quantum-Assisted Parsing of Historical Romanian Texts
- Silviu-Ioan Bejinariu, Florin-Teodor Olariu, Ramona Luca: Geographic Distribution of Daco-Romanian Subdialects through Computational Methods
- Mircea Petic, Svetlana Cojocaru, Olesea Caftanatov, Ludmila Malahov: FOLKAI: A Diachronic Corpus of Bessarabian Folklore Texts
3:50 PM
4:20 PM
4:20 PM
Coffee Break
Networking and Refreshments
Attendees can enjoy coffee and connect with fellow participants.
4:20 PM
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Paper Presentation Session
Chaired by Svetlana Cojocaru- Țițchiev Inga, Caftanatov Olesea: Exploring the Bessarabian Idiom Understanding by LLMs and AI Tools
- Verginica Barbu Mititelu, Ioana-Maria Biolan, Ioana Buhnila, Mihaela Cristescu, Elena Irimia, Catalin Mihaila, Isabella Sinca, Amalia Todirascu, Carmen Vasile: Enhancing the PARSEME-Ro Corpus with Nominal, Modifier and Functional Multiword Expressions
- Vlad Belciug, Elena Pelican: The Wisdom Extractor: Mining Cross-Cultural Proverbs to Elicit Time-Tested Heuristics
- Alexandra Ilie, Maria-Corina Dimitriu: Preserving Emotions across Languages: Evaluating Literary Translations with Emotion Analysis
- Andreea Nechifor, Alina Turculeț, Anca Vasilescu: Cross-Platform GenAI Evaluation Framework for ESP Acquisition: A Psycholinguistic and Computational Approach
10:00 AM
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
ConsILR Round Table
CLARIN - Discussion and Knowledge Sharing
12:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Lunch Break
Lunch and Networking
Participants are invited to enjoy lunch and engage in informal networking at Hanul Berarilor.
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Paula Nicoleta Gradu
Invited SpeakerChaired by Dan Tufiș
From individual experience to collective evidence: A reporting-based framework for identifying systemic harms
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Paper Presentation Session
Chaired by Daniela Gifu- Andreea Ioana Niculescu, Jochen Ehnes and Minghui Dong: Adaptive, Culturally Sensitive Technologies for Aphasia Rehabilitation: A Neuroscience and Language Technology Perspective
- Anisia Popescu, Lori Lamel, Yaru Wu, Ioana Vasilescu: Who Drops /r/ and Where? Insights from Speaker Variation in French Rhotic Deletion
- Radu-Gabriel Chivereanu, Tiberiu Boroș: F5-TTS-Ro: Extending Fairytaler to Fluent and Faithful Romanian Speech
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Coffee Break
Networking and Refreshments
Attendees can take a break and enjoy coffee and light refreshments.
5:10 PM
6:50 PM
6:50 PM
Paper Presentation Session
Chaired by Diana Trandabat- Daniela Gifu, Speranța Cecilia Bolea, Paula Alexandra Crucianu and Silviu-Ioan Bejinariu: AI Reviewer's Confidence
- Petru Rebeja, Dan Cristea: eDTLR - A new beginning
- Cătălin Mititelu, Horia Cucu: Automatic Digitalization of Three Romanian Dictionaries: DELR, DOOM3 AND DLR
- Tudor Bumbu, Elena Tamba, Ana Vulpe, Marius-Radu Clim, Mariana Nastasia, Livia Căruntu-Caraman, Liliana Botnaru, Cristina Caterev, Claudius Teodorescu: From Transitional Script to Critical Digital Edition: From Transitional Script to Critical Digital Edition: Digitizing Disionăraș românesc de cuvinte tehnice și altele greu de înțeles (1851)
- Eduard Barbu, Adrian Marius Dumitran: Do LLMs Understand Romanian Driving Laws? A Study on Multimodal and Fine-Tuned Question Answering
7:00 PM
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
Dinner
Dinner and Networking
Attendees are invited to dinner and networking.
10:00 AM
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Session dedicated to high school students from across the country
Language & Intelligence: from research to modern tools
- Daniela Gîfu: De ce lingvistica computațională?
- Paula Nicoleta Gradu: Cercetare in AI/ML in liceu, facultate si doctorat: ICIA, Princeton si Berkeley
- Maria Carp: AI Literacy in Romania - questionnaire
- Diana Trandabat: TBA ...
- Q&A
12:00 PM
Closing Ceremony
Wrap-Up and Farewell
The official closing of the ConsILR 2024 conference, with final remarks from organizers and an overview of conference highlights.