TOPICS

Tutorials and practical sessions will deal with the following principal topics: 

Graph-Based Representations of Text and Knowledge

  • Leveraging graph structures for semantic and syntactic modeling
  • Knowledge graphs in NLP applications

Social Network Analysis for Linguistic Modeling

  • Understanding discourse patterns and linguistic behaviors in social media
  • Network-based approaches to language evolution and misinformation detection

Influence Propagation and Discourse Dynamics in Online Platforms

  • Modeling opinion dynamics and information spread in digital spaces
  • Detecting echo chambers and polarization in online discourse

Multimodal NLP: Integrating Text, Image, and Speech Processing

  • Bridging language with vision and audio for richer AI understanding
  • Applications in content generation, retrieval, and accessibility

NLP and Autonomous AI

  • Exploring the role of NLP in agentic AI systems
  • Language-based reasoning and decision-making in AI agents

STRUCTURE

The School schedule, including tutorial titles, exercises to be performed in the practical sessions, and the list of invited lecturers will be published on the School web pages in the near future.

Brainstorming sessions will allow students to delve more deeply into the course material, addressing questions such as:

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The School will include a half day visit in the city of Timișoara and a one day excursion to the beautifull Banat region of Romania, where participants will discover cultural sites and traditions (among which delicious food and wine).