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SwissText 20194th Swiss Text Analytics Conference
Partners and Sponsors
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
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Welcome Message
Mark Cieliebak Conference Chair
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What's New in 2018
Demo Session
Legal Session
Shared Task
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Who are You?
Who are You?
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Where do you come from?
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Austria
Finland
Germany
India
Norway
Poland
United StatesGenerated with www.mapyourlist.com
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Where do you work?
Research Insitution
SME
Large Compan
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Research Institution/University
Government
SME (< 10'000
employees)
Large Company (> 10'000
employees)
Other
2019
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Research Institutions
1. Albstadt-Sigmaringen University
2. Carnegie Mellon University
3. ETH Zurich
4. Haute Ecole Arc (HES-SO)
5. Haute Ecole d'Ingénierie et de Gestion
du Canton de Vaud (HEIG-VD)
6. Idiap Research Institute
7. IDSIA
8. International Institute of Information
Technology Bangalore
9. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Munich
10. Norwegian University of Science and
Technology
11. Scuola universitaria professionale
della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI)
12. Swiss Distance University of Applied
Sciences (FFHS)
13. University of Applied Sciences and
Arts Northwestern Switzerland
(FHNW)
14. University of Applied Sciences
Darmstadt
15. University of Applied Sciences HTW
Chur
16. University of Basel
17. University of Bern
18. University of Geneva
19. University of Helsinki
20. University of Helsinki
21. University of Neuchâtel
22. University of St. Gallen
23. University of Zurich
24. Zurich University of Applied Sciences
(ZHAW)
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219 Participants from Research and..…
1. Accenture AG
2. Adcubum AG
3. Adobe Systems India
Private Ltd
4. Amazon AWS AI,
GWU
5. Associated Press
6. AXA Switzerland AG
7. Caplena GmbH
8. Cistec AG
9. Cloudia Chen
Photography
10. Contexity AG
11. Credit Suisse
12. D ONE Solutions AG
13. Dept Digital Marketing
AG
14. Die Mobiliar
15. Die Wissens-
Ingenieure
16. Dydon AG
17. ELCA Informatique SA
18. eonum AG
19. F&P Robotics
20. Finnova AG
21. Google
22. Hengartner IT
Consulting
23. Herr
24. Hexagon Technology
Center Gmbh
25. HUG
26. HumanTech Institute /
HEIA-FR
27. IBM
28. IBM Research
29. Inovex GmbH
30. Karakun AG
31. Kare Knowledgeware
32. Laux Lawyers AG
33. Maerki Baumann & Co.
AG
34. Ms
35. NOVARTIS
36. Olando GmbH
37. OrganizationView
38. Paixon
39. PartnerRe
40. Post CH AG
41. PWC
42. Randstad
43. recapp IT AG
44. SBB AG
45. Schweizer Radio und
Fernsehen SRF
46. Silvani Services
47. SlowSoft GmbH
48. Smallpdf
49. SMD Schweizer
Mediendatenbank AG
50. SpinningBytes AG
51. SPITCH AG
52. Sqooba
53. Supertext AG
54. Suva
55. Swiss Post
56. Swiss Re
57. SWISS TXT
58. SwissCognitive
59. Symsala
60. Tamedia
61. Taskbase AG
62. Textshuttle GmbH
63. ti&m AG
64. Tirsus
65. turicode AG
66. UBS
67. Wikia Sp. z o.o.
68. Zehnder Group
International AG
69. Zühlke Engineering
70. Zürcher Kantonalbank
71. Zürich Versicherungs-
Gesellschaft AG
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First Registration Award
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Milestones in NLP
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IBM Debater
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Snorkel
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Language Models
ELMo Bert
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A train carriage containing controlled nuclear materials was
stolen in Cincinnati today. Its whereabouts are unknown.
The incident occurred on the downtown train line, which runs
from Covington and Ashland stations.
In an email to Ohio news outlets, the U.S. Department of Energy
said it is working with the Federal Railroad Administration to
find the thief.
“The theft of this nuclear material will have significant negative
consequences on public and environmental health, our workforce
and the economy of our nation,” said Tom Hicks, the U.S. Energy
Secretary, in a statement. “Our top priority is to secure the theft
and ensure it doesn’t happen again.”
Source: https://openai.com/blog/better-language-models/#sample2
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Smart Speakers
Smart Speakers
can record your
conversations
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Data Codices in Switzerland
Swiss Alliance forData-Intensive Services
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Today’s Program
09:00 Welcome Message: Mark Cieliebak
09:30 Keynote: Lisa Gibbs
10:15 Break
10:45 3 Parallel Tracks
12:15 Lunch Break
13:45 Poster Presentations
14:15 Poster Session
15:00 Coffee Break
15:30 Workshops
17:00 End of Day 1
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Good to Know
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Join us on Twitter
#SwissText2019
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Rooms
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Posters
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Partners and Sponsors
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
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VideographyPhotograpy
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Organizing Committee
Mark
CieliebakFernando
BenitesAndrea
Aguilar
Don
Tuggener
Amrita
Prasad
Jan
Deriu
Ada
Wan
Conny
Wichser
Manuela
Hürlimann
Pius von
Dänicken
Annette
Zani
Pamela
Hunziker
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More News, More Efficiently:
Text Automation at the
Associated Press
Lisa GibbsAssociated Press
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Workshops
1st Business NLP Workshopby Swiss Alliance for Data-Intensive Services
Room TN E0.46
Joint Actions for Swiss Germanby University of Zurich and ZHAW
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Building A Simple Chatbot With Dialogflowby SpinningBytes AG and ZHAW
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