ֱ News - Andrew Piper /channels/news_feeds/all/term/Andrew%20Piper/rss en AI meets citizen science to unlock the nature of storytelling /channels/channels/news/ai-meets-citizen-science-unlock-nature-storytelling-354331 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A new project led by ֱ researchers seeks to understand one of humanity’s oldest practices and most powerful tools—storytelling. From ancient oral traditions to modern-day literature and digital narratives, storytelling is an essential part of the lived experience that is not yet fully understood. ‘The Lives of Literary Characters’ is a first-of-its-kind initiative, harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) and the collective wisdom of readers worldwide to explore the question: why do we tell stories?</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/citizen_science_photo.jpg?itok=Cdk4dChF" width="160" height="103" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">23 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:03:14 +0000 webfull 196811 at /channels Computer accurately predicts Scotiabank Giller winner /channels/news/computer-accurately-predicts-scotiabank-giller-winn-256701 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>But then the human intervened...</p> <p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/alexis-fifteen-dogs-cover3.jpg?itok=cwb5BJnl" width="160" height="250" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 11 Nov 2015 21:36:43 +0000 webfull 113920 at /channels ֱ-led partnership projects receive SSHRC funding /channels/news/mcgill-led-partnership-projects-receive-sshrc-funding-238500 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Three innovative research partnerships at ֱ have received significant long-term investments from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) partnership grants program, totaling more than $6.8 million. Each project will use novel approaches to advance knowledge and understanding on critical issues of intellectual, social, economic and cultural significance -- from teaching computers to recognize musical symbols in images, to deepening understanding about text mining and the place of information technology within society.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/music-digitization.jpg?itok=MgH01VsX" width="160" height="96" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">27 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2014</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 27 Aug 2014 21:26:25 +0000 webfull 104835 at /channels Taking on the “big data” challenge /channels/news/taking-%E2%80%9Cbig-data%E2%80%9D-challenge-232451 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/piper_author_2013.jpg?itok=i11TKCuX" width="160" height="106" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">15 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2014</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:23:04 +0000 webfull 100705 at /channels