Human Sciences – Computing Interaction

Emaileetu.makela@helsinki.fi
Websitehttp://heldig.fi/hsci/

Postal address
Finland

Led by associate professor Eetu Mäkelä, the HSCI research group seeks to develop better computational research processes in the humanities and social sciences. In doing so, we develop technical tools, algorithms and workflows, but also study ways to better structure the research process overall.

Fields of Science

6160 Other humanities
113 Computer and information sciences

Maciej Michal Janicki
- maciej.janickihelsinkifi
- Department of Digital Humanities - Postdoctoral Researcher
- Digital Humanities
- Helsinki Computational History Group
- Human Sciences – Computing Interaction
Person: U2 Teaching and research staff
20202023
Antti Kanner
- antti.kannerhelsinkifi
Person: U1 Research and teaching staff, U2 Teaching and research staff, UH
20092023
Eetu Mäkelä
- eetu.makelahelsinkifi
- Department of Digital Humanities - Associate professor
- Digital Humanities
- Human Sciences – Computing Interaction
- Helsinki Computational History Group
Person: U3 Research and teaching staff
20172023
Pihla Toivanen
- pihla.toivanenhelsinkifi
- Department of Digital Humanities - Doctoral Researcher
- Digital Humanities
- Human Sciences – Computing Interaction
- Doctoral Programme in Language Studies
Person: U1 Research and teaching staff, Doctoral Researcher
20162022

2 Finished
4 Active

Rapporteur to chart the state of the Finnish language
Onikki-Rantajääskö, T. & Kanner, A.
01/11/2022 → 30/04/2024
Project: Ministry funding
HPC-HD: High Performance Computing for the Detection and Analysis of Historical Discourses
Tolonen, M., Mäkelä, E., Mathioudakis, M., Ginter, F. & Babbar, R.
Academy of Finland, Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/01/2022 → 31/12/2024
Project: Research project
FILTER: Formulaic intertextuality, thematic networks and poetic variation across regional cultures of Finnic oral poetry (Academy of Finland research project no. 333138)
Kallio, K., Mäkelä, E., Janicki, M. M., Saarinen, J., Sarv, M. & Kanner, A.
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2024
Project: Research project
COMHIS: Helsinki Computational History Group
Tolonen, M., Hengchen, S., Kanner, A., Säily, T., Vaara, V., Ijaz, A., Roivainen, H., Hill, M. J., Ros, R., Marjanen, J., Mäkelä, E., Tiihonen, I. & Lahti, L.
SUOMEN AKATEMIA
01/01/2018 → …
Project: Research project
Vernacularization and Nation Building: Historical, Linguistic and Computational Perspectives
Marjanen, J., Tahko, T., Kanner, A. & Roivainen, H.
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2021
Project: University of Helsinki Three-Year Research Project

25 Article
18 Conference contribution
6 Abstract
5 Chapter
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Detection and attribution of quotes in Finnish news media: BERT vs. rule-based approach
Janicki, M., Kanner, A. & Mäkelä, E., May 2023, Proceedings of the 24th Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics (NoDaLiDa). Alumäe, T. & Fishel, M. (eds.). Tartu: University of Tartu Library, p. 52-59 8 p. (NEALT Proceedings Series; no. 52).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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Reception Reader: Exploring Text Reuse in Early Modern British Publications
Rosson, D. E., Mäkelä, E., Vaara, V., Mahadevan, A., Ryan, Y. C. & Tolonen, M., 17 Apr 2023, In: Journal of open humanities data. 9, 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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Äitien kansalaisuuden murroksia: kotihoidontuki julkisessa keskustelussa
Mäkinen, K. & Mäkelä, E., 7 Feb 2022, In: Sukupuolentutkimus. 35, 3-4, p. 4-23 20 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
Analyzing the representation of politicians in the media – results and methodological concerns
Mäkelä, E. & Toivanen, P., 2022, (Submitted) Working paper.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific

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Explainable Publication Year Prediction of Eighteenth Century Texts with the BERT Model
Rastas, I., Ryan, Y. C., Tiihonen, I. L. I., Qaraei, M., Repo, L., Babbar, R., Mäkelä, E., Tolonen, M. & Ginter, F., 2022, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES TO HISTORICAL LANGUAGE CHANGE 2022 (LCHANGE 2022). Tahmasebi, N., Montariol, S., Kutuzov, A., Hengchen, S., Dubossarsky, H. & Borin, L. (eds.). Stroudsburg: The Association for Computational Linguistics, p. 68–77 10 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
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13 Oral presentation
7 Invited talk
2 Types for other activities - External teaching and subject coordination
1 Academic visit at UH
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- 1 Academic visit to other institution

Text similarity computation in large collections of Finnic oral folk poetry
Maciej Michal Janicki (Speaker)
15 Feb 2023
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Text similarity and alignment in the study of Finnic oral folk poetry
Maciej Michal Janicki (Speaker)
6 Jul 2022
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Thea Lindquist
Eetu Mäkelä (Host)
22 Apr 2022 → 15 Oct 2022
Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Academic visit at UH
Modal Grammar and Metaphoricity as Vehicles of Affectivity in Political News Journalism
Antti Kanner (Speaker), Anu Koivunen (Speaker) & Eetu Mäkelä (Speaker)
21 Oct 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Between the OED and historical text collections: The case of discovering new words
Tanja Säily (Speaker), Eetu Mäkelä (Speaker) & Terttu Nevalainen (Speaker)
26 Feb 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

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Best paper award at DHN 2020
Mäkelä, Eetu (Recipient), Lagus, Krista (Recipient), Lahti, Leo (Recipient), Säily, Tanja (Recipient), Tolonen, Mikko (Recipient), Hämäläinen, Mika (Recipient), Kaislaniemi, Samuli (Recipient) & Nevalainen, Terttu (Recipient), 23 Oct 2020
Prize: Prizes and awards

Laki estää tehokkaiden tutkimusmenetelmien käytön
Johanna Lilja, Eetu Mäkelä, Leo Lahti & Vesa Pekka Heikkinen
13/10/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
WarSampo to open up the data from the World War II to citizens and researchers
Eetu Mäkelä
09/12/2015
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Openers of legal data were awarded in the Open Finland Challenge competition
Eetu Mäkelä & Jouni Tuominen
09/12/2015
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media

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Maciej Michal Janicki

Antti Kanner

Eetu Mäkelä

Pihla Toivanen

Rapporteur to chart the state of the Finnish language

HPC-HD: High Performance Computing for the Detection and Analysis of Historical Discourses

FILTER: Formulaic intertextuality, thematic networks and poetic variation across regional cultures of Finnic oral poetry (Academy of Finland research project no. 333138)

COMHIS: Helsinki Computational History Group

Vernacularization and Nation Building: Historical, Linguistic and Computational Perspectives

Detection and attribution of quotes in Finnish news media: BERT vs. rule-based approach

Reception Reader: Exploring Text Reuse in Early Modern British Publications

Äitien kansalaisuuden murroksia: kotihoidontuki julkisessa keskustelussa

Analyzing the representation of politicians in the media – results and methodological concerns

Explainable Publication Year Prediction of Eighteenth Century Texts with the BERT Model

Text similarity computation in large collections of Finnic oral folk poetry

Text similarity and alignment in the study of Finnic oral folk poetry

Thea Lindquist

Modal Grammar and Metaphoricity as Vehicles of Affectivity in Political News Journalism

Between the OED and historical text collections: The case of discovering new words

Best paper award at DHN 2020

Laki estää tehokkaiden tutkimusmenetelmien käytön

WarSampo to open up the data from the World War II to citizens and researchers

Openers of legal data were awarded in the Open Finland Challenge competition

Human Sciences – Computing Interaction

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