Projects per year
Organization profile
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
International and National Collaboration
Profiles
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Maciej Michal Janicki
- Department of Digital Humanities - Postdoctoral Researcher
- Digital Humanities
- Helsinki Computational History Group
- Human Sciences – Computing Interaction
Person: U2 Teaching and research staff
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Antti Kanner
- Department of Digital Humanities - Postdoctoral Researcher
- Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies
- Digital Humanities
- Language Technology
- Human Sciences – Computing Interaction
- Helsinki Computational History Group
Person: U1 Research and teaching staff, U2 Teaching and research staff, UH
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Eetu Mäkelä
- Department of Digital Humanities - Associate professor
- Digital Humanities
- Human Sciences – Computing Interaction
- Helsinki Computational History Group
Person: U3 Research and teaching staff
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Pihla Toivanen
- 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
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Rapporteur to chart the state of the Finnish language
Onikki-Rantajääskö, T. & Kanner, A.
01/11/2022 → 30/04/2024
Project: Ministry funding
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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
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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
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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.
01/01/2018 → …
Project: Research project
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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
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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
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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
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Activities
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Text similarity computation in large collections of Finnic oral folk poetry
Maciej Michal Janicki (Speaker)
15 Feb 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Text similarity and alignment in the study of Finnic oral folk poetry
Maciej Michal Janicki (Speaker)
6 Jul 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Thea Lindquist
Eetu Mäkelä (Host)
22 Apr 2022 → 15 Oct 2022Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Academic visit at UH
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Modal Grammar and Metaphoricity as Vehicles of Affectivity in Political News Journalism
Antti Kanner (Speaker), Anu Koivunen (Speaker) & Eetu Mäkelä (Speaker)
21 Oct 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Between the OED and historical text collections: The case of discovering new words
Tanja Säily (Speaker), Eetu Mäkelä (Speaker) & Terttu Nevalainen (Speaker)
26 Feb 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Prizes
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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
Press/Media
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Laki estää tehokkaiden tutkimusmenetelmien käytön
Johanna Lilja, Eetu Mäkelä, Leo Lahti & Vesa Pekka Heikkinen
13/10/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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WarSampo to open up the data from the World War II to citizens and researchers
09/12/2015
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Openers of legal data were awarded in the Open Finland Challenge competition
09/12/2015
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media