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 - Doctoral Researcher
- Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies
- Digital Humanities
- Language Technology
- Human Sciences – Computing Interaction
- Helsinki Computational History Group
- Doctoral Programme in Language Studies
Person: U1 Research and teaching staff, Doctoral Researcher, 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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HPC-HD: High Performance Computing for the Detection and Analysis of Historical Discourses
Tolonen, M., Mäkelä, E., Mathioudakis, M., Ginter, F. & Babbar, R.
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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FLOPO: Flows of Power - media as site and agent of politics
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2022
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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Analyzing the representation of politicians in the media – results and methodological concerns
Mäkelä, E. & Toivanen, P., 2022, (Submitted) Submitted to the proceedings of the Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries conference 2022.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
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The Representativeness of Eighteenth-Century Collections Online
Tolonen, M., Mäkelä, E. & Lahti, L., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Eighteenth-century studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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A Workflow for Integrating Close Reading and Automated Text Annotation
Janicki, M., Mäkelä, E., Koivunen, A., Kanner, A., Harju, A., Hokkanen, J. & Seuri, O., 14 May 2021, Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries 2020: Post-Proceedings of the 5th Conference Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries (DHN 2020). Reinsone, S., Skadiņa, I., Daugavietis, J. & Baklāne, A. (eds.). Aachen: CEUR-WS.org, p. 230-235 6 p. (CEUR workshop proceedings; no. 2865).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
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Becoming a State Language: Finnish Public Debate and Modal Grammar 1820–1917
Kanner, A., Tahko, T. & Marjanen, J., 2021, CEUR workshop proceedings. Reinsone, S., Skadiņa, I., Baklāne, A. & Daugavietis, J. (eds.). Aachen: CEUR-WS.org, p. 236-241 6 p. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings ; no. 2865).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
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Clustering Names of Medieval Novgorod: Geographical variation of personal names attested in the census book of Vodskaja pjatina
Raunamaa, J. & Kanner, A., 13 Sep 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Linguistica Uralica. 2021Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Activities
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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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Contributing as a Data Advisor in the course Corpus Clinic
Mietta Lennes (Teacher), Simon Hengchen (Teacher), Jouni Tuominen (Teacher), Jani Marjanen (Teacher), Antti Kanner (Teacher) & Jussi Piitulainen (Teacher)
Feb 2019 → Apr 2019Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - External teaching and subject coordination
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The OED and historical text collections: Discovering new words
Tanja Säily (Speaker) & Eetu Mäkelä (Speaker)
5 Jul 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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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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New words in early English letters: How to find them and what they can reveal
Tanja Säily (Speaker), Eetu Mäkelä (Speaker) & Mika Hämäläinen (Speaker)
7 Nov 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Prizes
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Best paper award at DHN 2020
Mäkelä, Eetu (Recipient), Lagus, Krista (Recipient), Lahti, L. (Recipient), Säily, Tanja (Recipient), Tolonen, Mikko (Recipient), Hämäläinen, Mika (Recipient), Kaislaniemi, S. (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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Openers of legal data were awarded in the Open Finland Challenge competition
09/12/2015
1 item of Media coverage
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