Research activities School of Applied Linguistics
The latest publications and projects from the School of Applied Linguistics.
Publications
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Dreesen, Philipp; Rothenhäusler, Klaus,
2024.
Using layout analysis for tracing the evolution of digital society in the 19th century.
In:
Applied Machine Learning Days (AMLD), Lausanne, Switzerland, 23-26 March 2024.
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Wyss, Vinzenz; Schäfer, Louis; Saner, Mirco; Keel, Guido,
2024.
«Missbräuchliche» Gerichtsklagen gegen Schweizer Medienschaffende.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30121
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Liste Lamas, Elsa; Konstantinidou, Liana,
2024.
In:
VALS-ASLA Konferenz, Bern, Schweiz, 12.-13. Februar 2024.
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Brucker-Kley, Elke; Keller, Thomas; Borghoff, Birgitta; Stutz, Isabelle; Michot, Janick; de Spindler, Alexandre; Gavagnin, Elena; Turegard, Jonathan,
2024.
Science fiction prototyping : friendship with artificial intelligence.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2495
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Nufer, Pascal, ed.,
2024.
Vereint die Künstliche Intelligenz die Schweizer Medienbranche?.
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/vereint-die-k%C3%BCnstliche-intelligenz-die-schweizer-medienbranche/id1633418115?i=1000642775260
Projects
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Affective Responses to AI in Language Work
In an era of globalisation, digitalisation, and the increasing use of AI (Artificial Intelligence), it is the aim of this joint multi-site project to ethnographically assess the lived experiences and affective effects of this technological transformation on multilingual language work in multinational institutions in ...
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Monitoring Vaccination Discourse
The WHO identified vaccine hesitancy as one of the ten major threats to global health. It can be assumed that the public discourse has a significant influence on the individual vaccine decision. Thus, to understand and counter vaccine hesitancy, it is crucial to understand how media reports on vaccination, how the ...
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Strengthening ORD competences in the Applied Sciences: Open Educational Resources for Swiss-AL
Recent developments of platforms for Open Research Data (ORD) have led to a high demand for training materials that enable researchers to successfully use FAIR data. That is particularly true for platforms offering access to large collections of language data and the application of data-driven and distant-reading ...
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AMIT – Assessment of multimodal interpreting technologies
Language barriers in healthcare can lead to lower patient satisfaction, longer consultation durations and even lower access to medical services. To overcome these barriers and ensure proper treatment for allophone patients, healthcare professionals rely on interpreting services that are delivered in-person, via ...
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ROADS: Reusing Openly Accessible research Data for Student theses