Tag: NLP

  • Exploration of Content-Based Cross-Domain Podcast Recommender Systems

    Author: Matthias Hofmaier Supervisor: Julia Neidhardt, Co-Supervisor: Thomas E. Kolb Abstract Podcasts have become a popular medium in the last decade. The huge amount of data available motivates research on podcast recommender systems to make this data accessible to users. Since interaction-based datasets for podcasts are only available to the large streaming providers, content-based methods…

  • Publication @ LREC-COLING 2024

    Our lab proudly announces the publication of “PopAut: An Annotated Corpus for Populism Detection in Austrian News User Comments.” Authored by Ahmadou Wagne, with support from Julia Neidhardt and Thomas Kolb, this work provides the first German-language corpus annotated for populist motives.The research, presented as a poster at the joint LREC-COLING conference in Torino, Italy, sparked engaging discussions and…

  • Network Analysis on the Austrian Media Corpus: Examining measures of co-occurrence between entities in Austrian media

    Author: Gabriel Grill Supervisor: Hannes Werthner, Co-Supervisor: Julia Neidhardt Abstract The quantitative study of news media can provide insights into reporting patterns and enable public discourse. Print media is essential in democratic societies, so its study remains important. This thesis examines Austrian reporting using network-based methods and unpacks the suitability of such an approach for…

  • Content-Based Restaurant Recommendation Systems Using Textual and Visual Data

    Author: Dante Godolja Supervisor: Julia Neidhardt, Co-Supervisor: Thomas E. Kolb Abstract Content-based restaurant recommender systems use features such as cuisine type, price range, and location to suggest dining options to users. By analyzing the content of restaurants, these systems can generate recommendations. Current research explores ways to improve their effectiveness. In this thesis we explore…

  • COVID-19 and Populism in Austrian News User Comments – A Machine Learning Approach

    Author: Ahmadou Wagne Supervisor: Julia Neidhardt, Co-Supervisor: Thomas E. Kolb Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting government measures have triggered a wave of protests and demonstrations in Austria. We saw some protestors resorting to populist rhetoric to express their dissatisfaction, which in some cases, led to anti-democratic tendencies. Populist talking points have not been…