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<p class="MsoNormal">We cordially invite you to a presentation on ““Natural Language Processing and its Applications in Hebraica Cataloging” by Dr. Avi Shmidman of Bar-Ilan University in Israel. The presentation is scheduled for <u>October 31 from 1:30pm to
2:30pm EDT</u>. This will be a hybrid event, held both via Zoom (the appointment is attached) and in person at The Library of Congress.<o:p></o:p></p>
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advance if you plan to attend in person. We are looking forward to having you join us on October 31<sup>st</sup> !<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Title: Natural Language Processing and its Applications in Hebraica Cataloging</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Presenter: Dr. Avi Shmidman, Bar-Ilan University, Israel</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Date and Time: October 31, 1:30pm-2:30pm EDT, via Zoom and in LM541 Conference Room</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Synopsis: One of the most exciting advances of the last few years in the world of Natural Language Processing was the release of the BERT algorithm ("Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers"). To what extent does this
algorithm provide the means to understand nuances of Hebrew text, and how can this algorithm help us with the specific challenges of Hebrew text processing? These are the questions that Dr. Shmidman will explore in this lecture. Dr. Shmidman will demonstrate
how Hebrew-specific BERT models provide the ability to disambiguate Hebrew words, to identify mistakes in large Hebrew textual corpora, to expand Hebrew abbreviations, to improve Hebrew optical character </b><o:p></o:p></p>
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