Dear all,
Here you can find the information about next week seminar by Dr. Beatrice Savoldi about: "Hi Guys or Hi folks? Navigating Gender Bias and Inclusive Language in Translation Technologies":
The seminar will be part of a lecture of Ethics in NLP (March 14, 11-12,30).
You are all welcome, join if you are interested!
Where: Aula 3.06 Thin Client (terzo piano) - Via Sant'Ottavio - 54 - Torino
When: March 14, 2025, h 11.
Abstract: Societal gender asymmetries and inequalities can be embedded in our communication practices and perpetuated in language technologies, including Machine Translation (MT) systems used as scale. In this presentation, we will delve into the current landscape of MT and gender bias, as well as current proposals towards more inclusive language.
By focusing on English-Italian as an exemplar language pair, we will discuss the challenges and opportunities -- both theoretical, technical but also linguistic -- in fostering a more equitable automatic translation.
Short bio: Beatrice Savoldi is a postdoc researcher at Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) within the MT research unit, where she mainly works on trustworthy and gender inclusive translation technologies. Beatrice carried out a joint international PhD at the University of Trento and Augsburg with a dissertation on gender bias in Machine Translation, which was awarded the 2023 best thesis Research Prize from the Augsburg University Foundation. Her research interests broadly encompass ethical and social considerations of language technologies.
Best,
Viviana Patti