Dear all, I thank you for your efforts. I am honoured to inform you that we are managing to launch a research unit dealing with Data Science research in Tunisia. This research unit is named "Data Engineering and Semantics". It belongs to Computer Science and Communications Department, Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, University of Sfax. The group will be led by Dr. Mohamed BEN AOUICHA (https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=XPVUu-gAAAAJ&hl=fr). He was the person behind the project of University of Sfax about the use of Wikipedia and Wiktionary in semantic technologies, particularly semantic similarity measures. We need this research unit to have Wikimedia Researchers in the University of Sfax affiliated to an official research structure. The main goal of the unit is to promote and monitor research efforts about Data Engineering and Semantic Technologies in the University of Sfax. Data Enginering and Semantic Technology researches are needed to ameliorate the usage and processing of knowledge bases including wikis. Effectively, we will work in this unit to develop tools to ameliorate linked data quality of Wikidata and to use Wikidata for a variety of purposes including clinical decision support, Natural Language Processing and Education. We will also analyze the output of wikis, identify deficiencies and work to solve them. However, this will not be possible without several letters of support from several institutions. I ask if your research institution can send us a letter of support so that we can have the approval of the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education to create our new research unit. Yours Sincerely, Houcemeddine Turki (he/him) Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia GLAM and Education Coordinator, Wikimedia TN User Group Member, Wiki Project Med Member, WikiIndaba Steering Committee Member, Wikimedia and Library User Group Steering Committee ____________________ +21629499418
Dear Houce,
As we have discussed, I have not been active in my academic affiliation for many years, so it is not easy for me to offer a letter of support from the University of Patras. However, as you know I am very supportive and passionate about your research work so I will try to find a way to obtain a letter from a reputable institution. This would involve a "pitch" to the prospective professor and/or department: do you have a summary of your work in a document, something that could very quickly get the point across to an audience who knows very little about Wikidata but would be willing to learn more about it and support our efforts? I have a couple of people in mind...
Thank you, hope to hear from you soon Mina
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On Wed, 23 Oct 2019, 21:32 Houcemeddine A. Turki, < turkiabdelwaheb@hotmail.fr> wrote:
Dear all, I thank you for your efforts. I am honoured to inform you that we are managing to launch a research unit dealing with Data Science research in Tunisia. This research unit is named "Data Engineering and Semantics". It belongs to Computer Science and Communications Department, Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, University of Sfax. The group will be led by Dr. Mohamed *BEN AOUICHA* (https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=XPVUu-gAAAAJ&hl=fr). He was the person behind the project of University of Sfax about the use of Wikipedia and Wiktionary in semantic technologies, particularly semantic similarity measures. We need this research unit to have Wikimedia Researchers in the University of Sfax affiliated to an official research structure. The main goal of the unit is to promote and monitor research efforts about Data Engineering and Semantic Technologies in the University of Sfax. Data Enginering and Semantic Technology researches are needed to ameliorate the usage and processing of knowledge bases including wikis. Effectively, we will work in this unit to develop tools to ameliorate linked data quality of Wikidata and to use Wikidata for a variety of purposes including clinical decision support, Natural Language Processing and Education. We will also analyze the output of wikis, identify deficiencies and work to solve them. However, this will not be possible without several letters of support from several institutions. I ask if your research institution can send us a letter of support so that we can have the approval of the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education to create our new research unit. Yours Sincerely, Houcemeddine Turki (he/him) Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia GLAM and Education Coordinator, Wikimedia TN User Group Member, Wiki Project Med Member, WikiIndaba Steering Committee Member, Wikimedia and Library User Group Steering Committee ____________________ +21629499418 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Medicine mailing list Wikimedia-Medicine@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-medicine
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Hi Houcemeddine. Do you have suggested format for the letter? If you could please provide me with pre-written format I can ask our Deanship of scientific research to sign it and send it to your university. Regards
Mossab Banat Wikipedia Admin
في الخميس، ٢٤ أكتوبر، ٢٠١٩ ٧:٠٥ ص Mina Theofilatou saintfevrier@gmail.com كتب:
Dear Houce,
As we have discussed, I have not been active in my academic affiliation for many years, so it is not easy for me to offer a letter of support from the University of Patras. However, as you know I am very supportive and passionate about your research work so I will try to find a way to obtain a letter from a reputable institution. This would involve a "pitch" to the prospective professor and/or department: do you have a summary of your work in a document, something that could very quickly get the point across to an audience who knows very little about Wikidata but would be willing to learn more about it and support our efforts? I have a couple of people in mind...
Thank you, hope to hear from you soon Mina
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On Wed, 23 Oct 2019, 21:32 Houcemeddine A. Turki, < turkiabdelwaheb@hotmail.fr> wrote:
Dear all, I thank you for your efforts. I am honoured to inform you that we are managing to launch a research unit dealing with Data Science research in Tunisia. This research unit is named "Data Engineering and Semantics". It belongs to Computer Science and Communications Department, Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, University of Sfax. The group will be led by Dr. Mohamed *BEN AOUICHA* (https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=XPVUu-gAAAAJ&hl=fr). He was the person behind the project of University of Sfax about the use of Wikipedia and Wiktionary in semantic technologies, particularly semantic similarity measures. We need this research unit to have Wikimedia Researchers in the University of Sfax affiliated to an official research structure. The main goal of the unit is to promote and monitor research efforts about Data Engineering and Semantic Technologies in the University of Sfax. Data Enginering and Semantic Technology researches are needed to ameliorate the usage and processing of knowledge bases including wikis. Effectively, we will work in this unit to develop tools to ameliorate linked data quality of Wikidata and to use Wikidata for a variety of purposes including clinical decision support, Natural Language Processing and Education. We will also analyze the output of wikis, identify deficiencies and work to solve them. However, this will not be possible without several letters of support from several institutions. I ask if your research institution can send us a letter of support so that we can have the approval of the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education to create our new research unit. Yours Sincerely, Houcemeddine Turki (he/him) Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia GLAM and Education Coordinator, Wikimedia TN User Group Member, Wiki Project Med Member, WikiIndaba Steering Committee Member, Wikimedia and Library User Group Steering Committee ____________________ +21629499418 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Medicine mailing list Wikimedia-Medicine@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-medicine
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Dear Houcemeddine, (Mina and Mossab),
Thank you for your email, Houcemeddine. I have made the updates to the MIT OCW-centric World University and School letter of support for the University of Sfax’s new "Data Engineering and Semantics" research unit per your request -
"remove the addendums and the hypertext link to the Google Scholar profile of Dr. Mohamed Ben Aouicha and if you can add your signature at the end of the letter. The Ministry of Higher Education only accepts one-page length letters of support."
I have done this in a new GDoc (Sfax Letter of Support from World Univ & Sch 24 Oct '19 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s2c8MNDkYnxN3f8By0RbE9DTvpNYSGiAPzL81bdzalw/edit?usp=sharing) and attached a new PDF.
I have also added the licensing clarifications and endorsements that CC-4 MIT OpenCourseWare (in its 5 languages) has provided World University and School, when WUaS uses MIT's name.
Please remember that World University and School seeks to create an online Tunisia World University and School in the Arabic language (and French as well), and to offer to Tunisians and other Arabic speakers - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Arabic_language - (in the 26-27 Arabic language countries out of ~200 countries in the world) online Bachelor, Ph.D., Law, M.D. and I.B. high school, e.g. https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/World_University_Medical_Scho... - and as WUaS develops further in Wikidata / Wikibase for this.
Thank you.
Sincerely, Scott Scott GK MacLeod
https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Languages
On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 3:11 AM مفتاح المعرفة mossab748@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Houcemeddine. Do you have suggested format for the letter? If you could please provide me with pre-written format I can ask our Deanship of scientific research to sign it and send it to your university. Regards
Mossab Banat Wikipedia Admin
في الخميس، ٢٤ أكتوبر، ٢٠١٩ ٧:٠٥ ص Mina Theofilatou saintfevrier@gmail.com كتب:
Dear Houce,
As we have discussed, I have not been active in my academic affiliation for many years, so it is not easy for me to offer a letter of support from the University of Patras. However, as you know I am very supportive and passionate about your research work so I will try to find a way to obtain a letter from a reputable institution. This would involve a "pitch" to the prospective professor and/or department: do you have a summary of your work in a document, something that could very quickly get the point across to an audience who knows very little about Wikidata but would be willing to learn more about it and support our efforts? I have a couple of people in mind...
Thank you, hope to hear from you soon Mina
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On Wed, 23 Oct 2019, 21:32 Houcemeddine A. Turki, < turkiabdelwaheb@hotmail.fr> wrote:
Dear all, I thank you for your efforts. I am honoured to inform you that we are managing to launch a research unit dealing with Data Science research in Tunisia. This research unit is named "Data Engineering and Semantics". It belongs to Computer Science and Communications Department, Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, University of Sfax. The group will be led by Dr. Mohamed *BEN AOUICHA* (https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=XPVUu-gAAAAJ&hl=fr). He was the person behind the project of University of Sfax about the use of Wikipedia and Wiktionary in semantic technologies, particularly semantic similarity measures. We need this research unit to have Wikimedia Researchers in the University of Sfax affiliated to an official research structure. The main goal of the unit is to promote and monitor research efforts about Data Engineering and Semantic Technologies in the University of Sfax. Data Enginering and Semantic Technology researches are needed to ameliorate the usage and processing of knowledge bases including wikis. Effectively, we will work in this unit to develop tools to ameliorate linked data quality of Wikidata and to use Wikidata for a variety of purposes including clinical decision support, Natural Language Processing and Education. We will also analyze the output of wikis, identify deficiencies and work to solve them. However, this will not be possible without several letters of support from several institutions. I ask if your research institution can send us a letter of support so that we can have the approval of the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education to create our new research unit. Yours Sincerely, Houcemeddine Turki (he/him) Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia GLAM and Education Coordinator, Wikimedia TN User Group Member, Wiki Project Med Member, WikiIndaba Steering Committee Member, Wikimedia and Library User Group Steering Committee ____________________ +21629499418 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Medicine mailing list Wikimedia-Medicine@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-medicine
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Dear Houcemeddine (and Mossab),
Here's the brand new Tunisia World University and School - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Tunisia - a major research university planned in Arabic and French, and potentially other of the ~300 Wikipedia languages as well, (but not yet the Medical School at Tunisia World University and School or the Law School at Tunisia World University and School).
Sincerely, Scott
Have Minuted a number of related items here for World Univ & Sch's open Monthly Business Meeting on 19 Oct 2019: - https://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2019/10/minutes-for-world-univ... - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2019/10/scintillant-hummingbird-minutes-f...
On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 9:32 AM Scott MacLeod < sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org> wrote:
Dear Houcemeddine, (Mina and Mossab),
Thank you for your email, Houcemeddine. I have made the updates to the MIT OCW-centric World University and School letter of support for the University of Sfax’s new "Data Engineering and Semantics" research unit per your request -
"remove the addendums and the hypertext link to the Google Scholar profile of Dr. Mohamed Ben Aouicha and if you can add your signature at the end of the letter. The Ministry of Higher Education only accepts one-page length letters of support."
I have done this in a new GDoc (Sfax Letter of Support from World Univ & Sch 24 Oct '19 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s2c8MNDkYnxN3f8By0RbE9DTvpNYSGiAPzL81bdzalw/edit?usp=sharing) and attached a new PDF.
I have also added the licensing clarifications and endorsements that CC-4 MIT OpenCourseWare (in its 5 languages) has provided World University and School, when WUaS uses MIT's name.
Please remember that World University and School seeks to create an online Tunisia World University and School in the Arabic language (and French as well), and to offer to Tunisians and other Arabic speakers - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Arabic_language - (in the 26-27 Arabic language countries out of ~200 countries in the world) online Bachelor, Ph.D., Law, M.D. and I.B. high school, e.g. https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/World_University_Medical_Scho... - and as WUaS develops further in Wikidata / Wikibase for this.
Thank you.
Sincerely, Scott Scott GK MacLeod
https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Languages
On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 3:11 AM مفتاح المعرفة mossab748@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Houcemeddine. Do you have suggested format for the letter? If you could please provide me with pre-written format I can ask our Deanship of scientific research to sign it and send it to your university. Regards
Mossab Banat Wikipedia Admin
في الخميس، ٢٤ أكتوبر، ٢٠١٩ ٧:٠٥ ص Mina Theofilatou < saintfevrier@gmail.com> كتب:
Dear Houce,
As we have discussed, I have not been active in my academic affiliation for many years, so it is not easy for me to offer a letter of support from the University of Patras. However, as you know I am very supportive and passionate about your research work so I will try to find a way to obtain a letter from a reputable institution. This would involve a "pitch" to the prospective professor and/or department: do you have a summary of your work in a document, something that could very quickly get the point across to an audience who knows very little about Wikidata but would be willing to learn more about it and support our efforts? I have a couple of people in mind...
Thank you, hope to hear from you soon Mina
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On Wed, 23 Oct 2019, 21:32 Houcemeddine A. Turki, < turkiabdelwaheb@hotmail.fr> wrote:
Dear all, I thank you for your efforts. I am honoured to inform you that we are managing to launch a research unit dealing with Data Science research in Tunisia. This research unit is named "Data Engineering and Semantics". It belongs to Computer Science and Communications Department, Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, University of Sfax. The group will be led by Dr. Mohamed *BEN AOUICHA* (https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=XPVUu-gAAAAJ&hl=fr). He was the person behind the project of University of Sfax about the use of Wikipedia and Wiktionary in semantic technologies, particularly semantic similarity measures. We need this research unit to have Wikimedia Researchers in the University of Sfax affiliated to an official research structure. The main goal of the unit is to promote and monitor research efforts about Data Engineering and Semantic Technologies in the University of Sfax. Data Enginering and Semantic Technology researches are needed to ameliorate the usage and processing of knowledge bases including wikis. Effectively, we will work in this unit to develop tools to ameliorate linked data quality of Wikidata and to use Wikidata for a variety of purposes including clinical decision support, Natural Language Processing and Education. We will also analyze the output of wikis, identify deficiencies and work to solve them. However, this will not be possible without several letters of support from several institutions. I ask if your research institution can send us a letter of support so that we can have the approval of the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education to create our new research unit. Yours Sincerely, Houcemeddine Turki (he/him) Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia GLAM and Education Coordinator, Wikimedia TN User Group Member, Wiki Project Med Member, WikiIndaba Steering Committee Member, Wikimedia and Library User Group Steering Committee ____________________ +21629499418 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Medicine mailing list Wikimedia-Medicine@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-medicine
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